🔊 When Mr. St. John went, it was beginning to snow; the whirling storm continued all night. The next day a keen wind brought fresh and blinding falls; by twilight the valley was drifted up and almost impassable. I had closed my shutter, laid a mat to the door to prevent the snow from blowing in under it, trimmed my fire, and after sitting nearly an hour on the hearth listening to the muffled fury of the tempest, I lit a candle, took down ‘Marmion,’ and beginning-

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whirling /ˈwɜːrlɪŋ/

adj. 旋转的,回旋的➕

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impassable /ɪmˈpæsəbl/

adj. 无法通行的,不可逾越的➕

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muffled /ˈmʌfld/

adj. （声音）被压抑的,低沉的➕

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tempest /ˈtempɪst/

n. 暴风雨,风暴➕

🔊 ‘Day set on Norham’s castled steep, And Tweed’s fair river broad and deep, And Cheviot’s mountains lone; The massive towers, the donjon keep, The flanking walls that round them sweep, In yellow lustre shone’- I soon forgot storm in music.

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massive /ˈmæsɪv/

adj. 巨大的,庞大的；大块的➕

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donjon /ˈdʌndʒən/

n. （城堡的）主塔,城堡主楼➕

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lustre /ˈlʌstər/

n. 光泽,光彩➕

🔊 I heard a noise: the wind, I thought, shook the door. No; it was St. John Rivers, who, lifting the latch, came in out of the frozen hurricane-the howling darkness-and stood before me: the cloak that covered his tall figure all white as a glacier. I was almost in consternation, so little had I expected any guest from the blocked-up vale that night.

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consternation /ˌkɒnstəˈneɪʃn/

n. 惊愕,惊恐➕

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blocked-up /ˌblɒkt ˈʌp/

adj. 被堵塞的,被封住的➕

🔊 ‘Any ill news?’ I demanded. ‘Has anything happened?’

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🔊 ‘No. How very easily alarmed you are!’ he answered, removing his cloak and hanging it up against the door, towards which he again coolly pushed the mat which his entrance had deranged. He stamped the snow from his boots.

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alarmed /əˈlɑːrmd/

adj. 受惊吓的,警觉的➕

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deranged /dɪˈreɪndʒd/

v. 打乱,弄乱（过去分词）➕

🔊 ‘I shall sully the purity of your floor,’ said he, ‘but you must excuse me for once.’ Then he approached the fire: ‘I have had hard work to get here, I assure you,’ he observed, as he warmed his hands over the flame. ‘One drift took me up to the waist; happily the snow is quite soft yet.’

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sully /ˈsʌli/

v. 玷污,败坏➕

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drift /drɪft/

n. 吹积物,（尤指风吹成的）雪堆➕

🔊 ‘But why are you come?’ I could not forbear saying.

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forbear /fɔːrˈber/

v. 克制,忍住（常用否定形式 cannot forbear）➕

🔊 ‘Rather an inhospitable question to put to a visitor; but since you ask it, I answer simply to have a little talk with you; I got tired of my mute books and empty rooms. Besides, since yesterday I have experienced the excitement of a person to whom a tale has been half-told, and who is impatient to hear the sequel.’

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inhospitable /ˌɪnhɒˈspɪtəbl/

adj. 不好客的；不适宜居住的➕

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mute /mjuːt/

adj. 沉默的,无声的➕

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sequel /ˈsiːkwəl/

n. 续集,续篇➕

🔊 He sat down. I recalled his singular conduct of yesterday, and really I began to fear his wits were touched. If he were insane, however, his was a very cool and collected insanity: I had never seen that handsome-featured face of his look more like chiselled marble than it did just now, as he put aside his snow-wet hair from his forehead and let the firelight shine free on his pale brow and cheek as pale, where it grieved me to discover the hollow trace of care or sorrow now so plainly graved. I waited, expecting he would say something I could at least comprehend; but his hand was now at his chin, his finger on his lip: he was thinking. It struck me that his hand looked wasted like his face. A perhaps uncalled-for gush of pity came over my heart: I was moved to say-

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singular /ˈsɪŋɡjələr/

adj. 非凡的,奇特的➕

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collected /kəˈlektɪd/

adj. 镇定的,泰然自若的➕

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chiselled /ˈtʃɪzld/

adj. 轮廓分明的,似雕刻出来的➕

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grieved /ɡriːvd/

v. 使伤心,使悲痛（过去式）➕

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graved /ɡreɪvd/

v. 雕刻,铭刻（过去分词,古用法）➕

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uncalled-for /ʌnˈkɔːld fɔːr/

adj. 不必要的,多此一举的➕

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gush /ɡʌʃ/

n. 涌出,迸发➕

🔊 ‘I wish Diana or Mary would come and live with you: it is too bad that you should be quite alone; and you are recklessly rash about your own health.’

