Robin Hood famously stole from the rich and gave to the poor.

罗宾汉以劫富济贫而闻名。

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

我们当然也不会用济贫院的人。

'Did you hear that, Workhouse? ' shouted Noah.

“你听见了吗，济贫院？”诺厄嚷嚷。

'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？”

One day Mr Bumble met the local undertaker, Mr Sowerberry, outside the workhouse.

一天，班布尔先生在济贫院外面遇见了当的棺材店老板索尔贝里先生。

'You'll be needing a coffin soon, Workhouse, if you make jokes like that!

“你才马上要用棺材了。如果你是那么开玩笑的话，我就管你叫济贫院！

They returned the next day with the coffin and four men from the workhouse who were to carry it.

第二天，他们送来了棺材，一起来的还有四个从济贫院来抬棺材的人。

Why it might have been in the workhouse'.

为什么它可能在济贫院里。

Just briefly describe what a workhouse was.

请简单描述一下什么是济贫院。

They discussed some workhouse business together, and then Mr Bumble looked hopefully at the teapot.

他们一起商量了一些济贫院的事，然后班布尔先生满怀希望看着茶壶。

The poorhouse is vanishing from among us.

济贫院正在我们中间消失。

I bet it's Jan spending him straight to the poorhouse.

我敢打赌, 是简把他直接送进了济贫院。

The workhouse authorities replied with humility, that there was not.

济贫院当局谦虚回答说没有。

Poorhouses were common, for example, in the 19 century in England.

例如，在 19 世纪的英国，济贫院很常见。

Noah was a charity-boy, but not a workhouse orphan; he at least knew who his parents were.

诺厄是个慈善学校的男孩，但并不是济贫院里的；他起码还知自己的父母是谁。

I says. " I haven't seen you in the poorhouse yet" .

我说。“我还没在济贫院见过你呢” 。

A wretched man is in the workhouse and he reaches out to us for rescue.

一个在济贫院的可怜人他向我们求助。

If you read a novel by Charles Dickens, he often talks about these poorhouses.

如果你读过查尔斯·狄更斯的小说，他经常谈论这些济贫院。

Something else your mama gave you from the poor box.

也是你妈妈从济贫箱里给你捡来的。

It was obviously to Julien's interest to accept the offer of the director of the workhouse.

接受济贫院院长的提议显然符合于连的兴趣。