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From now on , I decide to paste a continued story which will be issued a certain part every day . I hope you can enjoy it ! BTW , there is also hided Chinese edition which can be read , if you reply this post . Jane Chapter 1 (part1) THERE was no possibility of taking a walk that day. We had been wandering, indeed, in the leafless shrubbery an hour in the morning; but since dinner (Mrs Reed, when there was no company, dined early) the cold winter wind had brought with it clouds so sombre, and a rain so penetrating, that further outdoor exercise was now out of the question. I was glad of it; I never liked long walks, especially on chilly afternoons: dreadful to me was the coming home in the raw twilight, with nipped fingers and toes, and a heart saddened by the chidings of Bessie, the nurse, and humbled by the consciousness of my physical inferiority to Eliza, John, and Georgiana Reed. The said Eliza, John, and Georgiana were now clustered round their mamma in the drawing-room: she lay reclined on a sofa by the fire side, and with her darlings about her (for the time neither quarrelling nor crying) looked perfectly happy. Me, she had dispensed from joining the group, saying, 'She regretted to be under the necessity of keeping me at a distance; but that until she heard from Bessie, and could discover by her own observation that I was endeavouring in good earnest to acquire a more sociable and childlike disposition, a more attractive and sprightly manner — something lighter, franker, more natural, as it were — she really must exclude me from privileges intended only for contented, happy little children.'

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reading notes: a bare possibility 万一的事情 be within [out of] the bounds [range] of possibility ... 是可能[不可能]的 by any possibility 万一, 也许 by some possibility 或许 There are several -ties. 有几种可能性。 What are the -ties? 有哪些可能发生的情况? There is no possibility of his coming. 他不可能来。 possibility of doing sth 发生某事的可能 take a walk v.散步 wander vi.漫步, 徘徊, 迷路, 迷失方向, 离题 wonder n.奇迹, 惊奇, 惊愕 vt.对...感到惊讶, 惊奇, 想知道 vi.惊讶, 怀疑 adj.非凡的, 奇妙的 out of the question adv.不可能 out of question 毫无疑问 penetrating adj. 穿透的, 贯穿的; 渗透的 锐利的; 聪明的; 有眼光的 (声音等)尖剌的, 响亮的; (伤口等)深的 penetrating rays 穿透的光线 a penetrating gas 渗透性毒气 a penetrating observation 明察秋毫的观察 sombre adj.昏暗的, 阴沉的 be glad of sth / be glad to do sth 乐意作某事 chilly adj.寒冷的 inferiority n. 下等; 劣等; 下级; 下位; 下部 a sense of inferiority 【心理】自卑情绪; 自卑 inferiority complex 自卑情绪; 自卑感 my physical inferiority to... 我的体格不如... drawing room n.客厅, 休息室 living room n.客厅, 起居室 she lay reclined on a sofa by the fire side 此处的reclined分词作状语，比较weird :( dispense with 省却, 免除, 废弃 无需, 没有...也行 dispense sb from (doing) sth 免除某人作某事 They dispensed her from obligation. 他们免除了她的义务。 under the necessity (of doing sth.) 不得己而(做某事), 不得不(做某事), 被迫(做某事) in earnest adv.认真地, 诚挚地 as it were 仿佛, 好象, 可以说 exlude sb from 从…………中排除某人 exclude sb.from membership 拒绝某人入会 exclude sb. (from) getting in 不准某人入内 exclude immigrants from a country 拒绝移民进入一个国家 exclude the possibility of 排除...的可能性 exclude sb. from a position 撤销某人的职位 to be continued..........

