啃嚼語段

"Aah！" he said to himself． "What fine men They were！Loyal to the end.

“噯呀！”他自言自語地說,“他們是多好的人啊！忠誠(chéng)到底。

They never told the priest where the jewels were．Nor about old Fagin．Not even at the very end．And why should They？

他們一直沒告訴牧師珠寶在什么地方。也沒把我老費(fèi)金招出來。直到最后。他們?yōu)槭裁匆谐鰜砟兀?/p>

It was already too late．It wouldn’t have stopped the rope going round their necks！"

當(dāng)時(shí)已經(jīng)太晚了,招了也已經(jīng)無法去掉就要套在他們脖子上的繩索了！”

Fagin took out at least six more watches, as well as rings and bracelets and many other valuable pieces of jewellery．

費(fèi)金又拿出了至少六塊手表,還有戒指、手鐲和其它一些貴重的寶石飾品。

He looked at the m with pleasure, then replaced them. "What a good thing hanging is！"he murmured．

他欣喜地看著這些東西,之后,又放了回去。“絞刑是多么好的事！”他咕噥著,

"Dead men can never talk,or betray old friends！"

“人死了就再也不能開口說話了,也不能背叛老朋友了！”

At that moment he looked up and saw Oliver watching him．

就在這時(shí),他抬起頭,看見奧利弗正在盯著他看。

He closed the lid of the box with a loud crash,and picked up a bread knife from the table．

他嘩啦一下蓋上了盒蓋,從桌上抓起一把面包刀。

"Why are you watching me？ What have you seen？ Tell me－quick！"

“你為什么看著我？你都看見什么了？快告訴我！”

語段精講

1. "Aah！" he said to himself． "What fine men They were！Loyal to the end.

短語精講：1. say to oneself：自言自語 e.g. At first I used to say to myself that there are no dangers which will stop him.

起初，我常對(duì)自己說沒有什么危險(xiǎn)能阻攔他。

2. loyal to：效忠于，對(duì)......忠誠(chéng) e.g. He remained loyal to me through thick and thin.他歷盡艱辛始終都忠實(shí)於我。The vassal swore that he would be loyal to the king forever. 這位封臣宣誓他將永遠(yuǎn)忠誠(chéng)于國(guó)王。

3. to the end：始終，到最后 e.g. His assignment was hard but he saw it out to the end. 他的任務(wù)艱巨，但他終于把它完成了。These aims will be carried out through to the end. 這些目標(biāo)將貫徹到底。

2. They never told the priest where the jewels were．Nor about old Fagin．Not even at the very end．

短語精講：at the every end：最后，最終 e.g The bad boy got his just deserts at the every end. 這壞孩子最終得到了應(yīng)有的懲罰。

語法點(diǎn)撥1：Nor about old Fagin.這個(gè)句子是一個(gè)省略句，它和前面句子共用一個(gè)主語、謂語和間接賓語，they never told the priest。

語法點(diǎn)撥2：Nor在這里是有so而改變過來，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)句子是含有否定意義的，那么so就要改為nor。

3. Fagin took out at least six more watches, as well as rings and bracelets and many other valuable pieces of jewellery．

短語精講：1. as well as：也 e.g. He was very popular, a distinguished fashion figure as well as financier. 他是非常有聲望的，一位杰出的時(shí)髦人物和金融家。

2. 基數(shù)詞+more+名詞：某樣?xùn)|西不低于...... 在文中說到的是six more watch，six是基數(shù)詞，watch是名詞，six more watch就是指“不低于六塊手表”。

3. many other：其它更多的 e.g. I want to see many other countries, new way of living and different social customs. 我想了解許多其他國(guó)家、新的生活方式和不同的社會(huì)風(fēng)俗。

詞匯竄燒：bracelet： n.手鐲 jewellery：n. 珠寶，首飾

4. He looked at the m with pleasure, then replaced them.

短語精講：with pleasure：愉快地，高興地 e.g. He recalled his fellow traveler with pleasure. 他愉快地回憶起他的旅伴。I read of your success with pleasure. 看到你成功的消息非常高興。

詞匯精講：replace：vt. 放回原處 e.g. Would you please replace the book on the shelf. 請(qǐng)把書放回書架上。

5. Dead men can never talk,or betray old friends！

詞匯精講：betray：vt. 出賣某人或泄漏某事 e.g. John betrayed state secrets. 約翰泄漏了國(guó)家機(jī)密。 Judas betrayed Jesus to the authorities. 猶大向當(dāng)局出賣了耶穌。

語法點(diǎn)撥：dead men這里使用了名詞man的復(fù)數(shù)形式，這樣不是具體指某個(gè)男人，而是泛指男人。表示這個(gè)意思，也可以用單數(shù)，即：a man。