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recklessly /ˈrekləsli/

adv. 鲁莽地,不顾一切地➕

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rash /ræʃ/

adj. 轻率的,鲁莽的➕

🔊 ‘Not at all,’ said he: ‘I care for myself when necessary. I am well now. What do you see amiss in me?’

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🔊 This was said with a careless, abstracted indifference, which showed that my solicitude was, at least in his opinion, wholly superfluous. I was silenced.

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abstracted /æbˈstræktɪd/

adj. 心不在焉的,出神的➕

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indifference /ɪnˈdɪfrəns/

n. 漠不关心,冷淡➕

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solicitude /səˈlɪsɪtjuːd/

n. 关怀,挂念➕

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superfluous /suːˈpɜːfluəs/

adj. 多余的,不必要的➕

🔊 He still slowly moved his finger over his upper lip, and still his eye dwelt dreamily on the glowing grate; thinking it urgent to say something, I asked him presently if he felt any cold draught from the door, which was behind him.

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dwelt /dwelt/

v. 居住；停留,细想（dwell的过去式）➕

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dreamily /ˈdriːmɪli/

adv. 恍惚地,如梦地➕

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draught /drɑːft/

n. 穿堂风,通风（英式拼法,美式拼法为 draft）➕

🔊 ‘No, no!’ he responded shortly and somewhat testily.

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testily /ˈtestɪli/

adv. 烦躁地,易怒地➕

🔊 ‘Well,’ I reflected, ‘if you won’t talk, you may be still; I’ll let you alone now, and return to my book.’

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🔊 So I snuffed the candle and resumed the perusal of ‘Marmion.’ He soon stirred; my eye was instantly drawn to his movements; he only took out a morocco pocket-book, thence produced a letter, which he read in silence, folded it, put it back, relapsed into meditation. It was vain to try to read with such an inscrutable fixture before me; nor could I, in impatience, consent to be dumb; he might rebuff me if he liked, but talk I would.

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resumed /rɪˈzjuːmd/

v. 恢复；重新开始➕

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perusal /pəˈruːzl/

n. 仔细阅读；审阅➕

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thence /ðens/

adv. 从那里；因此➕

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relapsed /rɪˈlæpst/

v. 复发；重新陷入➕

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meditation /ˌmedɪˈteɪʃn/

n. 冥想；沉思➕

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vain /veɪn/

adj. 徒劳的；虚荣的➕

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inscrutable /ɪnˈskruːtəbl/

adj. 难以理解的；莫测高深的➕

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fixture /ˈfɪkstʃə(r)/

n. 固定装置；固定物➕

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impatience /ɪmˈpeɪʃns/

n. 不耐烦；急躁➕

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consent /kənˈsent/

v. 同意；准许➕

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rebuff /rɪˈbʌf/

v. 回绝；冷落➕

🔊 ‘Have you heard from Diana and Mary lately?’

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🔊 ‘Not since the letter I showed you a week ago.’

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🔊 ‘There has not been any change made about your own arrangements? You will not be summoned to leave England sooner than you expected?’

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summoned /ˈsʌmənd/

v. 召唤；传唤➕

🔊 ‘I fear not, indeed: such chance is too good to befall me.’ Baffled so far, I changed my ground. I bethought myself to talk about the school and my scholars.

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befall /bɪˈfɔːl/

v. 发生在；降临➕

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Baffled /ˈbæfld/

adj. 困惑的；受挫的➕

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bethought /bɪˈθɔːt/

v. 想起；考虑➕

🔊 ‘Mary Garrett’s mother is better, and Mary came back to school this morning, and I shall have four new girls next week from the Foundry Close-they would have come to-day but for the snow.’

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🔊 ‘Indeed!’

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🔊 ‘Mr. Oliver pays for two.’

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🔊 ‘Does he?’

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🔊 ‘He means to give the whole school a treat at Christmas.’

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🔊 ‘I know.’

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🔊 ‘Was it your suggestion?’

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🔊 ‘No.’

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🔊 ‘Whose, then?’

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🔊 ‘His daughter’s, I think.’

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🔊 ‘It is like her: she is so good-natured.’

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good-natured /ˌɡʊd ˈneɪtʃərd/

adj. 善良的；好脾气的➕

🔊 ‘Yes.’

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🔊 Again came the blank of a pause: the clock struck eight. It aroused him; he uncrossed his legs, sat erect, turned to me.

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blank /blæŋk/

n. 空白；空虚➕

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pause /pɔːz/

n. 暂停；停顿➕

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aroused /əˈraʊzd/

v. 唤醒；激起➕

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uncrossed /ʌnˈkrɒst/

adj. 未交叉的；解开的➕

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erect /ɪˈrekt/

adj. 直立的；竖直的➕

🔊 ‘Leave your book a moment, and come a little nearer the fire,’ he said.

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🔊 Wondering, and of my wonder finding no end, I complied.

