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经典语段：

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.

奥利弗就这样被留下了，由那位醉醺醺的看护一个人看着。他光着身子，裹在毕生第一块毯子里，既可以是国王的儿子，也可以是乞丐的儿子。

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.

可后来老妇人给他穿上了由于年头太久而发了黄的粗棉布衣服，这时，他看上去和他的身份完全一致了——一个济贫院的孤儿，准备好了去过一种充满苦难、饥饿和忽视的生活。

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

奥利弗大声哭着。假如他已经知道自己是一个济贫院的孤儿，他可能会哭得更响些。

语段精讲：

第一、词汇精讲

1. leave

双语释义：to leave your wife, husband or partner permanently

[vt.] 遗弃，丢弃

搭配模式：~ sb (for sb)

典型范例：She's leaving him for another man.她要抛弃他而去跟另外一个男人。

2. drunken

双语释义：drunk

[adj.] 醉的

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

警方目前采取严厉手段对付醉酒驾车行为。

The drunken man was a dead weight in my arms.

这个醉汉在我怀里死沉。

3. rough

双语释义：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，或许对我们还有用。

4. orphan

双语释义：person (esp a child) whose parents are dead

父母双亡的人；（尤指）孤儿

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

他五岁时即沦为孤儿。

I have been taking care of an orphan nephew.

我一直在照顾着一个双亲亡故的侄儿。

第二、固定短语

1. dress in

讲解：这是动词短语，通常在动词dress后面接somebody，介词in后面接something，意思是（给某人）穿上（衣服）。

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

我要给小孩子穿上新衣服, 带她到公园去。

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

在学校我们必须穿制服。

2. ready for

讲解：这是形容词短语，介词for后面可接名词或名词性从句，短语等。

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

我希望报告最迟在三点之前准备好。

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

你得随时预防不测。

3. with age

讲解：这是介词短语，with是“随着”的意思，with age可以表示“随着年龄的增长”，也可以表示“因年久”。文中说到的是yellow with age可以翻译为：因年久而发黄的，随着年月的流逝而发黄的。

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

那座老房子因年代久远而变得破旧。

范例2：Her wrinkles deepen with age.

她的皱纹随年龄增长而变深。

范例3：A man grows wiser with age.

随着年令的增长，人变得更聪明。

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

书页因年久而变黄。

第四、写作语汇

1. rough cotton clothes：粗糙的棉麻布

2. a life of misery, hunger, and neglect：充满痛苦、饥饿和轻视的生活

第三、语法讲解

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

要点解析：with only the drunken nurse是介词短语作伴随状况状语。

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

要点解析1：with clothes是伴随状况状语，under his first blanket是介词短语作地点状语，如果这个两种不同功能的介词短语同在一个句子中，伴随状况状语位于地点状语前面。

要点解析2：这句话使用了虚拟语气，谓语结构是could have been，在这里的用法表示主观猜测，即对已经发生动作或已经存在的状态作出主观上的猜测，通常可译为“可能已经…”，有时需根据具体语境来翻译。如：

Tom could have taken the money; he was here alone yesterday. （有可能是汤姆把钱拿走了，昨天他单独一个人在这里呆过。）

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.

要点解析1：yellow with age是形容词后面又跟有短语的要放于别修饰词的后面，做后置定语修饰clothes。

要点解析2：ready for a life of misery, hunger, and negelect是形容词短语作后置定语，修饰名词orphan。

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

要点解析：这是非真实条件虚拟句，主句和从句都是用了虚拟语气，主句的是would have cried，从句的是could have cried。这2个结构都表示与现实相反的目前情况。

Could have known that he was workhouse orphan的意思是“能知道他是救济院的孤儿”，可是实际上Oliver在那时候不能知道，would have cried even more loudly意思是“将会哭得更加大声”，而实际上他并非如此。

第四、语句赏析

1. Oliver cried loudly.

赏析：这句话是双关语。Cry loudly既指人本能的大声的哭叫，又指对不公世道的大声愤慨。

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

赏析：这句话道出人生来来就是平等的，可以做皇帝统治的权利，也可以又沦为可悲的乞丐的可能性。这就是社会地位的差别，而着社会地位的差别是诸多因素如何而造成的，例如：家庭背景。