14.I think this makes a man out of a boy sooner than almost anything else.我覺(jué)得沒(méi)有別的事情能使一個(gè)少年更快地成長(zhǎng)為一個(gè)男子漢了。The day I got my first week's earnings，I suddenly found myself grown up.I felt I was no longer a mere boy，but quite a man.I came to belicre tghat hardships can help a boy mature quickly./This perhaps is the best way to enable a boy to recognize his responsibility for his family.
makes ……out of用……制造出，造就出
eg：Ten years of hard work made an old woman out of a young girl.
十年的艱辛勞動(dòng)把一個(gè)年輕的小姑娘變成了一個(gè)老太婆。
15 It iseverything to feel that you are useful.—You feel great when you are useful to your family and to society./To find yourself useful to the family and society gives yor the greatest satisfaction you can ever feel.感到自己是個(gè)有用的人那才叫棒。
everything：the most important thing最重要的事。
eg：What he said is not everything.
他說(shuō)的并不是最重要的。
eg：Money isn't everything.
不是一切。
16.Millions of dollars have since passed through my hands.But the genuine satisfaction I hadfrim that one dollar and twenty cents outweighs any subsequent pleasure in money making.—The satisfaction I got from the one dollar and twenty cents was far greater than any pleasure I felt in making money later on.從那以后有成百萬(wàn)的美元經(jīng)過(guò)我的手，可是以后賺的任何一筆錢(qián)給我?guī)?lái)的歡欣，都遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)比不上那1美元20美分使我體驗(yàn)到的滿足感。
since adv：since I received that one dollar and twenty cents.
outweigh：be greater or more important than更大，更重要，又如：
eg：Many people believe that the benefits of TV far outweigh the harm it might do to children.
許多人認(rèn)為電視的好處大大超過(guò)它可能會(huì)對(duì)少年兒童傷害。
注：Outwin勝出，outscore 得分超過(guò)，outmatch戰(zhàn)勝
17 itrepresented a week of very hard work——so hard that it might have been described asslavery if it hadn't been for its aim and end.這1美元20美分代表一個(gè)星期十分艱苦的勞動(dòng)，要不是因?yàn)楦苫畹哪康氖菕赍X(qián)幫父母養(yǎng)家，那活真可以稱為奴隸般的勞動(dòng)。
represent代表
eg：She will represent our class to go to the English Speech Contest.
她將代表我們班參加這次英語(yǔ)演講比賽。
that從句表示hard的程度。
as slavery是that從句中主語(yǔ)it的補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。
describe sth./ sb.as：稱……為……
eg：The place is described as a paradise.
這個(gè)地方被描繪成天堂。
eg：I wouldn't describe the meeting as successful.
我不會(huì)說(shuō)那次會(huì)議開(kāi)得成功。
aim and end：目的。這里aim與end的意思相近。英語(yǔ)有些約定俗成的短語(yǔ)由兩上意思很近的詞組成
eg：fair and square（公平合理）
eg：the stresses and strains緊張壓力。
18.It was a terrible task for a lad of twelve to rise every morning，except Sunday，go to the factory while it was still dark，and not be released until after darkness came again in the evening，forty minutes'break only being allowed at noon—Working in the factory was a terrible experience for a child of twelve.I was kept there from early in the morning to late in the eveningj ，with a lunch break of only forty minutes.（In American history，child labour wasunscrupulously explited by the industrial capitalists in the early 1900's.） 除星期日之外，每天天不亮就要起床去工廠，直到晚上天黑下來(lái)才讓離開(kāi)，中午只給40分鐘的時(shí)間休息，這對(duì)一個(gè)12歲的孩子來(lái)說(shuō)，擔(dān)子真是太重了。這個(gè)由45個(gè)詞組成的句子主要是主語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)而復(fù)雜。句子的主語(yǔ)是三個(gè)并列的不定式短語(yǔ)：1）to rise…… Sunday；2）（to）go to the factory；3）not（to）be released.兩個(gè)時(shí)間從句中：1） while it was still dark修飾go to the factory；2）until after darkness came again in the evening修飾not be released.for引出三個(gè)不定式的邏輯主語(yǔ)a lad of twelve.It是全句的形式主語(yǔ)。 until after作連接詞，after可有可無(wú)。 Forty minutes' break only being allowed at noon是獨(dú)立主格分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，作狀語(yǔ)修飾三個(gè)不定式短語(yǔ)，說(shuō)明從早到晚只有40分鐘的休息。注意作者用be released（釋放出來(lái)）形容他的一天在工廠里干活，到收工時(shí)感覺(jué)就像從監(jiān)獄或籠子里放出來(lái)一樣。
release：to allow a person or an animal to come out of a place；to set them free釋放出來(lái)
eg：He was just released from prison.