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complied /kəmˈplaɪd/

v. 遵从；服从➕

🔊 ‘Half-an-hour ago,’ he pursued, ‘I spoke of my impatience to hear the sequel of a tale: on reflection, I find the matter will be better managed by my assuming the narrator’s part, and converting you into a listener. Before commencing, it is but fair to warn you that the story will sound somewhat hackneyed in your ears; but stale details often regain a degree of freshness when they pass through new lips. For the rest, whether trite or novel, it is short.

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pursued /pərˈsjuːd/

v. 继续；追求➕

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reflection /rɪˈflekʃən/

n. 反思；反映➕

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assuming /əˈsjuːmɪŋ/

v. 假设；承担➕

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narrator’s /ˈnærətərz/

n. 叙述者的（所有格形式）➕

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converting /kənˈvɜːtɪŋ/

v. 转换；转变➕

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listener /ˈlɪsənər/

n. 听众➕

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commencing /kəˈmensɪŋ/

v. 开始➕

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hackneyed /ˈhæknid/

adj. 陈腐的；老套的➕

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stale /steɪl/

adj. 不新鲜的；陈旧的➕

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regain /rɪˈɡeɪn/

v. 重新获得；恢复➕

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freshness /ˈfreʃnəs/

n. 新鲜；清新➕

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trite /traɪt/

adj. 老生常谈的；陈腐的➕

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novel /ˈnɒvəl/

adj. 新颖的；新奇的➕

🔊 ‘Twenty years ago, a poor curate-never mind his name at this moment-fell in love with a rich man’s daughter; she fell in love with him, and married him, against the advice of all her friends, who consequently disowned her immediately after the wedding. Before two years passed, the rash pair were both dead, and laid quietly side by side under one slab. (I have seen their grave; it formed part of the pavement of a huge churchyard surrounding the grim, soot-black old cathedral of an overgrown manufacturing town in -shire.) They left a daughter, which, at its very birth, Charity received in her lap-cold as that of the snow-drift I almost stuck fast in to-night. Charity carried the friendless thing to the house of its rich maternal relations; it was reared by an aunt-in-law, called (I come to names now) Mrs. Reed of Gateshead. You start-did you hear a noise? I daresay it is only a rat scrambling along the rafters of the adjoining schoolroom: it was a barn before I had it repaired and altered, and barns are generally haunted by rats.-To proceed. Mrs. Reed kept the orphan ten years: whether it was happy or not with her, I cannot say, never having been told; but at the end of that time she transferred it to a place you know-being no other than Lowood School, where you so long resided yourself. It seems her career there was very honourable: from a pupil she became a teacher, like yourself-really it strikes me there is a parallel coincidence in your histories-that she left it to be a governess: there, again, your fates were analogous; she undertook the education of the ward of a certain Mr. Rochester.’

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curate /ˈkjʊərət/

n. 助理牧师➕

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disowned /dɪsˈoʊnd/

v. 否认；断绝关系➕

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slab /slæb/

n. 平板；厚板➕

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pavement /ˈpeɪvmənt/

n. 人行道；路面➕

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churchyard /ˈtʃɜːrtʃjɑːrd/

n. 教堂墓地➕

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grim /ɡrɪm/

adj. 严峻的；阴森的➕

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soot-black /sʊt blæk/

adj. 煤黑色的；乌黑的➕

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cathedral /kəˈθiːdrəl/

n. 大教堂➕

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overgrown /ˌoʊvərˈɡroʊn/

adj. 过度生长的；杂草丛生的➕

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manufacturing /ˌmænjʊˈfæktʃərɪŋ/

n. 制造业；生产➕

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Charity /ˈtʃærəti/

n. 慈善；慈善机构➕

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snow-drift /snoʊ drɪft/

n. 雪堆➕

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friendless /ˈfrendləs/

adj. 无朋友的；孤独的➕

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maternal /məˈtɜːrnəl/

adj. 母亲的；母系的➕

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reared /rɪərd/

v. 养育；抚养➕

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aunt-in-law /ɑːnt ɪn lɔː/

n. 姑妈；姨妈（配偶的姨妈）➕

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scrambling /ˈskræmbəlɪŋ/

v. 爬行；争夺➕

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rafters /ˈræftərz/

n. 椽子➕

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adjoining /əˈdʒɔɪnɪŋ/

adj. 相邻的；毗邻的➕

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barn /bɑːrn/

n. 谷仓；牲口棚➕

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haunted /ˈhɔːntɪd/

adj. 闹鬼的；萦绕心头的➕

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orphan /ˈɔːrfən/

n. 孤儿➕

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transferred /trænsˈfɜːrd/

v. 转移；调动➕

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honourable /ˈɒnərəbl/

adj. 光荣的；可敬的➕

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parallel /ˈpærəlel/

adj. 平行的；类似的➕

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coincidence /koʊˈɪnsɪdəns/

n. 巧合➕

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governess /ˈɡʌvərnəs/

n. 女家庭教师➕

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analogous /əˈnæləɡəs/

adj. 类似的；相似的➕

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undertook /ˌʌndərˈtʊk/

v. 承担；着手做➕

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ward /wɔːrd/

n. 被监护人；病房➕

🔊 ‘Mr. Rivers!’ I interrupted.

