听名著练听力之简爱篇 第80期

For three days and nights I lay in bed, tired from the awful experience at Thornfield. I hardly knew where I was. When I began to feel stronger, Hannah, the old lady, came to sit with me and told me all about the three people in the house. She had cared for them since they were children. Their family name was Rivers, and both their parents were dead. Their father, sadly¹, had died only three weeks before this. The girls were named Diana and Mary. They had no money and had to work as governesses. Their brother, St. John, worked at the church in the nearest village. [-----1-----]. The house I had found was called Moor² House, and the Rivers family did not come here often.

Diana and Mary were very kind to me when I became stronger. [-----2-----]. He was young and very handsome. I knew that Diana and Mary wanted to know all about me, but they did not want to ask questions that would hurt me, so we did not talk of the past. But St. John asked me many questions. I only told him a little about myself. I said that after going to Lowood School, I became a governess for a rich family. Then an unfortunate³ event, that was not my fault⁴, made me have to leave the house. That was all I would tell him. I offered to do any kind of work, such as teaching⁵, sewing⁶, or cleaning, so that [-----3-----]. St. John was very gald that I wanted to work, and promised to find me a job

1 sadly   

adv.悲痛地，悲惨地，悲伤地

参考例句：

• She looked at him sadly.她难过地看着他。
• Sadly the good times aren't returning any time soon.遗憾的是，好时光不会很快就回来。

2 moor   

n.荒野，沼泽；vt.(使)停泊；vi.停泊

参考例句：

• I decided to moor near some tourist boats.我决定在一些观光船附近停泊。
• There were hundreds of the old huts on the moor.沼地上有成百上千的古老的石屋。

3 unfortunate   

adj.不幸的，不合宜的，不吉利的

参考例句：

• It is indeed unfortunate!那的确是不幸啊！
• She was always good with the unfortunate.她对不幸的人总是很友好。

4 fault   

n.过错；缺点；故障；毛病；vt.挑剔；vi.弄错

参考例句：

• It's not our fault.这不是我方过错。
• I cannot pass over his fault.我不能宽恕他的过失。

5 teaching   

n.教学，执教，任教，讲授；(复数)教诲

参考例句：

• We all agree in adopting the new teaching method. 我们一致同意采取新的教学方法。
• He created a new system of teaching foreign languages.他创造了一种新的外语教学体系。

6 sewing   

n.缝纫；缝纫机；针线活；缝纫物v.缝制

参考例句：

• a pile of sewing 一堆针线活儿
• They reinforced a coat by sewing pieces of leather on the elbows. 他们在外衣肘上缝皮革使衣服更耐穿。 来自《简明英汉词典》