听名著练听力之简爱篇 14

PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER THREE
My First Impressions of School

Finally, in the middle of January, I left Gateshead for Lowood

School. Bessie helped me to get ready, even though I had to

get up very early to leave.
"Will you say good-bye to Mrs. Reed¹, Jane?" Bessie asked.
"No, she doesn't want to wake up. Anyway, I don't want to say

anyting to her, or the Reed children. They've always hated

me."
"Oh, Miss Jane, don't say that!"
"Well, it's ture. Good-bye to Gateshead!" I [-----1-----]

happily, as we left the house and walked towards the road to

wait for the coach. Soon it arrived. It was full of people.

The driver took all of my clothes and things, and told me to

get in quickly. Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held

tightly² to her.
She told the driver, "Make sure you take care of her! Fifty

miles is a long way for a young child to travel, when she is

alone."
"I will!" he answered. The door was closed, and the coach

rolled off. It felt strange to be leaving Gateshead. Even

though I hated life there, it had been my home for as long as

I could remember. I was sad to leave Bessie, but I was excited

about the new school and the new people I would meet there.
The journey was much too long and not very interesting. I did

not have any books to read, so I looked out of the window,

thinking about my new life. Then I slept for a short time.

When I woke up the coach had stopped. The door opened and a

servant called in.
"Is there a little girl called Jane Eyre here?"
"Yes!" I said. The servant helped me out of the coach and took

my bags. We went into a large building, and the servant she

left me in a sitting room. I was very tired after the long

journey, so I sat in one of the comfortable chairs. In a few

moments the door opened and a tall lady came into the room.

She was pretty, with dark hair and dark eyes. The lady told me

that she was Miss Temple, the [-----2-----] of Lowood School.

She looked at me carefully.
"You are vrey young to travel alone. Are you tired?" she

asked, putting her hand on my [-----3-----] kindly³.
"Yes, Miss Temple, I am a little tired," I said.
"How old are you, and what is your name?"
"I'm Jane Eyre, ma'am, and I'm ten years old."
"Well, Jane, I hope you will be a good child, and work hard,"

she said, touching⁴ my cheek gently with her finger.
Another teacher named Miss Miller⁵ took me to the schoolroom.

In this large room there were about eighty girls ast doing

their homework. The oldest girls looked about twenty years

old. I sat on a bench near the door and watched them quietly.
Vocabulary Focus⁶

rolled off：车轮滚动，off为副词表示离开，roll后面也可以用其他

量词或介词。例如：The ball rolled away.（球滚走了。）

答案：
1.shouted
2.headmistress
3.shoulder

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 tightly   

adv.紧紧地，坚固地，牢固地

参考例句：

• My child holds onto my hand tightly while we cross the street.横穿马路时，孩子紧拉着我的手不放。
• The crowd pressed together so tightly that we could hardly breathe.人群挤在一起，我们几乎喘不过气来。

3 kindly   

adj.和蔼的，温和的，爽快的；adv.温和地，亲切地

参考例句：

• Her neighbours spoke of her as kindly and hospitable.她的邻居都说她和蔼可亲、热情好客。
• A shadow passed over the kindly face of the old woman.一道阴影掠过老太太慈祥的面孔。

4 touching   

adj.动人的，使人感伤的

参考例句：

• It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
• His letter was touching.他的信很感人。

5 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。

6 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。