许国璋英语听力第二册 Lesson 6

　　Lesson 6
Words to the text
cloud
impossible
Eliza
John
Georgiana
sitting room
so far
by
fireside
perfectly¹
darling
about
next to
bookcase
seat
window-seat
call
draw
pray
discover
master
armchair
stout²
business
have no business to
continue
dependent³
mama
ought to
beg
strike
pain
sharp
waited
cruel
slave-driver
grasp
shoulder
desperate⁴
now
Mrs.
lock
upstairs
shame
for shame
servent
turn away
poor house
Words to the dialogue
What's on tonight?
picture
I have no idea.
march
the long march
save
possible
Text
LIFE AT GATESHEAD HALL
It was a cold winter day. The wind had brought dark clouds and heavy rain, so it was impossible to take a walk. Eliza, John and Georgiana were gathered round their mother in the sitting-room⁵. She lay on a sofa by the fireside, looking perfectly happy with her darlings about her. But she told me not to come near them because I was not a good child.
I went to a small room next to the drawing-room. Taking a book from a bookcase, I climbed up into the window-seat. Here I sat behind the curtains and started reading. I was quite happy until I heard the voice of John Reed⁶.
"Where is she?" He said, calling to his sisters."Eliza! Georgiana! Jane is not here."
I was glad that I had drawn⁷ the curtains, and I prayed that I should not be discovered. But Eliza was quicker than John. She said at once, "She is in the window-seat of course."
I came out immediately. "What do you want?" I asked.
"Say 'What do you want, Master Reed'," was his reply. "I want you to come here," he added⁸. And he sat down in an armchair.
John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen: four years older than I, for I was only ten. He was big and stout for his age, with a large face and an unhealthy skin. John had not much love for his mother and sisters, but he really hated me. As I came up to his chair, he spent about three minutes in putting out his tongue at me. Then he hit me suddenly and hard.
"What were you doing behind the curtains?"
"I was reading."
"Show me the book."
I returned to the window and brought the book. "You have no business to read our books," John Reed continued. "You are a dependent, Mama says. Your father left you no money. You ought to beg, and not live with a gentleman's children. Go and stand by the door."
I did so. I turned round and saw that he was going to throw the book at me; I tried to avoid it, but it was too late. I was knocked over and fell against the door, striking⁹ my head and cutting it badly. The pain was very sharp.
"Wicked¹⁰, cruel boy!" I said. "You are like a murderer¹¹ - you are like a slave-driver!"
"What!" he cried. "What did you say to me? Did you hear her, Eliza and Georgiana? I'll tell Mama. But first - "
He ran at me and grasped my hair and my shoulder. But I was desperated now. I don't know what I did with my hands, but I heard him cry for help.
Mrs. Reed came. "Take her away to the red room and lock her in," she said. Four hands then quickly carried me upstairs.
"For shame!" cried the maid¹². "To strike a gentleman, your young master!"
"Master? How is he my master? Am I a servant?"
"You ought to know, Miss," said the nurse, "that you owe¹³ much to Mrs. Reed. She keeps you. If she turns you away, you will have to go to the poor-house."
These words were not new to me; so I did not answer.
Dialogue
Going to a film
What's on tonight?
There is a picture at 7:30. It's a color film I hear.
What is its name?
I have no idea. But the film is about the long march.
It must be a wonderful film. Let's go together.
Look, I have got quite a few things to do after supper. Could you go first and get me a seat.
Alright. I will save you a seat. But do come as earlier as possible.

1 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

2 stout   

adj.强壮的，粗大的，结实的，勇猛的，矮胖的

参考例句：

• He cut a stout stick to help him walk.他砍了一根结实的枝条用来拄着走路。
• The stout old man waddled across the road.那肥胖的老人一跩一跩地穿过马路。

3 dependent   

adj.依靠的，依赖的，依赖他人生活者

参考例句：

• He has a mother completely dependent on him.他有一个完全靠他赡养的母亲。
• The country is dependent on foreign aid.这个国家靠外援生存。

4 desperate   

adj.不顾死活的，危急的，令人绝望的，极渴望的

参考例句：

• They made a desperate attempt to save the company.他们为挽救公司作孤注一掷的努力。
• The city is suffering a desperate shortage of water.这个城市严重缺水。

5 sitting-room   

n.（BrE）客厅，起居室

参考例句：

• The sitting-room is clean.起居室很清洁。
• Each villa has a separate sitting-room.每栋别墅都有一间独立的起居室。

6 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。

7 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

8 added   

adj.更多的，附加的，额外的

参考例句：

• They have added a new scene at the beginning.在开头他们又增加了一场戏。
• The pop music added to our enjoyment of the film.片中的流行音乐使我们对这部电影更加喜爱。

9 striking   

adj.显著的，惹人注目的，容貌出众的

参考例句：

• There is a striking difference between Jane and Mary.简和玛丽之间有显著的差异。
• What is immediately striking is how resourceful the children are.最令人注目的是孩子们的机智聪明。

10 wicked   

adj.邪恶的，恶劣的，缺德的；淘气的

参考例句：

• Let everyone know all the wicked things she has done.把她干的坏事给大家抖搂抖搂。
• The wicked must be wiped out.恶人必须除掉。

11 murderer   

n.杀人犯，凶手

参考例句：

• How long should a murderer be kept in prison?犯了谋杀罪的人应在监狱关多少年？
• They discovered the murderer to have run away.他们发现凶手已逃之夭夭。

12 maid   

n.少女，未婚女子，女仆

参考例句：

• I have sent my maid away.我已把我的女仆解雇了。
• A maid in white is walking along the boardwalk.一位白衣少女漫步于海边的木板路上。

13 owe   

vt./vi.欠（债等）；感激；把……归功于某人

参考例句：

• We still owe one hundred dollars for the car.为这部车我们还欠着100美元。
• We owe it to society to make our country a better place.把国家建设得更美好是我们对社会应尽的责任。