听名著练听力之简爱篇 02

PART ONE - LIFE AT GATESHEAD
CHAPTER ONE
The Fight
"No,I'm sorry, Jane," she said,looking at me as if I was a rat

on the floor. "Until I know that you are really trying to be

good and quiet, I will not treat you like one of my

children.They are good!" "What did Bessie tell you? What have

I done? "I asked."Jane Eyre,do not ask me any more questions.

You must do what you are told. If you cannot speak nicely and

obey me.then be [-----1-----]! "

After she left me I went into the little room next door. I got

a picture book from the shelf and [-----2-----] on to the

windowseat, closing the curtains around me. Now no one could

find me. I stared out the window at the cold,gray November

day.The rain fell hard on the garden, which had no leaves or

flowers.Then I looked at the picture book. I was inside a

world of [-----3-----]. For a while,I forgot my sad, lonely

life and felt a little happier. I was only afraid that the

Reed¹ children might find me. Because they were [-----4-----]

to me,I tried to talk to them as little as I could.
 

Vocabulary Focus²

until I know…my children …：until引导时间状语从句，主句用否

定式，即为“not…until”结构

答案：
1.quiet
2.climbed
3.imagination
4.cruel

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 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。