One day something happened which might seem unimportant，but which had a great effect on O liver’s future. Noah was in a particularly bad mood one dinner-time，and so he tried to make O liver cry by hitting him，pulling his hair，and calling him horrible names. This was all unsuccessful， so he tried personal insults．
一天，發(fā)生了一件本來看起來好像不很重要的事，可這事對奧利弗的未來卻產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。晚餐時，諾厄的心情特別不好，他成心想弄哭奧利弗，就打他，揪他的頭發(fā)，用各種壞話罵他，但這都無濟(jì)于事。他便對他進(jìn)行人格侮辱。

解析：unimportant 不重要的、無關(guān)緊要的，是由否定前綴un-和important（重要的）組成
否定前綴還有很多，例如dis-,il-,in-,ne-等等
eg: We should cut out the unimportant details.
我們該把不重要的細(xì)節(jié)刪掉。

effect 影響；效果；作用
常用短語：have effect on 對……產(chǎn)生影響
eg: Your eating habbits have effect on your health.
你的飲食習(xí)慣對你的健康有影響。

‘Workhouse，how’s your mother？’ he asked．
“濟(jì)貧院，你媽媽呢？”他問道。

‘She’s dead，’replied O liver，his face going red with emotion．
“她死了，”奧利弗回答說，由于感情激動，他的臉變紅了。

解析：emotion 情感；情緒
eg: Jealousy is a natural emotion.
嫉妒是一種自然情緒。

Noah hoped that O liver was going to cry， so he continued． ‘What? did? she? die? of， Workhouse？’
諾厄想讓奧利弗哭出來，就接著問：“她是怎么死的，濟(jì)貧院？”

解析：die of/from 死于……，因……而死
eg: You may die of alcohol poisoning.
你可能會因為酒精中毒而死。

‘Of a broken heart， I was told．’And a tear rolled down O liver’s? cheek.
“有人告訴我她是傷心死的?！币活w淚珠從奧利弗的臉上滾落下來。

‘Why? are? you? crying，Workhouse？’
“你怎么哭了，濟(jì)貧院？”

O liver remained silent，and Noah grew braver. You know，I feel very sorry for you，Workhouse，but the truth is your mother? was? a? wicked? woman．’
奧利弗不吭聲，諾厄膽子大了，更加得寸進(jìn)尺：“你知道我很同情你，濟(jì)貧院，但你媽媽其實是個壞女人?！?/div>

O liver seemed suddenly to wake up. ‘What did you say？’
奧利弗好像猛一激靈。“你說什么？”

?‘She was so bad it was lucky she died， or she would have ended up in prison，or hung.’
“她太壞了，所以死了倒是件好事，否則她最后會被關(guān)進(jìn)監(jiān)獄或處以絞刑的?！?/div>

解析：end up 結(jié)束，最后
eg: The chairman finally ended up his speech.
主席終于結(jié)束了他的演講。