聽名著練聽力之簡(jiǎn)愛 31
CHAPTER EIGHT
Life with Mr. Rochester
Later that evening I had tea with Mrs. Fairfax in the [-----1-----].
"Mrs. Fairfax, you told me that Mr. Rochester was a little strange," I said.
"Well, what do you think, dear?"
"I think he is a very strange man. I am not sure what I think of him!"
"He may seem strange way to you. But I know him very well, so I understand him a little. He has had family problems, you know."
"What do you mean?"I asked.
"Well, he had an older brother, who died nine years ago."
"Nine years is a long time to be upset. Is he still unhappy because of this [-----2-----]?"
"Well, you see, there were a lot of bad feelings and anger in this house. Just before their father died, he gave the older brother the house and almost all the money. Mr. Edward(that's Mr. Rochester) was angry and left his family. He [-----3-----] around the world. But when his older brother died, he got Thornfield. But he doesn't come and live here very often, and I am not surprised."
"Why should he stay away?" I asked.
Mrs. Fairfax said nothing for a moment. She looked as if she was remembering the past. "Well, dear, perhaps he believes Thronfield Hall is a sad place." It was clear that Mrs. Fairfax did not want to tell me anything more
1.strange [streind?]
adj. 陌生的,奇怪的
例句與用法:
Do you know why she is so strange to him?
你知道她為什么對(duì)他如此冷淡嗎?
It's strange for her to be so rude.
真奇怪，她竟然會(huì)如此粗暴無禮。
He stood in a strange street.
他站在一條陌生的街道上。
2.upset [?p'set]
adj. 煩亂的,不高興
v. 顛覆,推翻,擾亂,使心煩意亂,使不舒服
例句與用法:
She had a major emotional upset.
她情緒上受到了沉重的打擊。
Her refusal to help quite upset the applecart.
她不肯幫忙，計(jì)畫也就落空了。
Last-minute changes caused a great deal of upset.
出現(xiàn)的臨時(shí)變動(dòng)造成一片混亂。
3.stay [stei]
n. 停留,停止,依靠
v. 停留,留宿,制止
例句與用法:
I don't think he's sufficiently dedicated to stay the course.
我認(rèn)為他不夠堅(jiān)定，不會(huì)堅(jiān)持到底的。
I stayed late at the party last night.
昨晚我在晚會(huì)上呆到很晚。
The temperature has stayed hot this week.
本周氣溫一直都很熱。
4.away [?'wei]
adv. 遠(yuǎn)離,離開
例句與用法:
He cut away a dead branch.
他砍掉一根枯干的樹枝。
He lives 3 miles away from here.
他住在離這里三哩的地方。
I hope to get away early in the morning.
我希望一早就動(dòng)身離開。
5.Nine years is a long time...:主語為"a long time"，也可以把"nine years"看成一個(gè)整體概念，因而be動(dòng)詞用"is"。同理，如果the United States作主語時(shí)，謂語動(dòng)詞也應(yīng)該用單數(shù)。例如：The United States is a gighly developed country.(美國(guó)是一個(gè)高度發(fā)達(dá)的國(guó)家。)
