听名著练听力之简爱篇 第27期

PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER¹ SEVEN
Mr. Rochester

Mrs. Fairfax would not tell me anything more about Mr. Rochester. Instead, she asked me if I wanted to see the house. We went through many large and beautiful rooms, filled with old paintings and furniture. When we reached the top floor, I saw a small passage with some small black doors on its walls. They were all locked. I wondered what was behind the doors; they seemed to be hiding something. As we turned to walk down the stairs, I heard a strange, [-----1-----] laugh coming from behind the wall. "Mrs. Fairfax, did you hear that laugh? Who is it?" I said.
"It is probably a servant named Grace² Poole," she said. "She always works³ in one of those rooms." I heard the laugh again. It did not sound like the laugh of a normal woman--it did not even sound human!
"Grace!" called Mrs. Fairfax. One of the little black doors opened and a woman appeared. She looked too ordinary⁴ to be a ghost.
"Grace, there is too much noise," said Mrs. Fairfax. "Remember what you have been told!" Grace said nothing; she only [-----2-----] her head and went back into the room.
In the next few months, I sometimes went up to the top floor, where I could look out of the high windows and be alone with my thoughts. I was happy with my work, but I felt that something was missing⁵ from my life. I wanted interesting things to happen, i wanted more [-----3-----]! People are not always happy with a quiet life, and women need adventure⁶, even if men do not believe it!
 

1 chapter   

n.章，篇，重要章节

参考例句：

• I will skip the next chapter.我将略过下一章。
• Go and open a wonderful new chapter.去开启美好的新篇章。

2 grace   

n.优雅，雅致，魅力，恩惠，慈悲

参考例句：

• She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽。
• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。

3 works   

n.作品，著作；工厂，活动部件，机件

参考例句：

• We expect writers to produce more and better works.我们期望作家们写出更多更好的作品。
• The novel is regarded as one of the classic works.这篇小说被公认为是最优秀的作品之一。

4 ordinary   

adj.平常的，普通的；n.常事，常例，普通的人

参考例句：

• Her new house is certainly out of the ordinary.她的新居真是不同凡响。
• That is quite an ordinary event.那是极平常的一件事。

5 missing   

adj.遗失的，缺少的，失踪的

参考例句：

• Check the tools and see if anything is missing.检点一下工具，看有无丢失。
• All the others are here;he's the only one missing.别人都来了，就短他一个。

6 adventure   

n.冒险，冒险经历；vt.冒险；vi.冒险

参考例句：

• I wish to hear the details of your adventure.我希望听到你这次奇遇的详情。
• He couldn't explain that he had passed through a great adventure.他没法说明自己曾度过一次大险。