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啃嚼语段：

Oliver was now officially an undertaker"s assistant．

奥利弗现已是棺材店老板的正式助理。

It was a good, sickly time of year, and coffins were selling well.

这一年年景很好,疾病成灾,棺材生意兴旺。

Oliver gained a lot of experience in a short time, and was interested to see how brave some people were after a death in the family.

在不长的时间里他就积累了许多经验。他很有兴趣地发现有些人在家里死了人时表现得沉着勇敢。

During funerals for some rich people, for example, he saw that the people who had cried the loudest in church usually recovered the fastest afterwards．

比如说,他发现在一些有钱人的葬礼上,在教堂里哭声最大的人往往都是事后恢复最快的人。

He noticed how in other wealthy families the wife or the husband often seemed quite cheerful and calm despite the recent death-just as if nothing had happened．

他注意到,还有一些富人家,尽管刚刚死了人,但无论死者的妻子还是丈夫,都显得轻松愉快、镇定自若——好像什么都没发生过一样。

Oliver was very surprised to see all this, and greatly admired them for controlling their sadness so well.

奥利弗对这些感到不可理解,对他们能很好地克制悲伤不流露于外佩服极了。

语段精讲：

第一、词汇学习

1 officially adv. 正式地

Eg. At commencement, academic degrees are officially given.

在毕业典礼上，学位被正式颁发。

2 sickly adj. 病弱的，多病的

Eg, He looked weak and sickly.

他看上去虚弱有病态。

3 recover vt. 恢复，康复

Eg. He's now fully recovered from his stroke.

他现已从中风病完全康复了。

4 afterwards adv. 以后，后来

Eg. Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV.

后来她宽容了些，让孩子们晚睡看电视。

5 cheerful adj. 高兴的，欢快的

Eg. Whether (she is) sick or fine, she is always cheerful.

不管她生不生病，她总是开开心心的。

第二、短语学习

1. after a death

讲解：这个短语是泛指人的死亡后，所以death前面用a。具体指某个人的死亡，可以用after one’s death。

范例：After his wife's death, he fell into a decline.

他在妻子死后一蹶不振。

2. for example

讲解：这个短语是作为插入语用，相当于such as。意思是“例如，比如，譬如”。

范例： If someone wants to become a good tennis player, for example, he will get out on the court and play very hard.

例如：如果一个人想成为好的网球运动员，他会到球场上努力训练。

3. in church

讲解：这个短语的意思是“到教堂做礼拜”，而不是指去教堂那个地方，所以church前面不要用the。

范例：Everyone in church knelt in prayer.

教堂里做礼拜的每个人都跪着祈祷。

4. a funeral for

讲解：表示为某人举办葬礼，用介词for，不要用of。

范例：We made a funeral for our mother after she died.

母亲逝后，我们给她举办了丧葬。

5. in a short time：不久，一会儿

范例：In a short time, I suddenly came to understand a lot.

在很短的期间，我忽然明白了许多的事。

6. admire sb. for something：佩服某人某事，羡慕某人某事

范例：I admire him for his success in business.

我佩服他事业有成。

第三、写作语汇

1. a good time of year：好年景

2. a sickly time of year：疾病成灾的年月

3. gain experience：积累经验

4. after a death in the family：在一个家庭成员的死亡后

5. a wealthy family：富裕的家庭

6. recent death：进来才死去

7. control one’s sadness：抑制住悲桑不外露

第四、语法点拨

1. ...he saw that the people who had cried the loudest in church usually recovered the fastest afterwards．

要点解析1：划线部分为限定性定语从句修饰指代人且在定语从句中做主语的先行词people。

要点解析2：划线部分由2个副词最高级修饰动词。一个是loudest，修饰cried，另一个是the fastest修饰recover。

2. ... just as if nothing had happened．

要点解析：划线部分为as if引导的让步状语从句，从句使用了虚拟语气，是表示与过去的事情相反的事实，因此用过去完成时——had happen。