听名著练听力之简爱篇 第91期

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"You see, Mr. Briggs spoke¹ of a Jane Eyre, but I only knew a Jane Elliott," said² St. John. "Are you Jane Eyre?"
"Well, yes." I cried. "But doesn't Mr. Briggs know anything at all about Mr. Rochester?"
"Briggs isn't interested³ in Mr. Rochester. He's interested in you. Don't you want to know why?"
"Well, what did⁴ he want?" [-----1-----].
"He wanted to tell you that your uncle, John Eyre of Madeira, is dead⁶. He has left you all his money, and you are now rich. That is all." I sat⁷ down in a chair, my legs shaking⁸. rich! One moment I was⁹ poor, the next moment I was wealthy¹⁰. I could¹¹ not believe¹² it. I was very sorry that my uncle was dead, because he was the only family I had¹³ left. However¹⁴, I would¹⁵ never have to worry about money again! [-----2-----]!
"Wouldn't you like to know how much money you have, Jane Eyre?" said St. John. "It's only a little bit--just twenty thousand pounds¹⁶, I think."
"Twenty thousand pounds!" I thought¹⁷ I would faint¹⁸ from surprise. I had never heard St. John laugh before, but [-----3-----]. "Perhaps¹⁹... perhaps you've made⁵ a mistake²⁰." I cried nervously²¹.
"No, there's no mistake," he said, smiling. "Now I must go. Good night." He was about to leave when I said suddenly²², "Wait! Stop! Why did Mr. Briggs write to you, if he wanted to find me?"
"Oh, I'm a church²³ man," he laughed. "I have ways of discovering²⁴ interesting things."