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

But about the horses I'm determined.

可是马的事我已经决定了。

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

“我可从来没抱怨过这个，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.

我母亲不是爱抱怨的人，”他颇为自豪地说，“可正因为这样，我才更得照顾好您。

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

至于范妮嘛，吃点苦对她倒有好处。”

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

“她跟你不是一块料，约翰。

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。”说完这话，桑顿太太就沉默了；因为她最后那句话触及了一件令她难堪的事。

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.

她对软弱的性格怀有一种不自觉的轻视；而范妮恰恰在母亲和哥哥坚强的那些方面软弱。

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.

一个陌生人，一个粗心的旁观者，也许会以为桑顿太太对待子女的态度表明她爱范妮远胜于爱约翰。

But such a one would have been deeply mistaken.

但这样的人就大错特错了。

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

她称呼儿子从来只叫约翰；“宝贝”“亲爱的”之类的称呼都留给了范妮。