啃嚼語段

Finally, They caught the exhausted boy.

最后,這個筋疲力盡的孩子終于被他們抓住了。

He fell down on the pavement and the crowd gathered round him.

他摔倒在人行道上,人們將他團團圍住。

"Is this the boy? "They asked the old gentleman.

“是這個男孩嗎？”他們問老先生。

"Yes, "he answered, leaning over Oliver. "But I"m afraid he"s hurt himself. "

“是的。”他回答道,并俯下身看著奧利弗。“恐怕他是傷著自己了。”

"I did that, " said a huge young man proudly. "And I hurt my hand, doing it."

“那是我弄的,”一個大個子年輕人自豪地說,“都把我的手弄痛了。”

The old gentleman looked at him with an expression of dislike.

老先生反感地看了他一眼。

Oliver lay on the ground, covered with mud and dust and bleeding from the mouth, and looked wildly at all the faces surrounding him.

奧利弗躺在地上,渾身上下沾滿了泥土,嘴里往外流著血,驚慌失措地看著圍著他的一張張面孔。

At that moment a policeman arrived and took Oliver by the collar. "Come on, get up, "he said roughly.

不一會兒,警察趕來了,抓住領子拎起了奧利弗,粗暴地說：“站起來,跟我走！”

語段精講

1. Finally, They caught the exhausted boy. He fell down on the pavement and the crowd gathered round him.

寫作語庫：catch the boy：逮住那個小男孩 fall down：跌下來 one the pavement：在人行道上 gater around sb：將某人團團圍住

2. "Yes, "he answered, leaning over Oliver. "But I"m afraid he"s hurt himself. "

語法點撥：leaning over Oliver是現在分詞短語做伴隨狀況狀語。在Fagin回答的同時，Fagin還俯下身去看Oliver。

寫作語庫：lean over sb.：彎下身，傾身看某人 hut oneself：自己傷害自己

3. "I did that, " said a huge young man proudly. "And I hurt my hand, doing it."

語法點撥：doing it是現在分詞短語做時間狀語，可以改為時間狀語從句：while I did it.

4. The old gentleman looked at him with an expression of dislike.

寫作語庫：look at：看 with an expression of dislike：厭惡地，反感地

加分短語：with an expression of：面帶......樣的表情或眼神

e.g. He kept looking at Martha with an expression of sorrow. 他一直用憂愁的目光望著瑪莎。

Lady Blemley returned each time with an expression of listless depression. 布萊姆利太太每次回來都是垂頭喪氣的。

5. Oliver lay on the ground, covered with mud and dust and bleeding from the mouth, and looked wildly at all the faces surrounding him.

寫作語庫：lay one the ground：躺在地上 be covered with mud and dust：滿是塵土 bleed from the mouth：從嘴里往外流血

語法點撥：covered with mud and dust是過去分詞短語做伴隨狀況狀語，bleeding from the mouth是現在分詞短語伴隨狀況狀語。

surrounding him是現在分詞短語做后置定語，修飾名詞faces。

加分短語：be covered with：被......覆蓋

e.g. The sofa was covered with expensive brocade. 沙發上鋪上了華貴的織錦。

Bertuccio's forehead was covered with perspiration. 伯都西奧的前額上滿是汗珠。