PART THREE - A YOUNG WOMAN AT THORNFIELD
CHAPTER FOURTEEN
I return to Gateshead
"Well, if you're going to go, you'll need some money. I haven't paid you yet! How much money have you got, Jane?" he asked, smiling at me. [-----1-----]
"Here is 50 pounds," he said.
"But sir, that's too much! You only owe me 15 pounds for my teaching!" I cried.
"You're right. Give me that money back. If you had 50 pounds, you might stay away for months! Here's 10 pounds. Is that enough?"
"But now you owe me five pounds, sir."
"you'll have to come back and get it then," he said, laughing.
"[-----2-----] "You have told me you're going to marry Miss Ingram soon, and that Adele should go away to school. So I must get ready to find another job somewhere. I will begin looking."
"Don't do that!" he said. "[-----3-----]"
I didn't understand him at all, but he looked so worried that I said, "I promise, sir."
"Good! And now I must go back to my guests. They are waiting for me."
"Goodbye, Mr. Rochester," I said.
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答案:
1、I showed him the few coins that I had and he laughed. Then took out some money.
我把我仅有的几枚硬币拿给他看,他笑了,然后他掏出一些钱。
2、There's something else I want to talk to you about, sir," I said. This was not going to be easy for me to say.
“先生,我还有别的事想跟你谈一谈。”我说,这对我来说还真难以启齿。
3、Promise me, Jane, not to look for another job. I'll take care of everything.
“答应我,Jane,不要找别的工作,一切由我来处理。”
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Vocabulary Focus
owe me 15 pounds:欠我15英镑。欠某人多少钱可用“owe+人+钱”或用“owe+钱+to+人”,因而原文可以改为“owe 15 pounds to me”。