Lesson28FivePoundsTooDear新概念第三冊第28課Smallboatsloadedwithwaresspedtothegreatlinerasshewasenteringtheharbour.

當一艘大型班船進港的時候，許多小船載著各種雜貨快速向客輪駛來。新概念第三冊第28課waresn.貨物，貨品waren.器皿，物品（總稱，常用于復合詞）silverwareironwarechinawareglassware銀器鐵器陶瓷器玻璃器皿softwarehardware軟件（電腦）硬件，五金器具goodsn.商品，貨物（商店里出售的物品）half-donegoods半成品

home-madegoods=nativegoods/domestic

goods國貨新概念第三冊第28課leathergoods皮件consumergoods日用消費品commodity[k?‘mɑd?ti]n.商品，貨物（經(jīng)濟學術(shù)語）commodityprice/commodity/economy/commoditymarket商品價格/商品經(jīng)濟/商品市場agriculturalcommodity農(nóng)產(chǎn)品新概念第三冊第28課Beforeshehadanchored,themenfromtheboatshadclimbedonboardandthedecksweresooncoveredwithcolourfulrugsformPersia['p?:??],silksfromIndia,coppercoffeepots,andbeautifulhandmadesilverware.

大船還未下錨。小船上的人就紛紛爬上客輪。一會兒工夫，甲板上就擺滿了色彩斑斕的波斯地毯,印度絲綢,銅咖啡壺以及手工制作的漂亮的銀器。anchorv.停航下錨n.錨Sailboatslayatanchorinthenarrowwaterway.帆船停泊在狹窄的水道里。新概念第三冊第28課deckn.甲板Shestoodonthedeckandwavedherhandtoherfamilies.She

missed

the

deck

and

landed

inthe

water.新概念第三冊第28課Itwasdifficultnottobetempted.Manyofthetouristsonboardhadbegunbargainingwiththetradesmen,butIdecidednottobuyanythinguntilIhaddisembarked.要想不為這些東西所動心是很困難的。船上許多游客開始同商販討價還價起來，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不買。新概念第三冊第28課temptv.吸引，引誘(=attract)temptsb.todosth.吸引某人做某事Hetriestotemptmetoplaygamewithhim.temptationn.誘惑，引誘，勾引Willtheybeabletoresistthetemptationtobuy?他們能抵抗得住購買的誘惑嗎？temptingadj.誘惑人的，引誘人的（=attractive）Intheend,IturneddownRaoul'stemptingofferofthePalmBeachtrip.新概念第三冊第28課bargainv.討價還價

(to

negotiate

the

terms

of

an

agreement,

as

to

sell

or

exchange)Ibargainedwithhimandfinallygotthepricedown.Atthispricethewineisabargain.(n.物美價廉的商品)以這個價格，這葡萄酒算是物美價廉了。bargain

bin新概念第三冊第28課disembarkv.下船上岸(goashore)ThepassengersdisembarkedatSouthampton.embarkv.上船，上飛機TheyembarkedonashipboundforEurope.他們登上了一艘去歐洲的船。新概念第三冊第28課IhadnosoonergotofftheshipthanIwasassailedbyamanwhowantedtosellmeadiamondring.

我剛下船，就被一個人截住，他向我兜售一枚鉆石戒指。Ihadnosoonerreachedhomethanitbegantorain.我一到家天就下起雨來.Nosooner...than...常放在句首,表示強調(diào).這時主句要倒裝:NosoonerhadIreachedhomethanitbegantorain.-Hewasassailedwithworries.新概念第三冊第28課Ihadnointentionofbuyingone,butIcouldnotconcealthefactthatIwasimpressedbythesizeofthediamonds.Someofthemwereasbigasmarbles.

我根本不想買，但我不能掩飾這樣一個事實：其鉆石之大給我留下了深刻的印象。有的鉆石像玻璃球那么大。But

when

I

asked

whether

they

had

any

intention

of

sticking

around

after

graduation

to

build

companiesand

lives,

they

toldme:

No

way!

但當我問他們是否有意在畢業(yè)后繼續(xù)留在這里，建立自己的事業(yè)和生活時，他們都說：一點也不！新概念第三冊第28課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.

