聽名著練聽力之簡愛 78

I stayed one month at Moor House. In that time, I came to love the little house, and thewild, beautiful fields around it, just like Diana and Mary did. We read books together and talked about them. Diana began to teach me the German language, and I helped Mary with her drawing. [-----1-----], so we spent the days and nights veryhappily together.

But St. John hardly ever spent time with us. He was usually visiting poor and sick people in a little village called Morton, near to our house. Even if the rain fell and the wind blew, he always went there. I did not think St. John was a happy person. Often, [-----2-----].

I knew that Diana and Mary were planning to leave Moor House soon, to work as governesses. St. John and Hannah the old lady would go back to the church man's house in Morton. I knew my time at Moor House was almost over. I asked St. John if hehad found any work for me.

"Yes," he said, "but it is a job with little money, so you may not want it. I would like to open a girls' school in the town of Morton. I have a building for the school, and there is a small house for the teacher to live in. A lady named Miss Oliver has kindly paid for the house'sfurniture. Will you come to Morton, and teach at the school? [-----3-----]. But you wouldreceive thirty pounds a year, and no more."