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, silent¹ room. It was the largest

bedroom in the house, but no one slept in it. Nine years ago

my uncle, Mr. Reed², 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 scolded³ and hated me. Why could I never please them?

Eliza was [-----1-----], but it did not matter. Georgiana had

a bad temper⁴, but everyone loved her because she was

beautiful. John was ugly, curel and violent⁵, 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 Reeds⁶ 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!

Vocabulary Focus⁷

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

1 silent   

adj.安静的，不吵闹的，沉默的，无言的；n.(复数)默剧

参考例句：

• 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。

2 reed   

n.芦苇，芦丛，簧舌，簧片

参考例句：

• 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。

3 scolded   

v.责骂，斥责( scold的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• 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》

4 temper   

n.恶劣的心情，心绪焦躁；性情，脾气

参考例句：

• 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。

5 violent   

adj.暴力的，猛烈的，激烈的，极端的，凶暴的，歪曲的

参考例句：

• 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。

6 reeds   

芦苇( reed的名词复数 )； 芦丛； 簧舌； 簧片

参考例句：

• Our roof was made of dried reeds. 我们的屋顶是用干芦苇盖的。
• Oaks may fall when reeds stand the storm. 芦苇耐风暴，橡树却会倒。

7 focus   

n.焦点，焦距；vi.聚焦，注视；vt.使聚焦，调焦，集中

参考例句：

• She was the focus of everyone's attention.她是大家注意的焦点。
• The noise made it hard for me to focus on work.噪音让我无法集中注意力工作。