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interrupted /ˌɪntəˈrʌptɪd/

v. 打断；中断➕

🔊 ‘I can guess your feelings,’ he said, ‘but restrain them for a while: I have nearly finished; hear me to the end. Of Mr. Rochester’s character I know nothing, but the one fact that he professed to offer honourable marriage to this young girl, and that at the very altar she discovered he had a wife yet alive, though a lunatic. What his subsequent conduct and proposals were is a matter of pure conjecture; but when an event transpired which rendered inquiry after the governess necessary, it was discovered she was gone-no one could tell when, where, or how. She had left Thornfield Hall in the night; every research after her course had been vain: the country had been scoured far and wide; no vestige of information could be gathered respecting her. Yet that she should be found is become a matter of serious urgency: advertisements have been put in all the papers; I myself have received a letter from one Mr. Briggs, a solicitor, communicating the details I have just imparted. Is it not an odd tale?’

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restrain /rɪˈstreɪn/

v. 抑制；克制➕

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transpired /trænˈspaɪərd/

v. 发生；泄露➕

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rendered /ˈrendərd/

v. 使得；提供➕

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inquiry /ɪnˈkwaɪəri/

n. 询问；调查➕

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research /rɪˈsɜːrtʃ/

n. 研究；调查➕

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scoured /skaʊərd/

v. 彻底搜索；擦洗➕

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vestige /ˈvestɪdʒ/

n. 痕迹；残余➕

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urgency /ˈɜːrdʒənsi/

n. 紧急；迫切➕

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advertisements /ədˈvɜːrtɪsmənts/

n. 广告➕

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solicitor /səˈlɪsɪtər/

n. 律师；法律顾问➕

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imparted /ɪmˈpɑːrtɪd/

v. 告知；传授➕

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odd /ɒd/

adj. 奇怪的；奇数的➕

🔊 ‘Just tell me this,’ said I, ‘and since you know so much, you surely can tell it me-what of Mr. Rochester? How and where is he? What is he doing? Is he well?’

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🔊 ‘I am ignorant of all concerning Mr. Rochester: the letter never mentions him but to narrate the fraudulent and illegal attempt I have adverted to. You should rather ask the name of the governess-the nature of the event which requires her appearance.’

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ignorant /ˈɪɡnərənt/

adj. 无知的；不了解的➕

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fraudulent /ˈfrɔːdʒələnt/

adj. 欺诈的；欺骗的➕

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illegal /ɪˈliːɡəl/

adj. 非法的；违法的➕

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adverted /ədˈvɜːrtɪd/

v. 提及；注意到➕

🔊 ‘Did no one go to Thornfield Hall, then? Did no one see Mr. Rochester?’

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🔊 ‘I suppose not.’

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🔊 ‘But they wrote to him?’

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🔊 ‘Of course.’

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🔊 ‘And what did he say? Who has his letters?’

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🔊 ‘Mr. Briggs intimates that the answer to his application was not from Mr. Rochester, but from a lady: it is signed “Alice Fairfax.”’

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intimates /ˈɪn.tɪ.meɪts/

v. 暗示；间接表示➕

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application /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/

n. 申请；应用➕

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signed /saɪnd/

v. 签署；签名➕

🔊 I felt cold and dismayed: my worst fears then were probably true: he had in all probability left England and rushed in reckless desperation to some former haunt on the Continent. And what opiate for his severe sufferings-what object for his strong passions-had he sought there? I dared not answer this question. Oh, my poor master-once almost my husband-whom I had called ‘my dear Edward’!

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dismayed /dɪsˈmeɪd/

adj. 沮丧的；惊愕的➕

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desperation /ˌdes.pəˈreɪ.ʃən/

n. 绝望；铤而走险➕

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haunt /hɔːnt/

n. 常去之地➕

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opiate /ˈəʊ.pi.ət/

n. 麻醉剂；鸦片制剂；使人麻痹的东西➕

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severe /sɪˈvɪər/

adj. 严重的；剧烈的；严厉的➕

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passions /ˈpæʃ.ənz/

n. 激情；强烈的感情➕

🔊 ‘He must have been a bad man,’ observed Mr. Rivers.

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🔊 ‘You don’t know him-don’t pronounce an opinion upon him,’ I said, with warmth.

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🔊 ‘Very well,’ he answered quietly: ‘and indeed my head is otherwise occupied than with him: I have my tale to finish. Since you won’t ask the governess’s name, I must tell it of my own accord. Stay! I have it here-it is always more satisfactory to see important points written down, fairly committed to black and white.’

