远离尘嚣Gabriel Oak falls in love-英语听力

[00:03.37]Gabriel Oak falls in love [00:30.36] [01:12.20]Gabriel Oak was a sensible man of good character， [01:15.98]who had been brought up by his father as a shepherd， [01:18.92]and then managed to save enough money [01:21.08]to rent his own farm on Norcombe Hill，in Dorset. [01:25.63]He was twenty－eight，a tall，well－built man， [01:29.21]who did not seem，however， [01:31.66]to think his appear－ance was very important. [01:34.10] [01:36.49]One winter morning [01:38.19]he was in one of his fields on the side of Norcombe Hill . [01:41.57]Looking over his gate， [01:43.81]Gabriel could see a yellow cart， [01:47.01]loaded with furniture and plants， [01:49.85]coming up the road. [01:51.89]Right on top of the pile [01:54.03]sat a handsome young woman [01:57.61]As Gabriel was watching， [01:59.75]the cart stopped at the top of the hill， [02:02.64]and the driver climbed down to go back [02:05.57]and fetch some－thing that had fallen off. [02:06.77] [02:08.96]The girl sat quietly in the sunshine for a few minutes. [02:13.38]Then she picked up a parcel lying next to her， [02:16.90]and looked round to see if the driver was coming back. [02:20.88]There was no sign of him. [02:23.47]She unwrapped the parcel， [02:25.46]and took out the mirror it con-tained. [02:29.71]The sun shone on her lovely face and hair. [02:33.69]Although it was December， [02:36.08]she looked almost summery， [02:38.92]sitting there in her bright red jacket [02:41.56]with the fresh green plants around her. [02:45.39]She looked at herself in the mirror and smiled， [02:49.57]thinking that only the birds could see her. [02:53.16]But behind the gate Gabriel Oak was watching too. [03:00.06] [03:00.51]‘She must be rather vain，’he thought. [03:03.51]‘She doesn't need to look in that mirror at all! ’ [03:06.95] [03:08.59]As the girl smiled and blushed at herself， [03:11.53]she seemed to be dreaming， [03:14.22]dreaming perhaps of men's hearts won and lost. [03:19.70]When she heard the driver's footsteps， [03:22.19]she packed the mirror away. [03:25.17]The cart moved on downhill to the toll－gate. [03:29.35]Gabriel followed on foot. [03:31.96]As he came closer he could hear the driver arguing with the gatekeeper. [03:36.54] [03:38.23]‘My mistress's niece， [03:40.22]that's her on top of the furniture， [03:42.86]is not going to pay you the extra twopence ，’ [03:46.56]said the driver. [03:48.55]‘She says she's offered you quite enough already. ’ [03:52.04] [03:53.13]‘Well，if she doesn't pay the toll， [03:55.98]your mistress's niece can't pass through the gate，’ [03:59.71]replied the gatekeeper. [04:01.40] [04:02.65]Gabriel thought that twopence did not seem worth bothering about, [04:07.62]so he stepped forward. [04:09.93]‘Here，’he said， [04:12.03]handing the coins to the gatekeeper， [04:14.68]‘let the young woman pass. ’ [04:16.72] [04:18.31]The girl in the red jacket looked carelessly down at Gabriel， [04:22.81]and told her man to drive on， [04:25.40]without even thanking the farmer. [04:28.73]Gabriel and the gatekeeper watched the cart move away. [04:33.07]‘That's a lovely young woman，’ [04:35.88]said the gatekeeper. [04:37.12] [04:38.52]‘But she has her faults，’ [04:40.51]answered Gabriel. [04:42.40]‘True，farmer. ’ [04:44.90]‘And the greatest of them is what it always is with women. ’ [04:49.40]‘Wanting to win the argument every time？