啃嚼语段：
The boys went down to breakfast, which the girl Charlotte had made for them.
两个男孩到楼下去吃那个叫做夏洛特的姑娘为他们准备好的早饭。
She gave an extra piece of meat to Noah, then told Oliver to hurry up as it was his job to look after the shop.
她多给了诺厄一块肉,然后又让奥利弗快点吃,因为照看铺子是他的事。
"Did you hear that,Workhouse？" shouted Noah.
"He heard, Noah,"said Charlotte. "Leave him alone."
"Why？"asked Noah. "All his relations have already left him alone. His mother and father aren"t going to interfere with him！
“为什么？”诺厄问道,“他的亲戚早就不管他了。他父母亲再也不会来烦他了！”
"Charlotte and Noah both started laughing loudly.Oliver sat alone in the corner,eating old bits of bread.
夏洛特和诺厄两人都大声笑了起来,奥利弗独自坐在角落里吃着一点剩面包。
Noah was a charity－boy, but not a workhouse orphan；he at least knew who his parents were.
诺厄是个慈善学校的男孩,但并不是济贫院里的孤儿；他起码还知道自己的父母是谁。
But for a long time all the local shop－boys had insulted him because he wore the uniform of a charity-boy.
但就因为他穿着慈善学校的制服,有好长时间当地店铺里的男孩子们都侮辱他。
Now fortune had brought him a creature in an even lower position in society than himself.
这一次运气给他带来了一个比他社会地位更低下的家伙。
Noah intended to repay to Oliver every insult he had ever received, and to make the new boy"s life a misery.
诺厄决定要把以往所受的凌辱都转送给奥利弗,让这新来的男孩没有好日子过。
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