1.He seemed really anxious to accommodate them and the whole of his letter was written in so friendly a style as could not fail of giving pleasure to his cousin; more especially at a moment when she was suffering under the cold and unfeeling behaviour of her nearer connections.

【難句解析】failing of doing sth.意思是“未能做某事”；

【句子翻譯】看樣子，他確實急于想給她們提供住房，整封信寫得那么友好，表妹讀了哪能不高興呢？特別是當她遭受近親的冷落之后。

2.The situation of Barton, in a county so far distant from Sussex as Devonshire, which, but a few hours before, would have been a sufficient objection to outweigh every possible advantage belonging to the place, was now its first recommendation.

【難句解析】這句的主干是the situation was...recommendation；

【句子翻譯】巴頓地處德文郡，遠離蘇塞克斯。若是在幾個小時以前，僅憑這一個不利條件，就足以抵消它可能具備的一切有利條件，但目前它卻成了最為可取之處。