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🔊 And the pocket-book was again deliberately produced, opened, sought through; from one of its compartments was extracted a shabby slip of paper, hastily torn off: I recognised in its texture and its stains of ultra-marine, and lake, and vermilion, the ravished margin of the portrait-cover. He got up, held it close to my eyes: and I read, traced in Indian ink, in my own handwriting, the words ‘JANE EYRE’-the work doubtless of some moment of abstraction.

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🔊 ‘Briggs wrote to me of a Jane Eyre:’ he said, ‘the advertisements demanded a Jane Eyre: I knew a Jane Elliott.-I confess I had my suspicions, but it was only yesterday afternoon they were at once resolved into certainty. You own the name and renounce the alias?’

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demanded /dɪˈmɑːndɪd/

v. 要求；需要➕

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confess /kənˈfes/

v. 承认；供认➕

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suspicions /səˈspɪʃ.ənz/

n. 怀疑；猜疑➕

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resolved /rɪˈzɒlvd/

v. 解决；下定决心➕

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certainty /ˈsɜː.tən.ti/

n. 确定性；确信➕

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renounce /rɪˈnaʊns/

v. 声明放弃；宣布与……断绝关系➕

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alias /ˈeɪ.li.əs/

n. 化名；别名➕

🔊 ‘Yes-yes; but where is Mr. Briggs? He perhaps knows more of Mr. Rochester than you do.’

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🔊 ‘Briggs is in London. I should doubt his knowing anything at all about Mr. Rochester; it is not from Mr. Rochester he is interested. You forget, too, you are in the foreground of the picture: he only mentions the name of Jane Eyre. The advertisement, he states, was placed by a solicitor of the name of Briggs, acting on the part of a client of his, who has been made acquainted with certain facts which-but you look pale; are you cold?’

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foreground /ˈfɔː.ɡraʊnd/

n. 前景；（关注或兴趣的）突出位置➕

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acting /ˈæk.tɪŋ/

adj. 代理的；临时的➕

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acquainted /əˈkweɪn.tɪd/

adj. 熟悉的；了解的；认识的➕

🔊 ‘I am perfectly well. Pray go on. What facts?’

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🔊 ‘Well, the fact is, this client of Briggs’s, it seems, has a brother-a mother, too, I believe-and this brother, some eight or nine years ago, was married to a Miss Jane Eyre, a governess at Mr. Rochester’s house. This brother was a clergyman, incumbent of a small living somewhere-I think in the north-and this brother, with this wife, disappeared from the place-the living was given up-nobody can discover a trace of them: inquiries were set on foot, and they resulted, I am sorry to say, in the discovery of a bed-the bed of the clergyman and his wife-in a wood. Their clothes, some articles of jewellery, and a watch, had been removed from it, and were found on the bank of a stream hard by; the body of the gentleman was discovered some days afterwards in the same stream, but that of the lady has never been found till this day: yet it is supposed she was murdered. Now, this client of Briggs’s, it appears, is the brother of this unfortunate lady, and he has been making inquiries for her, in the hope of discovering the murderers and avenging her, for the last eight years. At length he received information that she had been seen, alive and well, at Thornfield Hall, in Yorkshire, about eighteen months ago; and after a delay, caused by various hindrances, he has commissioned this attorney to seek her out.’

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clergyman /ˈklɜː.dʒi.mən/

n. 牧师；教士➕

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incumbent /ɪnˈkʌm.bənt/

n. 任职者；现任者➕

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living /ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/

n. 圣职俸禄；生计➕

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disappeared /ˌdɪs.əˈpɪəd/

v. 消失；不见➕

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inquiries /ɪnˈkwaɪə.riz/

n. 调查；询问➕

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resulted /rɪˈzʌl.tɪd/

v. 导致；造成（某种结果）➕

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articles /ˈɑː.tɪ.kəlz/

n. 物品；物件➕

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jewellery /ˈdʒuː.əl.ri/

n. 珠宝；首饰➕

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afterwards /ˈɑːf.tə.wədz/

adv. 之后；后来➕

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supposed /səˈpəʊzd/

adj. 推测的；假定的➕

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unfortunate /ʌnˈfɔː.tʃən.ət/

adj. 不幸的；倒霉的➕

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murderers /ˈmɜː.dər.əz/

n. 凶手；谋杀犯➕

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avenging /əˈvendʒ.ɪŋ/

v. 报仇；复仇➕

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hindrances /ˈhɪn.drən.sɪz/

n. 阻碍；障碍➕

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commissioned /kəˈmɪʃ.ənd/

v. 委托；委任➕

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attorney /əˈtɜː.ni/

n. 律师➕

🔊 ‘And is this client’s name St. John?’ I asked, as calmly as I could, though I felt as if some hand of iron had grasped my vitals.

