霧都孤兒（有聲雙語經典）

很精彩的故事，happy ending，只是有些人還是被苦難帶走了，整體來說對於主角就是輕舟已過萬重山

故事很吸引人，讓人看到人的罪惡，貪婪，自私，也看到美好的人性。 看得英語，一會兒就看完了，不會的單詞能馬上查到，微信讀書很贊👍🏻

Dust to dust,their story is coming to a close. 

我勒個老天奶啊，爲什麼不說是精簡版的？我說咋看這麼快呢，劇情太理想化了，不過我從來都支持理想。善有善報，惡有惡報，這是最簡單的道理

一切都結束了，伴隨着幸福的結局，這一場驚心動魄的孤兒脫困記也落幕了。讀這本書的時候我常常會爲書中人物的邪惡而感到震驚，他們僅僅爲了取樂就可以肆意毆打、誹謗、出賣一個小孩子，而且很多玩樂者本身就是孩子。他們在惡劣的環境下熟練地偷盜吸菸喝酒，跟一個成年的痞子沒什麼區別。本書最令人印象深刻的人物南希正是其中之一，她也曾經是一個演技高超的佼佼者，但是當她看到奧利弗即將陷入泥潭時她的善良佔據了上風，爲了救贖奧利弗，她寧願反抗兇殘的賽克斯，但是她卻遲遲不肯離開那個她自己也厭惡的地方，因爲那是她的家，這份眷戀讓人心疼也讓她送了命。故事的後半段，配角們不免有喧賓奪主之嫌。不管怎麼說，還是值得一讀的。     All is over. With the happy ending, the adventures of Oliver Twist came to an end. While reading the book, I was often shocked by many of the book's characters who randomly beat, slander and sell kids just for their own interests. Many of them are even kids themselves. They re skilful at pick pocketing, smoking and drinking, with no difference from adult rogues. The most impressive character, Nancy, is right one of them. She was once a pretty wretched wrongdoer. But when she saw Oliver in a desperate plight, her kindness prevailed. She chose to turn against Sikes to save Oliver, but she refused to leave the place that she thought her home, in the end, she paid a high price for that affection. In the second half of the story, the supporting roles distracted lots of attention from Oliver Twist. After all, it's still worth reading. Vocabulary Learning pasty ( pale and not looking healthy  ) a.面色蒼白的 eg: a pasty face/complexion gruel ( a simple dish made by boiling oats in milk or water, eaten especially in the past by poor people ) n. [U]（尤指舊時窮人喫的）稀粥 ladle ( a large deep spoon with a long handle, used especially for serving soup ) n. [C] 長柄勺  leer ( an unpleasant look or smile that shows sb is interested in a person in an evil or sexual way ) n.（邪惡的或色迷迷的）目光 eg: He looked at her with an evil leer. darn v.織補 eg: to darn socks dejected ( unhappy and disappointed ) a.沮喪的 eg: She looked so dejected when she lost the game. drab ( dull and boring ) a.單調乏味的 eg: a cold drab little office fluster ( to make sb nervous and/or confused, especially by giving them a lot to do or by making them hurry ) vt.使慌亂 eg: She arrived late, looking hot and flustered. humid ( warm and damp ) a.(空氣或氣候)溼熱的 eg: The island is hot and humid in the summer. locket n.盒式項鍊墜（可放照片、頭髮等） dank ( damp, cold and unpleasant ) a.陰冷潮溼的 eg: a dark dank cave shuffle ( to move from one foot to another; to move your feet in an awkward or embarrassed way ) v.（笨拙或尷尬地）把腳動來動去 eg: Jenny shuffled her feet and blushed with shame. usher /ˈʌʃə/ ( to take or show sb where they should go ) vt.引領 eg: The secretary ushered me into his office.

Foggy orphan.Human nature is so wonderful ,the same good quality never favoritism ,either in the finest gentleman who develop ,they can be the most foul charity school student body grow.Some strong-willed person subjected to the test of time parting showed admirable obedience and fortitude .With people that are determined to be tested and death showed an enviable comply with bravery.

