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；