听名著练听力之简爱篇 21

PART TWO - THE SCHOOLGIRL
CHAPTER FIVE
Mr. Brocklehurst's Visit

While Mr. Brocklehurst was talking, I [-----1-----] my face

behind my writing alate so that he would not see me. But

suddenly the slate¹ fell from my hand and broke in two on the

hard floor! I knew what would happen next.
Mr. Broklehurst looked at me coldly.
"Come here, child."
I was too frightened to move, but two big girls pushed me

towards him. Miss Temple [-----2-----] to me, "don't be

afraid, Jane. I saw it was an accident." Her kindness made me

feel better, but I knew that soon she would hear the lies

about me, and then she would dislike me too.
"Put the child on that chair," said Mr. Brocklehurst. Some [-

----3-----] me up on to a high chair, so that I was close to

his nose. Frightened, I felt everyone's eyes on me.
"You see this girl?" said Mr. Brocklehurst. "She is young; she

looks like an ordinary child. But she is not. She is very

wicked! Children, don't talk to her, stay away from her.

Teachers, watch her carefully. You must punish her body to

save her soul-- if she has a soul. This child... I can hardly

say it... this child is a liar²!"
"How terrible!" said the two Brocklehurst daughters.
"I learned this," continued the man, "from Mrs. Reed³, the kind

lady who cared for her. In the end, Mrs. Reed was so afraid of

this child's bad ways that she had to send her here. So,

teachers, watch her carefully!"

Vocabulary Focus

you must punish her body to save her soul：你们必须惩罚她的肉

体以拯救她的灵魂。
表面上这是一所救助孤儿的慈善学校，但实际上却充满了险恶的伪善行

为。这一句最能体现这个学校奉行的教育本质：从肉体和心灵上对孩子

进行双重折磨。

答案：
1.hid
2.whispered
3.lifted

1 slate   

n.板岩，石板，石片，石板色，候选人名单；adj.暗蓝灰色的，含板岩的；vt.用石板覆盖，痛打，提名，预订

参考例句：

• The nominating committee laid its slate before the board.提名委员会把候选人名单提交全体委员会讨论。
• What kind of job uses stained wood and slate? 什么工作会接触木头污浊和石板呢？

2 liar   

n.说谎的人

参考例句：

• I know you for a thief and a liar!我算认识你了，一个又偷又骗的家伙！
• She was wrongly labelled a liar.她被错误地扣上说谎者的帽子。

3 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。