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Learn with JANE EYRE
In this section, we analyze parts of the movie script to learn and understand the use of daily English language.
Read the passages and try to understand them. Then, read the vocabulary explanation. Finally, read the passage again.
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JOHN REED: I have been looking for you these last ten minutes.
JANE: What do you want?
JOHN REED: Say forgive me, Master Reed.
JANE: I have done nothing wrong, Master Reed.
JOHN REED: Who gave you permission to read my book?
JANE: I wasn't aware it was yours.
JOHN REED: Everything in this house is mine. You're lucky to live here with gentleman's children like us. Your father had nothing. You should go and beg.
JANE: What do you want?
JOHN REED: Say forgive me, Master Reed.
JANE: I have done nothing wrong, Master Reed.
JOHN REED: Who gave you permission to read my book?
JANE: I wasn't aware it was yours.
JOHN REED: Everything in this house is mine. You're lucky to live here with gentleman's children like us. Your father had nothing. You should go and beg.
| to look for something/somebody | buscar algo/a alguien |
| to forgive somebody | perdonar a alguien |
| nothing wrong | nada malo. Notar que al usar nothing el verbo está en afirmativo. Si se usara anything, el verbo iría en negativo: I haven't done anything wrong. |
| to give somebody permission to do something | dar permiso a alguien para hacer algo |
| to be aware | ser consciente de algo, darse cuenta de algo |
| to be lucky | tener suerte |
| gentleman | caballero |
| to beg | mendigar, pedir |
MARY: We've lived here all our lives but the house must be shut up now.
JANE: Why?
MARY: We can't afford to keep it on. Diana and I will return to our charges in a few days and St. John will go to his parsonage.
DIANA: It'll be a hard parting for us. We may not see him again for years.
JANE: Why ever not?
MARY: He means to be a missionary. He's going to India to do God's work.
JANE: Can he not do God's work here?
MARY: This quiet parish will never do for him; he almost raves in his restlessness. It breaks our hearts.
JANE: Why?
MARY: We can't afford to keep it on. Diana and I will return to our charges in a few days and St. John will go to his parsonage.
DIANA: It'll be a hard parting for us. We may not see him again for years.
JANE: Why ever not?
MARY: He means to be a missionary. He's going to India to do God's work.
JANE: Can he not do God's work here?
MARY: This quiet parish will never do for him; he almost raves in his restlessness. It breaks our hearts.
| to shut up | cerrar |
| to afford something | poder pagar algo |
| to keep something on | mantener algo |
| charge | cargo, responsabilidad |
| in a few days | en pocos días |
| parsonage | casa del párroco |
| hard | duro, difícil |
| parting | despedida, separación |
| parish | parroquia |
| to rave | delirar |
| restlessness | inquietud. Restless significa inquieto. |
| to break somebody's heart | partirle el alma a alguien |
JANE: I heard a laugh outside my door loud enough to wake me. I opened it. Someone was running towards the third floor. And a candle was left burning in the middle of the floor. Shall I fetch Mrs. Fairfax, sir?
ROCHESTER: What the deuce can she do?
JANE: Then I'll wake John and Martha.
ROCHESTER: Not at all. Stay here. You're shivering. I have to go to the third floor. Don't make a sound. Sit there. I shan't be long.
ROCHESTER: What the deuce can she do?
JANE: Then I'll wake John and Martha.
ROCHESTER: Not at all. Stay here. You're shivering. I have to go to the third floor. Don't make a sound. Sit there. I shan't be long.
| to hear | oír. Las formas del pasado son heard, heard. El verbo escuchar (oír prestando atención) se dice to listen. |
| laugh | risa |
| loud enough to | lo suficientemente alto como para |
| to wake somebody | despertar a alguien |
| towards | hacia |
| to fetch somebody | ir a buscar a alguien |
| not at all | para nada |
| to shiver | temblar (de miedo) |
| shan't | Contracción de shall not |
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