《苔丝》词汇: penury, broach, deferential， trepidation, snug, tête-à-tête, discomfiture,
Tess, meanwhile, as the one who had dragged her parents into this quagmire, was silently wondering what she could do to help them out of it; and then her mother broached her scheme.
与此同时，苔丝觉得是她把父母拖进这个泥潭的，所以她默默地想怎样帮助父母摆脱目前的困境。这时她母亲提出了她的打算。（第五章）