听名著练听力之简爱篇 07
PART ONE - LIFE AT GATESHEAD
CHAPTER ONE
The Fight
The red room was a cold, silent 1 room. It was the largest
bedroom in the house, but no one slept in it. Nine years ago
my uncle, Mr. Reed 2, had died in this room. Since then no one
wanted to go into the room.
Now that I was alone I thought about the terrible people I
lived with. John Reed, his sisters, his mother, the servants,
they all scolded 3 and hated me. Why could I never please them?
Eliza was [-----1-----], but it did not matter. Georgiana had
a bad temper 4, but everyone loved her because she was
beautiful. John was ugly, curel and violent 5, but nobody
punished him. I tried to be good and make no mistakes, but
they called me bad every day. Now that I had fought John to
protect myself, everyone blamed me.
I spent the rest of the day in the red room asking myself why
I had to suffer and why life was so unfair. "Perhaps I should
run away, or [-----2-----] myself to death," I thought sadly.
Soon it was dark outside. It was raining, and I could hear the
wind in the trees. It sounded like ghosts crying. I was no
longer angry, and I began to think the Reeds 6 might be right.
Perhaps I was really bad inside. Did I [-----3-----] to die
like my uncle Reed? I didi not remember him. Just before he
died, he had made my Aunt Reed promise to care for me like
their own children. Now she probably wished she had never made
that promise to him!
now that由于……，例如：Now that you have finished your
homework, you can watch TV.（既然你完成了作业，那么你可以看电
视。）
答案：
1.selfish
2.starve
3.deserve
- Immediately on his beginning to speak,everyone was silent.他一讲话，大家顿时安静下来。
- The boys looked at the conjuror in silent wonder. 孩子们目瞪口呆地看着那魔术师。
- 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。
- He scolded them for arriving late. 他嫌他们迟到，训了他们一通。
- The boy was scolded by his mother for breaking the looking glass. 那小孩因打破了镜子而被他妈妈责骂。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The man lost his temper and struck out wildly.那人因发怒而大打出手。
- One day the man flew at me in a temper.一天,那个人冲着我大发脾气。
- The madman was violent and had to be locked up.这个精神病患者很凶暴，不得不把他锁起来。
- They caught him and gave him a violent beating.他们抓住了他，把他狠狠打了一顿。