小編絮語(yǔ)：

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經(jīng)典段落：

Oliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth．

他出生時(shí)在場(chǎng)的兩個(gè)人沒(méi)有給他什么幫助，這使得奧利弗要獨(dú)自承當(dāng)他的第一場(chǎng)戰(zhàn)斗。

One was an old woman，who was nearly always drunk， and the other was a busy local doctor，who was not paid enough to be very interested in Oliver’s survival．

其中一個(gè)是位老婦人，她幾乎總是喝得醉醺醺的；另一個(gè)則是當(dāng)?shù)匾晃幻β档尼t(yī)生，這位醫(yī)生沒(méi)有得到足夠的報(bào)酬，所以對(duì)奧利弗能否活下來(lái)并不很在意。

After all，death was a common event in the workhouse，where only the poor and homeless lived．

在濟(jì)貧院這個(gè)只有窮人和無(wú)家可歸的人待的地方，死亡畢竟是一件非常平常的事。

段落精講：

第一、詞匯精講

assistance

雙語(yǔ)釋義：(formal) help or support

資助，幫助，援助

搭配模式：~ (with sth)

典型例句：She offered me practical assistance with my research.

她給我的研究提供了實(shí)實(shí)在在的援助。

搭配模式：~ (in doing sth / to do sth)

典型例句：The company provides advice and assistance in finding work.

公司提供咨詢(xún)者，并幫助找工作。

聯(lián)想記憶：1. be of assistance：具有幫助性

例句：Can I be of any assistance?

我能幫上忙嗎？

2. with the assistance of ：靠......的幫助

例句：He can walk only with the assistance of crutches.

他只能靠一支拐杖走路。

3. come to one’s assistance：去幫助某人

例句：Despite his cries, no one came to his assistance.

盡管他喊叫，沒(méi)有人來(lái)幫助他。

第二、短語(yǔ)精講

at one’s birth

講解：at one’s birth是指在某人一出生的時(shí)候，還有一個(gè)短語(yǔ)就是把物主代詞省略，at birth。它的意思是：出生，誕生，還可以用其比喻義：一件事情或者是一樣動(dòng)詞剛出現(xiàn)的時(shí)候。

范例：When the soul is about to pass from this world, the family and friends gather at the person's bed, just as they did at his or her birth, and they sing the person to the next life.

當(dāng)他的靈魂將要離開(kāi)這個(gè)世界時(shí)，家人和朋友會(huì)聚在他的床前，就像他出生時(shí)那樣，他們會(huì)唱歌將他送到來(lái)世。

They concluded that American literature had been well-nigh throttled at birth.（備注：此句話(huà)使用其比喻義。）

他們斷言美國(guó)文學(xué)誕生之日便幾乎被扼殺了。

Man's nature at birth is good.

人之初，性本善。

第四、語(yǔ)法精講

Oliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth.

要點(diǎn)解析：句中的without much assistance from the two people present at his birth是介詞短語(yǔ)作狀語(yǔ)。Without much assistance意思是“沒(méi)有多少援助地”，

第五、語(yǔ)句賞析

Oliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth．

賞析：fight his first battle意思是打第一仗，在這里是指Oliver剛出世的時(shí)候，自己和自己作斗爭(zhēng)而生存下來(lái)。