听名著练听力之简爱篇 15

PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER THREE
My First Impressions¹ of School

After the homework was done we each had a small piece of bread

for supper. Then we all went upstairs in the long, crowded

bedroom, where two children shared every bed. I had to share

Miss Miller's, but I was so tired that I fell asleep

immediately².
In the early morning, someone rang a bell to wake us up,

although it was still dark outside. I got dressed quickly in

the cold room, and washed when I could. There was only one

bowl of water for six girls. When the bell rang again, we all

went downstairs to the cold, dark schoolroom for [-----1----

-]. When the bell rang a third time, it was time to begin our

lessons. Everyone moved into four groups around four tables,

and the teachers came into the room to start the Bible³ class.

I was in the class for the youngest girls. I was so glad when

it was time for breakfast! I had eaten only a little food the

day before. But on that morning, the only food we got was

burned [-----2-----]. It was so awful that we could not eat

it, so we left the dining room with empty [-----3-----]. After

breakfast came a happy time of day, when the students could

play and talk together a little. Everyone agreed that the

breakfast was terrible. At nine o'clock, the lessons started

again and finished at twelve. After the lessons Miss Temple⁴

stood up to speak to the whole school.
"Girls, this morning you had a breakfast which you could not

eat. You must be hungry, so I have asked for a lunch of bread

and cheese for all of you." The teachers looked at her in

surprise.
"Don't worry. I'll take responsibility⁵ for it," she said to

them.
We were very happy, and ran out into the garden to eat our

lunch. None of the other girls had spoken to me yet, but I did

not mind. I stood alone outside, eating my bread and cheese

and trying to forget how cold it was. I thought about my new

life. Gateshead was far away, and I did not yet have friends

at school. What sort⁶ of future would I have?

Vocabulary⁷ Focus⁸

came a happy time of day:完全倒装句，正常语序为a happy time of

day came.

答案：
1.paryers
2.porridge
3.stomachs

1 impressions   

n.印象( impression的名词复数 )；影响；滑稽模仿；印记

参考例句：

• People are liable to judge others from their own first impressions. 人们容易用他们自己的最初印象来评价别人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Seven impressions of the novel have been sold out. 这本小说印了七次都卖光了。 来自《简明英汉词典》

2 immediately   

ad.立即地，即刻地；直接地，紧密地

参考例句：

• I'll change it immediately for you.我立刻给您换。
• I immediately become happy again.我立马就变的高兴起来了。

3 bible   

n.《圣经》；得到权威支持的典籍

参考例句：

• According to the Bible we are all the seed of Adam.根据《圣经》所说的，我们都是亚当的后裔。
• This dictionary should be your Bible when studying English.学习英语时，这本字典应是你的主要参考书。

4 temple   

n.庙宇，寺院；太阳穴

参考例句：

• There is a temple on the hill.山上有座庙。
• You will see a temple.你会看到一座寺庙。

5 responsibility   

n.责任，职责

参考例句：

• The safety of the ship is the captain's responsibility.确保船的安全是船长的责任。
• The matter is outside my area of the responsibility.此事超出我的责任范围。

6 sort   

v.排序，挑选，分拣；n.种类，类别，性质，程度

参考例句：

• She was a strange sort of person.她这个人有些古怪。
• I don't much care for that sort of man.我不太喜欢那种人。

7 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。

8 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。