Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿 - Chapter 6

The month's trial over, Oliver was formally apprenticed ¹., ,It was a nice sickly season just at this time., ,In commercial phrase, coffins ² were looking up; and, in the course of a few weeks, Oliver acquired a great deal of experience., , ,The oldest inhabitants recollected ⁵ no period at which measles ⁶ had been so prevalent, or so fatal to infant existence; and many were the mournful processions which little Oliver headed, in a hat-band reaching down to his knees, to the indescribable admiration ⁷ and emotion of all the mothers in the town., ,As Oliver accompanied his master in most of his adult expeditions too, in order that he might acquire that equanimity ⁸ of demeanour and full command of nerve which was essential to a finished undertaker, he had many opportunities of observing the beautiful resignation and fortitude ⁹ with which some strong-minded people bear their trials and losses. For instance; when Sowerberry had an order for the burial of some rich old lady or gentleman, who was surrounded by a great number of nephews and nieces, who had been perfectly ¹⁰ inconsolable during the previous illness, and whose grief had been wholly irrepressible even on the most public occasions, they would be as happy among themselves as need be--quite cheerful and contented--conversing together with as much freedom and gaiety, as if nothing whatever had happened to disturb them., ,Lucius got apprenticed to a stonemason. 卢修斯成了石匠的学徒 。,The shop was close and hot, and the atmosphere seemed tainted with the smell of coffins. 店堂里相当闷热 ，空气仿佛被棺木的味儿污染了
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