听名著练听力之简爱篇 第70期

Then he turned to us, with a bitter¹ smile. "You see, gentlemen, this is my wife. This is the partner I must live with forever. And instead, I wanted to have Jane Eyre, this young girl. Can you honestly blame me? [-----1-----]!"
We all left the room silently². As we went downstairs the lawyer said to me quietly, "Miss Eyre, I know you did not know about Bertha Mason. None of this is your fault; it is Edward Rochester's terrible mistake. Mr. mason will tell your uncle what happened when he returns to madeira."
"Do you know my uncle?" I asked, surprised.
"I am John Eyre's lawyer, also. Your uncle and Mr. Mason know each other. On his way back to the West Indies, Mr. Mason stopped in Madeira and stayed with Mr. Eyre. He told Mason that you were going to marry a Mr. Rochester in England."
"Yes, I wrote to tell him I was getting married," I said.
"Well, when Mr. Mason told him that Mr. Rochester was already married, your uncle told him to return here immediately, to stop you from marrying Rochester. I'm afraid your uncle is ill, and he may die soon. I think [-----2-----]."
After the men had left, I went to my room and locked the door. Slowly I took off my wedding dress and veil³. I was tired, and my head hurt as I began to think about what had happened. Could I ever trust Mr. Rochester again? Had he ever really loved me? My hopes were all dead, and my future was empty. [-----3-----].

1 bitter   

adj.激烈的，苦涩的，辛酸的，厉害的，悲痛的；n.辛酸，苦味，苦酒

参考例句：

• The bitter winter was coming.寒冬到了。
• The two countries fell out in a bitter wrangle over imports.这两个国家在有关进口问题的激烈争吵中闹翻了。

2 silently   

adv.沉默地，无声地

参考例句：

• She sat in the car,silently fuming at the traffic jam.她坐在汽车里，心中对交通堵塞感到十分恼火。
• He didn't shout,he just glared at me silently.他没有喊叫，只是默默地怒视着我。

3 veil   

n.面纱，掩饰物，修女；vt.给...戴面纱或面罩；vi.带面纱或面罩

参考例句：

• Please veil your face.请用面纱遮住脸。
• There was a veil of mist over the mountains.山上覆盖着一层薄雾。