英 语 学 习 资 料 1

1 - A worried motherJulie d’Herblay watched as her daughter clumsily negotiated the dance floor. This child was impossible! Not only was she stiff as a rod, but she made absolutely no effort in regards to her dance partner... Monsieur du Plessus was a tax collector and of small nobility, but with a fortune to make the majority of the young ladies of the region pale with envy. But that idiot could care less! She was scarcely looking at him and seemed to be horribly bored.
Madame d’Herblay didn’t know what to do with that child anymore... ‘Two left feet...’ she sighed inwardly. Her daughter Renée was, in spite of this, an incredible beauty. Her face, illuminated by those limpid eyes, could leave no man indifferent to her. Julie herself had dreamed of having hair of such a pure blonde at her age... To say nothing of her ample bosom, her delicate waist, and her engaging allure. With the freshness of her youthful sixteen years, Renée could have seduced the handsomest men of the region if she only knew how to carry herself. But once she opened her mouth, all hopes of marriage went flying out the window.