第一、詞匯學習

middle-aged adj. 中年的

第二、短語學習

1. cry out：大喊，大聲疾呼

范例：I cry out in surprise.

我嚇得叫出來。

Do not cry out before you are hurt.

沒受傷，別亂喊。

2. next to：緊靠......的旁邊，接近

范例：May I bring my chair next to yours?

我可以把我的椅子移到你的旁邊嗎？

Peter sat next to Paul on the sofa.

彼得挨著保羅坐在沙發上。

3. a number of：若干，許多

范例：A number of local personalities were present at the meeting.

一些當地名人出席了會議。

A number of records fell during the sports meet.

在運動會上破了多項記錄。

4. look up：仰望，仰視

范例： At last she was able to look up with tearful eyes and a smile.

最后她終于含著淚眼，微笑著抬起頭來。

I couldn't look up. My eyes were getting wet.

我眼淚盈眶，抬不起頭來。

第四、寫作語匯

1. faint light of a candle：昏暗的燭光

2. rough beds：簡陋的床鋪

3. broken stairs：破爛的樓梯

4. black with age：隨著歲月而變黑的

5. in front of：在......的前面

6. a bottle of：一瓶

7. divide his attention between A and B：將注意力分散在A和B之間，一邊做.....，一邊做......

第五、語法點撥

1. In front of the fire was a table with a candle stuck into a bottle of beer, and an old man, with a horribly ugly face and red hair, stood next to the fire cooking.

要點解析1：第一處劃線部分是介詞段做定語修飾table，這個介詞短語中stuck into a bottle of beer是過去分詞短語做后置定語，修飾candle。

要點解析2：第二處劃線部分是介詞短語修飾man。

2. He was wearing a dirty old coat and seemed to divide his attention between his cooking and a number of silk handkerchieves, which were hanging near the fire．

要點解析：劃線部分是非線性定語從句修飾handkerchieves。

3. Four or five boys, about the same age as the Artful Dodger, sat round the table, smoking and drinking like middle-aged men．

要點解析1：換線部分1是介詞短語做定語修飾boys。

要點解析2：劃線部分2是現在分詞短語做伴隨狀況狀語。