忘記在哪裏看過的一句話了 人的美，不是在於天生，而是在污濁的塵世和無法擺脫的命運當中，仍然不忘記自己的靈魂。 奧利弗就是這樣的一個人。

其實聽說這本書已經很久了，本來以爲這是一本特別深奧的長篇小說，抱着和很大的決心纔開始翻閱這本書。但讀了之後才發現這本書原來這麼通俗易懂、篇幅是如此的短。故事的主人公奧利弗身世悲慘，出生時母親就離他遠去，然後他就開始了悲慘的人間生活，先後遇到心地惡毒的兩位收留者，最後傷心欲絕的他決定前往倫敦，靠着頑強的毅力，他終於來到了倫敦，但迎接他的卻是更大的噩夢。一個騙子團伙盯上了他，而且受人所託，他們還要把奧利弗培養成爲扒手。就在奧利弗被折磨的將要失去生命的時候，他的幸運來了，他遇到了羅絲小姐和梅利夫人，他們善良富有同情心，在得知奧利弗的遭遇後決定幫助他。故事的最後，惡人終於迎來了他們應該承受的懲罰，而堅強的奧利弗和善良的梅利夫人生活在一起，美滿幸福。 從出生來說，奧利弗是不幸的，從出生就沒有體會過溫暖，但是能遇到布朗洛先生、梅利夫人和羅絲小姐這樣心地善良願意幫助他的人又何嘗不是一種幸運呢。看完這本書，我想起了普希金的一首詩《假如生活欺騙了你》：假如生活欺騙了你，不要悲傷，不要心急，憂鬱的日子裏須要鎮靜，相信吧，快樂的日子將會來臨！ 奧利弗雖然生活在泥潭裏，但他仍然沒有喪失對生的渴望、他還在努力擺脫自己的命運，也正是他自己的勇敢和不屈，才最終等來羅絲小姐和梅利夫人。 我們絕大部分人的生活都要比奧利弗幸運得多，但日子久了，我們時常會忘記珍惜自己美好的生活，這個故事對於我也是一種警示吧，珍惜所擁有的生活，保持對生命的敬畏和渴望。

這本小說很短暫，之前也在手機上打開這本書，沒有讀完，昨天重新拾起閱讀，兩天就在坐公交車途中閱讀完了。文中處在維多利亞時期，也就是英國鼎盛時期，雖爲鼎盛時期，但擁有鉅額財富的貴族們並沒什麼善心，反而大肆剝削貧苦人民大衆，還適時的爲其提出新濟貧法，濟貧院美其名曰是救濟貧民，實際上是空有噱頭，貧苦的民衆如果要喝上一碗白粥，只能選擇在極其惡劣的進行繁重的勞作。 在此背景下，奧利弗出生了，他陰差陽錯出生時便進入了濟貧院，從此開始了他的生活。在他長到九歲時，院方要求他離開這所濟貧院到另一所濟貧院去，他終於要離開這個基本上一天只喫一頓濟貧院，沒多久院方就以帶走奧利弗獎勵五英鎊爲其找出路，因爲人太好，奧利弗逃走了，他逃到了倫敦，遇到了“逮不住”，逮不住樂心的將無處可去的奧利弗帶回了他們的老窩，因爲他的到來，費金可以大賺一筆了。費金之前收到了一筆收入不錯的訂單，要求其將奧利弗培養成扒手並將他送進監獄，這樣下單的人也就是奧利弗的同父異母的哥哥就能繼承他父親所有的財產，也因爲這奧利弗深受其害，但好他很幸運遇到了很多好心人，並在好心人的幫助下，奧利弗被解救了，知道了自己的身世，大家也通過費金等人還了奧利弗的清白，以防有人誤以爲他是扒手。在此之後奧利弗和他哥哥各繼承了他們父親的遺產3000英鎊，奧利弗有了自己的家，在他家門前立了一塊以自己母親名字的石碑，他天天來次看望他親愛的母親。與此同時，幫助他的人也在幸福的生活着，壞人也收到了應有的懲罰。

