这场戏：上校赠教区成全婚事
第 24 章 · 共 27 章 · 4'20"
布兰登托埃莉诺带话给爱德华：愿把德拉福德的教区给他，好让他娶露西。爱德华收到消息却满脸惭愧：God knows what you must think of me（天知道你把我想成什么样了）。埃莉诺只回一句 You honour your promises（你信守诺言），替他守住了底线。想学旧式体面与克制，这段很动人。
巴不得效劳：only too delighted（巴不得、非常乐意）
enable him to 使某人能够only too delighted 巴不得、非常乐意from your own lips 亲口说
体面收尾：honour your promises（信守诺言）
no orator 不善言辞had no hand in it 没有参与其中honour your promises 信守诺言
布兰登登门，告诉埃莉诺一个她没想到的好消息：他愿把德拉福德的教区交给爱德华，好让爱德华和露西能成婚，还说这全靠埃莉诺的份上。埃莉诺转告爱德华时，他惭愧地说 God knows what you must think of me（天知道你把我想成什么样了），又问 Can it be possible?（这怎么可能）。埃莉诺只说，你 owe it almost entirely to your own merit（这几乎全靠你自己的品行）。爱德华答 Your friendship has been the most important of my life（你的友谊是我一生中最珍贵的），她回 You will always have it（你永远拥有它），最后说 You honour your promises（你信守诺言），并祝他幸福。想学旧式社交里的成全、体面与克制，这段很完整。
A1–C2 是欧标等级。点一个等级后，比它高的卡片会变淡，播放到那里不会自动暂停。
“Have I been rightly informed? Is it so?”
我听到的消息准确吗？真是这样？
先问准不准，再问是不是，两句把郑重的求证说得不卑不亢。
Have I been rightly informed?
听到重大消息、要向当事方求证时用；对熟人这样问会显得见外。
Am I right in thinking so? ／ Is what I heard correct?
正式
rightly informed 连读，Is it so 尾音上扬。
Have I been rightly informed that you are leaving? 我听说你要走了，这消息准吗？
“I feel certain this is the right course.”
我确信这是正确的做法。
不炫耀自己的善意，只用一个判断把话说定，体面又有分量。
I feel certain this is the right course.
为自己的决定背书、请对方放心时用；推卸责任时可别借用。
I am sure this is the right thing to do. ／ This is plainly the right course.
正式
feel certain 连读，right course 重读收尾。
I feel certain this is the right course for the team. 我确信这是团队该走的路。
“God knows what you must think of me. I have no right to speak, I know.”
天知道你成什么样子了。我知道，我本没有资格开口。
先把最难堪的自我怀疑摆上台面，再补一句认罪，坦诚得叫人无话可说。
I have no right to ..., I know.
自知理亏、开口前先认下自己的不是时用；滥用会显得在博同情。
I know I have no right to say this. ／ You must think badly of me, and I understand.
正式
God knows 轻读，must think of me 连读，I know 放轻收尾。
I have no right to ask, I know, but could you help me? 我知道我没资格开口，可你能帮帮我吗？
“The unkindness of your family makes you astonished to find friendship elsewhere.”
家人的薄情，让你不敢相信别处还有情谊。
把一件善举说成对方的意外，既点破了他的处境，又没伤他的自尊。
The unkindness of ... makes you astonished to ...
点破对方受过冷落、又不想让他难堪时用；语气要稳，别像教训。
Their coldness makes you doubt any kindness. ／ After such treatment, friendship surprises you.
literary
unkindness 重读，astonished to find 连读推快。
The coldness of your old team makes you astonished to find friendship here. 老团队的冷淡，让你不敢相信这里还有情谊。
“I would express it if I could, but, as you know, I am no orator.”
我要是说得出来就好了，可你也知道，我不善言辞。
用不会说话来道歉，反而把感激说到了最动情处。
I would ... if I could, but ...
真心想道谢却词穷时用；正式发言前说这句能给自己留余地。
I wish I could put it into words. ／ If I had the words, I would say more.
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I would 轻读，no orator 两词分明收住。
I would say more if I could, but I am no orator. 我要是能多说点就好了，可我不善言辞。
“You are mistaken. You owe it almost entirely to your own merit.”
你错了。这几乎全靠你自己的品行。
把功劳全推回给对方，一句纠正比十句谦虚更有力。
You owe it almost entirely to ...
把功劳归给别人、替人抬身价时用；对上级说要注意别显得指点。
You deserve the credit, not me. ／ It is almost entirely your own doing.
正式
You are mistaken 干脆，almost entirely 逐词加重。
You owe it almost entirely to your own hard work. 这几乎全靠你自己的努力。
“Your friendship has been the most important of my life.”
你的友谊是我一生中最珍贵的情谊。
把整段心事压进一句道别式的话，越克制越藏不住。
Your ... has been the most important of my life.
郑重感谢一段长久关系时用；日常朋友间说会显得过于庄重。
Your friendship means more to me than anything. ／ You have been the truest friend of my life.
literary
has been 弱读，most important of my life 放缓。
Your support has been the most important of my life. 你的支持是我一生中最珍贵的。
下一章 · 25stroke of luck意外的好运这场戏：风雨前想独自去散步指「巴不得、非常乐意」，语气比单纯的 delighted 更强。戏里说爱德华 would be only too delighted，就是「他会求之不得」。
说 be acquainted with someone，比 know 更正式。戏里布兰登问 Are you acquainted with Mr. Ferrars?，就是「你认识费拉斯先生吗」。
指「对某人有了依恋、依恋上」。戏里布兰登形容被拆散的是 two young people long attached to one another。
指「没有参与其中、没插过手」。戏里埃莉诺说自己 had no hand in it，把功劳全推回给爱德华。
指「做神职、当牧师」。戏里布兰登听说爱德华想 join the clergy，就把庄园里的教区给他。
