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台词：

Jane : Good morning.

早上好。

Fairfax : Oh, Miss Eyre.

噢，Eyre小姐

I suppose you've heard about the master's accident.

我想你听说主人的意外了吧。

It's a mercy he wasn't burnt in his bed. Dear!

他真幸运没被烧伤。

Jane : Is he all right?

他没事吧？

Fairfax : Yeah. Well enough... to be up with the sun and gone before breakfast.

是的，他非常好。他日出就起床，早饭没吃就出门了。

Jane : Gone? Gone where?

出门了？去哪里了？

Fairfax : To Lord Ingram's , the other side of Malcott.

Ingram殿下府上，在Malcott的另一边。

I gather there's quite a party assembled there.

我猜那里举行隆重的宴会罢了。

Jane : Do you expect him back tonight?

你想他今晚会回来吗？

Fairfax : Oh, no... No. Nor tomorrow night, I think.

啊，不会了吧，明晚也不会了。

When these fashionable people get together, They're in no hurry to part.

他们这些上流人物一旦聚到一起，就不会急着分开的了。

They may decide to go to London or the continent.

他们也许要去伦敦或是到欧洲大陆。

Oh, Mr. Rochester may not be back at Thornfield for another year.

Rochester先生很可能又有一年不回Thornfield了。

He's quite a favorite with the ladies in the party.

先生他很钟爱舞会上的女士们。

That Miss Blanche has been setting her cap at him for years.

Blanche小姐已经追求先生好几年了。

Jane : Miss Blanche?

Blanche小姐？

Fairfax : Lord Ingram's daughter. Prettiest girl in the country.

她是Ingram殿下的千金，郡中第一美人。

Leah : She is, Miss.

的确是啊。

Jane : Does the master like her?

主人喜欢她对吗？

Fairfax : Yes. Yes, he's a different man when he's with her. So merry and lively, you wouldn't know him.

对啊。在她身边是先生就判若两人了。前所未有地充满快乐，生气勃勃。

Oh, Leah!

啊，Leah!

重点讲解

单词：

mercy n.仁慈, 怜悯, 恩惠

accident n.意外遭遇,事故

assemble vi.聚集

expect vt.预料，预计

nor ad.也不

part v. 分离, 离开, 分开

重点单词精学：

mercy

【释】 piece of good luck 幸运

【例】It's a mercy she wasn't hurt in the accident. 她在事故中未受伤, 真幸运。

His death was a mercy. （He was in such pain that it was best that he died. ）他的死是一种解脱（与其痛苦不如一死）。

assemble

【释】(cause people or things to) come together; collect 集合; 聚集; 收集

【例】The whole school (was) assembled in the main hall. 全校在大礼堂集合。

If the fire-alarm goes, staff should assemble outside the building. 火警警报响时全体人员应到楼外集合。

The students assembled in the school garden. 学生们在校园集合。

expect

【释】suppose (sth); assume 料想为（某事物）; 认为; 猜想

A : Who has eaten all the cake? 谁把蛋糕都吃光了?

B : Tom, I expect. 我想是汤姆大概是汤姆吧。

A : Will you need help? 你需要帮忙吗?

B : I don't expect so.我想不必了。

短语：

fashionable people：上流人物

get together：聚集，聚会

in no hurry：不忙，不急，有充分的时间

hear about：听说

set one's cap at：向......挑逗

重点短语：

in no hurry

She was in no hurry, relishing each blossom as a rare and delicate treasure. 她不慌不忙地欣赏着，好象每一朵花都是精美的稀世珍宝一样。

He was in no hurry about implementing his unshakable principle.他并不急于实行他那不可动摇的原则。

The obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to pay the bill and leave.殷勤的服务员并不着急让我们付帐离开。

经典短语：

set one's cap at

Betty has set her cap at Jack for many years before she finally got him to pop the question.贝蒂追求杰克好多年了，终于使他来向自己求婚了。

As soon as she came to work here, she set her cap at the young man in the office. 她一来这里工作，就追求办公室里的这个年青人。

The old man can't satisfy you, so you go and set your cap at the young one! 老的不够你煞火，又迷上了小的。

She'll set her cap at you, I dare say. 我敢说，她是看上你了。

短句表达：

He wasn't burnt. 他没有被烧伤。

Is he all right? 他没事吧？

He is up with the sun. 他起得很早。

There's quite a party assembled there. 那里要举行一个隆重的聚会。

They're in no hurry to part. 他们不急着分开。

He may not be back at Thornfield. 他或许不会回到Thornfield。

He's quite a favorite with the ladies. 很多女士钟爱他。