1. stern,

2. chamberlain

3. dignity

4. pompous

5. mantelpiece,

6. exaltation

7. Sacrilegious

8. even the familiar objects that had been so hateful to her sight an hour ago, in an instant took on the color of her own emotions, and the room seemed once more a lovely place. She would never forget this moment or this scene!

9. swayed,

10. cast a quick glance around the room.

11. ritual,

12. reprovingly.

13. elopements

14. scandalized

15. shoot a searching glance at her.

16. brow.

17. rapturously

18. conscience.

19. strayed,

20. morrow

21. gaunt

22. calicoes,

23. hoarse

24. Prompted

25. diligently,

26. Yankee

27. overseer.

28. mahogany

29. oblivious

30. studiedly

31. mother what was so heavy on her heart,

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[笔记]Heavy 好

32. punctuated

33. presiding

读原版英文书给我最大的感触是：刷新我对自己词汇量的认识。一直觉得自己词汇量还是OK的但是一旦阅读英文原版就会非常明显感受到书里面涉及到的生活中形形色色的英文词汇。

比如：布料、比如表情、行为、语言，声音等等的描写词汇。尤其涉及到一些文化，一些风俗等词汇。

很多时候我自认为对猜测词义的能力还是比较高的，但是遇到原版书在猜测词义上还是会有力不从心的感觉，这么多年的英文学下来总归还是第二语言，看来还是有很长的路要走啊！

It's never too old to learn!

看完四章后的感触，大家共勉！