PART ONE - LIFE AT GATESHEAD
CHAPTER ONE
The Fight

We couldn't go outside at all on that cold, [-----1-----] afternoon.The rain was pouring down, and the wind was blowing hard.I didn't care, I was happy to stay indoors.Trying to take long walks in the winter was terrible! It was supposed to be healthy for our bodies, but I hated coming home in the dark with my feet and hands as cold as ice. And I was always unhappy because Bessie, one of the [-----2-----], was always scolding me. I had always known that I was different from my cousins, John, Eliza, and Georgiana Reed. They were prettier and taller than I, and everyone loved them.

These three children were not very nice to other people or to each other. Usually they spent their time [-----3-----] and crying with each other. However, today they were with their mother in the sitting room, sitting quietly and talking in front of the warm fire. I wanted to join them but Mrs. Reed, my aunt,said I could not. She was angry with me because Bessie had told her I was being [-----4-----]

Vocabulary Focus

it was suposed to……:應(yīng)該干……，例如：You were supposed to arrive warlier(你應(yīng)該早點來)
troublesome：adj.帶來麻煩的，-some為后綴表示引起……的，又如：fearsome（引起恐慌的），quarrelsome（愛爭吵的）。