听名著练听力之简爱篇 第48期

PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER¹ TWELVE
The Gypsy

Mr. Rochester's face went white. For a few minutes, he did not speak. Finally I asked, "are you ill, sir?"
"Jane, help me," he said. I helped him to sit down, and then sat next to him. He held my hand tightly².
"Jane, I wish you and I were far away from here, with none of these terrible troubles to make me suffer³."
"How can I help you, sir? Pleas⁴ tell me what is wrong!"
"Jane, I promise I'll ask you if I need help, but I cannot tell you anything now. Get me a glass of [-----1-----], please." I did what he asked. He looked less pale, but very [-----2-----].
After a while he spoke⁵. "Jane, if all those fine ladies and gentlemen out there came and called me terrible names, what would you do?" he asked.
"If I could, I'd make them leave the house."
"Or, if they only looked at me, and then said terrible things about me when I could not hear, and then left me alone in the house?"
"I wouldn't leave you. I'd stay with you and [-----3-----] you, sir."
"And if it seemed like the whole world was against me, would you still stay with me?"
"Sir, if you deserved⁶ my friendship I wouldn't care what other people thought."
"Thank you, Jane. I would like to see Mr. Mason now." After I found Mr. Mason and left the two men talking in the library, I went to bed, wondering about Mr. Rochester's strange, serious questions.
Some time later, I heard him walking with Mr. Mason to his bedroom, and I was glad that Mr. Rochester sounded happier
 

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 tightly   

adv.紧紧地，坚固地，牢固地

参考例句：

• My child holds onto my hand tightly while we cross the street.横穿马路时，孩子紧拉着我的手不放。
• The crowd pressed together so tightly that we could hardly breathe.人群挤在一起，我们几乎喘不过气来。

3 suffer   

vi./vt.遭受；忍受；经历

参考例句：

• She couldn't bear to see others suffer.她不忍看见别人受苦。
• Kings go mad and the people suffer for it.〔谚语〕国王发狂，百姓遭殃。

4 pleas   

借口( plea的名词复数 )； （被告或被告律师的）抗辩； （法庭中的）理由； 请愿

参考例句：

• He sent her away without even listening to her pleas. 他甚至不肯听她的哀诉就把她遣走了。 来自汉英文学 - 家（1-26） - 家（1-26）
• Shousheng came out and added his pleas to Mr. Lin's. 寿生也来了，帮着林先生说。 来自汉英文学 - 林家铺子

5 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。

6 deserved   

adj.应得的，当然的v.应受，应得，值得( deserve的过去式和过去分词 )；应受报答；应得报酬；应得赔偿

参考例句：

• Some of you deserved to succeed and others only scraped through. 你们当中有些人成功是理所当然，而有些人只是勉强及格。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Don't glare at me like that, you deserved the scolding. 不要那么瞪着我，你本该受到训斥的。 来自《简明英汉词典》