HereStrickland lived, coming seldom to Papeete, on the produce of the land. Therewas a little stream that ran not far away, in which he bathed, and down this onoccasion would come a shoal of fish. Then the natives would as百度竞价推广ble withspears, and with much shouting would transfix the great startled things as theyhurried down to the sea. Sometimes Strickland would go down to the reef, andcome back with a basket of small, coloured fish that Ata would fry in cocoa-nutoil, or with a lobster; and sometimes she would make a savoury dish of thegreat land-crabs that scuttled away under your feet. Up the mountain werewild-orange trees, and now and then Ata would go with two or three women fromthe village and return laden with the green, sweet, luscious fruit. Then thecocoa-nuts would be ripe for picking, and her cousins would swarm up the trees and throw down the bigripe nuts. They split them open and put them in the sun to dry. Then they cutout the copra and put it into sacks, and the women would carry it down to thetrader at the village by the lagoon, and he would give in exchange for it riceand soap and tinned meat and a little money. Sometimes there would be a feastin the neighbourhood, and a pig would be killed. Then they would go and eatthemselves sick, and dance, and sing hymns.
这里eatthemselves sick 如何剖析理解？
你读句子要掌握依据上下文推断语义，不少什么不需要查词典都能了解其意义。eat oneselt sick, sick在此不是生病，而是想吐。吃得太多，吃到想吐的程度。sick为形容词作宾补，表示eat 产生的结果状况。
