《项链》莫泊桑_中英文版 .ppt

THE DIAMOND NECKLACEGuy de Maupassant《项链》莫泊桑 The girl was one of those pretty and charming young creatures who sometimes are born, as if by a slip of fate, into a family of clerks. She had no dowry, no expectations, no way of being known, understood, loved, married by any rich and distinguished man; so she let herself be married to a little clerk of the Ministry of Public Instruction. 她也是一个美丽动人的姑娘，好象由于命运的差错，生在一个小职员的家里。她没有陪嫁的资产，也没有什么法子让一个有钱的体面人认识她，了解她，爱她，娶她；最后只得跟教育部的一个小书记结了婚。 THE DIAMOND NECKLACEGuy de Maupassant《项链》莫泊桑 She dressed plainly because she could not dress well, but she was unhappy as if she had really fallen from a higher station; since with women there is neither caste nor rank, for beauty, grace and charm take the place of family and birth. Natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole hierarchy, and often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies. 她不能够讲究打扮，只好穿着朴朴素素，但是她觉得很不幸，好像这降低了她的身分似的。因为在妇女，美丽、丰韵、娇媚，就是她们的出身；天生的聪明，优美的资质，温柔的性情，就是她们唯一的资格。 THE DIAMOND NECKLACEGuy de Maupassant《项链》莫泊桑 Mathilde suffered ceaselessly, feeling herself born to enjoy all delicacies and all luxuries. She was distressed at the poverty of her dwelling, at the bareness of the walls, at the shabby chairs, the ugliness of the curtains. All those things, of which another woman of her rank would never even have been conscious, tortured her and made her angry. 她觉得她生来就是为着过高雅和奢华的生活，因此她不断地感到痛苦。住宅的寒伧，墙壁的黯淡，家具的破旧，衣料的粗陋，都使她苦恼。这些东西，在别的跟她一样地位的妇人，也许不会挂在心上，然而她却因此痛苦，因此伤心。 THE DIAMOND NECKLACEGuy de Maupassant《项链》莫泊桑 The sight of the little Breton peasant who did her humble housework aroused in her despairing regrets and bewildering dreams. She thought of silent antechambers hung with Oriental tapestry, illumined by tall bronze candelabra, and of two great footmen in knee breeches who sleep in the big armchairs, made drowsy by the oppressive heat of the stove. She thought of long reception halls hung with ancient silk, of the dainty cabi