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vitals /ˈvaɪ.təlz/

n. 重要器官；要害➕

🔊 ‘St. John is not his name, and he is an Englishman; but his name and nationality are points I must at present withhold: you would, perhaps, have recognised the description. He is a man of reserved, solitary habits-very reticent. He called himself an agent of a foreign firm, and gave the name of Mason-’

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reserved /rɪˈzɜːvd/

adj. 矜持的；内向的➕

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solitary /ˈsɒl.ɪ.tər.i/

adj. 孤僻的；独自的；偏僻的➕

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habits /ˈhæb.ɪts/

n. 习惯；习性➕

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reticent /ˈret.ɪ.sənt/

adj. 沉默寡言的；不愿交谈的➕

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agent /ˈeɪ.dʒənt/

n. 代理人；经纪人➕

🔊 ‘Oh, I wish he were here! I wish he were here!’ I cried involuntarily.

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involuntarily /ɪnˈvɒl.ən.trə.li/

adv. 不由自主地；无意识地➕

🔊 ‘Why?’ asked St. John.

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🔊 ‘Because he knows Mr. Rochester, and could perhaps give me news of him.’

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🔊 ‘Then you know Mr. Rochester?’

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🔊 ‘Yes: I know him.’

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🔊 He looked at me steadily for a few seconds.

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steadily /ˈstedɪli/

adv. 稳定地；持续地；坚定地➕

🔊 ‘I suspected that; I thought as much. Well, in a few words, this Mr. Mason, being in the West Indies-at Spanish Town, in Jamaica-happened to see and recognise this woman, whose name was Bertha Mason, and whom he knew to be his brother’s wife, living in Mr. Rochester’s house, as the mistress of it. He had heard of her infamous conduct from other quarters; he knew her to be a maniac; and his brother was in a decline, and he wished to rescue him from her. He came to England, but was delayed on the road, and did not reach Thornfield till after the catastrophe: the fire, and the death of the maniac. He found his brother alive, but dying: he lingered a few weeks, and then expired. He left behind him a will, by which he bequeathed all his property, without reserve, to his sisters’ children; but because of a quarrel, never forgiven, between him and my father, he had passed over us in total silence. The property, a large one, was left to a distant relation; but there was a codicil, a later addition to the will, whose existence was unknown till after the funeral, and in which he left a legacy of twenty thousand pounds to his niece, Jane Eyre, the daughter of his sister and my father, John Eyre, late of Madeira.’

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suspected /səˈspektɪd/

v. 怀疑；猜想➕

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recognise /ˈrekəɡnaɪz/

v. 认出；承认；认可➕

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infamous /ˈɪnfəməs/

adj. 声名狼藉的,臭名昭著的➕

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maniac /ˈmeɪniæk/

n. 疯子；狂人➕

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decline /dɪˈklaɪn/

n. 衰退；下降；恶化➕

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rescue /ˈreskjuː/

v. 营救,拯救➕

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catastrophe /kəˈtæstrəfi/

n. 大灾难,大祸➕

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lingered /ˈlɪŋɡəd/

v. 徘徊；继续存留；拖延➕

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expired /ɪkˈspaɪəd/

v. 到期；逝世,死亡➕

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bequeathed /bɪˈkwiːðd/

v. 遗赠,遗留➕

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property /ˈprɒpəti/

n. 财产,资产；房产➕

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reserve /rɪˈzɜːv/

n. 保留；储备➕

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quarrel /ˈkwɒrəl/

n. 争吵,口角➕

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forgiven /fəˈɡɪvn/

v. 原谅,宽恕➕

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codicil /ˈkəʊdɪsɪl/

n. 遗嘱附录,遗嘱修改附录➕

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legacy /ˈleɡəsi/

n. 遗产；遗留下来的影响➕

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niece /niːs/

n. 侄女；外甥女➕

🔊 ‘You, Jane Eyre, are the heiress.’

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heiress /ˈeərəs/

n. 女继承人➕

🔊 Again I was silent: the news was too tremendous to be received at once.

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tremendous /trəˈmendəs/

adj. 巨大的；极好的➕

🔊 ‘It is a fine thing to be lifted in a moment from indigence to wealth-a very fine thing; but not a matter one can comprehend, or consequently enjoy, all at once. And then you have such a right to the fortune-such a perfect right-there can be no question about the justice of the claim: Mr. Mason has assured me of that. Your uncle, it seems, died without knowing you; but having, as he thought, no near relatives, and being possessed with the idea of doing justice to his dead sister’s child, he left you his property. You would have been rich years ago, had you been traced. Mr. Briggs, the solicitor, has had the advertisement out ever since, but only succeeded in discovering you now.’

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indigence /ˈɪndɪdʒəns/

n. 贫困,贫穷➕

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comprehend /ˌkɒmprɪˈhend/

v. 理解,领会➕

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consequently /ˈkɒnsɪkwəntli/

adv. 因此,所以➕

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fortune /ˈfɔːtʃuːn/

n. 财富；运气➕

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justice /ˈdʒʌstɪs/

n. 正义；公正➕

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claim /kleɪm/

n. 要求；声称；权利➕

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assured /əˈʃʊəd/

v. 向…保证；使确信➕

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possessed /pəˈzest/

v. 拥有；受…支配（常与with/by连用）➕

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advertisement /ədˈvɜːtɪsmənt/

n. 广告➕

🔊 ‘Then I am rich, Mr. Rivers?’

