经典语段:
There was no one to look after the baby in the workhouse. So Oliver was sent to a special “baby farm” nearby.
在济贫院里没有专人照顾婴儿,所以奥利弗被送进了附近一家专门的“育婴堂”。
There, he and thirty other children rolled around the floor all day, without the inconvenience of too much food or too much clothing.
在这里,奥利弗与其他三十多个孩子每天在地上滚爬着,没有过多的衣物和食物来“麻烦”他们。
Mrs Mann, the old woman who “looked after” them, was very experienced.
曼太太“照顾”着这些孩子,这老女人非常有经验。
She knew what was good for children, and a full stomach was very dangerous to their health. She also knew what was good for herself, so she kept for her own use the money that she was given for the children’s food.
她知道什么对孩子们有好处,知道吃饱肚子对孩子们的身体是非常有害的。同时她也知道什么对她自己有好处,于是她把人家给孩子们的伙食费都留给自己。
The board responsible for the orphans sometimes checked on the health of the children, but They always sent the beadle. a kind of local policeman, to announce their visit the day before. 负责孤儿事务的地方董事会有时会来检查孩子们的健康状况,可他们往往在前一天派执事去通告他们要来访问,执事是一种地方警察。
So whenever the board arrived, of course, the children were always neat and clean.
所以,无论他们什么时候来,孩子们准是个个头净脚净的。
语段精讲:
第一、词汇精讲
1. experienced
双语释义:having knowledge or skill in a particular job or activity
[adj.] 有经验的,老练的
搭配模式:~ in something ~ in doing something
典型范例:He's very experienced in looking after animals.
他有饲养动物的经验。
She is an experienced teacher and every student loves her.
她是一个很有经验的老师,每个学生都很喜欢她。
2. inconvenience
双语释义:trouble, difficulty or discomfort
[U.N.] 麻烦;打扰;困难
典型范例:He apologized for the inconvenience he had caused.
他为打扰了人家而道歉。
Your remarks put me to great inconvenience.
你的评论给我带来了很大的麻烦。
第二、固定短语
1. look after:照顾,照看,照管
例句:People don't look after other people's property in the same way as they look after their own.
人们是不会像照管自己的房产那样照管别人的房产的。
I love looking after the children.
我喜欢照顾小孩。
2. be good for:对......有益处
例句:Spa water is thought to be very good for health.
人们认为矿泉水对健康有益。
It's good for students to puzzle
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