Lesson 28 Five pound too dear 課文翻譯和知識點- 新概念英語第三冊

Lesson28Fivepoundtoodear五磅也太貴Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。Whywasevenfivepounds'toodear'?Smallboatsloadedwithwaresspedtothegreatlinerasshewasenteringtheharbour.Beforeshehadanchored,themenfromtheboatshadclimbedonboardandthedecksweresooncoveredwithcolourfulrugsfromPersia,silksfromIndia,coppercoffeepots,andbeautifulhandmadesilverware.Itwasdifficultnottobetempted.Manyofthetouristsonboardhadbegunbargainingwiththetradesmen,butIdecidenottobuyanythinguntilIhaddisembarked.IhadnosoonergotofftheshipthanIwasassailedbyamanwhowantedtosellmeadiamondring.Ihadnointentionofbuyingone,butIcouldnotconcealthefactthatIwasimpressedbythesizeofthediamonds.Someofthemwereasbigasmarbles.Themanwenttogreatlengthstoprovethatthediamondswerereal.Aswewerewalkingpastashop,heheldadiamondfirmlyagainstthewindowandmadeadeepimpressionintheglass.Ittookmeoverhalfanhourtogetridofhim.Thenextmantoapproachmewassellingexpensivepensandwatches.Iexaminedoneofthepensclosely.Itcertainlylookedgenuine.Atthebaseofthegoldcap,thewords'madeintheU.S.A'hadbeennearlyinscribed.Themansaidthatthepenwasworth$50,butasaspecialfavour,hewouldletmehaveitfor$30.IshookmyheadandheldupfivefingersindicatingthatIwaswillingtopay$5.Gesticulatingwildly,themanactedasifhefoundmyofferoutrageous,butheeventuallyreducedthepriceto$10.Shruggingmyshoulders,Ibegantowalkawaywhen,amomentlater,heranaftermeandthrustthepenintomyhands.Thoughhekeptthrowinguphisarmsindespair,hereadilyacceptedthe$5Ihavehim.Ifeltespeciallypleasedwithmywonderfulbargain--untilIgotbacktotheship.NomatterhowhardItried,itwasimpossibletofillthisbeautifulpenwithinkandtothisdayithasneverwrittenasingleworld!參考譯文當一艘大型班船進港的時候，許多小船載著各種雜貨快速向客輪駛來。大船還未下錨。小船上的人就紛紛爬上客輪。一會兒工夫，甲板上就擺滿了色彩斑斕的波斯地毯。印度絲綢。銅咖啡壺以及手工制作的漂亮的銀器。要想不為這些東西所動心是很困難的。船上許多游客開始同商販討價還價起來，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不買。我剛下船，就被一個人截住，他向我兜售一枚鉆石戒指。我根本不想買，但我不能掩飾這樣一個事實：其鉆石之大給我留下了深刻的印象。有的鉆石像玻璃球那么大。那人竭力想證明那鉆石是真貨。我們路過一家商店時，他將一顆鉆石使勁地往櫥窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。我花了半個多小時才擺脫了他的糾纏。向我兜售的第二個人是賣名貴鋼筆和手表的。我仔細察看了一枝鋼筆，那看上去確實不假，金筆帽下方整齊地刻有“美國制造”字樣。那人說那支筆值50英鎊，作為特別優(yōu)惠，他愿意讓我出30英鎊成交。我搖搖頭，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5鎊錢。那人激動地打著手勢，仿佛我的出價使他不能容忍。但他終于把價錢降到了10英鎊。我聳聳肩膀掉頭走開了。一會兒，他突然從后追了上來，把筆塞到我手里。雖然他絕望地舉起雙手，但他毫不遲疑地收下了我付給他的5鎊錢。在回到船上之前，我一直為我的絕妙的討價還價而洋洋得意。然而不管我如何擺弄，那枝漂亮的鋼筆就是吸不進墨水來。直到今天，那枝筆連一個字也沒寫過!單詞講解Newwordsandexpressionswares[w??z]n.貨物，商品anchor['??k?]v.停航下錨deck[dek]n.甲板silverware['silv?w??]n.銀器tempt[tempt]v.吸引；引誘bargain['bɑ:gin]v.討價還價disembark['disim'bɑ:k]v.下船上岸assail[?'seil]v.糾纏marble['mɑ:bl]n.小玻璃球inscribe[in'skraib]v.刻寫，雕favour['feiv?]n.好處，優(yōu)惠gesticulate[d?es'tikjuleit]v.（講話時）打手勢outrageous[aut'reid??s]adj.出人預料的；令人不悅的thrust[θr?st]v.硬塞給waresn.制品，器皿tablewares餐桌用品ironwares鐵制品silverwares銀制品glasswares玻璃制品hardwaresshop玻璃制品warehouse倉庫goods:thingstobesoldinshopconsumergoods消費品electricalgoods電器制品merchandise商品(goodsboughtorsold,tradegoods)commodityn.用于交換而獲利的商品commoditysociety商品社會agriculturalcommodities農產品householdcommodities家庭用品（鍋，婉，瓢，盆等）product工廠生產的或自然的產物(thingsusefulmadeinfactoryortakenfromnature)steelproduct鋼鐵產品necessities必需品lifenecessities生活必需品anchorn./v.usedtoholdashipstill錨beatanchor停泊castanchor停泊weighanchor拋錨Anchorman：apersonwhoreadsnewsonTVandgivesreports主持人，新聞播放員TVpresenter電視節(jié)目主持人MC：(US)Memberofcongress國會議員MasterofCeremony大會司儀DJ:DiskJockey唱片騎師Backgroundnotes:Jockeyisaprofessionalhorseriderandasaverb,toJockeymeanstoleadahorseintoagoodposition,Inthe1920s,radiobegantoenterAmericanhomes,thousandsofstationsbegantoplayrecordedsong.Intime,anamewasinventedfortheseradiomenwhotalkedandplayedmusic.TheyJockeyed（influenced）thepublictasteinmusic.deckn.1)（船）甲板，艙面clearthedecks準備工作（todoalotofworkthatneedstobedonebeforeyoucandootherthings)eg.I’mgoingtocleardecksbeforeChristmas.