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$课文28 五磅也太贵
& Z6 T) m/ r; W! w, G6 U. ]1 g; i& @508. Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.4 q1 |7 D# g" w. v7 D3 n* S9 e- m! N- ~
当一艘大型班船进港的时候,许多小船载着各种杂货快速向客轮驶来。
& Z& l( e- k1 `, m% s509. Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board" J. t6 C2 ?+ c! j8 R1 [
大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。$ n# \' [' `3 Z( Y, y6 O. b! q
510. and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
1 f& ^4 S3 r4 z5 [ 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。
- g. r6 H; E; u2 \9 P* V511. It was difficult not to be tempted.
9 ]9 _: R. C$ J W 要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
+ j; b. E% Q! m5 Z512. Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
& o; a" s. u5 ? 船上许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来,
3 j- k7 R+ \- B# i/ T& A513. but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.- P# N7 H% k3 p$ f" m
但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。9 L _$ k. A9 Z; R5 L2 _/ c
514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.- [9 S% w) Y! h9 [ S( T, E( W
我刚下船,就被一个人截住,他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。9 E8 ?/ \6 n. @0 E
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. H6 Y D8 m+ V. f( A9 o
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。
; o. D/ \. n3 }8 L516. Some of them were as big as marbles.2 ?, H4 l& C3 F: ?+ m" M
有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。
9 P. s+ @6 l, i9 P4 v517. The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
R* v7 b0 A: Y% q 那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
0 g9 H& v2 `/ N* j518. As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.
! J% L' U1 w0 {) e. \ 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。- {7 U3 W2 l+ a+ B% Q1 v+ X5 B
519. It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.# E# i3 P1 W: U- x1 a. ]4 i* X
我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。
) P7 B6 J3 [5 _520. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
# A6 s0 j0 u) r+ A# C" b; V 向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
& N" C! e( d, {521. I examined one of the pens closely.4 a/ H% m2 d7 l; [. L% r$ z
我仔细察看了一枝钢笔,
8 u) m1 {+ X) g% \& N522. It certainly looked genuine.
( E8 S8 v% R6 w% }# I. G 那看上去确实不假,
1 k* Y2 \8 }3 u; D( L/ R- ?6 l5 m523. At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.2 `- ?! |/ `2 t8 X9 [9 H) F3 @: m
金笔帽下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”字样。
3 u- R' Q( {( R8 f% b; s4 \524. The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.
, E5 P( j# _1 V2 `/ H/ S# J 那人说那支笔值50英镑,作为特别优惠,他愿意让我出30英镑成交。
* s$ T( u! l- P) i+ n- b525. I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.. a) J) S9 |" [, S! n% S
我摇摇头,伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。& y+ {' c- ~# n n# n
526. Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
, m: l1 H% R" i' S! y8 B( S# k 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。
7 z* K( e& _6 p+ M527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
+ F( x( u c! ] 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。( d* [" z1 p9 P ^% C2 U
528. I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
" V1 L2 q' N4 k0 X3 ?* P 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。
1 C) E% p6 E1 D: j1 n0 ]( B! `529. 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! A7 Z" `% O ^, d4 T7 a% k
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! |
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