听名著练听力之简爱篇 第53期
时间：2018-12-31 作者：英语课 分类：听名著练听力
The next day I got a letter from Gateshead. There was much trouble and sadness 1 there.
My cousin, John Reed 2, had spent all his money and most of his mother's. He had been in prison 3 most of his life. He owed 4 many people money. A week before this, he had killed himself. [-----1-----] Although she could hardly speak, she told my cousins Eliza and Georgiana that she had to see me. Why, I did not know.
Of course, I did not want to go there, but I could not refuse to see Mrs. Reed, when she might die. So I went to ask Mr. Rochester if I could travel to Gateshead for a short time.
"What is it, Jane?" he asked when I saw him. We had left the guests and were sitting alone in the library.
"Well, sir, I would like to visit my aunt, who is ill, for a week or two."
"Jane, I thought you had no family!"
"[-----2-----]"
"Well, Jane, I see you are determined 5 to go. Where does she live, and how long will you stay?"
"She lives at Gateshead, sir. It is one hundred miles away. I'll come back as soon as I can."
"You must promise me to stay only a week," Mr. Rochester said. I wondered why he looked so worried.
"[-----3-----]"
"But you can't travel a hundred miles all alone, can you?"
"My cousins sent a carriage 6 for me, sir, so I can leave tomorrow."
Mr. Rochester did not say anything for a moment.
- Smiles help you forget your sadness.微笑让你忘却悲伤。
- The jokes were a mask to hide his sadness.玩笑是掩盖他内心悲伤的方式。
- The river banks were overgrown with reed.河岸长满了芦苇。
- They inhabit reed huts built on stilts above the water.他们住在建于水中木桩之上的芦苇草屋里。
- They put him in a prison.他们将他逮捕入狱。
- If you go on like this you will be put into prison. 你这样下去会进监狱的。
- I'd completely forgotten about the money he owed me. 我完全记不得他欠我的钱了。
- He gave me a lot of help.I owed much to him. 他给我许多帮助，我非常感激他。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。
- He determined to view the rooms behind the office.他决定查看一下办公室后面的房间。