听名著练听力之简爱篇 第102期

But I knew he did not need to worry. Even if he was blind, I would always love him and stay with him. However, I decided¹ to talk of other things and make him laugh a little. We talked for many hours that night. When it was time for bed, he asked me, "Jane, there were only ladies in the house where you lived, weren't there?" When I went to bed I was still laughing. "Good! [-----1-----], and not so sorry for himself!"

The next day I took him for a long walk. [-----2-----], as we sat under a tree.

"Tell me, Jane, what happened to you after you left me?" And so I told him my story. He wanted to know all about St.

John, my cousin. "This St. John, do you like him?"

"He's a serious, religious² man, and a very good one. I do like him."

"He's perhaps an old man, about fifty years old?"

"St. John is only twenty-nine, sir."

"And very stupid, I think you said? Not at all intelligent?"

I starting laughing. "He has an excellent brain, sir."

"Did you say he was rather plain, extremely³ ugly, in face?"

"St. John is a very handsome man, tall and fair, with blue eyes."

Mr. Rochester [-----3-----].

"In fact, sir," I continued, "he asked me to marry him."

"Well, Jane, leave me and go. Marry Rivers! Oh, until now I was so happy!"

"Well, sir he did ask me to marry him, in fact. But I will never do that. He doesn't love me, and I don't love him. He's a good man, but too cold! Don't be jealous⁴, sir. All my love is yours!"

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 religious   

adj.宗教性的，虔诚的，宗教上的；n.修道士，出家人

参考例句：

• She is very religious person who goes to church every Sunday.她十分虔诚，每个星期天都上教堂。
• It is hard for me to reject religious beliefs.要我抛弃自己的宗教信仰是困难的。

3 extremely   

adv.极其，非常，极度

参考例句：

• The film is extremely good,I just cannot miss it.这部电影太精彩了，我非看不可。
• The old man was extremely difficult to get along with.这个老人极难相与。

4 jealous   

adj.妒忌的，猜忌的；精心守护的

参考例句：

• He was jealous when he discovered that she loved someone else.当他发现她爱别人的时候，他吃醋了。
• An honorable Chinese citizen should be jealous of his own rights.一名光荣的中国公民应当珍惜自己的公民权利。