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His masterpieces: David Copperfield A Tale of Two Cities Great Expectations 远大前程/孤星血泪 Hard Times Oliver Twist Background: Oliver Twist (1837), Dickens’s first regular novel, is the story of an orphan who falls into the hands of a group of thieves in London. The gang(一)伙, is run by Fagin教唆犯who tries to make Oliver a pickpocket. Oliver runs away but is kidnapped绑架by the gang. The story is partly a picture of the evils of London’s slums. They were so evil that they made criminals out of children. It was in the workhouse that Oliver was born. No one knew who his mother was, and she died within minutes of giving birth. At the age of ten months, Oliver was sent to a branch-workhouse 救济院, to be brought up by the elderly Mrs. Mann. She looked after 20 or 30 poor orphans. Mrs. Mann used most of the pay for herself, and very little to feed and clothe the children. Consequently从而, 因此, Oliver, like all his comrades, grew into a small, pale, thin child. When Oliver was nine, Mr. Bumble came to bring him back to the workhouse so that he could be taught a trade with other boys of his age. As miserable痛苦的as Oliver had been at Mrs. Mann’s, he was even more unhappy at Mr. Bumble’s. He missed the friends he had grown up with, and he was hungrier than he had ever been… Read the text quickly and answer the following questions. 1. Where did the story take place? 2. Who were the leading characters? 5. What did Oliver say to the master? 6. What happened to Oliver at the end of the episode? Para A B the board of management earn one’s living serve out the soup at mealtimes on public holidays need washing Perform this operation 董事会 谋生 供应汤 开饭时 公共假日 需要洗 操作 Para C D suffer hunger in silence become desperate for his age cast votes fall to sb make signs to sb rise from advance to sb bowl in hand 忍受饥饿的煎熬 默默地 绝望 对他这个年龄而言 投票 落到某人身上 朝某人做手势 从…起身 朝..走去 手里拿着碗 Para F to J turn pale with horror in a faint voice aim a blow at seize him tightly the cause of address sb at the