听名著练听力之简爱篇 15

（单词翻译）

PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER THREE
My First Impressions¹ of School

After the homework was done we each had a small piece of bread

for supper. Then we all went upstairs in the long, crowded

bedroom, where two children shared every bed. I had to share

Miss Miller's, but I was so tired that I fell asleep

immediately².
In the early morning, someone rang a bell to wake us up,

although it was still dark outside. I got dressed quickly in

the cold room, and washed when I could. There was only one

bowl of water for six girls. When the bell rang again, we all

went downstairs to the cold, dark schoolroom for [-----1----

-]. When the bell rang a third time, it was time to begin our

lessons. Everyone moved into four groups around four tables,

and the teachers came into the room to start the Bible³ class.

I was in the class for the youngest girls. I was so glad when

it was time for breakfast! I had eaten only a little food the

day before. But on that morning, the only food we got was

burned [-----2-----]. It was so awful that we could not eat

it, so we left the dining room with empty [-----3-----]. After

breakfast came a happy time of day, when the students could

play and talk together a little. Everyone agreed that the

breakfast was terrible. At nine o'clock, the lessons started

again and finished at twelve. After the lessons Miss Temple⁴

stood up to speak to the whole school.
"Girls, this morning you had a breakfast which you could not

eat. You must be hungry, so I have asked for a lunch of bread

and cheese for all of you." The teachers looked at her in

surprise.
"Don't worry. I'll take responsibility⁵ for it," she said to

them.
We were very happy, and ran out into the garden to eat our

lunch. None of the other girls had spoken to me yet, but I did

not mind. I stood alone outside, eating my bread and cheese

and trying to forget how cold it was. I thought about my new

life. Gateshead was far away, and I did not yet have friends

at school. What sort⁶ of future would I have?

Vocabulary⁷ Focus⁸

came a happy time of day:完全倒装句，正常语序为a happy time of

day came.

答案：
1.paryers
2.porridge
3.stomachs