2022年8月25日 星期四 祝福早安 天氣多雲 氣溫21℃ 《霧都孤兒》 作家簡介 查爾斯·狄更斯（Charles Dickens,1812—1870）, 19世紀英國批判現實主義文學巨匠，繼莎士比亞之後對世界文學產生巨大影響的小說家，其作品至今在各國盛行。 狄更斯生於朴茨茅斯市郊的一個小職員家庭。十二歲時，父親因無力償還債務而入獄，狄更斯到鞋油作坊當學徒。這段艱辛的經歷爲他日後對底層的描寫提供了切身的體驗和深刻的同情。後來，父親意外得到一筆遺產，全家的經濟狀況纔好轉。迫於生活的困窘，狄更斯只斷續地接受過一些學校教育，基本靠自學成才。從十五歲起，他做過律師事務所學徒、法庭速記員，後來轉投報館，成爲報導國會辯論的記者。 1833年，狄更斯開始在雜誌上發表短篇故事、隨筆，1836年，他將這些作品彙集成冊，名爲《鮑茲隨筆》。同年，狄更斯發表連載小說《匹克威克外傳》。這是他的第一部長篇，數期後便引起轟動，使他成爲全國聞名的作家。狄更斯此後筆耕不輟，三十年共創作長篇小說十三部半（最後一部《德魯德疑案》爲未竟之作），中篇小說二十餘部，短篇小說數百篇，還有大量的散文、遊記、戲劇、小品等。其中最重要的有《大衛·科波菲爾》《董貝父子》《荒涼山莊》《艱難時世》《雙城記》《遠大前程》，當然還有《霧都孤兒》。 狄更斯的作品描寫底層“小人物”的生活遭遇，揭露資產階級和上層社會的虛僞貪婪，抨擊社會制度的種種不公，他深切同情勞苦大衆，熱情謳歌人性中的真善美，筆下的人物善惡分明，具有鮮明的個性和強大的感染力。著名評論家布魯姆說：“狄更斯在19世紀小說家中無人能比。他的名聲早已超出了英倫三島和大洋彼岸的新大陸，從他身上汲取營養的作家不可勝數，如陀思妥耶夫斯基、喬伊斯、卡夫卡、福克納、納博科夫、貝克特、拉什迪以及2001年的諾貝爾文學獎得主奈保爾等。” 狄更斯最早的中譯本是林紓、魏易1907年合譯的《滑稽外史》，即《尼古拉斯·尼克爾貝》。此後一百餘年，狄更斯在中國爲越來越多讀者喜愛，也對中國現代小說產生了很大的影響。 （許昆/文） 快樂的日子很快結束了。羅絲病了，病得很重。梅利姨媽甚至認爲她快要死了。 “別那麼說，”奧利弗說，“她給每個人帶來了那麼多的快樂。上帝不會讓她這麼年輕就死的。” “她發燒了。我聽說過這種高燒。它會越來越厲害。”梅利夫人說，“趕快去請羅斯伯恩醫生。他知道該怎麼辦。”她給了奧利弗一封信，“你要走四英里把這封信送到車站。到了那裏會有人快馬送到切特西的。” 最後一刻，她又給了他另一封信。這是寫給哈利·梅利先生的。 奧利弗立刻出發了。他穿過田野，沿着小路奔跑。終於，他來到了車站。他停下來，朝隔壁的小旅館張望。接着，他快步向前走，撞到了一個從旅館裏出來的男人。 “倒黴鬼！”男人怒罵道，“你在這裏幹什麼？一直跟着我，還要陰魂不散。去死吧！” 奧利弗被男人的長相嚇壞了。他嘴脣發紫，手上佈滿膿瘡。男人想抓住奧利弗，但奧利弗很快掙脫了，因爲那人喝醉了。奧利弗一邊往前跑，一邊回頭看到男人摔倒在地，嘴裏吐着白沫。 奧利弗很快忘記了那個奇怪的男人。他勇敢地繼續趕路，把信送掉了，然後飛奔回家陪伴羅絲。羅絲的病情惡化了。一個當地的醫生站在病牀旁邊。 “如果她能挺過去就是奇蹟了。”他說。 那晚，奧利弗沒有閤眼。他祈求上帝救羅絲一命，因爲羅絲救了他的命。 第二天夜裏，羅斯伯恩醫生來了。“這麼被關愛。這麼年輕。但恐怕希望很渺茫。”醫生宣稱。 那天，奧利弗偷偷跑到教堂墓園，整天都在祈禱。他回家的時候，梅利夫人獨自坐在起居室裏哭泣。奧利弗的心沉了下去。她從未離開過羅絲的身邊。這意味着什麼？ 羅斯伯恩醫生走進房間。他脫下了帽子。 “告訴我，”梅利夫人哭道，“她死了嗎？” “沒有！”善良的醫生喊道，“她沒死，也不會死。她會活很久很久！” 所有人都跪了下來，臉上喜悅的淚水錶達了他們的感恩之心。 第二天，奧利弗去田野裏採花裝飾羅絲的房間。在回去的路上，他看到一位年輕人從馬車裏出來。梅利夫人正在門口等他。 “母親！我剛剛得到消息，羅絲會活下來！您怎麼不早點通知我？萬一她……我甚至都不敢說那個詞。”他吻了吻母親的臉頰，“如果她發生了什麼事，我再也不會幸福了。” “她名聲上有污點。如果你娶了她，那污點就成了你的。當然，這不是她的錯。但是如果將來你們有了孩子，他們會感到羞恥的。” “母親！沒有什麼可羞恥的。我愛她。我會一直保護她，永遠也不離開她。” “你只是現在這麼想，哈利。但這個世界是殘酷的。”梅利夫人說。 “從未愛上她纔是更殘酷的事。沒有她，我飽受折磨。我心繫羅絲。如果您反對，您就剝奪了我所有的幸福。” “正是因爲我深愛你們兩個，我才希望你們將來不至於心碎。但來吧，我們等會兒再談。”她抓住他的手，吻了吻。 “您會告訴她我來了嗎？”哈利問。 哈利一直等到羅絲高燒退了才能見她。她一看到他，眼裏滿了淚水。“你不該來的。你的前途一片光明，其中不該有我。” “我的前途是你！”哈利喊道，“沒有你，我什麼都不是。”他托住她的下巴，“你像我愛你一樣愛我嗎？” 羅絲臉紅了。“是的，但很多人會嘲笑你。我的背景配不上你。你必須離開。” “如果你希望我離開，你首先得答應我一件事。一年以後我會回來找你，到時候我們再談論我們的感情。” 羅絲答應了，哈利逃離了房間。他太痛苦了，根本沒有勇氣回頭最後看一眼他深愛的女孩。 外面，奧利弗幾夜不眠爲羅絲禱告後正在休息，他看到費金的臉從眼前快速閃過。他顫抖了。那是個夢嗎？隨後，他聽到了灌木叢中一陣沙沙聲。從眼角的餘光，他看到了費金和那個嘴脣發紫的男人。 奧利弗尖叫着呼救。哈利跑了出來。他幫着賈爾斯和布里陶斯仔細查看了房子四周，但並沒有發現那兩個人。 “你受了太多苦，奧利弗，”哈利說，“現在也許只是夢到他們了。” 但是奧利弗知道真相。是費金和幫手要來把他從新家庭裏帶走了。 不久之後的一天，羅絲正在彈鋼琴，奧利弗衝進了房間。“我見到他了！是他！我一直祈禱能再見到他。” “誰啊，奧利弗？”羅絲問。 “布朗洛先生！那位對我很好的紳士。他當時正從馬車上下來。我太喫驚了，沒來得及說任何話，但我記下了他的地址。”他手上拿着紙條。 羅絲拿起紙條。“克雷文街離這裏不遠。”她說，“我們現在就去。” 他們很快就來到了布朗洛先生的房子前。 “等我叫你，奧利弗。很快你就能見到你敬愛的恩人了。”羅絲說。 羅絲獲許進了房子，見到了布朗洛先生和格林維格先生。 “先生，我來是想告訴你，我認識一個你曾經善待過的人。我想你肯定很樂意再見到他。” 布朗洛先生很好奇。“誰啊？” “奧利弗·特威斯特。” 格林維格先生咕噥了一聲，看起來很失望。 布朗洛先生倒抽了口氣。“我一直想知道那孩子怎麼樣了！