我們小組另一個驚人的發(fā)現(xiàn)是，被替換下來的半寶石白色大理石被丟棄到了泰姬陵外面。新概念第三冊第28課Themanwenttogreatlengthstoprovethatthediamondswerereal.Aswewerewalkingpastashop,heheldadiamondfirmlyagainstthewindowandmadeadeepimpressionintheglass.Ittookmeoverhalfanhourtogetridofhim.那人竭力想證明那鉆石是真貨。我們路過一家商店時，他將一顆鉆石使勁地往櫥窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。我花了半個多小時才擺脫了他的糾纏。新概念第三冊第28課The

youngman’s

abuse

was

chronic

and

he

went

to

great

lengths

to

keep

it

secret.

這個年輕人受到了長期的虐待，而他也盡自己最大的力量去保守這個秘密。Thegovernment

went

to

great

lengths

to

replicate

European

technology,

importing

German

engineers,machines

and

designs.

政府花了大力氣來復制歐洲的技術(shù)、進口德國的工程師、機器和設(shè)計。新概念第三冊第28課Thenextmantoapproachmewassellingexpensivepensandwatches.Iexaminedoneofthepensclosely.Itcertainlylookedgenuine.

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

向我兜售的第二個人是賣名貴鋼筆和手表的。我仔細察看了一枝鋼筆，那看上去確實不假，金筆帽下方整齊地刻有“美國制造”字樣。新概念第三冊第28課inscribev.刻寫，雕Heinscribedwordsonthebanana.Somegalleriescommemoratedonorsbyinscribingtheirnamesonthewalls.Sheinscribedabooktoafriend.(vt.題寫)她把一本書題贈給了朋友。OnthebackIhadinscribedthewords:"Here'stoGreatIdeas!John."在背面我題寫了這樣的話：“獻給偉大的思想！約翰”。scriptn.腳本Jenny’swritingafilmscript.珍妮在寫一個電影腳本。新概念第三冊第28課Themansaidthatthepenwasworth￡50,butasaspecialfavor,hewouldletmehaveitfor￡30.IshookmyheadandheldupfivefingersindicatingthatIwaswillingtopay￡5.

那人說那支筆值50英鎊，作為特別優(yōu)惠，他愿意讓我出30英鎊成交。我搖搖頭，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5鎊錢。As

a

special

favor,I'll

let

you

stay

upand

watch

the

WorldCup

final.

作為對你的特別恩惠，我允許你今天晚上晚睡，看世界杯決賽

。新概念第三冊第28課Gesticulatingwildly,themanactedasifhefoundmyofferoutrageous,butheeventuallyreducedthepriceto￡10.Shruggingmyshoulders,Ibegantowalkawaywhen,amomentlater,heranaftermeandthrustthepenintomyhands.

那人激動地打著手勢，仿佛我的出價使他不能容忍。但他終于把價錢降到了10英鎊。我聳聳肩膀掉頭走開了。一會兒，他突然從后追了上來，把筆塞到我手里。新概念第三冊第28課Hewasgesticulatingwildlyatme,butIcouldnotunderstandwhathewastryingtotellme.gesturen.手勢v.打手勢makeagesture做手勢outrageous

adj.出人預(yù)料的(passing

reasonable

bounds;

intolerable

or

shocking)an

outrageous

priceBydiplomaticstandards,thiswasoutrageousbehavior.按外交標準，這是不可接受的行為。新概念第三冊第28課Theythrusthimintothebackofajeep.他們把他猛推入吉普車的后部。Shethrustherwayintothecrowd.她擠進了人群。新概念第三冊第28課Comprehensionquestions1.Whatwasthelinerdoingassmallboatsspedtowardsher?Enteringtheharbor.2.Howsoonhadthemanfromtheboatsclimbedonboard?Beforeshehadanchored.3.Whatkindsofthingswerethedeckssooncoveredwith?ColorfulrugsfromPersia,silksfromIndia,coppercoffeepots,andbeautifulhandmadesilverware.

新概念第三冊第28課4.Whathadmanyofthetouristsbegundoing?Bargainingwiththetradesmen.5.Wasitdifficulttobetempted?No,itwasn’t.6.Whatdidthewriterdecide?Nottobuyanythinguntilhehaddisembarked.7.Whathappenedassoonashegotofftheship?Hewasapproachedbyamanwhowantedtosellhimadiamondring.新概念第三冊第28課8.Didhehaveanyintentionofbuyingone?No,hedidn’t.9.Whatwasheimpressedby?thesizeofthediamonds.10.Howbigwerethey?Asbigasmarbles.11.Whatdidtheydoastheywerewalkingpastashop?Heheldadiamondfirmlyagainstthewindowandmadeadeepimpressionintheglass.

新概念第三冊第28課12.Whatwasthe