听名著练听力之简爱篇 第74期

"Well, as you know, he decided¹ to give my older brother everything. [-----1-----]. Without asking me, my father decided that I should marry Bertha Mason. She was the daughter of my father's rich friend Jonas Mason. I was young and foolish² in those days. Wyhen I saw Bertha in the West Indies, she was beautiful. I thought I loved her and wanted to marry her. But after the wedding³, I learned⁴ that Bertha's mother and younger brother were both mad. Bertha would probably become sick like them. Jane, my father knew all of this, but he did not tell me! Soon after our wedding, Bertha began to go mad. I lived with her in other places for four years. By now my father and brother were both dead, so I was rich. But I knew that I was really poor, because I was married⁵ to a mad woman, for the rest of my life!"

"I pity you, sir, I do pity you," I said sadly⁶. I could not imagine how terrible his life with Bertha Mason must have been.
"Well, [-----2-----], but in the end I decided to bring Bertha to live at Thornfield Hall. She has lived here ever since. No one in this house knows the whole truth about her although Mrs. Fairfax knows she is here. But although I pay Grace⁷ Poole a lot of money to watch her, Bertha is still clever. She has escaped⁸ from her room at night, as you know. The first time, she tried to kill me in a fire. The second time, she visited you in your room. She must have wanted to know who you were. She must have remembered her own wedding day when she saw your dress."

"And what did you do, sir, after you had brought her here?"

"I traveled all over Europe, Jane. [-----3-----]--"

"But you couldn't marry, sir," I said.

1 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。

2 foolish   

adj.愚蠢的，傻的；荒谬的，可笑的

参考例句：

• The foolish boy was laughed at wherever he went.这个愚蠢的男孩不论走到哪里都受到讥笑。
• Don't worry me with such foolish questions.不要用这些愚蠢的问题来烦我。

3 wedding   

n.婚礼，结婚，结婚仪式，结合

参考例句：

• I have to attend a wedding.我必须去参加婚礼。
• Their wedding was very quiet.他们的婚礼很平淡。

4 learned   

adj.有学问的，博学的；learn的过去式和过去分词

参考例句：

• He went into a rage when he learned about it.他听到这事后勃然大怒。
• In this little village,he passed for a learned man.在这个小村子里，他被视为有学问的人。

5 married   

adj.已婚的；与…结婚的

参考例句：

• I heard John got married.我听说约翰结婚了。
• They got married last autumn.他们在去年秋季结婚。

6 sadly   

adv.悲痛地，悲惨地，悲伤地

参考例句：

• She looked at him sadly.她难过地看着他。
• Sadly the good times aren't returning any time soon.遗憾的是，好时光不会很快就回来。

7 grace   

n.优雅，雅致，魅力，恩惠，慈悲

参考例句：

• She is a beautiful girl with the grace and poise.她是一位仪态优雅的佳丽。
• I hope the grace of God would descend on me.我期望上帝的恩惠。

8 escaped   

adj.溜走v.逃脱( escape的过去式和过去分词 )；（气体，液体等）漏出；（未受伤或只受了一点伤害而）逃脱；声音（不自觉地）由…发出

参考例句：

• He escaped with only a broken arm. 他得以逃生，只是断了一只胳膊。
• Nothing escaped our teacher's eagle eye. 任何事情都逃不过我们老师那锐利的目光。