Question

他的妻子琼是一个健壮、浅薄的女人，也是孩子们随和的母亲。当她一听说自己高贵的地位时，便立刻想入非非，暗自打算为她的年轻漂亮的女儿找一个显赫、门当户对的婆家。 tā de qī zi qióng shì yī gè jiàn zhuàng、 qiǎn bò de nu:3 rén， yě shì hái zi men suí he de mǔ qīn。 dàng tā yī tīng shuō zì jǐ gāo guì de dì wèi shí， pián lì kè xiǎng rù fēi fēi， àn zì dǎ suàn wèi tā de nián qīng piào liang de nu:3 ér zhǎo yī gè xiǎn hè、 mén dàng hù duì de pó jia。

Accepted Answer

And no sooner had Joan, his handsome, shallow-minded wife, the easy-going mother of his many children, heard of her exalted estate than her romantic soul began secretly to devise a brilliant and fitting alliance for her beautiful young daughter.

Expression	他的妻子琼是一个健壮、浅薄的女人，也是孩子们随和的母亲。当她一听说自己高贵的地位时，便立刻想入非非，暗自打算为她的年轻漂亮的女儿找一个显赫、门当户对的婆家。
Meaning	And no sooner had Joan, his handsome, shallow-minded wife, the easy-going mother of his many children, heard of her exalted estate than her romantic soul began secretly to devise a brilliant and fitting alliance for her beautiful young daughter.
Reading	tā de qī zi qióng shì yī gè jiàn zhuàng、 qiǎn bò de nu:3 rén， yě shì hái zi men suí he de mǔ qīn。 dàng tā yī tīng shuō zì jǐ gāo guì de dì wèi shí， pián lì kè xiǎng rù fēi fēi， àn zì dǎ suàn wèi tā de nián qīng piào liang de nu:3 ér zhǎo yī gè xiǎn hè、 mén dàng hù duì de pó jia。

De Tā Yī Zi Shì Gè Nu:3 Dàng