新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 28

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$课文28  五磅也太贵
# }: N3 ]" m7 V% W' k, {* C' b508. Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
  ~2 G: p9 v; c        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。
509. Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board
        大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。
1 V: a3 C! S0 B510. and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
, Y) _/ B' E5 F7 @+ t* }6 ^, K/ X        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。
* Y' v7 i4 }9 \5 J- ^511. It was difficult not to be tempted.
        要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
512. Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
        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。
8 S" V( h7 Q2 R) w514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
9 d6 `6 J3 U; _0 w( h. v5 D, |7 ~        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.
        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。
$ E  q1 r! ~" C# {7 B: g' l516. Some of them were as big as marbles.
: F4 u" W9 F% a# b, S        有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。
! [! V: h7 {* y1 p% C$ B517. The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
6 l) [' j5 |, P+ Y9 z. l        那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
  o1 \1 b. [; t# J518. As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.
        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。
3 x4 S7 C* b0 ~2 L6 o5 H520. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
5 z+ |; o/ ~3 r: r, x8 h% L/ e        向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
1 h# p, x! z5 n1 G% E521. I examined one of the pens closely.
: ]. G/ u" c0 G4 U- _+ _- ]) m        我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，
522. It certainly looked genuine.
        那看上去确实不假，
$ x6 d* D* \7 z% w3 \! D0 _) S523. 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.
6 V9 \# s9 s6 o        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。
, ?! d. e7 ^/ f1 m. I525. 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。
" }, H1 U  Z' {9 x% @% P6 |526. Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
        那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。
527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
        虽然他绝望地举起双手，但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。
* X% E' o1 V' {$ H+ ^. Z9 [8 S528. I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
        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。
) Y: T/ {' t. A  Q  {, V* |8 O% E% e/ v529. 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!
! K1 d1 u- A+ p' z+ m* x: 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！