revealed in the end to be the sister of Oliver's dead mother. Oliver is finally adopted by Mr Brownlow.

　　Section_ⅠIntroduction & Reading - Pre­reading

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　　Oliver Asks for More

　　The room① in which the boys were fed② was a large stone hall, with a large pot③ at one end④. The warden⑤， helped by two women⑥， served⑦ the soup from this pot at meal times. Each boy was allowed one bowl of soup and no more, except on special holidays when he was given another 60 grams of bread⑧. The bowls never needed washing⑨， as the boys cleaned them with their spoons, trying to eat every bit of⑩ soup⑪. This never took very long, as the spoons were almost as large as the bowls. When they had cleaned their bowls in this way⑫， they would sit staring at⑬ the pot with eager⑭ eyes⑮， as if they wanted to eat it. Boys usually have excellent appetites⑯. Oliver Twist and his companions⑰ slowly starved for three months until finally, they became quite wild with hunger⑱. 　　①in which为"介词＋关系代词"结构，in which the boys were fed是定语从句，修饰先行词the room。

　　②feed/fiːd/v.喂养；为......提供食品　③pot/pɒt/n.锅

　　④with a large pot at one end是with复合结构。

　　⑤warden/'wɔːdn/n.管理员

　　⑥过去分词短语作后置定语，修饰the warden。

　　⑦serve/sɜːv/v.端上(饭菜等)

　　⑧when引导的定语从句，修饰先行词holidays。

　　⑨need washing需要洗

　　该结构中用主动形式表达被动含义，还可表达为need to be washed。

　　⑩every bit of每一点　a bit of ...一点儿......

　　⑪as the boys cleaned them with their spoons是原因状语从句，其中trying to eat every bit of soup作cleaned的伴随状语。

　　⑫in this way用这种方式

　　同义词组：by this means/with this method

　　⑬stare at注视着，盯着　gaze at瞪着，怒目而视

　　⑭eager/'iːɡə/adj.热切的，渴望的　be eager for ...渴望......

　　be eager to do sth.渴望做某事

　　⑮现在分词短语staring at the ...作状语，表示伴随。

　　⑯appetite/'æpəˌtaIt/n.胃口；食欲　⑰companion n．伙伴，同伴

　　⑱become wild with hunger饿得发疯

　　其中become为连系动词，wild作表语，而with在此表原因。