新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 28

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, C" E6 X# \3 s, k7 B508. Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
" u; t) Y  b1 u  u        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
, H/ Q5 H, B# G: x+ I+ M) B2 n        大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。
* V, w3 Z: r6 U2 e4 t; P510. 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。
' c( S. E( K9 F9 Y511. It was difficult not to be tempted.
0 p' {, z/ G! N. e+ l        要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
0 O3 b1 z$ ]' x- o0 X! M( r512. 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，
# O% V1 O9 V# e- W513. 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。
/ J/ ^# p8 w, v, H; L; U514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
9 F/ S; J  P! ?2 N$ o! ]; H: J        我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。
1 n  g% ?; W0 h2 a515. I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
; J* P% T6 D, |3 ^1 |+ [        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。
516. Some of them were as big as marbles.
) W  _/ y; S$ k9 }$ `, A( H        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.
' c1 V8 B% ^1 v# [        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。
519. It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.
2 l0 n  h3 c7 U0 J% d! ]        我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。
3 Q' y" k$ j3 r  {; k& b520. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
6 }3 T9 r  W, O3 ?  i* {& o        向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
: q- N! E4 t) ]0 C8 W+ |: b2 `521. I examined one of the pens closely.
        我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，
1 r& ]+ W1 J: _$ `: Z; l# N9 I522. It certainly looked genuine.
8 B! Q4 r; t2 g' X' B6 L        那看上去确实不假，
0 s" u$ b0 ~1 F9 C/ n# r' g523. 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。
5 i8 f: o" t' g4 S3 Z2 [524. The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.
/ m1 W8 o1 d6 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.
5 h  ?3 J3 O& F; u3 G        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.
  \) h5 s$ w% h6 e1 v! }( m1 P        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 J" R; c, F' A0 }' h527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
) o) \1 Z) t3 {6 I  y        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。
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。
$ a( r" }- e. ]  r529. 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!
2 o- A. M7 j, n& \        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！