"I don't know what this is about, son," she answered, "But the young lady in the green coat who just went by asked me to wear this rose on my coat."

“孩子，我不知道这是怎么回事，”她回答说，“但是刚才走过的那位穿绿色外套的年轻女士要我把这朵玫瑰戴在外套上。”

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The old lady had always been proud of the great rose-tree in her garden, and was fond of telling how it had grown from a cutting she had brought years before from Italy, when she was first married.

这位老太太总以她花园中那棵巨大的玫瑰树为荣。她会津津有味地告诉你她头一次结婚时，从意大利带回来的一根枝条，是怎么样长成参天大树的。

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Lady Catherine rose and said, 'I would like to have a walk in your garden, Miss Bennet, if you would accompany me.

凯瑟琳夫人站起来说：“班纳特小姐，如果你愿意陪我，我想到你家花园走走。”

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In some ways, she resembles another single-minded lady, who rose from modest low-church origins and a scientific training to take her country by the horns and shift it in a rightward direction Margaret Thatcher.

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