听力练习

PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER NINE
Mr. Rochester's Secrets

"Mr. Rochester! Wake up! Wake up!" I screamed, throwing water on the bed to put out the fire. Not until the fire was almost out did he wake up. He was surprised to see that he was wet.
"Jane, what is going on? Is there a [-----1-----] in this house?"he said.
"No, sir,"I answered, "there's been a fire!"
"Jane Eyre, is it you and your magic?"he asked. "Did you put a [-----2-----] on me again? Did you want to [-----3-----] me this time?"
I did not answer this. "Sir, please get up. Someone has tried to kill you!" I told him about the strange sounds I had heard outside my room and about the fire. He turned very pale, and thought for a few moments.
"Do you want to talk to Mrs. Fairfax, or the other servants, sir?" I asked.
"No, we shouldn't wake them. Wait here for a moment. I'm going up to the top floor. I'll be back soon."
I waited in his room for what seemed like a very long time. When he came back, be looked worried.
"Jane, did you see anything when you opened your bedroom door?" he asked, looking carefully at me.
"No sir."
"But you heard a strange laugh?"
"Yes, I've heard it before. It was like a strange laugh I heard once. I think it is Grace Poole, she laughs like that."
"Well, perhaps it was Grace Poole who started this fire. I must think about what to do. I'm glad you're the only person who knows about this. Don't tell anyone! Now, go back to your room."

词汇解析

1.Not until...：当引导的时间状语从句时，如果not until置于句首，主句用部分倒装。例如：Not until he spoke had I realized he was American.（他要不说话我还一直不知道他是美国人。）

2.spell [spel]

n. 一段时间,符咒,魅力
v. (spelt,spelt) 拼,拼写,拼成

例句与用法:
Could you spell that word out for me again?
那个字你再拼一遍好吗？
The witch put the princess under a spell, and she fell asleep for ten years.
这女巫使公主中了巫术，沉睡了十年。

3.pale [peil]

n. 尖木桩(前哨)
adj. 苍白的
v. 使苍白
vi. 变得苍白,变得暗淡

例句与用法:
She paled with shock at the news.
她听到那消息大惊失色。
You are looking rather pale, are you ill?
你的脸色有些苍白，你生病了吗？

4.seem [si:m]

v. 像是,似乎

例句与用法:
The children seem unaffected emotionally by their parent's divorce.
孩子在情绪上似乎未受到父母离婚的影响。
He seems to know everything.
他似乎什么都懂。
He seems an energetic person.
他似乎是一个精力充沛的人。