听名著练听力之简爱篇 第93期

"Oh, St. John, I'm glad--I'm so glad!" I cried, laughing.

St. John smiled. "[-----1-----]. And now you're happy about something ordinary¹!"

"No, you don't understand. This means² everything to me! You see, you already have some family. But I had no one, and now I suddenly have three wonderful cousins!" I walked quickly around the room. [-----2-----]. I could now help the Rivers family by sharing the money with them! There were the four of us cousins. If we shared my money equally³, there would be five thousand pounds for each of us. That was plenty of money. It was a fair answer to our money problems, and we would all be happy. If they did not want to, Diana and Mary would never have to work again. We would all be able to spend more time together at Moor⁴ House.

Of course, when I told my cousins what I wanted to do, they did not agree at first. But they knew that I was serious about sharing the money, so finally they agreed to [-----3-----]. Mr. Briggs the lawyer gave the money to each of us

1 ordinary   

adj.平常的，普通的；n.常事，常例，普通的人

参考例句：

• Her new house is certainly out of the ordinary.她的新居真是不同凡响。
• That is quite an ordinary event.那是极平常的一件事。

2 means   

n.方法，手段，折中点，物质财富

参考例句：

• That man used artful means to find out secrets.那人使用狡猾的手段获取机密。
• We must get it done by some means or other.我们总得想办法把它干完。

3 equally   

adv.平等地；公平地

参考例句：

• Divide the cake into quarters and share it equally.把蛋糕分成四份，大家平均享用。
• The blue sky belongs equally to us all.蓝天为人所共有。

4 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。