At the age of nine he ends up in a miserable, grim workhouse.

他九岁时，在一个悲惨、严峻的作坊工作。

And we certainly wouldn't take somebody from the workhouse.

我们当然也不会用济贫院的人。

'And the workhouses, where poor people can live and work? Are they still open? '

“还有可供穷人生活和工作的济贫院呢？它们还开着吗？”

Back at the workhouse, Oliver was taken to see the board.

回到了济贫院，奥利弗被带去见董事会的人。

The " Silent Sentinels" endured arrests and imprisonment in a squalid workhouse where they were brutalized and force-fed.

结果，“沉默的哨兵”们被逮捕并监禁到了一个肮脏的劳改所里，在那里受到了残忍的对待，甚至被强行喂食。

You had the proper workhouse cough, and those weak legs of yours are worth ten pound a week.

你学工人的咳嗽，还有你腿部的表演每星期足可挣十镑的工资。

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。

Just briefly describe what a workhouse was.

请简单描述一下什么是济贫院。

Why it might have been in the workhouse'.

为什么它可能在济贫院里。

'Take the boy back to the workhouse, and treat him kindly.

“把男孩带回济贫院，善待他。