Oliver Twist 雾都孤儿 - Chapter 23

The night was bitter cold., ,The snow lay on the ground, frozen into a hard thick crust, so that only the heaps that had drifted into byways and corners were affected ¹ by the sharp wind that howled abroad:, ,which, as if expending ² increased fury on such prey ³ as it found, caught it savagely ⁴ up in clouds, and, whirling it into a thousand misty ⁵ eddies ⁶, scattered ⁷ it in air., , ,Many hunger-worn outcasts close their eyes in our bare streets, at such times, who, let their crimes have been what they may, can hardly open them in a more bitter world. Such was the aspect of out-of-doors affairs, when Mrs. Corney, the matron of the workhouse to which our readers have been already introduced as the birthplace of Oliver Twist, sat herself down before a cheerful fire in her own little room, and glanced, with no small degree of complacency, at a small round table:, ,on which stood a tray of corresponding size, furnished with all necessary materials for the most grateful meal that matrons enjoy., ,His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。,The heart pumps by expending and contracting of muscle. 心脏通过收缩肌肉抽取和放出（血液） 。 来自互联网