1.Near the house, Scarlett was at the point of speaking again when she saw her mother in the dim shadows of the porch.
【难句解析】on the point of “正要做某事”;
【句子翻译】走近屋子时,思嘉正要开口说什么,忽然看见走廊暗影中的母亲。
2.Ellen belonged to a generation that was formal even after seventeen years of wedlock and the bearing of six children—
【难句解析】此处bearing的意思是“生孩子”;
【句子翻译】爱伦是地道的老一辈人,她尽管结结婚17年了,生育了六个孩子,可仍然讲究礼节;