听名著练听力之简爱篇 23

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

"Come up to my room, both of you," she said.
We went to her warm, comfortable room upstairs.
"Now tell me the truth, Jane," she said. "You have been [-----1-----], and you must have the chance to [-----2-----] yourself."
And so I told her the whole story of my lonely childhood with the Reed¹ family and of the terrible night in the red room.
"I know Dr². Lloyd, who saw you when you were ill," she said. "I'll write to him and see if he agrees with what you say. If he does, I shall tell everyone in the school you are not a liar³. I believe you, Jane." And she kissed me. Then she turned to Helen.
"How are you tonight, Helen? Have you coughed a lot today?"
"Not very much, ma'am."
"And the pain in your chest⁴?"
"It's a little better, I think."
Miss Temple examined helen carefully, and sighed a little. Then she gave us some tea and [-----3-----]. For a while I felt I was in heaven, eating and drinking in the warm, pretty room, with kind Miss Temple and Helen.
But when we reached our bedroom, Miss Scatcherd was checking the drawers.
"Burns!" she said. "Yours is far too untidy⁵! Tomorrow, all day, you will wear a sign on your forehead saying UNTIDY!"
Helen said Miss Scatcherd was quite right, and wore the sign all the next day. But I was very angry, and at the end of the afternoon, I took it off her head and threw it in the fire.
A few days later, miss Temple received a letter from Dr. Lloyd. He wrote to her that what I had said was true, and she told the whole school that I was not a liar. Then I truly felt better. From then on I studied as hard as I could, and tried to make friends.
Vocabulary Focus⁶

of the terrible night：与of my lonely childhood同为story的所有格形式。

答案：
1.accused
2.defend
3.toast

1 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。

2 Dr   

n.医生，大夫；博士(缩)（= Doctor）

参考例句：

• Dr.Williams instructs us in botany.威廉博士教我们植物学。
• The ward of the hospital is in the charge of Dr.Green.医院的这间病房由格林医生负责。

3 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。

4 chest   

n.胸，大箱子，金库，资金，一箱，密封室，衣橱

参考例句：

• The bear's chest is hairy.那只熊的胸部毛茸茸的。
• Mother has a pain in her chest.母亲胸口疼.。

5 untidy   

adj.不整齐的，懒散的，懒惰的

参考例句：

• This is an untidy plan.这是一个杂乱无章的计划。
• I must apologize for the untidy state of the room.屋子这么不整洁，实在抱歉。

6 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。