Oh，you're right. ’ [04:54.79]‘No，her great fault is that she's vain. ’ [05:01.38]A few days later， [05:02.98]at nearly midnight on the longest night of the year， [05:06.66]Gabriel Oak could be heard playing his flute on Nor-combe Hill. [05:11.89]The sky was so clear and the stars so visible [05:16.38]that the earth could almost be seen turning. [05:20.21]In that cold，hard air [05:21.52]the sweet notes of the flute rang out. [05:26.46]The music came from a little hut on wheels， [05:29.89]standing in the corner of a field. [05:32.84]Shep－herds'huts like this are used as a shelter during the winter and spring， [05:37.97]when shepherds have to stay out all night in the fields， [05:41.05]looking after very young lambs. [05:43.65] [05:44.89]Gabriel's two hundred and fifty sheep were not yet paid for [05:49.87]He knew that，in order to make a success of the farming business， [05:53.20]he had to make sure they produced a large number of healthy lambs. [05:59.18]So he was determined to spend as many nights as necessary in the fields， [06:04.02]to save his lambs from dying of cold or hunger. [06:08.40] [06:09.90]The hut was warm and quite comfortable inside. [06:13.79]There was a stove， [06:15.13]and some bread and beer on a shelf. [06:18.22]On each side of the hut was a round hole like a window， [06:21.75]which could be closed with a piece of wood. [06:24.85]These air－holes were usually kept open when the stove was burning， [06:29.13]because too much smoke in a small， [06:31.12]airless hut could kill the shepherd. [06:35.51] [06:36.70]From time to time the sound of the flute stopped， [06:39.19]and Gabriel came out of his hut to check his sheep. [06:43.67]Whenever he discovered a half-dead new lamb， [06:47.60]he brought the creature into the hut. [06:50.78]In front of the stove it soon came back to life， [06:54.47]and then he could return it to its mother. [06:57.41] [06:58.71]He noticed a light further down the hill. [07:02.34]It came from a wooden hut at the edge of a field. [07:06.47]He walked down to it and put his eye to a hole in the wood. [07:12.20]Inside，two women were feeding a sick cow. [07:16.98]One of the women was middle－aged. [07:19.42]The other was young and wore a cloak. [07:22.26]Gabriel could not see her face. [07:24.76] [07:26.26]‘ I think she'll be all right now，aunt，’ [07:28.75]said the younger woman. [07:30.25]‘I can come and feed her again in the morning. [07:33.23]What a pity I lost my hat on the way here!’ [07:37.41]Just then the girl dropped her cloak， [07:39.75]and her long hair fell on to the shoulders of her red jacket. [07:44.03]Gabriel recognized the girl of the yellow cart and the mirror， [07:49.18]the girl who owed him twopence. [07:51.83] [07:52.93]The women left the hut， [07:55.18]and Gabriel returned to his sheep. [07:58.23] [08:00.17]As the sun was rising the next morning， [08:03.06]Gabriel waited outside his hut [08:05.14]until he saw the young woman riding up the hill. [08:09.04]She was sitting sideways on the horse [08:11.64]in the usual lady's position. [08:15.08]He suddenly thought of the hat she had lost， [08:17.96]searched for it， [08:19.21]and found it among some leaves on the ground. [08:23.19]He was just going to go up to her to give it back， [08:26.27]when the girl did some-thing very strange. [08:30.31]Riding under the low branches of a tree， [08:33.39]she dropped backwards flat on the horse's back， [08:37.32]with her feet on its shoulders. [08:40.66]Then，first looking round to make sure no one was watching， [08:45.04]she sat up straight again and pulled her dress to her knees， [08:48.92]with her legs on either side of the horse. [08:52.51]This was obviously easier for riding， [08:55.30]but not very ladylike. [08:58.18]Gabriel was surprised and amused by her behaviour. [09:02.72]He waited until she returned from her aunt's hut， [09:06.90]and stepped out into the path in front of her. [09:11.38]‘I found a hat，’he said. [09:15.46]‘It's mine，’she said. [09:18.51]She put it on and smiled. ‘It flew away. ’ [09:24.04]‘At one o'clock this morning？’ [09:25.58] [09:27.03]‘Well，yes. I needed my hat this morning. [09:30.56]I had to ride to the hut in that field， [09:33.10]where there's a sick cow belonging to my aunt. ’ [09:36.15] [09:36.84]‘Yes，I know. I saw you. ’ [09:40.24] [09:41.18]‘Where？’she asked，horrified. [09:44.91] [09:45.91]‘Riding all the way up the hill，along the path，’ [09:50.59]said Gabriel，thinking of her unladylike position on the horse's back. [09:55.57] [09:56.87]A deep blush spread from her head to her neck. [10:01.65]Gabriel turned sympathetically away， [10:04.49]wondering when he dared look at her again. [10:07.88]When he turned back，she had gone. [10:12.22] [10:13.26]Five mornings and evenings passed. [10:16.35]The young woman came regularly to take care of the sick cow， [10:20.50]but never spoke to Gabriel. [10:23.39]He felt very sorry he had offended her so much [10:26.83]by telling her he had seen her when she thought she was alone. [10:31.16] [10:32.65]Then，one freezing night， [10:35.44]Gabriel returned，exhausted，to his hut. [10:39.86]The warm air from the stove made him sleepy， [10:44.16]and he forgot to open one of the air-holes before going to sleep. [10:49.55]The next thing he knew was that the girl [10:51.84]with the lovely face was 10 with him in the hut， [10:54.82]holding his head in her arms. [10:56.96] [10:58.76]‘Whatever is happening？’ [11:00.80]he asked，only half－conscious. [11:03.83] [11:04.53]‘Nothing now，’she answered，‘ [11:07.37]but you could have died in this hut of yours. ’ [11:09.71] [11:10.81]‘Yes，I suppose I could，’said Gabriel. [11:16.28]He was hoping he could stay there，close to her, [11:19.62]for a long time He wanted to tell her so， [11:24.05]but he knew he could not express himself well， [11:27.34]so he stayed silent. [11:30.03]‘How did you find me？’ [11:32.42]he asked in the end. [11:34.06] [11:35.70]‘Oh，I heard your dog scratching at the door， [11:37.89]so I came to see what the matter was. [11:39.98]I opened the door， [11:41.42]and found you unconscious. [11:44.01]It must have been the smoke from the stove. ’ [11:47.45] [11:48.60]‘I believe you saved my life，Miss—— [11:51.79]I don't know your name. [11:53.03] [11:54.43]‘There's no need to know it. [11:56.08]I probably won't see you again. ’ [11:57.87] [11:59.06]‘My name is Gabriel Oak. ’ [12:02.41] [12:02.96]‘Mine isn't. [12:04.21]You sound very proud of your name. ’ [12:06.50] [12:07.34]‘Well，it's the only one I shall ever have. ’ [12:10.53] [12:11.87]‘I don't like mine. ’ [12:13.12] [12:14.56]‘I should think you'll soon get a new one. ’ [12:16.95] [12:18.24]‘Well！That's my business，Gabriel Oak. ’ [12:22.02] [12:22.72]‘I'm not very clever at talking，miss， [12:26.65]but I want to thank you. [12:29.00]Come，give me your hand！’ [12:31.40] [12:32.74]She hesitated，then offered her hand. [12:34.64]He took it，but held it for only a moment. [12:41.01]‘I'm sorry，’he said. [12:43.70]‘I didn't mean to let your hand go so quickly. ’ [12:47.34] [12:47.79]‘You may have it again then. Here it is. ’ [12:49.58] [12:51.68]Gabriel held it longer this time. [12:55.12]‘How soft it is，even in winter， [12:58.95]not rough at all! ’he said. [13:01.94] [13:03.83]‘there，that's long enough，’she said， [13:07.02]but without pulling it away. [13:10.16]‘But I suppose you're thinking you'd like to kiss it？ [13:13.74]You may if you want to. ’ [13:15.58] [13:17.07]‘I wasn't thinking any such thing，’ [13:19.57]said Gabriel，‘but—’ [13:21.02] [13:21.41]‘Oh no you won't！’ [13:23.11]She pulled her hand sharply away. ‘ [13:26.04]Now discover my name，’she added， [13:30.17]laughing，and left.