It covers our flintier purposes and brings a redeeming silence , as if a curtain has fallen on the strivings of a year , and now we may stop , look inward , and rediscover the amber warmth of family and conversation 它掩饰了我们坚定的目的，带来了补偿性的宁静，就像我们一年的奋斗缓缓地拉下了窗帘，此刻我们可能会停下来，向内心看去，重新发现家庭、交流的琥珀色的温暖。
There was the great four - post bed with amber hangings as of old ; there the toilet - table , the arm - chair , and the footstool , at which i had a hundred times been sentenced to kneel , to ask pardon for offences by me uncommitted 像往昔一样，还是那张琥珀色帐幔罩着四根大床柱的床，还是那张梳妆台，那把安乐椅，那条脚凳。在这条脚凳上，我成百次地被罚跪，请求宽恕我并不存在的过错。
Tall , fine bust , sloping shoulders ; long , graceful neck : olive complexion , dark and clear ; noble features ; eyes rather like mr . rochester s : large and black , and as brilliant as her jewels . and then she had such a fine head of hair ; raven - black and so becomingly arranged : a crown of thick plaits behind , and in front the longest , the glossiest curls i ever saw . she was dressed in pure white ; an amber - coloured scarf was passed over her shoulder and across her breast , tied at the side , and descending in long , fringed ends below her knee “高高的个子，漂亮的胸部，斜肩膀，典雅硕长的脖子，黝黑而洁净的橄榄色皮肤，高贵的五官，有些像罗切斯特先生那样的眼睛，又大又黑，像她的珠宝那样大放光彩，同时她还有一头很好的头发，乌黑乌黑，而又梳理得非常妥贴，脑后盘着粗粗的发辫，额前是我所看到过的最长最富有光泽的卷发，她一身素白，一块琥珀色的围巾绕过肩膀，越过胸前，在腰上扎一下，一直垂到膝盖之下，下端悬着长长的流苏。
