听名著练听力之简爱篇 17

PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER FOUR
My New Friend

The next morning we got up in the dark. In all the rooms it

was as cold as ice. This time the porridge was not burned, but

I still felt hungry because there was not enough.
The girl I had spoken with yesterday was older than me, so she

was in a higher class. Her name was Helen Burns. Her history

teacher, Miss Scatcherd, seemed to think Helen did everything

wrong. She always spoke¹ to Helen in this way:
"Burns, hold your head up, can't you!"
"Burns, don't stand like that!"
I thought that Miss Scatcherd's history questions seemed very

hard. However, Helen asways knew all the answers. She was so

smart that I did not understand why the teacher did not like

her. That day, she looked at Helen and suddenly said,
"You dirty girl! You didn't wash your hands this morning!"
I was surprised that Helen did not tell her that we cold not

wash ourselves, because the water had been [-----1-----]! Miss

Scatcberd said something to Helen that I could not hear. Then

Helen left the room and returned, carrying a stick. The

teacher took it and hit Helen several times with it. I was [-

----2-----], but the girl did not cry or change her

expression².
"Wicked³ girl!" said Miss Scatcherd. "Nothing will change your

dirty habits!"
During the play hour, I found Helen alone, reading⁴ the same

book as before, and I started talking to her.
"Do you want to leave Lowood?" I asked her.
"No, I don't. I was sent to school here, so I must learn as

much as I can."
I was very surprised. "But Miss Scatcherd is so cruel⁵ to you!"

I cried.
"She's not cruel. She is strict, and she knows my

faults⁶."Helen said.
I said angrily, "Why, if she hit me with a stick, I'd grab⁷ it

and break it under her nose!"
"I don't think you would," answered Helen quietly. "And if you

did, Mr. Brocklehurst would send you away, and your [-----3--

---] would be angry. Anyway, the Bible⁸ tells us to do good

things, even when others hurt us. Life can be hard, but we

must try."
Vocabulary⁹ Focus¹⁰

carrying a stick:主语Helen的补语，表谓语动词的伴随状态。

答案：
1.frozen
2.horrified
3.relations

1 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

2 expression   

n.表达，表示，表现，表情，措辞，词句

参考例句：

• He looked at me without expression.他毫无表情地看着我。
• Her face was without expression.她的脸上没有表情。

3 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。

4 reading   

n.阅读，知识，读物，表演，对法律条文的解释；adj.阅读的

参考例句：

• Children learn reading and writing at school.孩子们在学校学习阅读和写作。
• He finds pleasure in reading.他从阅读中得到乐趣。

5 cruel   

adj.残酷的，残忍的；痛苦的，引起痛苦的

参考例句：

• Tigers are cruel by nature.老虎生性残忍。
• The cruel man abandoned his wife and child.那个狠心的男人舍弃了妻小。

6 faults   

n.缺点( fault的名词复数 )；毛病；失误；过失

参考例句：

• The report itemizes 23 different faults. 报告列举了23处错误。
• We're all mortals, with our human faults and weaknesses. 我们都是凡人，自然都有过错和弱点。 来自《简明英汉词典》

7 grab   

vt./n.攫取，抓取；vi.攫取，抓住(at)

参考例句：

• It is rude to grab a seat.抢占座位是不礼貌的。
• The thief made a grab at my bag but I pushed him away.贼想抢我的手提包，但被我推开了。

8 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。

9 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。

10 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。