“单身女性都容易受穷,实在太可怕了,这是人们赞成婚姻的一个强大理由。”
“Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor，which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.”

“想想吧，霍尔德太太要死了！可怜的女人，在这个世界上，她做了力所能及的唯一一件让人们不再攻击她的事情。”
“Only think of Mrs.Holder being dead！Poor woman，she has done the only thing in the world she could possible do to make one cease to abuse her.”

“由于受到惊吓，谢伯恩的黑尔太太早产好几周，昨天生下一个死婴。我估计是由于她无意中看了自己的丈夫一眼。”
“Mrs.Hall，of Sherborne，was brought to bed yesterday of a dead child，some weeks before she expected, owing to a fright. I suppose she happened unawares to look at her husband.”

“我很欣赏坎布利尼太太的头发，做得真好，不过对她再没有什么别的好感了。兰利小姐跟其他矮个儿女孩子一样，长着宽宽的鼻子、大大的嘴巴，衣着时尚、袒胸露臂。斯坦霍普将军真是个绅士，可惜腿太短，燕尾服又太长。”
“I respect Mrs.Chamberlayne for doing her hair well，but cannot feel a more tender sentiment.Miss Langley is like any other short girl with a broad nose and wide mouth，fashionable dress and exposed bosom.Admiral Stanhope is a gentlemanlike man,but then his legs are too short and his tail too long. ”

“伊丽莎白见到巴顿的克雷文勋爵了，很可能这次是在肯特伯里，预计克雷文本周会在那儿呆上一天。她发觉他的举止令人十分喜爱。他在亚士顿公园跟自己的情妇同居这个小缺憾，似乎是他身上唯一让人不快的地方了。”

“W先生二十五六岁上下，长得不赖，但不怎么和蔼。他肯定不是新来的。他的举止淡定，很有绅士风度，不过话很少。他们说他的名字叫亨利，老天对人多不公啊。我见过好多叫约翰和托马斯的，人家要和蔼得多。”

“理查德·哈维太太快要结婚了，不过这可是个大秘密，领里只有一半人知道，你可千万别提这事儿。”

“黑尔医生一身重孝，毫无疑问，不是他母亲或他太太去世，就是他本人去世了。”

奥斯丁小姐酷爱跳舞，她向卡桑德拉讲述了自己参加过的舞会：
“总共只有十二支舞曲，我跳了其中九支，要不是由于缺舞伴的话，另外几支也都会跳的。”
Jane Austen was fond of dancing.Here are a few comments connected with balls she went to.
“There were only twelve dance，of which I danced nine，and was merely prevented from dancing the rest by want of a partner. ”

“有位先生是来自柴郡的军官，是个非常英俊的小伙子，我听说他很想认识我；但他的愿望还没有强到将他付诸行动的程度，我们也就无缘结识了。”
“There was one gentleman，an officer of the Cheshire，a very good-looking young man，who，I was told，wanted very much to be introduced to me；but as he did not want it quite enough to take much trouble in effecting it，we never could bring it about. ”

“美女不多，仅有的几个也不是非常漂亮。艾尔芒格小姐气色不佳，布伦特太太是唯一受宠的人。她跟九月份是一模一样，还是那张宽宽的脸、钻石的发带、白色的皮鞋、面红耳赤的丈夫、胖胖的脖子。”
“There were few beauties，and such as there were，were not very handsome.Miss Iremonger did not look well and Mrs.Blunt was the only one much admired.She appeared exactly as she did in September,with the same broad face,diamond bandeau,white shoes,pink husband and fat neck.”

“查尔斯·鲍莱特在星期四举办了一场舞会，引起了左邻右舍的极大骚动，你当然也知道，这些人都对他的经济状况颇为好奇，巴不得他早点儿破产。人们发现，他的太太具有邻居们希望的一切特点，即愚蠢、暴躁、花钱大手大脚。”
“Charles Powlett gave a dance on Thursday to the great disturbance of all his neighbours，of course，who you know take a most lively interest in the state of his finances，and live in hopes of his being soon ruined.His wife is discovered to be everything that the neighbourhood would wish her to be，silly and cross as well as extravagant.”