Jane Eyre 简爱 Chapter 7

MY first quarter at Lowood seemed an age; and not the golden age either; it comprised an irksome struggle with difficulties in habituating myself to new rules and unwonted tasks. The fear of failure in these points harassed ¹ me worse than the physical hardships of my lot; though these were no trifles. , ,During January, February, and part of March, the deep snows, and, after their melting, the almost impassable roads, prevented our stirring beyond the garden walls, except to go to church; but within these limits we had to pass an hour every day in the open air. Our clothing was insufficient ² to protect us from the severe cold: we had no boots, the snow got into our shoes and melted there: our ungloved hands became numbed ³ and covered with chilblains, as were our feet: I remember well the distracting irritation ⁴ I endured from this cause every evening, when my feet inflamed ⁵; and the torture of thrusting the swelled ⁶, raw, and stiff toes into my shoes in the morning. Then the scanty ⁷ supply of food was distressing ⁸: with the keen appetites of growing children, we had scarcely sufficient to keep alive a delicate invalid ⁹., ,From this deficiency of nourishment ¹⁰ resulted an abuse, which pressed hardly on the younger pupils: whenever the famished ¹¹ great girls had an opportunity, they would coax ¹² or menace the little ones out of their portion. Many a time I have shared between two claimants the precious morsel ¹³ of brown bread distributed at teatime; and after relinquishing ¹⁴ to a third half the contents of my mug of coffee, I have swallowed the remainder with an accompaniment of secret tears, forced from me by the exigency ¹⁵ of hunger., , ,At the close of the afternoon service we returned by an exposed and hilly road, where the bitter winter wind, blowing over a range of snowy summits to the north, almost flayed ¹⁸ the skin from our faces., ,I can remember Miss Temple walking lightly and rapidly along our drooping ¹⁹ line, her plaid cloak, which the frosty wind fluttered, gathered close about her, and encouraging us, by precept ²⁰ and example, to keep up our spirits, and march forward, as she said, 'like stalwart soldiers.' The other teachers, poor things, were generally themselves too much dejected to attempt the task of cheering others., ,harassed mothers with their children 带着孩子的疲惫不堪的母亲们,There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。