他剛從監(jiān)獄釋放出來(lái)。
eg：He was released from hospital yesterday.
他已于昨天出院。
Poverty-release
19.something within always told me that this aware last.我的內(nèi)心有一種力量時(shí)時(shí)激勵(lì)我：這種情況不會(huì)，也不可能，更不應(yīng)該持續(xù)下去。
注意句子的結(jié)尾是用了三個(gè)否定的情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，一個(gè)比一個(gè)有力
eg：I firmly believe that racial discrimination should be eliminated.It can be and will be.
我堅(jiān)信種族歧視應(yīng)該消除，能夠消除，也一定會(huì)消除。
20 But here for a time it was even worse than in the cotton factory，because I was set to firethe boiler in the cellar and run the small steam engine which drove the machinery.可是在這里，有一段時(shí)間情況比棉紡廠更糟，因?yàn)槲壹纫獰叵率业腻仩t，還要看管那臺(tái)驅(qū)動(dòng)機(jī)器的小蒸汽機(jī)。
be set to do sth.：被派做……
eg：He was set to clean the corridor.
他被派去掃走廊。
be set to sth.還有“決意做……”的意思
eg：She was set to win the championship.
她決意要贏得冠軍的稱號(hào)。
makes ……out of用……制造出，造就出
eg：Ten years of hard work made an old woman out of a young girl.
十年的艱辛勞動(dòng)把一個(gè)年輕的小姑娘變成了一個(gè)老太婆。
15 It iseverything to feel that you are useful.—You feel great when you are useful to your family and to society./To find yourself useful to the family and society gives yor the greatest satisfaction you can ever feel.感到自己是個(gè)有用的人那才叫棒。
everything：the most important thing最重要的事。
eg：What he said is not everything.
他說(shuō)的并不是最重要的。
eg：Money isn't everything.
不是一切。
16.Millions of dollars have since passed through my hands.But the genuine satisfaction I hadfrim that one dollar and twenty cents outweighs any subsequent pleasure in money making.—The satisfaction I got from the one dollar and twenty cents was far greater than any pleasure I felt in making money later on.從那以后有成百萬(wàn)的美元經(jīng)過(guò)我的手，可是以后賺的任何一筆錢(qián)給我?guī)?lái)的歡欣，都遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)比不上那1美元20美分使我體驗(yàn)到的滿足感。
since adv：since I received that one dollar and twenty cents.
outweigh：be greater or more important than更大，更重要，又如：
eg：Many people believe that the benefits of TV far outweigh the harm it might do to children.
許多人認(rèn)為電視的好處大大超過(guò)它可能會(huì)對(duì)少年兒童傷害。
注：Outwin勝出，outscore 得分超過(guò)，outmatch戰(zhàn)勝
17 itrepresented a week of very hard work——so hard that it might have been described asslavery if it hadn't been for its aim and end.這1美元20美分代表一個(gè)星期十分艱苦的勞動(dòng)，要不是因?yàn)楦苫畹哪康氖菕赍X(qián)幫父母養(yǎng)家，那活真可以稱為奴隸般的勞動(dòng)。
represent代表
eg：She will represent our class to go to the English Speech Contest.
