听名著练听力之简爱篇 01

（单词翻译）

PART ONE - LIFE AT GATESHEAD
CHAPTER ONE
The Fight

We couldn't go outside at all on that cold, [-----1-----]

afternoon.The rain was pouring down, and the wind was blowing

hard.I didn't care, I was happy to stay indoors¹.Trying to take

long walks in the winter was terrible! It was supposed to be

healthy for our bodies, but I hated coming home in the dark

with my feet and hands as cold as ice. And I was always

unhappy because Bessie, one of the [-----2-----], was always

scolding² me. I had always known³ that I was different from my

cousins, John, Eliza, and Georgiana Reed⁴. They were prettier

and taller than I, and everyone loved them.

These three children were not very nice to other people or to

each other. Usually they spent their time [-----3-----] and

crying with each other. However, today they were with their

mother in the sitting room, sitting quietly and talking in

front of the warm fire. I wanted to join them but Mrs. Reed,

my aunt,said I could not. She was angry with me because Bessie

had told her I was being [-----4-----]
 

Vocabulary Focus⁵

it was suposed to……:应该干……，例如：You were supposed to

arrive warlier(你应该早点来)
troublesome：adj.带来麻烦的，-some为后缀表示引起……的，又如：

fearsome（引起恐慌的），quarrelsome（爱争吵的）。

答案：
1.rainy
2.servants
3.fighting,
4.troublesome