Hey, U, I'v been reading Jane Eyre, not finished yet. since I have another good book instead of it, but when I finish this good one, I will pick it up and finish it. The book I read now is '' a forture-teller told me'' Edit by a famous Journerlist Tianzano Terzani who had really experienced all the things which happened during 1950 to now in Asia including China...... real story, you will learn a lot from it.

yeap, it shows up. support you, go on this good job and make it well done.

hi, linda . Is that book a documentary ? I will keep on doing this matter .

not exactly documentary... the main topic is about, in 1978,he lived in Hk, a forture teller told him on 1993 couldnot take airplane otherwise it would be crashed. so during this whole year, he didnot take airplane to go around Asia and he wrote down what he met and so and so, and the person who replaced his position in the company in this year indeed had an accident from airplane, leg broken, didnot die... really a fantastic book. but seems prohibitted by China goverment. Since this writter had arrested by China and exiled out of China, no right to enter China again... pity,huh?

well done......keep on.......

sorry, something had to be done yesterday . so a part was left out ! today , I am making up for the lost part and the new part will be handed in as well . Chapter 1(part2) 'What does Bessie say I have done?' I asked. 'Jane, I don't like cavillers or questioners, besides, there is something truly forbidding in a child taking up her elders in that manner. Be seated somewhere; and until you can speak pleasantly, remain silent.' A small breakfast-room adjoined the drawing-room, I slipped in there. It contained a bookcase; I soon possessed myself of a volume, taking care that it should be one stored with pictures. I mounted into the window- seat: gathering up my feet, I sat cross- legged, like a Turk; and, having drawn the red moreen curtain nearly close, I was shrined in double retirement. Folds of scarlet drapery shut in my view to the right hand; to the left were the clear panes of glass, protecting, but not separating me from the drear November day. At intervals, while turning over the leaves in my book, I studied the aspect of that winter afternoon. Afar, it offered a pale blank of mist and cloud; near, a scene of wet lawn and storm-beat shrub, with ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable blast. I returned to my book — Bewick's History of British Birds: the letter press thereof I cared little for, generally speaking; and yet there were certain introductory pages that, child as I was, I could not pass quite as a blank. They were those which treat of the haunts of sea-fowl; of 'the solitary rocks and promontories' by them only inhabited; of the coast of Norway, studded with isles from its southern extremity, the Lindeness, or Naze, to the North Cape — 'Where the Northern Ocean, in vast whirls, Boils round the naked, melancholy isles Of farthest Thule; and the Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrites. Nor could I pass unnoticed the suggestion of the bleak shores of Lapland, Siberia, Spitzbergen, Nova Zembla, Iceland, Greenland, with 'the vast sweep of the Arctic Zone, and those forlorn regions of dreary space — that reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the multiplied rigours of extreme cold '. Of these death-white realms I formed an idea of my own: shadowy, like all the half-comprehended notions that float dim through children's brains, but strangely impressive. The words in these introductory pages connected themselves with the succeeding vignettes, and gave significance to the rock standing up alone in a sea of billow and spray; to the broken boat stranded on a desolate coast; to the cold and ghastly moon glancing through bars of cloud at a wreck just sinking.

