听名著练听力之简爱篇 第26期

PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER¹ SEVEN
Mr. Rochester

The house where I was to work was called Thornfield. It was a large house in the country. After a day's journey², I arrived at the house. Mrs. Fairfax, who came out to meet me, was a little old lady. She seemed happy to have someone to talk to. The house was dark and cold, with large rooms full of beautiful, expensive [-----1-----]. It was not a very comforting³ house. But I was excited to live there, working for kind Mrs. Fairfax.
However, I soon discovered Mrs. Fairfax was not the house's owner, as I had thought. She was only a servant. Thornfield belonged to a man named Mr. Rochester, who was not at home when I arrived. My pupil was a girl named Adele, who was seven or eight years old. Mr. Rochester had taken Adele to live with him, after her mother had died. She was French, and could not speak English. But I had learned⁴ French at Lowood, so I could speak to Adele. She was a pretty, happy child who liked o play with [-----2-----] and toys. I taught her English and other subjects for two hours every day in the library. I t was difficult to make her study, because she had never had school lessons before.
A little time passed, and Mr. Rochester still had not come home. One day I decided⁵ to ask Mrs. Fairfax some questions about him. I was very [-----3-----] to know what kind of man he was, and Mrs. Fairfax was happy to talk.

Vocabulary⁶ Focus⁷

comforting: comfort的现在分词作形容词，使人舒适的，相当于comfortable.

1 chapter   

n.章，篇，重要章节

参考例句：

• I will skip the next chapter.我将略过下一章。
• Go and open a wonderful new chapter.去开启美好的新篇章。

2 journey   

n.旅行，旅程；路程

参考例句：

• She will give up this journey.她将放弃这次旅行。
• The journey home was great fun.回家的旅程非常有趣。

3 comforting   

adj.令人欣慰的；安慰的v.安慰；使舒适(comfort的现在分词)

参考例句：

• It's comforting to know that you'll be there. 知道你要去那里令人感到欣慰。
• It was a comforting thought that at least her father hadn't suffered. 令人宽慰的是，至少她爸爸没有遭受痛苦。 来自《简明英汉词典》

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 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。

6 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。

7 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。