听名著练听力之简爱篇 08

PART ONE - LIFE AT GATESHEAD
CHAPTER ONE
The Fight

As I sat there in the dark, I began to think strange things.

If Mr. Reed¹ had lived, maybe he would have been nice to me. As

I looked around the dark, quiet room, I was afraid that mr.

Reed's ghost might come back. What if he was angry with his

wife for treating me badly? He might rise from his grave², and

appear in this room! I was so scared by this thought that I

could not breathe. Suddenly I saw a light moving on the

ceiling³. It was probably from a lamp outside, but I was so

afraid that I did not think clearly. I thought it must be a

ghost, an angry ghost from the land of the dead! My heart beat

fast. Was that something moving near me ? Screaming loudly, I

ran to the door and hit it with my [-----1-----]. I wanted to

break it open and run far away from that cold, dark room. Soon

Miss Abbott and Bessie came running to open it.
"Miss Eyre, what is wrong? Are you ill?" asked Bessie.
"Please! Please! Let me leave this room!" I screamed.
"Why? What happened?" she asked.
"I saw a strange light in the room. I know it was a ghost," I

cried, holding [-----2-----] onto Bessie.
"There's nothing wrong with her!" said Miss Abbot. "She

screamed just to make us come. I know all her little tricks!"
I heard footsteps⁴ in the hall. "What is all that noise?" said

an angry voice. Mrs. Reed came in. "Abbott and Bessie, I told

you to leave Jane Eyre in this room until I said she could

leave!"
"She screamed so loudly, Mrs. Reed," said Bessie softly⁵.
"Let go of her, Bessie," Mrs. Reed said. "Jane Eyre, you will

not leave this room until I say you can. Your [-----3-----]

don't work with me! Now, you will stay here one hour more!"
"Oh Aunt, forgive me! I shall die if you keep me here..." I

screamed and kicked as she held me.
"Be quiet!" She pushed me back into the red room and locked

the door. There I was in the darkness again, with the ghosts

and the silence. I screamed until I must have fainted⁶, because

I do not remember anything more.

Vocabulary Focus⁷

what if要是……又怎么样？，例如：What if it rains?（要是下雨了

怎么办？）

答案：
1.fists
2.tightly
3.tricks

1 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。

2 grave   

n.墓穴，坟墓，雕刻工，抑音；adj.庄重的，严肃的，重大的，低沉的；vt.雕刻

参考例句：

• Marriage is the grave of love.婚姻是爱情的坟墓。
• This is a very grave matter indeed.这问题的确非常严重。

3 ceiling   

n.天花板；(规定价格、工资等的)最高限额

参考例句：

• It took more or less a whole day to paint the ceiling.粉刷天花板用了将近一整天的时间。
• A fly is on the ceiling.一只苍蝇在天花板上。

4 footsteps   

n.脚步（声），一步的距离，足迹；脚步（声）( footstep的名词复数 )；一步的距离；足迹

参考例句：

• the sound of footsteps on the stairs 楼梯上的脚步声
• Their footsteps echoed in the silence. 他们的脚步声在一片寂静中回荡着。

5 softly   

adv.柔和地，静静地，温柔地

参考例句：

• He speaks too softly for her to hear.他讲话声音太轻，她听不见。
• She breathed her advice softly.她低声劝告。

6 fainted   

v.晕倒，昏倒( faint的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Facer has fainted; this bucket of water should fetch him round. 费塞昏过去了，这桶水可以使他苏醒过来。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She all but fainted when she heard the news. 听到那消息，她差点晕过去。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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。