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經典語段：

And so Oliver was left with only the drunken nurse. Without clothes, under his first blanket, he could have been the child of a king or a beggar.

奧利弗就這樣被留下了，由那位醉醺醺的看護一個人看著。他光著身子，裹在畢生第一塊毯子里，既可以是國王的兒子，也可以是乞丐的兒子。

But when the woman dressed him later in rough cotton clothes, yellow with age, he looked exactly what he was - an orphan in a workhouse, ready for a life of misery, hunger, and neglect.

可后來老婦人給他穿上了由于年頭太久而發了黃的粗棉布衣服，這時，他看上去和他的身份完全一致了——一個濟貧院的孤兒，準備好了去過一種充滿苦難、饑餓和忽視的生活。

Oliver cried loudly. If he could have known that he was a workhouse orphan, perhaps he would have cried even more loudly.

奧利弗大聲哭著。假如他已經知道自己是一個濟貧院的孤兒，他可能會哭得更響些。

語段精講：

第一、詞匯精講

1. leave

雙語釋義：to leave your wife, husband or partner permanently

[vt.] 遺棄，丟棄

搭配模式：~ sb (for sb)

典型范例：She's leaving him for another man.她要拋棄他而去跟另外一個男人。

2. drunken

雙語釋義：drunk

[adj.] 醉的

典型范例：The police are tightening up on drunken driving.

警方目前采取嚴厲手段對付醉酒駕車行為。

The drunken man was a dead weight in my arms.

這個醉漢在我懷里死沉。

3. rough

雙語釋義：not level or smooth

[adj.] 粗糙的

典型范例：Those are rough woollen cloth wich might be of help to us.

那是些粗糙的毛料布，或許對我們還有用。

4. orphan

雙語釋義：person (esp a child) whose parents are dead

父母雙亡的人；（尤指）孤兒

典型范例：He has been an orphan since he was five.

他五歲時即淪為孤兒。

I have been taking care of an orphan nephew.

我一直在照顧著一個雙親亡故的侄兒。

第二、固定短語

1. dress in

講解：這是動詞短語，通常在動詞dress后面接somebody，介詞in后面接something，意思是（給某人）穿上（衣服）。

范例1： I'm going to dress the baby in new clothes and take her to the park.

我要給小孩子穿上新衣服, 帶她到公園去。

范例2：We must be dressed in uniform at school.

在學校我們必須穿制服。

2. ready for

講解：這是形容詞短語，介詞for后面可接名詞或名詞性從句，短語等。

范例1：I want the report ready for the three o'clock deadline.

我希望報告最遲在三點之前準備好。

范例2: You had to be ready for any emergency.

你得隨時預防不測。

3. with age

講解：這是介詞短語，with是“隨著”的意思，with age可以表示“隨著年齡的增長”，也可以表示“因年久”。文中說到的是yellow with age可以翻譯為：因年久而發黃的，隨著年月的流逝而發黃的。

范例1：The old house has grown shabby with age.

那座老房子因年代久遠而變得破舊。

范例2：Her wrinkles deepen with age.

她的皺紋隨年齡增長而變深。

范例3：A man grows wiser with age.

隨著年令的增長，人變得更聰明。

范例4：The leaves of the book were yellowed with age.

書頁因年久而變黃。

第四、寫作語匯

1. rough cotton clothes：粗糙的棉麻布

2. a life of misery, hunger, and neglect：充滿痛苦、饑餓和輕視的生活

第三、語法講解

1. And so Oliver was left with only the drunken nurse.

要點解析：with only the drunken nurse是介詞短語作伴隨狀況狀語。

2. Without clothes, under his first blanket, he could have been the child of a king or a beggar.

要點解析1：with clothes是伴隨狀況狀語，under his first blanket是介詞短語作地點狀語，如果這個兩種不同功能的介詞短語同在一個句子中，伴隨狀況狀語位于地點狀語前面。

要點解析2：這句話使用了虛擬語氣，謂語結構是could have been，在這里的用法表示主觀猜測，即對已經發生動作或已經存在的狀態作出主觀上的猜測，通常可譯為“可能已經…”，有時需根據具體語境來翻譯。如：

Tom could have taken the money; he was here alone yesterday. （有可能是湯姆把錢拿走了，昨天他單獨一個人在這里呆過。）

3. But when the woman dressed him later in rough cotton clothes, yellow with age, he looked exactly what he was - an orphan in a workhouse, ready for a life of misery, hunger, and neglect.

要點解析1：yellow with age是形容詞后面又跟有短語的要放于別修飾詞的后面，做后置定語修飾clothes。

要點解析2：ready for a life of misery, hunger, and negelect是形容詞短語作后置定語，修飾名詞orphan。

4. If he could have known that he was a workhouse orphan, perhaps he would have cried even more loudly.

要點解析：這是非真實條件虛擬句，主句和從句都是用了虛擬語氣，主句的是would have cried，從句的是could have cried。這2個結構都表示與現實相反的目前情況。

Could have known that he was workhouse orphan的意思是“能知道他是救濟院的孤兒”，可是實際上Oliver在那時候不能知道，would have cried even more loudly意思是“將會哭得更加大聲”，而實際上他并非如此。

第四、語句賞析

1. Oliver cried loudly.

賞析：這句話是雙關語。Cry loudly既指人本能的大聲的哭叫，又指對不公世道的大聲憤慨。

2. Without clothes, under his first blanket, he could have been the child of a king or a beggar.

賞析：這句話道出人生來來就是平等的，可以做皇帝統治的權利，也可以又淪為可悲的乞丐的可能性。這就是社會地位的差別，而著社會地位的差別是諸多因素如何而造成的，例如：家庭背景。