經典美文朗讀：《簡·愛》節選

最新 04-22

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PART ONE - LIFE AT GATESHEAD

第一部-在蓋茨赫德的生活

CHAPTER ONE

第一章

The Red Room

紅房子

The red room was a cold, silent room. It was the largest bedroom in the house, but no one slept in it. Nine years ago my uncle, Mr. Reed, had died in this room. Since then no one wanted to go into the room.

紅房子陰冷、寂靜，儘管是最大的卧室之一，卻很少使用。九年前，我舅舅里德先生就死在這裡。從此，沒人再願睡在裡面了。

Now that I was alone I thought about the terrible people I lived with. John Reed, his sisters, his mother, the servants, they all scolded and hated me. Why could I never please them?

我孤單單的，心裡痛苦地思量著和我一起生活的這些人。約翰·里德，他的妹妹們，他的母親，僕人——他們所有的人都指責我、訓斥我、恨我。為什麼我總不能讓他們高興呢？

Eliza was [1_____], but it did not matter. Georgiana had a bad temper, but everyone loved her because she was beautiful. John was ugly, curel and violent, but nobody punished him. I tried to be good and make no mistakes, but they called me bad every day. Now that I had fought John to protect myself, everyone blamed me.

伊麗莎自私，卻得到尊重。喬治娜脾氣壞卻人人喜歡，因為她長得漂亮。約翰粗魯、殘忍、凶暴，卻沒人懲罰他。我盡量不犯錯誤，可他們每時每刻都說我搗亂。現在我為了保護自己反抗了約翰，更成了眾矢之的。

I spent the rest of the day in the red room asking myself why I had to suffer and why life was so unfair. "Perhaps I should run away, or [2_____] myself to death," I thought sadly.

整整一個漫長的下午，我都待在紅房子里問自己，為什麼我非得受苦，為什麼生活如此不公平。也許我應該跑掉或乾脆餓死。

Soon it was dark outside. It was raining, and I could hear the wind in the trees. It sounded like ghosts crying. I was no longer angry, and I began to think the Reeds might be right. Perhaps I was really bad inside. Did I [3_____] to die like my uncle Reed?

天漸漸黑了，雨點仍然拍打著窗戶，還可以聽到風在樹枝間呼嘯。我已經不生氣了，甚至開始覺得也許里德一家是對的。也許我真的挺壞，我是不是應該死，然後像里德舅舅一樣被埋在教堂的院子里？

I didi not remember him. Just before he died, he had made my Aunt Reed promise to care for me like their own children. Now she probably wished she had never made that promise to him!

我已記不起他了，但我知道他是我媽媽的哥哥。我雙親過世後，他收留了我。臨死前，他要妻子里德太太保證像照顧自己的孩子一樣照顧我。我想她現在後悔自己的許諾了。

Vocabulary Focus

now that 由於……

例如：

Now that you have finished your homework, you can watch TV.

既然你完成了作業，那麼你可以看電視。

答案：

1.selfish

2.starve

3.deserve

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