Take Away English-Jane Austen 简·奥斯丁
时间：2019-01-02 作者：英语课 分类：Take Away English
The BBC adapted Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for television
Even though she lived more than 200 years ago, the famous English novelist Jane Austen has been in the news a lot recently.
The only known portrait of Jane Austen is to be sold by auction 1 in New York this week, and is expected to fetch between £200,000 and £400,000.
The oil painting, which experts believe was commissioned by the novelist’s great-uncle in 1790, has been handed down from generation to generation and currently belongs to one of Jane Austen’s descendants.
There has been some doubt over the authenticity 2 of the portrait because some experts say the type of dress she is wearing in the painting is from the wrong historical period.
However, other academics and the auction house Christie’s, who are selling the painting, say the picture is a "true depiction 3" of the writer.
This is not the first time Jane Austen’s image has caused controversy 4. Earlier this year her publishers were criticised for giving her a makeover on the cover of a book about her life.
The publishers made changes to a sketch 5 of Jane drawn 6 by her sister. In the original picture Jane is wearing a cap, but in the new image the publishers have removed the cap, and added make-up and hair extensions.
Whatever she looked like, Jane Austen remains 7 a British national treasure. Her books, such as Emma, Sense and Sensibility, and Pride and Prejudice, remain widely-read and have been successfully adapted for television and cinema.
In fact, her work is still so popular that in a recent survey to mark World Book Day, the British public voted Pride and Prejudice the nation’s favourite read – ahead of Harry 8 Potter and The Lord of the Rings!
GLOSSARY 词汇表
novelist
小说家
auction
拍卖
handed down
传下来
doubt
怀疑
historical period
历史时代
true depiction
真实的描绘
publishers
出版商
sketch
素描
hair extensions
假长发
survey
调查
portrait
肖像
oil painting
油画
descendants
后代
authenticity
真实性
academics
学术家
controversy
争议
makeover
重新包装
make-up
化妆
national treasure
国宝
voted
投票
- They've put the contents of their house up for auction.他们把房子里的东西全都拿去拍卖了。
- They bought a new minibus with the proceeds from the auction.他们用拍卖得来的钱买了一辆新面包车。
- There has been some debate over the authenticity of his will. 对于他的遗嘱的真实性一直有争论。
- The museum is seeking an expert opinion on the authenticity of the painting. 博物馆在请专家鉴定那幅画的真伪。
- Double rhythms, resounding through the lyric depiction and connecting with each other, indicate the thespian place of mankind and the cognition of the writer to this thespian place. 这双重旋律互为表里，表明了人类的某种悲剧性处境以及作家对这种悲剧性处境的感受和认识。
- A realistic depiction of scenes from everyday domestic life. 日常家居生活的写实画。
- That is a fact beyond controversy.那是一个无可争论的事实。
- We ran the risk of becoming the butt of every controversy.我们要冒使自己在所有的纷争中都成为众矢之的的风险。
- My sister often goes into the country to sketch. 我姐姐常到乡间去写生。
- I will send you a slight sketch of the house.我将给你寄去房屋的草图。
- All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
- Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。