听名著练听力之简爱篇 第83期

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Mary said¹ sadly², "We have lost our father. Now we'll lose³ our brother too!"

Just then St. John came⁴ into the room with a letter. "Our uncle John is dead," he said. Diana and Mary did⁵ not look sad. St. John gave⁶ them the letter to read, [-----1-----].

"Well," said Diana, "I suppose⁷ we don't really need any more money, anyway⁸."

"Yes," said St. John, "but if we had⁹ that money, how different our lives would¹⁰ be!" He left the room.

After a few¹¹ moments Diana looked at me. "Jane, you are probably¹² surprised¹³ that we are not sad because Uncle John has died¹⁴. He was¹⁵ our mother's brother. Years ago, he and my father quarreled¹⁶ with each other. [-----2-----]. Uncle John did not marry¹⁷ and had no children. He had no other family except¹⁸ for us and one other person¹⁹, who we do not know. My father always hoped²⁰ the Uncle John would help us when he died, by giving us his money. But it seems²¹ that this other person has gotten everything. [-----3-----]. Uncle John disliked²² my father, so he probably did not want to help us. But Mary and I would have felt rich with only a thousand pounds²³ each. And St. John would have been able²⁴ to help so many poor people around the world!" She said nothing else and soon left the room.

The next day, the Rivers family returned to their work, and I moved to the school in Morton