听名著练听力之简爱篇 01（在线收听）

PART ONE - LIFE AT GATESHEAD
CHAPTER ONE
The Fight

We couldn't go outside at all on that cold, [-----1-----]

afternoon.The rain was pouring down, and the wind was blowing

hard.I didn't care, I was happy to stay indoors.Trying to take

long walks in the winter was terrible! It was supposed to be

healthy for our bodies, but I hated coming home in the dark

with my feet and hands as cold as ice. And I was always

unhappy because Bessie, one of the [-----2-----], was always

scolding me. I had always known that I was different from my

cousins, John, Eliza, and Georgiana Reed. They were prettier

and taller than I, and everyone loved them.

These three children were not very nice to other people or to

each other. Usually they spent their time [-----3-----] and

crying with each other. However, today they were with their

mother in the sitting room, sitting quietly and talking in

front of the warm fire. I wanted to join them but Mrs. Reed,

my aunt,said I could not. She was angry with me because Bessie

had told her I was being [-----4-----]
 

Vocabulary Focus

it was suposed to……:应该干……，例如：You were supposed to

arrive warlier(你应该早点来)
troublesome：adj.带来麻烦的，-some为后缀表示引起……的，又如：

fearsome（引起恐慌的），quarrelsome（爱争吵的）。

答案：
1.rainy
2.servants
3.fighting,
4.troublesome