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READING NOTES part2 cavil vi.挑剔, 找错 caviller n.吹毛求疵的人，爱挑剔的人 take up v.拿起, 开始从事, 继续, 吸收, 责备, 拘留, 占据, 认购 此处译为“顶嘴”;( slip vi, vt 滑落；跌跤 She slipped on the shiny floor and fell. 她滑倒在发亮的地板上了。 （常与in, out, away连用）溜走；悄悄过去 She slipped away without being seen. 她悄悄溜走未被人看见。 He slipped the money into his pocket. 他悄悄地把钱塞进口袋。 （与on, off连用）穿衣服，脱衣服 跌落；变坏；降低 He has slipped in my opinion. 我对他的评价已经降低了。 犯小错误 偷偷地给 脱身，摆脱（束缚） The dog slipped his collar. 豿挣脱项圈。 忘记；遗漏；未被注意 所以此处的slip in 译为“溜进” possess courage 有勇气 possess oneself 自制 possess one's mind in peace 保持安静 possess sb. of the facts of the case 使某人熟悉该案的事实 possess one's soul in patience 耐着性子等待 be possessed by [with] 被(鬼怪、思想等)缠住, 迷住 be possessed of 拥有, 占有, 具有, 享有 be exclusively possessed by 在...把持下 like all possessed [美]疯狂地, 猛烈地, 热烈地 like one possessed 象着了魔的人一样 possess oneself of 取得, 获得, 把...占为已有 possess sb. of sth. 使某人有[拥有]某物; 使某人熟悉某事 take care that clause 留意于＋从句 mounted into the window-seat爬上窗台 mount n.乘用马, 衬纸, 山, 装配 vi.乘马, 爬上, 增长 vt.爬上, 使上马, 装上, 设置, 安放, 制作...的标本, 上演 为何这里不用mount on? 奇怪:( gather up v.收集起, 蜷缩, 概括 cross-legged adj.盘着腿的, 翘着腿的 draw curtain拉窗帘 shrine vt.[诗]安置在神龛里; 祀在祠堂里; 奉为神圣 go into retirement 退休, 退职 隐居 live in retirement 过退休或隐居生活 fold n 折层；折页 fold of the dress 衣服的折层 折痕 to iron folds out of a dress 把衣服的折痕烫平 shut in v.关进, 禁闭, 笼罩 drear (=dreary) adj.阴沉的 at intervals adv.不时, 相隔一定距离 study the aspect of that winter afternoon 细看那个冬日下午的景色 此处的aspect是当作“面貌”讲,又如： the aspect of the whole area 全地区的面貌 sweep away v.一扫而空 Afar, it offered a pale blank of mist and cloud; near, a scene of wet lawn and storm-beat shrub, with ceaseless rain sweeping away wildly before a long and lamentable blast. 只见远方白茫茫一片云雾，近处湿漉漉一块草地和受风雨袭击的灌木。一阵持久而凄厉的狂风，驱赶着如注的暴雨，横空归过。 上面这段景色的描写和原文翻译不错哦:)，不过不是我翻译的:( generally speaking一般来说 frankly speaking 坦白地说 the letter press thereof 它的文字部分，此处的press译为“新闻”？迷惑:( thereof adv.(=from it; of it)由此, 因此; 属于它的, 关于它的 a problem and the solution thereof 问题及其解决办法 an evil and the remedy thereof 一项弊端及其补救办法 the letter press thereof I cared little for, generally speaking; and yet there were certain introductory pages that, child as I was, I could not pass quite as a blank. 文字部份我一般不感兴趣，但有几页导言，虽说我是孩子，却不愿当作空页随手翻过。 这里的语法比较重要，首先有个省略that 的定语从句；然后有一个插入语，分隔了that引导的定语从句；还有最后的quite as sth;) treat of v.论及, 涉及 sea-fowl海鸟 haunt n. 常去的地方; (动物等的)栖息处; (罪犯等的)巢穴 a haunt of criminals 罪犯的老窝 revisit the haunts of one's school days 重游学生时代常去的地方 The college library is a favorite haunt. 大学图书馆是人们喜欢的地方。 promontory n.岬, 隆起, 海角 stud v 散布 extremity n.末端, 极端, 极度, 穷困, 绝境, 临死, 非常手段, 手足 of 'the solitary rocks and promontories' by them only inhabited; of the coast of Norway, studded with isles from its southern extremity, the Lindeness, or Naze, to the North Cape —'Where the Northern Ocean, in vast whirls, Boils round the naked, melancholy isles Of farthest Thule; and the Atlantic surge Pours in among the stormy Hebrites. 写到了只有海鸟栖居的“孤零零的岩石和海岬”；写到了自南端林纳斯尼斯，或纳斯，至北角都遍布小岛的挪威海岸;那里，北冰洋掀起的巨大漩涡，咆哮在极地光秃凄凉约小岛四周。而大西洋的汹涌波涛，泻入了狂暴的赫布里底群岛。 此处的每一个of介词短语都承接上句的treat of(v.论及, 涉及),形成并列结构。 bleak adj.寒冷的, 阴冷的, 荒凉的, 凄凉的, 黯淡的 这一段似乎太难了:(,译文如下： 'the vast sweep of the Arctic Zone, and those forlorn regions of dreary space — that reservoir of frost and snow, where firm fields of ice, the accumulation of centuries of winters, glazed in Alpine heights above heights, surround the pole, and concentre the multiplied rigours of extreme cold' “广袤无垠的北极地带和那些阴凄凄的不毛之地，宛若冰雪的储存库。千万个寒冬所积聚成的坚冰，像阿尔卑斯山的层层高峰，光滑晶莹，包围着地极，把与日俱增的严寒汇集于一处。” 这篇文章的排比用的听多;)这里的3个to介词短语的并列和前面的3个of介词短语的并列。 The words in these introductory pages connected themselves with the succeeding vignettes, and gave significance to the rock standing up alone in a sea of billow and spray; to the broken boat stranded on a desolate coast; to the cold and ghastly moon glancing through bars of cloud at a wreck just sinking. 这些导言中的文字与后面的插图相配，使兀立于大海波涛中的孤岩，搁浅在荒凉海岸上的破船，以及透过云带俯视着沉船的幽幽月光，更加含义隽永了。

