听名著练听力之简爱篇 第56期

During the next few days, Mrs. Reed¹ got sicker. Every day I spent some time caring for her. The rest of the time I sat with Eliza and Georgiana, [-----1-----] They wanted to tell me about theri plans for the future. It was quite clear to me that they did not love their mother, and wanted her to die so that they could leave Gateshead.
One dark night I visited the dying² woman. She ;lay in her bed, sleeping. For a while I started out the window at the rain. [-----2-----]I remembered my firend Helen Burns, who had been dead for nin years now. She had been so sure she would go to heaven. I wondered, would Mrs. Reed go there too?
"Who are you, girl?" I heard the sick woman saying. "I have to see Jane Eyre. I must tell her something... the truth..."
"I am Jane Eyre, aunt," I told her gently.
[-----3-----] "I know I am ill and old," she said in a weak voice. "Before I die, you must know something about yourself. I must tell you what I have done. Jane Eyre, there is a letter on my desk. Take it and read it."
I found the letter quickly. It said:
Dear Mrs. Reed,
Please tell me where I can find my niece, Miss Jane Eyre. I am not married and have no children, so Jane will receive all my money and property³ when I die. I would like here to come to see me in Madeira, and perhaps live here.
John Eyre

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 dying   

adj.垂死的，临终的

参考例句：

• He was put in charge of the group by the dying leader.他被临终的领导人任命为集团负责人。
• She was shown into a small room,where there was a dying man.她被领进了一间小屋子，那里有一个垂死的人。

3 property   

n.财产，所有物，所有权，性质，特性，（小）道具

参考例句：

• He has made over his property to a hospital.他已将财产转交给了一家医院。
• Oil has the property of floating on water.油有浮在水上的特性。