1. Neither Angel Clare nor his family had originally chosen farming as a profession for him．

文法解析：neither...nor...：既不......也不......

（1）语法用法：其含义是否定的，可连接任意两个并列的成份。若将neither...nor...句型变为肯定句，只需把neither...nor...改为both...and...即可，同时谓语动词必须用复数形式。

e.g. She likes neither butter nor cheese. 她既不喜欢黄油也不喜欢乳酪。（此句中neither...nor...连接两个宾语。）

e.g. Neither dad nor mum is at home today. 今天父母都不在家。（连接两个主语时，也应遵循"就近原则"。）Both dad and mum are at home today. 今天父母都在家。

语言要点：chose something as something for somebody这个短语结构表示“为某人选择某事作为某人所干的事情”。例如：

My father chose English translation as profession for me. 我的父亲为我选择的是将英语翻译作为我的职业。

2. When he was a boy，people admired his great qualities．

语言要点：quality的原意“优点”的意思，在这里可以理解为“才华，才智”。例如：

As an actor she shows real quality. 她表现出演员的真正才华。

3. Now he was a man，something vague and undecided in his look showed that he had no particular purpose in life．

短语注释：vague and undecided：模糊未定 in life：在生活中 in one’s look：在某人的眼光里 have a particular purpose：有特定的目标

文法解析：vague and undecided in his look是形容词短语做后置定语修饰不定代词“something”。

3. One day when he was studying at home， his father discovered that Angel had ordered a book of philosophy，which questioned the Church's teaching．

文法解析：which questioned the Church's teaching是非线性定语从句，修饰表示物且在定于从句中做主语的先行词philosophy。

语言要1：question在这里作为动词用，意思是“express or feel doubt about (sth) ”是指“对（某事物）表示或感到怀疑”。例如：

Do you question my right to read this? 你是否怀疑我无权看这份材料?

I seriously question whether we ought to continue. 我真正怀疑我们是否应该继续下去。

语言要点2：teaching在这里做名词用，意思是“教义；所教的东西；学说”，作为这个意思解释时，它是可数名词，通常用复数。例如：the teachings of Jesus（耶稣的教义）；heir teachings on sexuality and marriage（他们关于性和婚姻的教义）。