Audiobook Dictation: “But about the horses I'm determined…”

But about the horses I'm determined.

可是馬的事我已經決定了。

'I never complained of it, I'm sure.'

「我可從來沒抱怨過這個，真的。」

My mother is not given to complaints,' said he, a little proudly. 'But so much the more I have to watch over you.

我母親不是愛抱怨的人，」他頗為自豪地說，「可正因為這樣，我才更得照顧好您。

Now as for Fanny there, a little hardship would do her good.'

至於范妮嘛，吃點苦對她倒有好處。」

'She is not made of the same stuff as you are, John.

「她跟你不是一塊料，約翰。

She could not bear it.' Mrs. Thornton was silent after this; for her last words bore relation to a subject which mortified her.

她受不了的。」說完這話，桑頓太太就沉默了；因為她最後那句話觸及了一件令她難堪的事。

She had an unconscious contempt for a weak character; and Fanny was weak in the very points in which her mother and brother were strong.

她對軟弱的性格懷有一種不自覺的輕視；而范妮恰恰在母親和哥哥堅強的那些方面軟弱。

A stranger, a careless observer might have considered that Mrs. Thornton's manner to her children betokened far more love to Fanny than to John.

一個陌生人，一個粗心的旁觀者，也許會以為桑頓太太對待子女的態度表明她愛范妮遠勝於愛約翰。

But such a one would have been deeply mistaken.

但這樣的人就大錯特錯了。

She never called her son by any name but John; 'love,' and 'dear,' and such like terms, were reserved for Fanny.

她稱呼兒子從來只叫約翰；「寶貝」「親愛的」之類的稱呼都留給了范妮。