我試着找過他。請告訴我你知道的事會改變我對他的壞看法。” “他是個壞傢伙，”格林維格先生說，“壞透了。” 羅絲沒有理睬格林維格。“他是個秉性高尚的熱心腸孩子。”然後，羅絲把發生在奧利弗身上的事情告訴了布朗洛先生。因爲格林維格在場，有些話她沒有說出來。 “他現在在哪兒？”布朗洛先生喊道。 “他在門口的馬車裏等着。”羅絲說。 她還沒說完，布朗洛先生就衝出了門。羅絲從窗口向外看去，她看到了一幅愉悅的團圓場面。 兩人回到房子裏，都發自內心地高興。布朗洛先生擁抱了奧利弗，說：“我知道還有個人看見你一定會非常高興。貝德溫太太，進來一下好嗎？” 貝德溫太太在門口屈膝行禮。“有什麼事嗎，先生？” “戴上眼鏡。有個人要見你。” 貝德溫太太戴上眼鏡後，衝向奧利弗。“我就知道我的好孩子會回來的。看看你！穿得這麼漂亮！” 確實是一幅愉悅的團圓場面！ 羅絲找了個機會，私下跟布朗洛先生說起了南希的警示。 “我們必須單獨找到這個蒙克斯。”布朗洛先生說，“我們必須還給奧利弗公正，恢復他的清白名譽。”然後他撓了撓頭，“我們怎麼知道蒙克斯長什麼樣呢？” “每週日午夜，南希會在倫敦橋上散步。她會幫我們的。” “還有五天才是週日。”布朗洛先生嘆口氣，“但我想等幾天也沒關係。我們不想辜負南希對你的信任。” 他們一致同意請羅斯伯恩醫生、格林維格先生、貝德溫太太以及哈利（應羅斯伯恩醫生的要求）一起努力，把奧利弗多年以前失去的東西——他的清白找回來。 On a date long forgotten, in a poor town in England, a boy was born in a workhouse. There was almost no story to tell. For the first minutes of Oliver's life were almost his last. His breaths came slowly until he finally sneezed and let out a long wail. This let the poor workers know that they had another mouth to feed. As Oliver gave proof of the power of his lungs, a pale face lifted from the pillow. “Let me see my child before I die.” The surgeon had been sitting by the fire. “You must not talk about dying yet, ” he said. “Bless her dear heart, ” said a nurse. She deposited Oliver in the woman's arms. The mother pressed her pasty lips to Oliver's forehead, passed her hands over his face, then fell back onto the pillow and died. “It's all over, ” said the surgeon. “You needn't send for me if the baby cries. Just feed it gruel.” He paused and looked at the woman. “Where did she come from? She was quite pretty.” The nurse scooped the baby into her arms. “She was brought here last night. She was found lying in the street. Her soles were worn through. Her feet bloodied. Where she was walking to nobody knows.” The nurse wrapped the baby in a blanket. She put him down to rest. She knew he'd be despised by all and pitied by none. Just like all the people of the workhouses were. When Oliver was about ten months old, he was sent to another workhouse. This workhouse was run by a woman named Mrs. Mann. Mrs. Mann was in charge of twenty-five children. Do not be fooled into thinking Mrs. Mann loved—or even liked—children. She took them in because she was paid to do so. Part of her payment was to feed and clothe the children. Being a greedy woman, she kept all the money for herself. Oliver and the others got used to going to bed with empty bellies. Word would come to Mrs. Mann when an inspection was to take place. It was only at these times the children were bathed, spruced up, and given a full meal. When Oliver Twist was nine, the head of the workhouse, Mr. Bumble, paid a surprise visit to Mrs. Mann. “Oliver Twist is nine today, ” said Mr. Bumble.“We never did figure out who his father or mother were.” Mrs. Mann raised her hands in astonishment.