听名著练听力之简爱篇 第94期

I promised St. John that I would teach at the Morton school until Christmas. then he could find another teacher. On the last day of school, St. John came to see me as I said goodbye to my students. [-----1-----].

"Jane, your students have already learned¹ so much. And you've only worked here for a few months! Just think [-----2-----]!"

"Oh, no, St. John," I said, "I don't think I could do it forever. But don't talk about school now. It's Christmas time!"

He looked serious. "What are your plans?"

"For the next few days, Hannah and I are going to clean Moor² House. We'll get everything ready for Christmas.

Everything must be ready for Diana and Mary when they come home next week, for a really wonderful time!"

St. John smiled. "That's all right for now, but I hope, Jane, that soon you'll think seriously about ways to use your mind, body and heart in the service of God."

"St. John, we are all so lucky to be together, and we have so many reasons to be happy this Christmas. Don't scold³ me!" I said cheerfully⁴.

That week [-----3-----], cooking and cleaning. It made us happy to see Diana and Mary's faces when they saw the
beautiful house and warm fires, and all the cakes and Christmas foods we had made

1 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

2 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。

3 scold   

n.好责骂的人，责骂；vi.责骂，唠唠叨叨地骂；vt.怒骂

参考例句：

• Don't scold the child，It's not his fault.别责怪那孩子，那不是他的过错。
• His father gave him a bad scold this morning.他父亲今晨狠狠训了他一顿。

4 cheerfully   

adv.高兴地，愉快地

参考例句：

• The train rolled cheerfully into the station.火车欢呼着驶进车站。
• He takes our advice quite cheerfully.他欣然接受我们的劝告。