听名著练听力之简爱篇 第86期

"Oh, yes, Miss Oliver. I think I'll like teaching¹ here, and the house is lovely, thank you," I said.

"If you like, I'll come and help you teach sometimes. Oh, Mr. Rivers, I am so tired! I was visiting friends, and I was out dancing until two o'clock this morning! How fun!"

St. John looked straight into Miss Oliver's laughing eyes. [-----1-----], but he said nothing. Miss Oliver went on talking, "Please come and visit my father, Mr. Rivers. Why don't you ever come?" she asked.

"I can't, Miss Rosamund. I-- I am very busy with my work," he said softly². [-----2-----]. "Well, I must go home then. Goodbye!" She held out her hand. When he touched it, his own hand was trembling³.

"Goodbye!" he said. His face was red. When Miss Oliver walked away, she truned back to look at St. John two times. But he never turned around to look at her.

When I saw St. John's unhappiness, I didn't think so much about my own problems. [-----3-----]. Every day, I watched St. John and Miss Oliver together. St. John taught a Bible⁴ lesson at the school, and Miss Oliver always came to the school at that time, wearing her prettiest dress. She would walk towards St. John, smiling sweetly at him

1 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。

2 softly   

adv.柔和地，静静地，温柔地

参考例句：

• He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻，她听不见。
• She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。

3 trembling   

n.发抖adj.发抖的v.发抖( tremble的现在分词 )；焦虑；颤动；轻轻摇晃

参考例句：

• My legs were trembling with fear. 我吓得双腿直发抖。
• Daddy was trembling with anxiety as to how the talks would go. 爸爸为那些商谈的进展而焦虑不安。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 bible   

n.《圣经》；得到权威支持的典籍

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• This dictionary should be your Bible when studying English.学习英语时，这本字典应是你的主要参考书。