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这是第72天阅读英文版《傲慢与偏见》。
上回讲到宾利先生继承了十万英镑的财产，是个有钱人，性格温和，那么他的姐妹是什么样呢？
His sisters were very anxious for his having an estate of his own; but though he was now established only as a tenant, Miss Bingley was by no means unwilling to preside at his table, nor was Mrs. Hurst, who had married a man of more fashion than fortune, less disposed to consider his house as her home when it suited her. Mr. Bingley had not been of age two years, when he was tempted by an accidental recommendation to look at Netherfield House. He did look at it and into it for half an hour, was pleased with the situation and the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately.
这段文字是什么意思呢？我浏览一遍看不明白，借助工具理解了中文意思，意思对但用词不精准，这段文字里的人物宾利小姐是妹妹，豪斯特太太是姐姐，姐姐出嫁了，妹妹待字闺中：
他的姐妹很急迫地希望他有自己的庄园，尽管他现在仅仅是一个租客，宾利小姐不介意给他擦桌子扫地，赫斯特太太也是这样，她的丈夫有身份但经济条件拮据，因此合她心意就把这里当家。
宾利成年不到两年，一个偶然的机会他看到了内瑟菲尔德庄园，他进到里面看了看转了半小时，对位置和主要房间都满意，认为房东对房子的夸赞是真实的，立刻就拿下来了。
二
我对陌生词汇简洁注释，适度补充例句：
1. estate
词性：名词
含义：庄园；地产
用法：“自有庄园”。
2. established
词性：形容词
含义：定居的；安置的
用法：“established only as a tenant”，“仅作为租户定居”。
我补充几个权威例句，体会“established”的用法：
For good value, look at the best apartment in the nicest buildings in well-established locations.
要想物有所值，可以看看那些位置成熟的优质建筑里的最好公寓。
The government has also established a special 24-hour court to attend to femicide cases.
政府还设立了一个专门的24小时法庭来处理杀害女性的案件。
Quarantined populations have been established but efforts to find a cure have been depressingly fruitless.
隔离人群已经确定，但寻找治疗方法的努力却令人沮丧地毫无结果。
Established in 1987, the Singapore metro runs trains on four lines servicing 131 stations.
新加坡地铁始建于1987年，有四条线路运行列车，服务131个车站。
Funding would come from a charitable trust he has established and from fees paid by guests.
资金将来自他设立的慈善信托基金和客人支付的费用。
3. tenant
词性：名词
含义：租户；房客
用法：身份属性。
我补充几个权威例句，体会“tenant”的用法：
There have been commercial hurdles: Gale has so far nailed not a single blue-chip tenant.
存在商业障碍：盖尔到目前为止还没有敲定任何一家蓝筹租户。
The tenant was accounting firm Arthur Andersen, which disintegrated before it could move in.
租户是会计师事务所阿瑟·安达信，该事务所还没搬进去就解体了。
Agents' fees are lucrative and usually paid by the tenant rather than the landlord.
中介费用很可观，通常由租户而非房东支付。
Meantime, the Sprint Center plays host to concerts and college basketball tournaments, with no anchor tenant.
与此同时，斯普林特中心举办音乐会和大学篮球锦标赛，没有主力租户。
Colin relocated the tenant farmer and his sheep to another part of the estate.
科林把佃农和他的羊搬到了庄园的另一部分。
4. unwilling
词性：形容词
含义：不愿意的；不情愿的
用法：“by no means unwilling”，“绝不介意”
5. fortune
词性：名词
含义：财富；财产
用法：“more fashion than fortune”，“有身份但没钱”
6. disposed
词性：形容词
含义：愿意的；倾向于
用法：“less disposed to”
我补充几个权威例句，体会“disposed”用法：
And while some of it is re-used or re-injected, a significant amount must still be disposed.
虽然其中一些被重复利用或重新注入，但仍有大量必须被处理。
Many backers of the Marine Corps on Capitol Hill seem favorably disposed to the idea.
国会山的许多海军陆战队支持者似乎对这个想法持赞同态度。
Mr Emmett told the court that Gough had insisted he had disposed of the dog humanely.
埃米特先生告诉法庭，高夫坚称他已人道地处理了那只狗。
But, strangely, fewer Greeks seem disposed to thank Mr Simitis's government for its efforts.
但奇怪的是，似乎没那么多希腊人愿意感谢西米蒂斯政府所做的努力。
At that point, FINRA is not typically disposed to approve the sale of the member firm.
在那种情况下，美国金融业监管局通常不愿意批准该会员公司的出售。
7. suited
词性：动词（过去分词）
含义：适合；方便
用法：“when it suited her”，“当适合她时”。
8. tempted
词性：动词（过去分词）
含义：吸引；诱惑
用法：“was tempted by”，“被……吸引”
9. accidental
词性：形容词
含义：偶然的；意外的
用法：“accidental recommendation”，“偶然的推荐”
10. recommendation
词性：名词
含义：推荐；介绍
用法：同上
我补充几个权威例句，体会“recommendations”的用法：
This will take two months, after which the commission will make its recommendation to the president.
