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Mrs. Fairfax : Is all well, my dear?

没事吧，亲爱的。

Jane : What a strange man!

他是多么奇怪的人！

So changeful and abrupt.

喜怒无常又粗鲁莽撞。

Mrs. Fairfax : Hmm... I suppose I've grown accustomed to it.

嗯…我想我已经习惯他这一点了。

And one has to make allowances.

你必须去体谅容忍。

Jane : Why?

为什么？

Mrs. Fairfax : Partly because it is his nature, and we none of us can help our nature. Partly, family troubles.

某程度上是他的天性，我们没有一个人能够改变他的本性，另外是家庭。

Jane : He doesn't have a family？

他不是没有家人了吗?

Mrs. Fairfax: There are painful memories which are perhaps best forgotten.

痛苦的记忆，最好还是别提了忘掉它们。

重点讲解

生词：

changeful adj. 易变的, 不安定的, 富于变化的

abrupt adj. 唐突的，鲁莽的

accustomed adj. 习惯于…的，适应了的

partly ad.在一定程度上，部分地

painful adj.痛苦的

allowance 考虑

短语：

make allowances：体谅；考虑进去

grow accustomed to：变得习惯，适应于

family troubles：家庭问题

painful memories：痛苦不堪的记忆

重点短语：

make allowances

【释1】谅解，体谅

You must make allowances for him because he has been ill. 你应该体谅他, 因为他一直病着。

We must make allowances for his ignorance. 我们对他的无知必须谅解。

【释2】考虑

Whatever you do you should make allowances for its effect.不管你做什么，你都该考虑它的效果。

If you didn't make allowances for the age of the small boys working for you their strengh would be exhausted. 如果你不考虑为你工作的孩子们的年龄，他们非累坏不可。

grow accustomed to

He would need, then, to grow accustomed before he could see things in that upper world. 这时，他需要时间适应，使自己能够看清上面世界的事物。