啃嚼语段

"I couldn"t sleep any longer,sir,"said Oliver, terrified. "I"m very sorry．"

“我醒来后睡不着了,先生。”奥利弗吓得魂不附体地说,“对不起！”

"You weren"t awake an hour ago？"Fagin asked fiercely,still holding the knife.

“一小时以前你没有醒吧？”他凶恶地问,手里仍然攥着那把刀。

"I promise I was n’t, sir," replied Oliver．

“我保证,我没有,先生。”奥利弗回答说。

"Don"t worry, my dear," Fagin said, putting down the knife and becoming once again the kind old gentleman．

“别担心,亲爱的。”费金说着,放下手里的刀,又成了原来那个善良的老先生了。

He laughed．"I only tried to frighten you,my dear.

他大笑着说：“我只是想吓唬吓唬你,亲爱的。

You"re a brave boy,Oliver！And did you see any of the pretty things？"

你是个勇敢的孩子,奥利弗！你看见那些漂亮的东西了吗？”

"Yes, sir. "

“是的,先生。”

"Ah," said Fagin, turning rather pale．

“噢！”费金应着,脸变得相当白了,

"They-They"re mine, Oliver．All I have,in my old age．"

“那——那是我自己的东西,奥利弗。是我这老头子全部的家当。”

语段精讲

1. I couldn"t sleep any longer,sir,"said Oliver, terrified.

短语精讲：not...any longer：不再 e.g. I cannot endure listening to that any longer. 我再也不耐烦听那一套了。I really can't stay any longer. 我真的不能再呆了。

2. You weren"t awake an hour ago？Fagin asked fiercely, still holding the knife.

词汇窜烧：awake：adj. 醒着的 fiercely：adv. 凶猛地，残忍地

语法点拨：still holding the knife是现在分词短语做伴随状况状语。在Fagin说话的同时，伴有拿着刀的情况。

3. “Don"t worry, my dear," Fagin said, putting down the knife and becoming once again the kind old gentleman．

短语精讲： put down：放下

使用这个短语是宾语可以放于put之后，也可以放于整个短语之后，即：put something down/put down something。e.g. After he finished his exercise, he put down his pen. 他做完练习，就放下笔。

once again：再一次，又一次 e.g. Once again I am overcome by the feeling that we have lost such a good comrade.

我们失去了这样一位好同志，想到这，我再次感到很难受。

语法点拨：putting down the knife and becoming once again the kind old gentleman是现在分词短语做伴随状况状语。Fagin在说话的时候，伴随有放下刀的行为和变得慈善的神情。

3. I only tried to frighten you,my dear.

词汇精讲：frighten：vt. （使某人）感到恐惧; 使害怕; 惊吓 e.g. Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you. 对不起, 我不是故意吓唬你的.

4. And did you see any of the pretty things？

语法点拨：see any of the pretty things中的any是由some转变而来，在肯定句中是用some，在疑问句中或者是否定句中要将some改为any。

4. Ah," said Fagin, turning rather pale．

语法点拨：turning rather pale是现在分词短语做伴随状况状语。Fagin在说话的同时，伴有脸色变得相当苍白的情况。

5. All I have, in my old age．

短语积累：in one’s old age：在某人老的年纪

语法点拨：I have是定语从句修饰先行词all，这里因为先行词在定语从句中做宾语，省略了关系代词that。此外，这个先行词是不定代词，在选折关系代词的时候，只能选择that，不能用which。