Mr Darcy: Miss Elizabeth. I have struggled in vain and can bear it no longer. These past months have been a torment. I came to Rosings only to see you. I have fought against judgement, my family"s expectation,the inferiority of your birth, my rank. I will put them aside and ask you to end my agony.
Miss Elizabeth: I don"t understand.
Mr Darcy: I love you.Most ardently. Please do me the honour of accepting my hand.
Miss Elizabeth: Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. It was unconsciously done.
Mr Darcy: Is this your reply?
Miss Elizabeth: Yes, sir.
Mr Darcy: Are you laughing at me?
Miss Elizabeth: No.
Mr Darcy: Are you rejecting me?
Miss Elizabeth: I"m sure the feelings which hindered your regard will help you overcome it.
Mr Darcy: Might I ask why with so little civility I am thus repulsed?
Miss Elizabeth: I might enquire why you told me you liked me against your better judgement? If I was uncivil, then that is some excuse. But you know I have other reasons.
Mr Darcy: What reasons?
Miss Elizabeth: Do you think anything might tempt me to accept the man who has ruined the happiness of a most beloved sister? Do you deny that you separated a young couple who loved each other, exposing your friend to censure for caprice and my sister to derision for disappointed hopes, involving them both in acute misery?
Mr Darcy: I do not deny it.
Miss Elizabeth: How could you do it?
Mr Darcy: I believed your sister indifferent to him. I realised his attachment was deeper than hers.
Miss Elizabeth: She"s shy!
Mr Darcy: Bingley was persuaded she didn"t feel strongly. Miss Elizabeth: You suggested it. Mr Darcy: For his own good.
Miss Elizabeth: My sister hardly shows her true feelings to me. I suppose his fortune had some bearing?
Mr Darcy: I wouldn"t do your sister the dishonour. It was suggested...
Miss Elizabeth: What was?
Mr Darcy: It was clear an advantageous marriage...
Miss Elizabeth: Did my sister give that impression?
Mr Darcy: No! No. There was, however, your family...
Miss Elizabeth: Our want of connection?
Mr Darcy: No, it was more than that.
Miss Elizabeth: How, sir? Mr Darcy: The lack of propriety shown by your mother, younger sisters and your father. Forgive me. You and your sister I must exclude from this.
Miss Elizabeth: And what about Mr Wickham?
Mr Darcy: Mr Wickham?
Miss Elizabeth: What excuse can you give for your behaviour?
Mr Darcy: You take an eager interest.
Miss Elizabeth: He told me of his misfortunes.
Mr Darcy: Oh, they have been great.
Miss Elizabeth: You ruin his chances yet treat him with sarcasm.
Mr Darcy: So this is your opinion of me? Thank you. Perhaps these offences might have been overlooked had not your pride been hurtby my scruples about our relationship. I am to rejoice in the inferiority of your circumstances?
Miss Elizabeth: And those are the words of a gentleman. Your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realise you were the last man in the world I could ever marry.
Mr Darcy: Forgive me, madam, for taking up so much of your time.
妙詞佳句，活學活用
1. in vain
這是口語中的習慣用語，表示“徒勞，枉然”。比如“我們的工作全白做了”就可以說成：All our work was in vain. 再來看一個例子：
The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds.
警察企圖驅散抗議的人群，但沒有成功。
2. bearing
在這裡是個名詞，意思是“關係；影響；方面；意義”等。這個詞構成了很多習慣用語，我們可以蒐集一下：
have a bearing on / upon... 關係到……影響到……
find / get / take bearing 判明方位，認清自己所處的地位
lose one"s bearings 迷失方向，惶惑，不知所措
in all its bearings 從各方面
3. prevail upon/on
“勸說好；說服； 誘使”的意思。比如：“我必須得說服我爸給我買輛新腳踏車”就是：I must prevail upon my father to buy a new bicycle for me.
Prevail一詞還有另外兩個常用的意思，一是“流行，盛行”，另一個是“獲勝，取得成功”。如：This old custom does not prevail now. 這種舊風俗現在已經不流行了。
背景：達西拋開世俗向伊麗莎白表露心跡，但是伊麗莎白認為達西破壞了姐姐的婚禮，懷著怒火拒絕了達西，雖然她也同樣愛著達西。
Mr Darcy: Miss Elizabeth. I have struggled in vain and can bear it no longer. These past months have been a torment. I came to Rosings only to see you. I have fought against judgement, my family"s expectation,the inferiority of your birth, my rank. I will put them aside and ask you to end my agony.
