雾都孤儿英文版.docx

1、雾都孤儿英文版简 介雾都孤儿一书于1838年首次刊行。当时并不时兴写作反映生活的悲惨现实的小说，但狄更斯存心要使读者震惊。他想要展示出罪犯们的真实面目，揭露出隐藏在伦敦狭小、肮脏的偏僻街道里的恐怖与暴力。因此他为我们写了邪恶的费金，残暴的比尔赛克斯，以及一大群窃贼强盗。这些人撒谎、欺诈、偷盗，害怕进监狱，害怕刽子手把绞索套到他们的脖颈上，在惴惴不安中生活。狄更斯写这本书还有一个目的。他试图说明，善良能克服一切艰难险阻。因此，他为我们塑造了小奥利弗特威斯特一个孤儿，他被投入一个充满贫困与犯罪的世界，忍饥挨饿，挨打挨骂，从来没有人爱他。他为我们写出了南希可怜、凄惨、悲苦的南希，她生活在一个残忍的世

2、界中，却挣扎着要忠实于她所爱的人。而且，正如在一切最好的故事里一样，善良最终战胜了邪恶。查尔斯狄更斯（18121870）是英国最伟大的小说家之一。他出生于一个穷苦的家庭（他的父亲曾因欠债而入狱），但他后来享有盛名，并且拥有财富。1 O livers early lifeO liver Twist was born in a workhouse，and when he arrived in this hard world，it was very doubtful whether he would live beyond the first three minutesHe lay on a har

3、d little bed and struggled to start breathingO liver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birthOne was an old woman，who was nearly always drunk， and the other was a busy local doctor，who was not paid enough to be very interested in O livers survival Afte

4、r all，death was a common event in the workhouse，where only the poor and homeless livedHowever，O liver managed to draw his first breath，and then announced his arrival to the rest of the workhouse by crying loudlyHis mother raised her pale young face from the pillow and whispered， Let me see the child

5、， and dieThe doctor turned away from the fire， where he had been warming his hands You must not talk about dying yet，he said to her kindlyHe gave her the child to holdLovingly，she kissed the baby on its forehead with her cold white lips，the n stared wildly around the room，fell back-and died. Poor de

6、ar！said the nurse，hurriedly putting a green glass bottle back in the pocket of her long skirt.The doctor began to put on his coat The baby is weak and will probably have difficulties， he said If so， give it a little milk to keep it quietThe n he looked at the dead woman. The mother was a goodlooking

7、 girlWhere did she come from？She was brought here last night，replied the old woman. She was found lying in the street. Shed walked some distance，judging by her shoes，which were worn to piecesWhere she came from，where she was going to，or what her name was，nobody knows.The doctor lifted the girls left

8、 hand. The old story，he said sadly，shaking his head No wedding ring， I seeAh！Good night.And so O liver was left with only the drunken nurseWithout clothe s，under his first blanket， he could have been the child of a king or a beggarBut when the woman dressed him later in rough cotton clothe s， yellow

9、 with age，he looked exactly what he was - an orphan in a workhouse， ready for a life of misery，hunger， and neglect.O liver cried loudlyIf he could have known that he was a workhouse orphan， perhaps he would have cried even more loudly.The re was no one to look after the baby in the workhouse，so O li

10、ver was sent to a special baby farm nearby. The re，he and thirty other children rolled around the floor all day，without the inconvenience of too much food or too much clothing. Mrs Mann，the old woman who looked after them， was very experiencedShe knew what was good for children，and a full stomach wa

11、s 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 childrens foodThe board responsible for the orphans sometimes checked on the health of the children， but They always sent the beadle，a kind of local policeman，t

12、o announce their visit the day beforeSo whenever the board arrived， of course，the children were always neat and cleanThis was the way O liver was brought up. Consequently， at the age of nine he was a pale，thin child and short for his ageBut despite frequent beatings by Mrs Mann， his spirit was stron

13、g， which was probably the reason why he managed to reach the age of nine at allOn O livers ninth birthday， Mr Bumble the beadle came to the house to see Mrs MannThrough the front window Mrs Mann saw him at the gate， and turned quickly to the girl who worked with herQuick！Take O liver and those other

14、s upstairs to be washed！she saidThe n she ran out to unlock the gate（It was always kept locked to prevent official visitors walking in unexpectedly）I have business to talk about，Mr Bumble told Mrs Mann as he entered the houseHe was a big fat man， often bad-tempered， and was full of self-importance.