I wish i could catch up with you and be patient to read this everyday, dear, keep on.........

How about making the Text Size a bit larger? Thank you in advance..

oh... , dear heccy , i will . randy, ok. I cannot tell what sentiment haunted the quite solitary churchyard, with its inscribed headstone; its gate, its two trees, its low horizon, girdled by a broken wall, and its newly risen crescent, attesting the hour of eventide. The two ships becalmed on a torpid sea, I believed to be marine phantoms. The fiend pinning down the thief's pack behind him, I passed over quickly: it was an object of terror. So was the black, horned thing seated aloof on a rock, surveying a distant crowd surrounding a gallows. Each picture told a story; mysterious often to my undeveloped understanding and imperfect feelings, yet ever profoundly interesting: as interesting as the tales Bessie sometimes narrated on winter evenings, when she chanced to be in good humour; and when, having brought her ironing-table to the nursery-hearth, she allowed us to sit about it, and while she got up Mrs Reed's lace frills, and crimped her nightcap borders, fed our eager attention with passages of love and adventure taked from old fairy tales and older ballads; or (as at a later period I discovered) from the pages of Pamela, and Henry, Earl of Moreland. With Bewick on my knee, I was then happy: happy at least in my way. I feared nothing but interruption, and that came too soon. The breakfast- room door was opened. 'Boh! Madam Mope!' cried the voice of John Reed; then he paused: he found the room apparently empty. 'Where the dickens is she?' he continued. 'Lizzy! Gcorgy! (calling to his sisters) Jane is not here: tell mamma she is run out into the rain — bad animal!' 'It is well I drew the curtain, ' thought I, and I wished fervently he might not discover my hiding-place: nor would John Reed have found it out himself; he was not quick either of vision or conception; but Eliza just put her head in at the door, and said at once: 'She is in the window-seat, to be sure, Jack.' And I came out immediately, for I trembled at the idea of being dragged forth by the said Jack. 'What do you want?' I asked with awkward diffidence. 'Say, "what do you want, Master Reed,"' was the answer. 'I want you to come here'; and seating himself in an arrn-chair, he intimated by a gesture that I was to approach and stand before him. John Reed was a schoolboy of fourteen years old; four years older than I, for I was but ten; large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin; thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities. He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye with flabby cheeks. He ought now to have been at school; but his mamma had taken him home for a month or two, ' on account of his dedicate health'. Mr. Mila, the master, affirmed that he would do very well if he had fewer cakes and sweetmeat sent him from home; but the mother's heart turned from an opinion so harsh, and inclined rather to the more refined idea that John's sallowness was owing to over-application, and, perhaps to pining after home. John had not much affection for his mother and sisters, and an antipathy to me. He bullied and punished me; not two or three times in the week, nor once or twice in a day, but continually: every nerve I had feared him, and every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near. There were moments when I was bewildered by the terror he inspired, because I had no appeal whatever against either his menaces or his inflictions; the servants did not like to offend their young master by taking my part against him, and Mrs Reed was blind and deaf on the subject: she never saw him strike or heard him abuse me, though he did both now and then in her very presence; more frequently, however, behind her back. Habitually obedient to John, I came up to his chair: he spent some three minutes in thrusting out his tongue at me as far as he could with out damaging the roots: I knew he would soon strike, and while dreading the blow, I mused on the disgusting and ugly appearance of him who would presently deal it. I wonder if he read that notion in my face; for, all at once, without speaking, he struck suddenly and strongly. I tottered, and on regaining my equilibrium retired back a step or two from his chair.

