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Unit 4 Task 1 【答案】 1) They were orphans and had nobody to support them. 2) Each boy was given only one bowl of gruel for supper and no more — far from enough. 3) They boys were so hungry that they could not bear it any more. They decided that tone of them must ask the master for more gruel. Olive Twist was chosen by casting lots. 4) He never thought that any boy would dare to ask for more food than the given portion. Therefore, he was both surprised and angry on hearing Oliver’s request. 5) He was struck on the head by the master and pushed out of the room. And for a week Olive remained prisoner in the cellar. 【原文】 Oliver Twist had no parents and lived in the workhouse. The room in which the boys had their food was a large stone hall. Each boy was given one bowl of gruel and no more. The bowls never needed washing. The boys polished them with their spoons. But still the boys were hungry. Oliver Twist and the other boys suffered from slow starvation for three months. At last they got so wild with hunger that one of the boys, who was tall for his age, said: If this goes on, I am afraid I shall eat the boy who sleeps next me. He had wild hungry eyes and the boys believed him. The boys gathered and thought of a plan. One of us must walk up to the master at supper this evening and ask for more gruel, said one boy. Let us east lots, said another. In that way we shall see who must go up to the master and ask for more. So they cast lots. The lot fell to Oliver Twist. He had to go up to the master and ask for more gruel. The evening came. The boys took their places and quickly ate up their gruel. Then they looked at Oliver. He rose from his place, bowl and spoon in hand, went up to the master and said, Please, sir, I want some more. The master was a fat, healthy man, but he turned pale. What! he said at last. Oliver repeated: Please, sir, I want some more. The master struck Oliver on the head and pushed him out of the room. For a wee