听名著练听力之简爱篇 第45期

PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER¹ ELEVEN
A Great Party at Thornfield

Just then I heard Blanche Ingram say to him,
"Oh Edward, you should have sent Adele away to school instead of getting her a teacher. I saw that young woman with her. She's not very pretty, is she! Adele should have a pretty teacher. It's [-----1-----], you know! These girls never teach children anything. Oh, but what a boring thing to talk about! Edward, will you sing with me?"
"Certainly," he answered. I did not want to hear any more. I felt the room quietly and was in the hall when Mr. Rochester appeared.
"Come back, Jane, you're leaving too early," he said to me.
"I'm sorry, sir. I'm very tired." He looked at me for a minute.
"Something is wrong. What is it? Tell me."
"Nothing--it's nothing,sir."
"But I see you're almost crying. I don't have time now to find out why. Well, tonight you may leave early, but I want to see you every evening. Good night, my--" He stopped, looked away from me and walked away quickly. I stood there, thinking². Why did Mr. Rochester want me to be at the party?
The old house had never seen so much life and activity during the days of the party. Everyday³ Mr. Rochester and his guests rode horses, and walked in the beautiful gardens. He and Miss Ingram were together every day. I watched them closely⁴. The way they acted made me believe that Mr. Rochester would soon marry her. But I did not feel [-----2-----], because I knew he did not love her. She had tried to make him love her, but he had not given her his heart. I saw Miss Ingram's [-----3-----] very clearly. She was intelligent⁵, but had no thoughts of her own. She was beautiful, but unkind⁶. She could never be a loving wife and mother. Mr. Rochester knew all of these things, but he would marry her anyway. But I did not know why.
One day when Mr. Rochester was away, a stranger⁷ came to the house. His name was Mason, and he told us that he was an old friend of Mr. Rochester's. He had just returned from the islands of the West Indies, where Mr. Rochester had once lived.
 

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 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

3 everyday   

adj.每天的，日常的，平常的

参考例句：

• Sweeping the floor is his everyday work.扫地是他的日常工作。
• He practices speaking English everyday.他每天练习说英语。

4 closely   

adv.紧密地；严密地，密切地

参考例句：

• We shall follow closely the development of the situation.我们将密切注意形势的发展。
• The two companies are closely tied up with each other.这两家公司之间有密切联系。

5 intelligent   

adj.聪明的，伶俐的，有才智的

参考例句：

• All human beings are much more intelligent than animal.整个人类都比动物聪明得多。
• She was intelligent enough to turn off the gas.她关掉了煤气,够机灵的。

6 unkind   

adj.不仁慈的，不和善的

参考例句：

• He was never unkind to her.他从未亏待过她。
• Unkindness often reacts on the unkind person.恶人有恶报。

7 stranger   

n.陌生人；外地人，异乡人

参考例句：

• A stranger walked up to me and asked me the time.一个陌生人走到我跟前，问我时间。
• It's hard for a stranger to make friends in this town.外地人在这个城里很难交朋友。