小编絮语：

每日啃一段阳光絮语，您的生活更加精彩。

经典段落：

Oliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth．

他出生时在场的两个人没有给他什么帮助，这使得奥利弗要独自承当他的第一场战斗。

One was an old woman，who was nearly always drunk， and the other was a busy local doctor，who was not paid enough to be very interested in Oliver’s survival．

其中一个是位老妇人，她几乎总是喝得醉醺醺的；另一个则是当地一位忙碌的医生，这位医生没有得到足够的报酬，所以对奥利弗能否活下来并不很在意。

After all，death was a common event in the workhouse，where only the poor and homeless lived．

在济贫院这个只有穷人和无家可归的人待的地方，死亡毕竟是一件非常平常的事。

段落精讲：

第一、词汇精讲

assistance

双语释义：(formal) help or support

资助，帮助，援助

搭配模式：~ (with sth)

典型例句：She offered me practical assistance with my research.

她给我的研究提供了实实在在的援助。

搭配模式：~ (in doing sth / to do sth)

典型例句：The company provides advice and assistance in finding work.

公司提供咨询者，并帮助找工作。

联想记忆：1. be of assistance：具有帮助性

例句：Can I be of any assistance?

我能帮上忙吗？

2. with the assistance of ：靠......的帮助

例句：He can walk only with the assistance of crutches.

他只能靠一支拐杖走路。

3. come to one’s assistance：去帮助某人

例句：Despite his cries, no one came to his assistance.

尽管他喊叫，没有人来帮助他。

第二、短语精讲

at one’s birth

讲解：at one’s birth是指在某人一出生的时候，还有一个短语就是把物主代词省略，at birth。它的意思是：出生，诞生，还可以用其比喻义：一件事情或者是一样动词刚出现的时候。

范例：When the soul is about to pass from this world, the family and friends gather at the person's bed, just as they did at his or her birth, and they sing the person to the next life.

当他的灵魂将要离开这个世界时，家人和朋友会聚在他的床前，就像他出生时那样，他们会唱歌将他送到来世。

They concluded that American literature had been well-nigh throttled at birth.（备注：此句话使用其比喻义。）

他们断言美国文学诞生之日便几乎被扼杀了。

Man's nature at birth is good.

人之初，性本善。

第四、语法精讲

Oliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth.

要点解析：句中的without much assistance from the two people present at his birth是介词短语作状语。Without much assistance意思是“没有多少援助地”，

第五、语句赏析

Oliver fought his first battle without much assistance from the two people present at his birth．

赏析：fight his first battle意思是打第一仗，在这里是指Oliver刚出世的时候，自己和自己作斗争而生存下来。