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🔊 ‘You are rich, very rich indeed: an heiress.’

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🔊 I paused to breathe: I could scarcely realise the idea. The statement was followed by a short silence.

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scarcely /ˈskeəsli/

adv. 几乎不；刚刚➕

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realise /ˈriːəlaɪz/

v. 意识到；实现➕

🔊 ‘You will, of course, wish to prove your identity without delay,’ resumed St. John presently: ‘a step which will offer no difficulties; you can then enter on immediate possession. Your fortune is vested in the English funds; Briggs has the will and the necessary documents.’

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identity /aɪˈdentəti/

n. 身份；同一性➕

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presently /ˈprezntli/

adv. 不久；现在➕

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possession /pəˈzeʃn/

n. 拥有；财产➕

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vested /ˈvestɪd/

v. 授予,赋予（权利、财产等）➕

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funds /fʌndz/

n. 资金,基金；存款➕

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documents /ˈdɒkjumənts/

n. 文件,文档➕

🔊 Here was a new card turned up! It is a fine thing, reader, to be lifted in a moment from indigence to wealth-a very fine thing; but not a matter one can comprehend, or consequently enjoy, all at once. And then there are other claims-other feelings-that come in and press for recognition. The words ‘wealth,’ ‘fortune,’ sounded grandly: but I thought of my kindred-my uncle John, whose memory I had learned to venerate-and the news that I was his heir gave me more of pain than pleasure. St. John had said nothing of relationship; my claim to the fortune was through my mother, his sister. John Eyre was my mother’s brother: then he was my uncle. This was a gladdening discovery-yes, truly gladdening. I had a father-or a mother’s brother, which in some sort is a father; and he was dead-I had never seen him, never been cheered by his smile, welcomed by his word. And now for the first time I heard of him-as dead, and already cold in the grave. This unlooked-for intelligence chilled me: it was a new and dreary feeling to think that the only relative I had ever heard of was beyond the reach of my affection.

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card /kɑːd/

n. 牌；卡片；情况,局面（比喻用法）➕

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reader /ˈriːdə(r)/

n. 读者➕

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recognition /ˌrekəɡˈnɪʃn/

n. 承认；认出；认可➕

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grandly /ˈɡrændli/

adv. 宏伟地,盛大地；高傲地➕

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kindred /ˈkɪndrəd/

n. 亲属,亲戚➕

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venerate /ˈvenəreɪt/

v. 尊敬,崇敬➕

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heir /eə(r)/

n. 继承人➕

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relationship /rɪˈleɪʃnʃɪp/

n. 关系；联系➕

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gladdening /ˈɡlædnɪŋ/

adj. 令人高兴的,令人愉快的➕

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unlooked-for /ʌnˈlʊkt fɔː(r)/

adj. 意想不到的,未预料到的➕

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intelligence /ɪnˈtelɪdʒəns/

n. 情报；智力,聪明➕

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chilled /tʃɪld/

v. 使变冷；使寒心➕

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dreary /ˈdrɪəri/

adj. 沉闷的,阴郁的,乏味的➕

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affection /əˈfekʃn/

n. 喜爱,感情➕

🔊 ‘You look grave, Miss Eyre,’ said St. John. ‘Are you perplexed by the magnitude of the fortune? Twenty thousand pounds, invested in the funds, brings in a thousand a year.’

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grave /ɡreɪv/

adj. 严肃的；严重的➕

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perplexed /pəˈplekst/

adj. 困惑的,茫然的➕

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magnitude /ˈmæɡnɪtjuːd/

n. 巨大；重要性；量级➕

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invested /ɪnˈvestɪd/

v. 投资；投入➕

🔊 ‘A thousand a year? That is a large income.’

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🔊 ‘It is: and you will be a considerable heiress. You will be one of the most wealthy women in the neighbourhood. In a few days I hope to congratulate you on your accession to property. In the meantime-’ he stopped, and a sudden paleness overspread his features. I saw his lips quiver, and an expression of intense, absorbing, and acute pain contract his brow and cheek. He half rose, but sat down again.

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considerable /kənˈsɪdərəb(ə)l/

adj. 相当大（或多、重要）的➕

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wealthy /ˈwelθi/

adj. 富有的,富裕的➕

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accession /əkˈseʃ(ə)n/

n. 获得,增加；就职,即位➕

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overspread /ˌəʊvəˈspred/

v. 布满,蔓延于,覆盖➕

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quiver /ˈkwɪvə(r)/

v. 颤抖,发抖➕

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absorbing /əbˈzɔːbɪŋ/

adj. 极吸引人的,引人入胜的；全神贯注的➕

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acute /əˈkjuːt/

adj. 剧烈的,强烈的；敏锐的；急性的➕

🔊 ‘What is the matter, Mr. Rivers?’ I asked.

