新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 28

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7 g" m  }8 @+ x9 y9 z, h508. Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
7 q0 ]2 o9 Z' u& R6 R" B        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
1 f9 ^. P; |0 e% y! i+ Q' g0 H8 s1 v        大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。
6 S' r8 t1 g! S# i510. and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
/ J+ C2 |5 w) ]8 p        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。
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,
( i. C( @# ~' m3 S4 z6 a1 B( I        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.
/ G' _2 _( U' ?& j' c! J        但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。
& y( V! R! B! U1 r5 J: }514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
        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.
0 _4 [! A% D4 n4 y+ S5 h        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。
" v3 @7 B: E# c) r4 p516. Some of them were as big as marbles.
3 F1 @. C$ h3 e        有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。
2 N( u8 ?0 G& s517. The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
4 }' K  y: m0 A/ Y        那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
$ }/ p( I* I6 U  w% ?3 K518. As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.
7 Y, L7 t, z( p* v3 \* Q+ G, L        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.
9 F! l6 l, ?1 Z  J3 D: |3 K        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。
521. I examined one of the pens closely.
        我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，
522. It certainly looked genuine.
/ X5 R1 ?; P+ N3 s% ~2 ^. e7 `) G        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.
2 T2 y2 k0 f+ J& j! D& S9 ~7 o        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 $30.
% X" i. t5 N1 H" T& R# S6 y: X, u        那人说那支笔值50英镑，作为特别优惠，他愿意让我出30英镑成交。
# o$ g. ^+ O  }7 `/ I& ~525. I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
0 L; x( r7 k  ^5 N. H  \        我摇摇头，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。
* u% A/ ]$ Q4 w2 t* l1 e) l. R* \526. Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
        那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。
527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
* M, A' x0 U. c9 M7 t        虽然他绝望地举起双手，但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。
" }7 ?$ u% d2 B, z1 o$ _528. 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。
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!
        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！