“How does he have any name at all? ” “I named him, ” said Mr. Bumble. “We name the children in alphabetical order. The child before him was Swubble. Then a T was due. So, I named him Twist. Oliver is too old to stay here. It's time he moved back to the house he was born into. I've come to take him.” “I'll fetch him myself, ” said Mrs. Mann. After a quick cleaning of his outer layer, Oliver was brought before Mr. Bumble. “Make a bow to the man, Oliver, ” Mrs. Mann said. Oliver quickly bowed his head. “Will you come with me, Oliver? ” asked Mr. Bumble. Before he answered, Oliver saw Mrs. Mann shaking her fist as a warning to the young boy. Oliver was used to her threats. “Will she be going with me? ” he asked. “I'm afraid not, ” said Mr. Bumble. Although Oliver was not sad to be leaving Mrs. Mann, he quickly pretended to be sad at the sight of her shaking fist. Mrs. Mann shoved him off with a thousand embraces and a piece of bread and butter. She couldn't have Oliver appearing too hungry when he arrived at the workhouse. As the gate closed behind them, Oliver felt a sudden sadness in leaving behind the only friends he had ever known. Oliver was immediately brought before a council of ten men at the workhouse. They decided that Oliver should start work the very next day. Life in the workhouse was hard. Meals were limited to once a day with the rare exception of a holiday here and there. The boys ate in a large stone hall. A copper stove stood at one end with a master constantly stirring the gruel in it. There was never a need to wash the bowls, as the boys licked them clean. Oliver and his friends suffered a slow starvation for three months. One day, a new boy came along. He wasn't used to hunger. His father had owned a small cookshop before he had died and left the boy an orphan. The boy's eyes grew wild with hunger. “If I don't get more food, I shall eat one of you.” This frightened all the other boys. Oliver was picked to get more food for this boy. He took his bowl and presented it at the stove. “Please, sir, I want some more.” The cook was a fat, nasty man. He couldn't believe his ears. “What did you say? ” “Please, sir, ” repeated Oliver, “I want some more.” The cook crashed the ladle down on Oliver's head and called for Mr. Bumble. Bumble was horrified to learn that Oliver had asked for more food. It simply wasn't done. Bumble took Oliver before the council. “He shall be hung! ” said one of the men. An animated discussion took place. Oliver was ordered into confinement and a note was hung on the gate outside the next day. It said: “Offering five pounds to anyone who will take Oliver Twist off the hands of the parish.” Poor Oliver, he was about to be shuffled off once more.