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$课文28 五磅也太贵
6 _3 a0 @; L) e9 {" Q! s c! J508. Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.7 I) |3 C4 J" f8 k2 i: |
当一艘大型班船进港的时候,许多小船载着各种杂货快速向客轮驶来。* ~. c( p& s+ O( M2 O
509. Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board" X' q* P; Y+ g6 d6 d
大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。3 p4 k- a* Q1 ?1 Z/ l0 S5 U0 J/ z; q
510. and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.; {: B% d" r$ m7 ]8 v% }3 T2 R7 O
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。
/ o/ `) {7 W7 Z- @511. It was difficult not to be tempted.& G+ k1 H4 u. L* N9 q
要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。( X4 ]- P; q( g; I% f, `% ^
512. Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,! X1 W/ t9 Q! P7 {! n
船上许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来,
* ]8 [% U8 o/ @' D513. but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
( K4 r. }% r2 o8 I2 }7 r0 c8 S2 `% Z 但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。
. V8 O3 Z9 `+ G9 ]( K6 |$ P* S514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.& f x. f0 s: H _4 V. h
我刚下船,就被一个人截住,他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。2 e" S0 M5 d/ ?; q2 u
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.
/ V6 [* w0 B' [1 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。
' a5 t1 b! Y% Y/ t, _3 `4 C& n516. Some of them were as big as marbles.
- J: I8 s1 V8 r: {7 s2 A* D 有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。
9 w9 L6 n& d7 p3 G517. The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.# Y" v9 `9 o: W" m* C+ H
那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
$ i1 g. D5 |7 v( V- W518. As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.
6 D$ |! @- X! O2 o$ T 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。
+ L) D8 N: K" g" s7 |+ d519. It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.
$ r* e- v4 t: b2 k1 g/ f 我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。
/ v) T& R$ x. A1 q f520. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.. Q5 \5 |( B( p T* g2 E
向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。( C' {% V& F7 g& G
521. I examined one of the pens closely.
; u- H% f% ~2 A* U, F! m' P" h) ] 我仔细察看了一枝钢笔,2 B; e8 _1 A6 T- L( M+ K! d# {" \# H
522. It certainly looked genuine.
" n9 E4 j7 _0 s* s. I 那看上去确实不假,
/ T4 f0 ~, `4 U( F, u9 R0 Q523. At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed. H3 ~% i% @/ Y7 u
金笔帽下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”字样。
2 Y% w/ ]. ]9 m2 }524. The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.8 |6 \6 K; J4 d8 C8 H8 i) c3 w
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。) l) M. w0 p% N7 M9 t7 Y; o
525. I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
F6 D/ r9 k# Y% i( z9 G 我摇摇头,伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。. s; O9 T) V, O' t& O0 m$ O
526. Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10./ S5 ?+ L" }. s& O8 H0 C( r
那人激动地打着手势,仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。
. L9 O, h# `0 i9 m5 t& O Z9 Y527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands./ {5 c M5 o+ G; a5 V% c% T" H
虽然他绝望地举起双手,但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。
! Q6 d7 D- U. z$ c& C528. I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
7 ]3 S: {7 t/ B: L, f 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。
7 ~! C/ t. u3 I7 F" 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!& C) a" o4 e+ Q( h$ U
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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