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'That is for your impudence in answering mamma a while since, ' said he, 'and for your sneaking way of getting behind curtains, and for the look you had in your eyes two minutes since, you rat!' Accustomed to John Recd's abuse, I never had an idea of replying to it: my care was how to endure the blow which would certainly follow the insult. 'What were you doing behind the curtain?' he asked. 'I was reading.' 'Show the book.' I returned to the window and fetched it thence. 'You have no business to take our books; you are a dependant, mamma says; you have no money; your father left you none; you ought to beg, and not to live here with gentlemen's children like us, and eat the same meals we do, and wear clothes at our mamma's expense. Now, I'll teach you to rummage my book-shelves: for they are mine; all the house belongs to me, or will do in a few years. Go and stand by the door, out of the way of the mirror and the windows.' I did so, not at first aware what was his intention; but when I saw him lift and poise the book and stand in act to hurl it I instinctively started aside with a cry of alarm: not soon enough however; the volume was flung, it hit me, and I fell, striking my head against the door and cutting it. The cut bled, the pain was sharp: my terror had passed its climax; other feelings succeeded. 'Wicked and cruel boy!' I said. 'You are like a murderer — you are like a slave-driver — you are like the Roman emperors!' I had read Goldsmith's History of Rome, and had formed my opinion of Nero, Caligula,e words: — 'Dear! dear! What a fury to fly at Master John!' 'Did ever anybody see such a picture of passion!' Then Mrs Reed subjoined: 'Take her away to the red-room, and lock her in there.' Four hands were immediately laid upon me, and I was borne upstairs.

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this is the end of Chapter 1; reading notes will be appended later . to be continued.......