15、He did not like to be kept waiting at a locked gate.Mrs Mann took his hat and coat， placed a chair for him，and expressed great concern for his comfort Youve had a long walk，Mr Bumble she said， and you must be thirstyShe took out a bottle from the cupboardNo， thank you， Mrs Mann. Not a dropHe waved t

16、he bottle awayJust a little drop， Mr Bumble， with cold water， said Mrs Mann persuasivelyMr Bumble coughed What is it？ he asked， looking at the bottle with interestGinI keep it for the childrens medicine drink.You give the children gin，Mrs Mann？asked Mr Bumble，watching as she mixed his drinkOnly with

17、 medicine， sir I dont like to see the m sufferYoure a good woman， Mrs Mann Mr Bumble drank half his glass immediately Ill tell the board about youNow - the reason why Im here O liver Twist is nine years old today Weve never been able to discover anything about his parents.The n how did he get his na

18、me？I gave it to him，said Mr Bumble proudly We follow the alphabetThe last one was an S-Swubble The n it was T， so this one is Twist The next one will be UnwinAnyway，Oliver Twist is now old enough to return to the workhouse Bring him here， please While Mrs Mann went to get him， Mr Bumble finished the

19、 rest of his ginOliver， his face and hands now almost clean， was led into the room.Will you come along with me，Oliver？asked Mr Bumble in a loud voiceOliver was very glad to be free of Mrs Manns violence， but he said nothing because she was angrily shaking her finger at himHowever，as the gate closed

20、behind O liver，he burst into tears. He was leaving behind the other children， the only friends he had，and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world.Mr Bumble walked on with long steps，with O liver on his short little legs running beside himThe feeling of contentment produced by ginan

21、dwater had now disappeared，and the beadle was in a bad mood once moreBack at the workhouse， O liver was taken to see the board. He stood in front of ten fat men who were sitting around a tableWhats your name， boy？ asked a particularly fat man with a very round， red faceO liver was frightened at the

22、sight of so many people， and started to cry.Why are you crying？The beadle hit him on the back，and so naturally O liver cried even more.The boy is a fool，one member of the board announced.You know you have no father or mother，said the first man， and that you have been brought up with other orphans？Ye

23、s， sir，replied O liver， crying bitterlyWhy is the boy crying？repeated the other man， puzzledYou have come here to be educated，continued the fat man， so you will start working here tomorrow at six oclockO liver was led away to a large room， where，on a rough hard bed，he cried himself to sleepThe room

24、in the workhouse where the boys were fed was a large stone hall，and at one end the master and two women served the foodThis consisted of a bowl of thin soup three times a day， with a piece of bread on SundaysThe boys ate everything and were always hungryThe bowls never needed washingThe boys polishe

25、d the m with their spoons until They shoneAfter three months of this slow starvation，one of the boys told the others he was so hungry that one night he might eat the boy who slept next to himHe had a wild hungry eye，and the other boys believed himAfter a long discussion，They decided that one of the

26、m should ask for more food after supper that evening，and O liver was chosenThe evening arrived；the soup was served，and the bowls were empty again in a few secondsO liver went up to the master，with his bowl in his handHe felt very frightened，but also desperate with hungerPlease，sir，I want some moreTh

27、e master was a fat，healthy man， but he turned very pale. He looked at the little boy in front of him with amazementNobody else spokeWhat？ he asked at last， in a faint voicePlease， sir， replied O liver， I want some more.The master hit him with the serving spoon，the n seized O livers arms and shouted

28、for the beadleThe beadle came quickly，heard the dreadful news，and immediately ran to tell the boardHe asked for more？ Mr Limbkins，the fattest board member， asked in horror Bumble - is this really true？That boy will be hanged！ said the man who earlier had called O liver a fool You see if Im not right

29、O liver was led away to be locked up，and a reward was offered to anybody who would take him away and use him for work.2 O livers first jobO liver stayed a prisoner alone in the dark room for a week He cried bitterly all day，and when the long night came，he spread his little hands over his eyes to shu

30、t out the darkness， and tried to sleepHe was given freezing water to wash with，and was beaten daily by Mr Bumble in front of all the other boys in the hall，as a warning to the mOne day Mr Bumble met the local undertaker， Mr Sowerberry， outside the workhouseDo you know anybody who wants to train a bo

31、y for work，Mr Sowerberry？Mr Bumble pointed at the notice on the wall above him， which offered five pounds to anybody who would take O liver Twist for workMr Sowerberry rubbed his chin and thought for a while I pay enough for the poor with my taxes， he said， so why shouldnt I be able to make use of the m in my work？ Yes， Ill take the boy myselfAnd so the board agreed to send O liver to work for the undertakerThe necessary papers were signedO livers small possessions were put into a brown paper parcel，