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. Jane ’ s first sight at Lady Ingram: As far a sperson went, she answered point for point, both to my picture and Mrs. Fairfax ’ The noble bust, the sloping shoulders, the graceful neck, the dark eyes and black ringlets were all there: but her face? Her face was like her mother ’ s;a youthful unfurrowed likeness: the low brow, the same high features, the same pride: it was not, however, so saturnine（忧郁的，沉默寡言的） a pride. She laughed continually: her laugh was satirical, and so was habitual expression of her arched and haughty lip. More Examples: Upon an oval of indescribable loveliness, place two dark eyes beneath brows so cleanly arched that they might have been painted on; veil those eyes with lashes so long that, when lowered, they cast shadows over the pink flush of the cheeks; sketch a delicate, straight, spirited nose and nostrils slightly flared in a passionate aspiration towards sensuality; draw a regular mouth with lips parting gracefully over teeth as white as milk; tint the skin with ;. . the bloom of peaches which no hands has touches —and you will have a comprehensive picture of her entrancing face. 在一张难以形容的优美的鹅蛋形脸上，长着一双黑眼睛，上面是两道弯弯的，纯净得像是画上去的眉毛；长长的睫毛遮住了双眼，眼帘低垂时，睫毛就在玫瑰色的双颊上投下一抹淡淡的阴影；再添上一个精致的，笔直的，灵巧的鼻子，鼻翼因为对情欲生活的热望而微张着；脸庞上再描出一张匀称的嘴，嘴唇轻开处微露出乳白色的牙齿；再给肌肤染上未经人手触摸过的桃花般的颜色—于是，你便可以领略到这副迷人的面容了。 --- 选摘自《茶花女》 [ 法] 小仲马 (Camille ??Written by Alexandre Dumas fils) ? The old woman stood facing him in silence and looking inquiringly at him. She was a diminutive, withered up old woman of sixty, with sharp malignant eyes and a sharp little nose. Her colourless, somewhat grizzled hair was thickly smeared with oil, and she wore no kerchief over it. Round her thin long neck, which looked like ;. . a hens leg, was knotted some sort of flannel rag, and, in spite of the heat, there hung flapping on her shoulders, a mangy fur cape, yellow with age. 老太婆默默地站在他面前，疑问地注视着他。这是一个干瘪的小老太婆，六十来岁，有一双目光锐利、神情凶恶的小眼睛，尖尖的小鼻子，光着头，没包头巾。她那像鸡腿样细长的脖子上缠着一块法兰绒破围巾，别看天热，肩上还披着一件穿得十分破旧、已经发黄的毛皮女短