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经典语段：

This was the way Oliver was brought up.

奥利弗就是这样长大的。

Consequently, at the age of nine he was a pale, thin child and short for his age.

因此，他到了九岁时，还非常苍白瘦小，比同龄孩子矮一大截。

But despite frequent beatings by Mrs Mann, his spirit was strong, which was probably the reason why he managed to reach the age of nine at all．

尽管常常遭到曼太太的毒打，他的意志却很坚强。这大概也是他竟然能活到九岁的缘故吧。

语段精讲：

第一、词汇精讲

1. consequently

释义：as a result; therefore

[adv.] 所以；因而

范例：My car broke down and consequently I was late.

我的汽车坏了, 所以我迟到了。

2. beating

释义：hitting repeatedly with a stick, etc, usu as punishment

[C.N.]（用棍棒等）接连打（通常作为惩罚）

范例：His father get a call from his teacher that he had cheated in the exam this morning and he got a good beating, having come back home.

他的父亲接到老师的电话说他在考试中作弊，回到家后他挨了一顿痛打。

The mother freaks out and gives her daughter a good betting.

母亲大发雷霆，给了女儿一顿痛打。

3. spirit

释义：willingness to assert oneself

[C.N.] 志气，意志

范例：Although they lost, the team played with tremendous spirit.

那队输是输了, 但却表现了极其顽强的精神。

联想记忆：break sb's spirit：挫败某人的锐气

范例：The first German aim had been the destruction of our air power; the second was to break the spirit of the Londoner.

德国人的第一个目的是要摧毁我们的空中力量；第二个目的是粉碎伦敦人的斗志。

4. frequent

释义：happening often

[adj.] 时常发生的

范例：His visits became less frequent as time passed.

他渐渐地不常登门了。

第二、短语精讲

bring up

讲解：这个固定短语有2个意思，一个是“教育，养育”，另一个是“提出”。在本段落中时“养育，教育”的意思。

范例1：Her parents died when she was a baby and she was brought up by her aunt.

她出生后不久父母双亡，是由姑母抚养大的。

范例2：These are matters that you can bring up in committee.

这些问题你可在委员会中提出。

第四、写作语汇

1. strong spirit：坚强的意志

2. at the age of：在......的年龄

3. reach the age of：到达......的年龄

第四、语句赏析

Consequently, at the age of nine he was a pale, thin child and short for his ag.

赏析：这句话通过对Oliver的肖像描写揭露出育婴院的虚伪以及Mann的自私和虚伪，从而揭露出整个社会的虚伪阴暗面。Pale描述了Oliver脸色是苍白的，thin描述了Oliver身材是瘦骨嶙峋的，short描述了Oliver的身高是矮小的，不符合他的年龄应该达到的身高。

第五、语法精讲

But despite frequent beatings by Mrs Mann, his spirit was strong, which was probably the reason why he managed to reach the age of nine at all．

要点解析：划线部分是非线性定语从句，引导词是which，它指代his spirit was strong。在这个非限定性定语从句中又含有一个限定性定语从句：why he managed to reach the age of nine at all。它修饰表示原因在定语从句中又做定语的先行词reason，因此引导词用why。