听名著练听力之简爱篇 第95期

Diana, Mary, and I had a wonderful Chiristmas week. We took walks on the moors², read, and sang together. We were even happier to know that we were independent³ women now, because of our new money. But [-----1-----]. He continued to study all the time, and visited the sick and poor as he had always done. "St. John, are you still going to leave us and become a missionary⁴?" Diana asked him one day, a little sadly⁵. "Nothing will change my plans," he told his sister. "i will leave England in a few months."

"And Rosamund Oliver?" asked Mary gently⁶.

"What about her? She is going to marry a Mr. Granby. Her father tells me he is a very nice young man." St. John's face was calm, and his mind was thinking⁷ about other things. With surprise, I realized he no longer loved Rosamund. Somehow⁸, [-----2-----].

Soon our lives at Moor¹ House returned to normal, once Christmas was over. We began to study the things that interested us again, such as languages and drawing⁹. However, st. John began to spend more time with Diana, Mary and I sometimes I thought he was watching me. One day when I was alone, he said to me, "Jane, would you learn the Hindustani language with me? I'll need it for my work in India, and you can help me to learn it by studying with me. You don't need German, anyway. You will be a good partner for me, because you study harder than my sisters do." [-----3-----], so I began to study Hindustani. Diana and Mary were surprised that I had stopped learning German

1 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。

2 moors   

v.停泊，系泊（船只）( moor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• the North York moors 北约克郡的漠泽
• They're shooting grouse up on the moors. 他们在荒野射猎松鸡。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 independent   

adj.独立自主的；不须依赖的，不受约束的

参考例句：

• He is very far from being independent.他现在还远不能自立。
• We must fight for independent and free.我们必须为独立和自由而奋斗。

4 missionary   

adj.教会的，传教(士)的；n.传教士

参考例句：

• She taught in a missionary school for a couple of years.她在一所教会学校教了两年书。
• I hope every member understands the value of missionary work. 我希望教友都了解传教工作的价值。

5 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。

6 gently   

adv.轻轻的；温和的

参考例句：

• I should knock at the door gently.我应该轻轻地敲门。
• Push your chair in gently.轻轻把椅子推进去。

7 thinking   

n.思考，思想；adj.思考的，有理性的；vbl.想，思考

参考例句：

• All thinking men will protest against it.凡是有思想的人都会抗议这件事。
• Thinking is mainly performed with words and other symbols.思想主要是用言语和其他符号来表达的。

8 somehow   

adv.以某种方式，不知怎么搞地

参考例句：

• Somehow,I never got the chance to learn.不知怎么的，我从来都没有学的机会。
• But somehow,he got out.He's alive.可不知怎么的，他还活着出来了。

9 drawing   

n.图画，制图，素描术

参考例句：

• Drawing is my favorite lesson.画图画是我最喜欢的课程。
• The children learn singing,dancing,drawing,and the like in the kindergarten.孩子们在幼儿园里学习唱歌、跳舞、画图画等。