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.
2 t; Z# T; `* J: T& s        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。
0 V& V$ b* ~" t. R' N6 i510. and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
        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。
7 ?8 E& f/ a* V8 ~. O  E$ k5 O511. It was difficult not to be tempted.
        要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
  `% t( S. ^, b( k9 D512. Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
2 a* m# D1 L# \        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。
514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
" K1 g. K/ ]* }+ Q) K0 m        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; L1 R- j' T& E; m516. 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.
! ?  h4 I/ g7 o3 a+ h        那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
518. 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。
! c/ ?/ I: W; _% x4 E519. It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.
! q1 c8 U. j3 ^        我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。
$ d0 m7 Y) {/ N$ N$ c- z520. 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。
521. I examined one of the pens closely.
# U* v0 [( |% a0 ]6 `; d        我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，
3 I. X% t3 Z* z, N522. It certainly looked genuine.
        那看上去确实不假，
523. At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.
/ F7 T' Z1 L8 u        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.
/ n: I& N, x6 p9 P) @        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.
7 G: b; M8 h4 l1 D        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.
        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。
3 e3 I6 M; |9 F; B& i  o527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
5 O' U+ i# y  U# j        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。
/ l8 ^+ l+ m) q+ D& f528. I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
" b- Q: o/ N* d" ^3 B1 z" w        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。
' W4 F9 R! U5 S* L9 ?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!
( \0 L  T4 J, w) F2 V        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！