Jane Austen
Jane Austen, a famous English writer, was born at Steventon, Hampshire,
on December 16, 1775, and died on July 18, 1817.
简·奥斯汀，是一位著名的英国作家，1775年12月16日出生
在汉普郡的史蒂文顿逝世与1817年7月18日。
She began writing early in life, although the prejudices of her times forced
her to have her books published anonymously.
她早年就开始写作，尽管当时的偏见迫使她匿名出版自己的书籍。
But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of
Bath's many famous local people and visitors.
在巴斯众多著名的本地人和游客中，简·奥斯汀可能是最知名，最受人爱戴的人物。
She paid two long visits here during the last five years of
the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806, Bath was her home.
18世纪的最后5年以及1801到1806年，她先后两次常住与此，巴斯就是她的家。
She deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels,
Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, which are largely set in Bath.
她对这座城市的深刻了解充分体现在了她的两部小说里——《诺桑当修道院》和《劝导》，
这两部小说大部分场景都发生在巴斯。
The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it, keeping in its
street and public buidings the well-ordered world that she
described so well in her novels.
这座城市还是跟简·奥斯汀所熟悉的那样，街道有序，公共建筑井然，
正如她在小说中描述的那样。
Now the pleasureof learning Jane Austen's Bath can be enhanced by
visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street.
现在去参观位于盖伊街的简·奥斯汀时期纪念中心，可以让研究简·奥斯汀
时期的巴斯变得跟有趣。
Here, in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city, you can
find out more about Bath in Jane Austen's time and the importance
of Bath in her life and work.
在这里，位于城市中心的乔治亚时期的排屋，你可以更多的了解在简·奥斯汀
时期的巴斯，以及巴斯在她一生的生活和创作中的重要地位。
The Centre has been set up with the help and guidance of members
of the Jane Austen Society.
该中心是在简·奥斯汀研究学会的帮助和指导下成立的。
After your visit to the Centre, you can look round the attractive shop,
which offers a huge colledtion of Jane Austen related books, cards
and many specially designed gifts.
参观完中心后，你可以逛逛有意思的商店，那里有大量与简·奥斯汀有关的书籍，
明信片和许多特别设计的礼物。
Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.
有关简·奥斯汀的谜语，总是能让孩子们乐此不疲。
You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen's Bath, which is a great way
to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath.
你也可以在简·奥斯汀时期的巴斯漫步，这也是了解简·奥斯汀并发现乔治亚时期的巴斯的好方式。
The tour lasts about one and a half hours. The experienced guides will
take you to the places where Jane lived,walked and shopped.
步行大约要用一个半小时，有经验的导游会将你带到简·奥斯汀住过、走过、购物过的地方。
2017年陕西省高考英语试题
| 单词 | 释意 |
| anonymously | adv.用匿名的方式 |
| prejudices | n.成见；偏见；歧视 |
| enhanced | adj.提高的；加强的 |
| quizzes | n.问答比赛 |
| well-ordered | adj.秩序井然的 |
| forced | adj.被迫的 |
| guidance | n.引导；指导 |
| attractive | adj.有魅力的，吸引人的 |
| related | adj.有关的；相关的 |
| published | adj.已发布的；v.出版；公布 |