READING NOTES for PART3&PART4 of Chapter1 part3 haunt (这个词在本章中出现2次，这里译为“出没”) vt. 常去; 常去(某处); 缠住(某人) 常(在脑中)出现; (疾病等)缠身 (鬼魂等)反复出没于, 缠住(某人) I'm haunted with gloomy thoughts and sad memories. 我常为悲观的思想和悲痛的追念所困扰。 inscribe vt. 刻; 雕; 记 题写; 题献 列入名单; 登记 牢记, 铭记 attesting the hour of eventide 表明时候正是黄昏 pin down v.使受约束, 阻止, 压制 pass over v.忽略, 省略 survey vt 审视、俯瞰; chance to 偶然发生 narrate v.叙述, 讲述, 作解说, 讲故事 good humor n.高兴, 心情好 and when 这里译为“遇到这种时候”，不明白这种语法:( feed one's (eager) attention with sth at a later period 在后来的一段时期 happy at least in my way至少是自得其乐 boh int.嘘(象声词) cried the voice of John Reed 约翰．里德叫唤着 the dickens 见鬼 相似于 the hell 和 on earth(究竟)等语气加强短语； It's all very well 好倒是好，（可是…） It's all very well to suggest doing that, but where's the money coming from? 提议做那件事好倒是好，但是钱从哪儿来呢？ think [speak] well of a person 对某人有好感; 说某人好话 That is well said. 那话说得好。 Well begun is half done. [谚]良好的开端, 成功的一半。 Well fed, well bred. [谚]吃得饱, 懂礼貌。 It is well done of you to come to me. 你来得正好。 Well done! 做得好! Shake the bottle well. 把瓶子彻底地摇一摇。 I like it well. 我很喜欢它。 He must be well over fifty. 他一定大大超过五十岁了。 Examine the account well before you pay it. 在付款以前仔细核对一下帐目。 You may well say so. 你很有理由这样说。 We might well make the experiment. 我们该做那项实验了。 It may well be that... 那很可能是... I can't very well manage to come tomorrow. 明天我不大可能来。 How are you? -Quite well, thank you. 你好吗? -很好, 谢谢你。 He will soon get well. 他很快就会恢复健康。 It would be well to inquire. 该查问一下。 All is well with us. 我们一切都好。 All is well that ends well. [谚]结果好, 万事好。 Well, then? 嗯! 后来怎么啦? I wish you well. 愿你称心如意。 be not quick either of vision or conception 眼睛不尖，头脑不灵 to be sure 准没错 at the idea of (doing) sth 想到………… the said Jack 这里的said译为“提到的”,是形容词，作定语，本章2处用到这种手法 Master Reed里德少爷 seat oneself = be seated = sit I was but ten此处的but可用only替换 large and stout for his age, with a dingy and unwholesome skin; thick lineaments in a spacious visage, heavy limbs and large extremities. He gorged himself habitually at table, which made him bilious, and gave him a dim and bleared eye with flabby cheeks. 论年龄，他长得又大又胖，但肤色灰暗，一付病态。脸盘阔，五官粗，四肢肥，手膨大。还喜欢暴饮暴食，落得个肝火很旺，目光迟钝，两颊松弛。 ought to have done 应该作某事(实际没做) on account of 考虑到，是因为 Mr. Mila, the master,此处的master译为“老师” turned from an opinion so harsh, and inclined rather to the more refined idea 讨厌这么刻薄的话，而倾向于一种更随和的想法 pin after 想念、追随 every nerve I had feared him, and every morsel of flesh on my bones shrank when he came near. 弄得我每根神经都怕他，他一走近，我身子骨上的每块肌肉都会收缩起来。 have no appeal whatever 没有任何控诉 take one's part against sb 站在某人一边反对别人 be blind and deaf on sth 对……熟视无睹 now and then 不时地，这里译为“动不动” some = about 大约 as far as he could 尽力 all at once adv.突然 a while since刚才 sneaking 偷偷摸摸的 teach sb. to do sth. [口]惩治某人使不敢做某事, 教训某人别做某事[常与 will 连用](When I catch that boy, I'll teach him to tell lies to me. 要是我抓到那个小孩, 我要好好治治他, 看他还敢不敢对我撒谎。) That'll teach you. [口]这就是给你的教训; 这下你可学乖了。 out of the way adv.不挡道,远远离开地 start aside v.跳开 Also I had drawn parallels in silence, which I never thought thus to have declared aloud. 并暗暗作过类比，但决没有想到会如此大声地说出口来。 run at v.冲过去袭击 bellow out v.大声喊出 come up v.走近, 上来 bear 拖

haha

you laugh at me? linda. why ? Am I doing a stupid job ?

ok i will insist on reading it

I want to see the chinese edition, may I?

to long for me to read it in addition,im not interested in literature.......

based on the click rate of this post , I think a long story is somewhat tedious , so I changed my mind (forgive me , it is not my excuses). then, how about some short essays ? now , let me have a try ! MAY IT BE ( this poem's music, in addtion to its text , is very beatiful ) May it be an evening star Shines down upon you May it be when darkness falls Your heart will be true You walk a lonely road Oh! How far you are from home Mornie Utulie (darkness has come) Believe and you will find your way Mornie Utulie (darkness has come) A promise lives within you now May it be the shadows call Will fly away May it be your journey on To light the day When the night is overcome You may rise to find the sun Mornie Utulie (darkness has come) Believe and you will find your way Mornie Utulie (darkness has come) A promise lives within you now

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wow,you've done a great job，unixfan～～～ though the preface of Jane Eyre sounds familiar to me,I mean,e version....yet I never had the patience to read it all through......:( hope this time I can follow you.....:) btw,your post inspired me that maybe we can begin a post with the title"which novel do you like" .......

I wonder, you typed it by yourself or you copy it from somewhere? If you type ... my god... really hard work... Take care...hehe