Miss Elizabeth: I don"t understand.
Mr Darcy: I love you.Most ardently. Please do me the honour of accepting my hand.
Miss Elizabeth: Sir, I appreciate the struggle you have been through, and I am very sorry to have caused you pain. It was unconsciously done.
Mr Darcy: Is this your reply?
Miss Elizabeth: Yes, sir.
Mr Darcy: Are you laughing at me?
Miss Elizabeth: No.
Mr Darcy: Are you rejecting me?
Miss Elizabeth: I"m sure the feelings which hindered your regard will help you overcome it.
Mr Darcy: Might I ask why with so little civility I am thus repulsed?
Miss Elizabeth: I might enquire why you told me you liked me against your better judgement? If I was uncivil, then that is some excuse. But you know I have other reasons.
Mr Darcy: What reasons?
Miss Elizabeth: Do you think anything might tempt me to accept the man who has ruined the happiness of a most beloved sister? Do you deny that you separated a young couple who loved each other, exposing your friend to censure for caprice and my sister to derision for disappointed hopes, involving them both in acute misery?
Mr Darcy: I do not deny it.
Miss Elizabeth: How could you do it?
Mr Darcy: I believed your sister indifferent to him. I realised his attachment was deeper than hers.
Miss Elizabeth: She"s shy!
Mr Darcy: Bingley was persuaded she didn"t feel strongly. Miss Elizabeth: You suggested it. Mr Darcy: For his own good.
Miss Elizabeth: My sister hardly shows her true feelings to me. I suppose his fortune had some bearing?
Mr Darcy: I wouldn"t do your sister the dishonour. It was suggested...
Miss Elizabeth: What was?
Mr Darcy: It was clear an advantageous marriage...
Miss Elizabeth: Did my sister give that impression?
Mr Darcy: No! No. There was, however, your family...
Miss Elizabeth: Our want of connection?
Mr Darcy: No, it was more than that.
Miss Elizabeth: How, sir? Mr Darcy: The lack of propriety shown by your mother, younger sisters and your father. Forgive me. You and your sister I must exclude from this.
Miss Elizabeth: And what about Mr Wickham?
Mr Darcy: Mr Wickham?
Miss Elizabeth: What excuse can you give for your behaviour?
Mr Darcy: You take an eager interest.
Miss Elizabeth: He told me of his misfortunes.
Mr Darcy: Oh, they have been great.
Miss Elizabeth: You ruin his chances yet treat him with sarcasm.
Mr Darcy: So this is your opinion of me? Thank you. Perhaps these offences might have been overlooked had not your pride been hurtby my scruples about our relationship. I am to rejoice in the inferiority of your circumstances?
Miss Elizabeth: And those are the words of a gentleman. Your arrogance and conceit, your selfish disdain for the feelings of others made me realise you were the last man in the world I could ever marry.
Mr Darcy: Forgive me, madam, for taking up so much of your time.
妙詞佳句，活學活用
1. in vain
這是口語中的習慣用語，表示“徒勞，枉然”。比如“我們的工作全白做了”就可以說成：All our work was in vain. 再來看一個例子：
The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds.
警察企圖驅散抗議的人群，但沒有成功。
2. bearing
在這裡是個名詞，意思是“關係；影響；方面；意義”等。這個詞構成了很多習慣用語，我們可以蒐集一下：
have a bearing on / upon... 關係到……影響到……
find / get / take bearing 判明方位，認清自己所處的地位
lose one"s bearings 迷失方向，惶惑，不知所措
in all its bearings 從各方面
3. prevail upon/on
“勸說好；說服； 誘使”的意思。比如：“我必須得說服我爸給我買輛新腳踏車”就是：I must prevail upon my father to buy a new bicycle for me.
Prevail一詞還有另外兩個常用的意思，一是“流行，盛行”，另一個是“獲勝，取得成功”。如：This old custom does not prevail now. 這種舊風俗現在已經不流行了。
Truth is great and will prevail. 真理是至高無上的，且必將獲勝。
4. take up
“佔用時間”的意思。這是一個常用片語，意思極其豐富。在英語中簡單詞構成的片語往往意思都很豐富。我們看看除了在本片段中的這個意思之外，take up還有什麼別的含義：
a. 對……發生興趣；開始從事
e.g. He did not particularly want to take up competitive sport.
b. 著手處理
e.g. He intends to take up the proposal with the prime minister.
c. 接下去，繼續說
e.g. After a short break, she took up her story.