新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 28

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508. Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
        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。
% Q1 K+ I7 a$ t- K$ O# ?' k509. Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board
1 ~3 T. I9 J! J+ L, [; U. `# u        大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。
510. and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
+ d8 ~+ [# j4 n) M6 ~* u        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。
" o7 B3 z- S' q! B# I; s$ F$ I. n! d511. It was difficult not to be tempted.
        要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
% h4 b5 q& B( Q* @- m( v( o) _512. Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
2 [$ s6 ]; S/ v" ^+ f, c# W- Z3 a" ?        船上许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来，
513. but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
        但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。
* F1 k( ~$ i4 x  \6 T514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
  r; o/ p; m- k/ |" U        我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。
515. I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
/ n- k1 j9 @: q7 m: H$ n        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。
516. Some of them were as big as marbles.
        有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。
517. The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
* r/ h) x( w& e; n% L        那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
6 s* h& r1 h& |/ n) a; k518. As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.
) X$ w0 P. y/ _0 D& O! H. J+ O- `        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。
519. It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.
        我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。
520. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
        向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
) U, Y  g. k! _521. I examined one of the pens closely.
        我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，
+ J8 Z: o/ q/ |. a# W522. It certainly looked genuine.
+ o/ |$ h4 k3 a% b* ^: K5 M2 T2 @  N0 A        那看上去确实不假，
) C+ M% l! M/ ~* {8 n0 a. K7 U/ F7 N, Q523. At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.
        金笔帽下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”字样。
524. The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.
        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。
525. I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
        我摇摇头，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。
526. Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
2 o+ G0 d6 P9 ~% A2 O) H1 z% [! B* J        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。
6 M; O  w& G* y9 X527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
        虽然他绝望地举起双手，但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。
, O: M3 c# L  j" `528. I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
, G# }! ~; r# w. s6 S4 f9 G: c        在回到船上之前，我一直为我的绝妙的讨价还价而洋洋得意。
: j8 U! `) h4 Q; X% ~& }7 ?6 n% t529. No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has never written a single world!
1 o7 {; `1 T. u6 c7 L1 F) p. i: p        然而不管我如何摆弄，那枝漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进墨水来。直到今天，那枝笔连一个字也没写过！