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🔊 ‘Nothing, nothing; leave me alone for a minute.’ His head sank on his folded arms. I was silent. Presently he looked up: his face was very pale, but calm.

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🔊 ‘Jane, I have a disclosure to make. Heaven knows I have tried to love you as a brother should love a sister; but I feel now that I must speak differently. Jane, I love you as a man loves a woman. Will you be mine? Will you marry me?’

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disclosure /dɪsˈkləʊʒə(r)/

n. 揭露,公开,透露➕

🔊 I was silent. His proposal was so utterly unexpected, it fell on me like a thunderbolt. He saw my astonishment.

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utterly /ˈʌtəli/

adv. 完全地,彻底地➕

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thunderbolt /ˈθʌndəbəʊlt/

n. 晴天霹雳,突然的打击；雷电,霹雳➕

🔊 ‘I see I have startled you. Think a moment-your strong sense will guide you. I offer you my hand, my heart, and a share of all my possessions. I ask you to pass through life at my side-to be my second self, and best earthly companion.’

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startled /ˈstɑːt(ə)ld/

adj. 受惊吓的,吃惊的➕

🔊 ‘For a companion, Mr. Rivers, I scarcely think I am suitable.’

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🔊 ‘Why not?’

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🔊 ‘You have just said you could not make me your wife: do you mean that now as a brother, you could be content with such a tie? Do you mean that a sister is all you could now welcome to your heart and house?’

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🔊 ‘I could welcome a sister; but for a wife, I want something different-something more. Can you not guess what that is? Look at me, Jane-look into my eyes. Tell me you consent.’

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🔊 He looked at me: his face was agitated, and his eyes flashed. He seemed in earnest: in truth, he was in earnest-ardently in earnest.

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agitated /ˈædʒɪteɪtɪd/

adj. 焦虑不安的,激动的➕

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ardently /ˈɑːd(ə)ntli/

adv. 热切地,热情地,强烈地➕

🔊 ‘Mr. Rivers,’ I said, ‘I must be plain with you. I have no sisterly feeling for you-none. I could not marry you.’

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🔊 His lips whitened.

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🔊 ‘Is that your final answer?’

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🔊 ‘It is.’

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🔊 ‘You refuse me absolutely?’

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absolutely /ˌæbsəˈluːtli/

adv. 完全地,绝对地➕

🔊 ‘I do.’

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🔊 A long pause followed. He seemed struggling with some strong feeling; he mastered it at last.

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mastered /ˈmɑːstə(r)d/

v. （过去式）控制,精通,掌握➕

🔊 ‘I feared this,’ he said. ‘I have no right to blame you. I spoke too soon. Forgive me.’

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Forgive /fə(r)ˈɡɪv/

v. 原谅,宽恕➕

🔊 He took up his hat; he stood looking at the fire.

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🔊 ‘And this is the end of my hopes,’ he murmured. ‘This is what I expected, yet I hoped against hope.’

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murmured /ˈmɜː(r)mə(r)d/

v. （过去式）低声说,咕哝➕

🔊 He stood silent a moment longer; then, without another word, he left the room.

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🔊 I heard him quit the house. In a few minutes I saw him cross the garden, and take the path over the misty fields in the direction of the church.

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misty /ˈmɪsti/

adj. 有雾的,雾蒙蒙的➕

🔊 I remained in the parlour. The fire was burning low; the candle was nearly spent. I sat thinking over what had passed. I had done right: I had acted according to the dictates of my conscience. Yet I felt a deep sadness-a sadness I could not define. The room seemed darker and colder now he was gone. I went to the window, and looked out. The night was clear and frosty; the stars shone brightly. The white fields and the dark outline of the distant hills were visible in the starlight. All was still-very still. I thought of him walking home alone over those dreary fields, and my heart ached for him. But I had done what was right-I had been true to myself. And with that conviction, painful as the moment was, I felt a sort of peace.

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parlour /ˈpɑː(r)lə(r)/

n. 客厅,起居室；接待室➕

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dictates /dɪkˈteɪts/

n. （复数）命令,指示；支配➕

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conscience /ˈkɒnʃəns/

n. 良心,道德心➕

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define /dɪˈfaɪn/

v. 定义；描述,解释➕

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frosty /ˈfrɒsti/

adj. 严寒的,霜冻的；冷淡的➕

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outline /ˈaʊtlaɪn/

n. 轮廓,外形；大纲➕

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starlight /ˈstɑː(r)laɪt/

n. 星光➕

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ached /eɪkt/

v. （过去式）疼痛；渴望➕

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conviction /kənˈvɪkʃ(ə)n/

n. 坚定的信念,确信；定罪➕

Chapter thirty-three (第三十三章:遗产)