新概念第三册第28课

Lesson28FivePoundsTooDearSmallboatsloadedwithwaresspedtothegreatlinerasshewasenteringtheharbour.

当一艘大型班船进港的时候，许多小船载着各种杂货快速向客轮驶来。waresn.货物，货品waren.器皿，物品（总称，常用于复合词）silverwareironwarechinawareglassware银器铁器陶瓷器玻璃器皿softwarehardware软件（电脑）硬件，五金器具goodsn.商品，货物（商店里出售的物品）half-donegoods半成品

home-madegoods=nativegoods/domestic

goods国货leathergoods皮件consumergoods日用消费品commodity[kə‘mɑdəti]n.商品，货物（经济学术语）commodityprice/commodity/economy/commoditymarket商品价格/商品经济/商品市场agriculturalcommodity农产品Beforeshehadanchored,themenfromtheboatshadclimbedonboardandthedecksweresooncoveredwithcolourfulrugsformPersia['pə:ʃə],silksfromIndia,coppercoffeepots,andbeautifulhandmadesilverware.

大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。一会儿工夫，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓的波斯地毯,印度丝绸,铜咖啡壶以及手工制作的漂亮的银器。anchorv.停航下锚n.锚Sailboatslayatanchorinthenarrowwaterway.帆船停泊在狭窄的水道里。deckn.甲板Shestoodonthedeckandwavedherhandtoherfamilies.She

missed

the

deck

and

landed

inthe

water.Itwasdifficultnottobetempted.Manyofthetouristsonboardhadbegunbargainingwiththetradesmen,butIdecidednottobuyanythinguntilIhaddisembarked.要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。船上许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。temptv.吸引，引诱(=attract)temptsb.todosth.吸引某人做某事Hetriestotemptmetoplaygamewithhim.temptationn.诱惑，引诱，勾引Willtheybeabletoresistthetemptationtobuy?他们能抵抗得住购买的诱惑吗？temptingadj.诱惑人的，引诱人的（=attractive）Intheend,IturneddownRaoul'stemptingofferofthePalmBeachtrip.bargainv.讨价还价

(to

negotiate

the

terms

of

an

agreement,

as

to

sell

or

exchange)Ibargainedwithhimandfinallygotthepricedown.Atthispricethewineisabargain.(n.物美价廉的商品)以这个价格，这葡萄酒算是物美价廉了。bargain

bindisembarkv.下船上岸(goashore)ThepassengersdisembarkedatSouthampton.embarkv.上船，上飞机TheyembarkedonashipboundforEurope.他们登上了一艘去欧洲的船。IhadnosoonergotofftheshipthanIwasassailedbyamanwhowantedtosellmeadiamondring.

我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。Ihadnosoonerreachedhomethanitbegantorain.我一到家天就下起雨来.Nosooner...than...常放在句首,表示强调.这时主句要倒装:NosoonerhadIreachedhomethanitbegantorain.-Hewasassailedwithworries.Ihadnointentionofbuyingone,butIcouldnotconcealthefactthatIwasimpressedbythesizeofthediamonds.Someofthemwereasbigasmarbles.

我根本不想买，但我不能掩饰这样一个事实：其钻石之大给我留下了深刻的印象。有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。But

when

I

asked

whether

they

had

any

intention

of

sticking

around

after

graduation

to

build

companiesand

lives,

they

toldme:

No

way!

但当我问他们是否有意在毕业后继续留在这里，建立自己的事业和生活时，他们都说：一点也不！marblen.小玻璃球n.大理石adj.大理石的marblestatueOnthefarsideofthestreet,twoboyswereplayingmarbles.Another

startling

discovery

by

our

team

was

that

thereplaced

semi-precious

white

marble

wasbeingdumped

outside

the

TajMahal.

我们小组另一个惊人的发现是，被替换下来的半宝石白色大理石被丢弃到了泰姬陵外面。Themanwenttogreatlengthstoprovethatthediamondswerereal.Aswewerewalkingpastashop,heheldadiamondfirmlyagainstthewindowandmadeadeepimpressionintheglass.Ittookmeoverhalfanhourtogetridofhim.那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。我们路过一家商店时，他将一颗钻石使劲地往橱窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。The

youngman’s

abuse

was

chronic

and

he

went

to

great

lengths

to

keep

it

secret.

这个年轻人受到了长期的虐待，而他也尽自己最大的力量去保守这个秘密。Thegovernment

went

to

great

lengths

to

replicate

European

technology,

importing

German

engineers,machines

and

designs.

政府花了大力气来复制欧洲的技术、进口德国的工程师、机器和设计。Thenextmantoapproachmewassellingexpensivepensandwatches.Iexaminedoneofthepensclosely.Itcertainlylookedgenuine.

Atthebaseofthegoldcap,thewords‘madeintheU.S.A.’hadbeenneatlyinscribed.

向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，那看上去确实不假，金笔帽下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”字样。inscribev.刻写，雕Heinscribedwordsonthebanana.Somegalleriescommemoratedonorsbyinscribingtheirnamesonthewalls.Sheinscribedabooktoafriend.(vt.题写)她把一本书题赠给了朋友。OnthebackIhadinscribedthewords:"Here'stoGreatIdeas!John."在背面我题写了这样的话：“献给伟大的思想！约翰”。scriptn.脚本Jenny’swritingafilmscript.珍妮在写一个电影脚本。Themansaidthatthepenwasworth￡50,butasaspecialfavor,hewouldletmehaveitfor￡30.IshookmyheadandheldupfivefingersindicatingthatIwaswillingtopay￡5.

那人说那支笔值50英镑，作为特别优惠，他愿意让我出30英镑成交。我摇摇头，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。As

a

special

favor,I'll

let

you

stay

upand

watch

the

WorldCup

final.

作为对你的特别恩惠，我允许你今天晚上晚睡，看世界杯决赛

。Gesticulatingwildly,themanactedasifhefoundmyofferoutrageous,butheeventuallyreducedthepriceto￡10.Shruggingmyshoulders,Ibegantowalkawaywhen,amomentlater,heranaftermeandthrustthepenintomyhands.

那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。我耸耸肩膀掉头走开了。一会儿，他突然从后追了上来，把笔塞到我手里。Hewasgesticulatingwildlyatme,butIcouldnotunderstandwhathewastryingtotellme.gesturen.手势v.打手势makeagesture做手势outrageous

adj.出人预料的(passing

reasonable

bounds;

intolerable

or

shocking)an

outrageous

priceBydiplomaticstandards,thiswasoutrageousbehavior.按外交标准，这是不可接受的行为。Theythrusthimintothebackofajeep.他们把他猛推入吉普车的后部。Shethrustherwayintothecrowd.她挤进了人群。Comprehensionquestions1.Whatwasthelinerdoingassmallboatsspedtowardsher?Enteringtheharbor.2.Howsoonhadthemanfromtheboatsclimbedonboard?Beforeshehadanchored.3.Whatkindsofthingswerethedeckssooncoveredwith?ColorfulrugsfromPersia,silksfromIndia,coppercoffeepots,andbeautifulhandmadesilverware.

4.Whathadmanyofthetouristsbegundoing?Bargainingwiththetradesmen.5.Wasitdifficulttobetempted?No,itwasn’t.6.Whatdidthewriterdecide?Nottobuyanythinguntilhehaddisembarked.7.Whathappenedassoonashegotofftheship?Hewasapproachedbyamanwhowantedtosellhimadiamondring.8.Didhehaveanyintentionofbuyingone?No,hedidn’t.9.Whatwasheimpressedby?thesizeofthediamonds.10.Howb