这将需要两个月时间，之后该委员会将向总统提出建议。
The UK National Commission for UNESCO (UKNC) supports the call for a revision of the Recommendation.
英国联合国教科文组织全国委员会（UKNC）支持修订该建议书的呼吁。
In November 2014, the UKNC shared with UNESCO its preliminary ideas for a revision to the Recommendation.
2014年11月，英国联合国教科文组织全国委员会向联合国教科文组织分享了其对该建议书修订的初步想法。
It plans to share the first report on its consultation on the Recommendation with Member States in 2016.
它计划在2016年与成员国分享其关于该建议书咨询的第一份报告。
11. situation
词性：名词
含义：位置；环境
用法：“地理位置”
12. principal
词性：形容词
含义：主要的；重要的
用法：“principal rooms”，“主要房间”。
13. satisfied
词性：形容词
含义：满意的；满足的
用法：“satisfied with”，“对……满意”
14. praise
词性：名词
含义：赞扬；称赞
用法：“in its praise”，“对它的夸赞”
15. immediately
词性：副词
含义：立刻；马上
用法：“took it immediately”，“立刻租下”。
三
我对这段文字逐句拆解阅读，以求理解的准确一些，文字整体的看觉得字数怪多，实际上拆解为句子，没几句，这段文字有5个句子。
1. “His sisters were very anxious for his having an estate of his own;”
anxious for：“渴望；急切希望”
estate，是“庄园、地产”
estate of his own：“属于自己的庄园”
2. “but though he was now established only as a tenant, Miss Bingley was by no means unwilling to preside at his table,”
established，安置，定居
tenant，租户
established only as a tenant：“仅作为租户定居”
by no means unwilling：“绝不介意”，没有不情愿
preside at his table：“主持他的餐桌（宴会）”。
前面忽略了“preside”这个词，我补充几个权威例句，体会“preside”的用法：
Mrs Hood will preside over the week-long gathering of ministers on the Mound in Edinburgh.
胡德夫人将主持在爱丁堡莫恩德举行的为期一周的部长会议。
Collins is the one who has to preside over the daily misadventures of the present.
柯林斯是那个必须主持当下日常意外状况的人。
Is this any way to preside over one of the most important sectors of the economy?
以这种方式来主管经济中最重要的部门之一，合适吗？
Now high-school coaches in football hotbeds earn boatloads of money and preside over pristine facilities.
如今，在橄榄球热门地区的高中教练赚得盆满钵满，还掌管着一流的设施。
Moore explains there are only a handful of jurists who preside over complex medical malpractice cases.
摩尔解释说，只有少数法学家主持复杂的医疗事故案件。
3. “nor was Mrs. Hurst, who had married a man of more fashion than fortune, less disposed to consider his house as her home when it suited her.”
more fashion than fortune：“有身份但没钱”
fashion，时尚
“more fashion than fortune” 是一个很有画面感的表达，“更注重时尚/体面，而非财富”。
用来形容有人或家庭：
外表光鲜亮丽、讲究排场，实际上并不富裕，甚至可能有些捉襟见肘
less disposed to：“不太愿意”
disposed
adj. 有……倾向的；打算做……的
我补充几个例句，体会“less disposed to”的用法：
The past year has been a rough one. People are less disposed to make costly gestures towards environmental protection in a slump.
过去的一年是艰难的一年，由于经济衰退，人们越来越不愿为了环保而花大价钱。
If we find it does them good, makes them honest and less disposed to cheat Indians, we will then consider again what you have said.
如果我们发现这对他们不错，让他们更诚实，不欺骗印第安人，那么我们会再想想你说的话。
Still, though Germany is not turning its back on the past, it is less disposed to be constrained by it.
不过，尽管德国没有背弃过去，但它不太愿意被过去束缚。
4. “Mr. Bingley had not been of age two years, when he was tempted by an accidental recommendation to look at Netherfield House.”
had not been of age two years：“成年还不到两年”。
accidental recommendation：“偶然的推荐”。
5. “He did look at it and into it for half an hour, was pleased with the situation and the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately.”
look at it and into it：“看了（外观）也看了（内部）”
pleased with... satisfied with：“对……满意”
took it immediately：“立刻租下”
这段文字描述了宾利姐妹“功利、虚荣”，宾利“温和、随性、易满足”，交代宾利租下内瑟菲尔德庄园的缘由。
这段文字本身没啥难度，多看几遍生词就可以，我补充的例句有点难度，看点就是，不用一次就看完。
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