牛津書(shū)蟲(chóng)6級(jí)簡(jiǎn)愛(ài)中英文版

1、1 The red roomWe could not go for a walk that afternoon．There was such a freezing cold wind，and such heavy rain，that we all stayed indoors．I was glad of it．I never liked long walks，especially in winter．I used to hate com

2、ing home when it was almost dark，with ice-cold fingers and toes，feeling miserable bccause Bessie，the nursemaid，was always scolding me．All the time I knew I was different from my cousins，Eliza，John and Georgiana Reed．They

3、 were taller and stronger than me，and they were loved．These three usually spent their time crying and quarrelling，but today they were sitting quietly around their mother in the sitting-room．I wanted to join the family ci

4、rcle，but Mrs Reed，my aunt，refused Bessie had complainted about me．'No，I'm sorry，Jane．Until I hear from Bessie，or see for myself，that you are really trying to behave better，you cannot be treated as a good，happy ch

5、ild，like my children．''What does Bessie say I have done？'I asked．'Jane，it is not polite to question me in that way．If you cannot speak pleasantly，be quiet．'I crept out of the sitting-room and into the

6、 small room next door，where I chose a book full of pictures from the bookcase． I climbed on to the window-seat and drew the curtains，so that I was completely hidden．I sat there for a while．Sometimes I looked out of the w

7、indow at the grey November afternoon，and saw the rain pouring down on the leafless garden．But most of the time I studied the book and stared，fascinated，at the pictures．Lost in the world of imagination，I forgot my sad，lon

8、ely existence for a while，and was happy，I was only afraid that my secret hiding-place might be discovered．Suddenly the door of the room opened．John Reed rushed in．'Where are you，rat？'he shouted．He did not see me

9、behind the curtain．'Eliza！Georgy！Jane isn't here！Tell Mamma she's run out into the rain—what a bad animal she is！''How lucky I drew the curtain，'I thought．He would never have found me，because he w

10、as not very intelligent．But Eliza guessed at once where I was．'She's in the window-seat，John，'she called from the sitting-room．So I came out immediately，as I did not want him to pull me out．'What do you w

11、ant？'I asked him．'Say， “What do you want，Master Reed” ，'he answered，sitting in an armchair．'I want you to come here．'John Reed was fourteen and I was only ten．He was large and rather fat．He usually at

12、e too much at meals，which made him ill．He should have been at boarding school，but his mother，who loved him very much，had brought him home for a month or two，because she thought his health was delicate．John did not love h

13、is mother or his sister，and he hated me He bullied and punished me，not two or three times a week，not once or twice a day，but all the time．My whole body trembled when he came near．Sometimes he hit me，sometimes he just thr

14、eatened me，and I lived in terrible fear of him．I had no idea about how to stop him．The servants did not want to offend their young master，and Mrs Reed could see no fault in her dear boy．So I obeyed John's order and a

15、pproached his armchair，thinking how very ugly his face was．Perhaps he understood what I was thinking，for he hit me hard on the face．'That is for your rudeness to Mamma just now，'he said，'and for your wickedne

16、ss in 'And if you are angry and rude，Mrs Reed may send you away，'added Bessie．'Anyway，'said Miss Abbott，'God will punish you，Jane Eyre，for your wicked heart．Pray to God，and say you're sorry．'T

17、hey left the room，locking the door carefully behind them．The red room was a cold，silent room，hardly ever used，although it was one of the largest bedrooms in the house．Nine years ago，my uncle，Mr Reed，had died in this room

18、，and since then nobody had wanted to sleep in it．Now that I was alone I thought bitterly of the people I lived with．John Reed，his sisters，his mother，the servants，they all accused me，scolded me，hated me．Why could I never

19、please them？Eliza was selfish，but was respected．Georgiana had a bad temper，but she was popular with everybody because she was beautiful John was rude，cruel and violent，but nobody punished him．I tried to make no mistakes，

20、but they called me，naughty every moment of the day．Now that I had turned against John to protect myself，everybody blamed me．And so I spent that whole long afternoon in the red room asking myself why I had to suffer and w

21、hy life was so unfair．Perhaps I would run away，or starve myself to death．Gradually it became dark outside．The rain was still beating on the windows，and I could hear the wind in the trees．Now I was no longer angry，and I b

22、egan to think the Reeds might be right．Perhaps I was wicked．Did I deserve to die，and be buried in the churchyard like my uncle Reed？I could not remember him，but knew he was my mother's brother，who had taken me to his

23、 house when my parents both died．On his death bed he had made his wife，aunt Reed，promise to look after me like her own children．I supposed she now regretted her promise．A strange idea came to me．I felt sure that if Mr Re

24、ed had lived he would have treated me kindly，and now，as I looked round at the dark furniture and the walls in shadow，I began to fear that his ghost might come back to punish his wife for not keeping her promise．He might

25、rise from the grave in the churchyard and appear in this room！I was so frightened by this thought that I hardly dared to breathe．Suddenly in the darkness I saw a light moving on the ceiling．It may have been from a lamp o

26、utside，but in my nervous state I did not think of that．I felt sure it must be a ghost，a visitor from another world．My head was hot，my heart beat fast．Was that the sound of wings in my ears？Was that something moving near