勃朗特一家的故事(牛津书虫中英文双版本).pdfVIP

简 介 天资到底是什么？它从哪儿来？通常人们认为天资是上帝赋予的， 只给那些 幸运的人。 事实上， 我们并不清楚究竟那些人是否算得上幸运。 天资似乎并不能 使人们幸福，相反会使他们远离人群，因为天资是一种不能共享的东西。 然而勃朗特一家的情形表明， 天资被赋予了一个家庭。 因为天资， 这个家庭 的成员远离尘世；离开了家他们就得不到快乐。而在家中，作为一个家庭，他们 的天资却得以成长。 是谁教会他们写作的？是他们自己！ 而且几乎没有人比他们 写得更出色。 这本书不是他们写的， 而是关于他们的故事。 这是他们的父亲未曾写却应该 写下的：一个关于他们家庭的故事，虽然他只拥有了那么短时间的家庭。 这本书的作者蒂姆· 维克瑞从事英语教学工作多年， 现在约克郡生活和工作。 1 Haworth There was a cold wind this afternoon，but the sun shone for an hour or two ．I walked out on the moors behind the house ．The sheep were hiding from the wind under the stone walls，and there were grey clouds over the hills to the west．It is only November，but I could smell snow in the air． It will be a cold winter ，this year of 1855． the rector of the village of Haworth ．Haworth is a village of small ，grey stone houses on the side of a hill in the north of England，and I live in a house at the top of the hill ，next to the church and the graveyard． I walked through the graveyard to the church this afternoon ．All my family except Anne are buried there ．The wind had blown some dead leaves through the door into the church ，and I watched them dancing in the sunlight near the grave．Soon I shall be in that grave with my wife and children ，under the cold grey stone and dancing leaves． It is dark outside now，and it is very quiet in this house．Charlottes husband， Mr Nicholls，is reading in his room，and our servant is cooking in the kitchen．Only the three of us live here now ．It is very quiet ．I can hear the sounds of the wood burning in the fire ，and the big clock on the stairs． There is another sound too—the sound of the wind outside ．The wind has many voices．It sings and laughs and shouts to itself all night long．Last night it cried like a little child ，and I got out of bed and went to the window to listen ． There was