她將代表我們班參加這次英語(yǔ)演講比賽。
that從句表示hard的程度。
as slavery是that從句中主語(yǔ)it的補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)。
describe sth./ sb.as：稱……為……
eg：The place is described as a paradise.
這個(gè)地方被描繪成天堂。
eg：I wouldn't describe the meeting as successful.
我不會(huì)說(shuō)那次會(huì)議開(kāi)得成功。
aim and end：目的。這里aim與end的意思相近。英語(yǔ)有些約定俗成的短語(yǔ)由兩上意思很近的詞組成
eg：fair and square（公平合理）
eg：the stresses and strains緊張壓力。
18.It was a terrible task for a lad of twelve to rise every morning，except Sunday，go to the factory while it was still dark，and not be released until after darkness came again in the evening，forty minutes'break only being allowed at noon—Working in the factory was a terrible experience for a child of twelve.I was kept there from early in the morning to late in the eveningj ，with a lunch break of only forty minutes.（In American history，child labour wasunscrupulously explited by the industrial capitalists in the early 1900's.） 除星期日之外，每天天不亮就要起床去工廠，直到晚上天黑下來(lái)才讓離開(kāi)，中午只給40分鐘的時(shí)間休息，這對(duì)一個(gè)12歲的孩子來(lái)說(shuō)，擔(dān)子真是太重了。這個(gè)由45個(gè)詞組成的句子主要是主語(yǔ)長(zhǎng)而復(fù)雜。句子的主語(yǔ)是三個(gè)并列的不定式短語(yǔ)：1）to rise…… Sunday；2）（to）go to the factory；3）not（to）be released.兩個(gè)時(shí)間從句中：1） while it was still dark修飾go to the factory；2）until after darkness came again in the evening修飾not be released.for引出三個(gè)不定式的邏輯主語(yǔ)a lad of twelve.It是全句的形式主語(yǔ)。 until after作連接詞，after可有可無(wú)。 Forty minutes' break only being allowed at noon是獨(dú)立主格分詞結(jié)構(gòu)，作狀語(yǔ)修飾三個(gè)不定式短語(yǔ)，說(shuō)明從早到晚只有40分鐘的休息。注意作者用be released（釋放出來(lái)）形容他的一天在工廠里干活，到收工時(shí)感覺(jué)就像從監(jiān)獄或籠子里放出來(lái)一樣。
release：to allow a person or an animal to come out of a place；to set them free釋放出來(lái)
eg：He was just released from prison.
他剛從監(jiān)獄釋放出來(lái)。
eg：He was released from hospital yesterday.
他已于昨天出院。
Poverty-release
19.something within always told me that this aware last.我的內(nèi)心有一種力量時(shí)時(shí)激勵(lì)我：這種情況不會(huì)，也不可能，更不應(yīng)該持續(xù)下去。
注意句子的結(jié)尾是用了三個(gè)否定的情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，一個(gè)比一個(gè)有力
eg：I firmly believe that racial discrimination should be eliminated.It can be and will be.
我堅(jiān)信種族歧視應(yīng)該消除，能夠消除，也一定會(huì)消除。
20 But here for a time it was even worse than in the cotton factory，because I was set to firethe boiler in the cellar and run the small steam engine which drove the machinery.可是在這里，有一段時(shí)間情況比棉紡廠更糟，因?yàn)槲壹纫獰叵率业腻仩t，還要看管那臺(tái)驅(qū)動(dòng)機(jī)器的小蒸汽機(jī)。
be set to do sth.：被派做……
eg：He was set to clean the corridor.
他被派去掃走廊。
be set to sth.還有“決意做……”的意思
eg：She was set to win the championship.
她決意要贏得冠軍的稱號(hào)。