有声读物

"Good heavens！"she said again，when I had finished. "Why did your poor mother marry again？What a terrible mistake！"
“我的天！”我讲完后，她又说了一句，“你可怜的母亲为何要改嫁呢？她犯了个多大的错误呀！”
"Perhaps she was in love，"suggested Mr Dick，smiling his rather foolish smile.
“或许是出于爱情，”迪克先生猜测道，嘴角挂着笨拙的笑容。
"In love！"said Miss Betsey crossly. "Perhaps the poor silly girl thought she was in love！But now，Mr Dick，another question. What should we do with the boy？"
“爱情！”贝茜小姐愤愤地说道，“或许是因为这位可怜的傻女孩自己认为谈上了恋爱！但是，现在，迪克先生，另一个问题是，我们拿这个孩子怎么办？”
"Well—'said Mr Dick，thinking. Then an idea suddenly came to him. "You should put him to bed！"
“嗯——”迪克先生思索着说道。然后，他突然想出了一个主意，“你应该带他上床睡觉！”
"Thank you again，Mr Dick，for yourcommon sense！"said my aunt happily. "Janet，put the boy to bed！"
“再次感谢你，迪克先生，你真懂常理、知常情！”姨婆高兴地说道。
And so，in a comfortable clean little bed，in a pleasantairy roomat the top of Miss Betsey Trotwood's house，Ifloated away intothe world of my dreams.
就这样，在贝茜·特拉伍德小姐的房子顶层，在安逸的卧室里，在一张干净而舒适的小床上，我进入了梦乡。
At breakfast next morning I bravely asked my aunt，"Are you—have you—what's going to happen to me？"
第二天早餐时分，我鼓起勇气问姨婆：“您打算——您准备——我今后会怎么样？”
"I've written to your stepfather，"she replied.
“我已经给你继父写了信。”她回答。
"Oh！Are you going to send me back to the Murdstones？Please don't，aunt！Please let me stay here！"I cried，trembling.
“啊！那您准备把我送回给摩德斯通姐弟吗？求您别这样，姨婆！求您让我留在这里。”我哭起来，声音发颤。
"I don't know what I'll do yet. We'll have to wait and see，"she answered firmly.
“我还不知道怎么办，我们必须等等看。”她严肃地说。

练习答案，题目参见第二页：common sense, airy, float away

妙语佳句

common sense
常识
Knowledge without common sense counts for nothing.
缺乏常识的知识是没有价值的。

airy room
通风的
It was large and airy and faced St. Charles Avenue.
它宽敞、通风，朝向圣查尔斯街。

float away into
漂走到
There's a good way to tie up your boat so that it doesn't float away.
有个好办法可以把船牢牢拴在木桩上使他它不会漂走。

练一练：

1. Although she's not very clever she's got lots of _____.
她虽然不很聪明，但很有见识。

2. I tried my best to assume an _____ manner.
我尽量摆出一副大大咧咧的样子。

3. The little shop-girl was getting into deep water. She was letting her few supports _____ from her.
这小女工陷入了感情的漩涡之中，越陷越深，那几根支撑她的柱子一根根都漂走了。

答案见上一页末尾。