我準備過圣誕節(jié)把一切都安排妥當。2）層adoubledecker雙層汽車Manythingsaredifferentatsea.Eventhelanguageisdifferent.Simplewordslikerightandleftarenotthesame.Inaship,’right’isstarboardand‘left’is‘port’.temptv.toattractsbtohaveordosomething吸引，引誘temptsbintodoingsthtemptsbtodostheg.Advertisersdevisehundredsofcompetitionstotemptconsumersintobuyingtheirproductsandfreesamplestotemptnevergowrong!廣告商設計出誘人的數(shù)百種的競爭以引誘消費者購買他們的產品，而免費試用品更是百發(fā)百中。seducev.勾引，吸引seducesbintodoingstheg.Hewasseducedintoleavingthecompanybytheofferofhigherpay.他受高薪引誘而離開了這家公司。induce（通過勸說）引誘做某事（toleadsomebodytodosomethingbypersuading）eg.Whatonearthpossessedyoutobeinducedintoembezzlingsuchalargesumofmoney?你是怎么了？竟被引誘去挪用了那么一大筆數(shù)額的錢。lurev.通過別人的許諾來誘使(topersuadesomeonetodosthesp.somethingwrongbypromisingthemsomethingtheywant)eg.Lifeinthecityluredhimfromhome.大城市生活的誘使使他離開了家鄉(xiāng)。allurev.toattractbyofferingsomethingpleasant(向別人提供一些賞心悅目的東西來引誘別人)n.allure2000魅力2000tantalizev.吊人胃口（Tantalus,inGreekMythology,issaidtobethesonofZeus,Whenhefeltthirsty,thewaterwhichwasuptohismouthwoulddisappear;whenhefelthungry,thefruitontreesneartohismouthwoulddisappeartoo.）eg.Hewastantalizedbyherbeautybutlackedthecouragetospeaktoher.他被她的美貌所吸引，但缺乏勇氣告訴她。eggsbon慫恿，促使（toencouragesomeonetodosth,esp.thattheyshouldnotdo）eg.Eggedonbyhismistress,thecold-heartedmanabandonedhisfamily.這個冷酷無情的丈夫受他情婦的慫恿而拋棄了家庭。bargainv.討價還價bargainwithsboverprice就價格問題和某人討來討去bargainforbetterpay討個好價錢bargainhunterarealbargain真劃算awonderfulbargain真劃算abadbargain真不劃算口語補充：eg.Canyoucomedownalittlebit?eg.Wellthen,howaboutsplittingthedifference?eg.That'smyfinaloffer.eg.That'smorelikeit!（這還差不多）eg.Takeitorleaveit!embarkvi.togetontoashipeg.ThepassengersofTitanicembarkedatSouthamptonforNewYork.乘坐Titanic的乘客從Southampton上船去往NewYork。embarkon:tostartsomethingnewanddifficult開始做某事或某種事業(yè)eg.Inthe1950s,Chinaembarkedonamajorprogramofindustrialization.在20世紀50年代，中國開始了實現(xiàn)工業(yè)化的主要任務。board(togetabus,plane,traininordertotravelsomewhere)eg.FlightN654forNewYorkisnowboardingatGate.乘坐N654號航班飛往紐約的乘客請登機。boardthetrain上火車mount:togetonahorseorbicyclemountahorsemountabicycleride騎，坐（在任何可以雙腳懸空的東西上）rideabicyclerideamotorbikerideahorserideonfathersback（兒童）騎大馬-ridden受…支配的，（飽）受…之苦mosquito-riddenswamps蚊子遍野的沼澤地crisis-ridden危機四伏eg.ItisreportedJapaneseeconomyiscrisis-ridden.drivev.（坐在有輪子的車輛里面操縱它）driveacardriveatraindriveacart駕駛著一輛馬車eg.WedrovetoCambridge.disembarkvi.togetoffashiporplaneassailv.糾纏1)toworryorupsetsomebodyeg.Onmyhomeway,Iwasassailedbyamanwhowantedtosellmeadiamondring.2)toattacksomeoneviolently猛烈攻擊（抨擊）assailsbwithstheg.Theangrycrowdassailedthepolicewithstonesandbottles.憤怒的人群用石頭和瓶子襲擊警察。pesterv.(toannoysomeonerepeatedly,esp.byaskingthemtodosomething)（提要求而）使某人煩惱，糾纏pestersbforsth纏著向某人要eg.Thebeggarskeptpesteringusformoney.pestersbtodo纏著某人讓他去做什么eg.Thekidshavebeenpesteringtheirfathertobuythemnewjigsawpuzzle.孩子們纏著父親給他們買新的拼圖游戲。harass騷擾，打斷sexualharassment性騷擾badgerv.toaskagainandagain煩擾，吵著要badgersbtodostheg.Kidsbadgeredtheirfathertogetahomecomputer.badgern.獾（badgen.徽章，標記）Asearlyasthe18thcentry,agamewasplayedinEnglandinwhichabadgerwasputinbucketanddogwasseducedtobiteit.inscribev.刻寫，刻字（于石頭或硬幣上）(tocarefullycut,printorwritewordsonsth,esp.onthesurfaceofastonorcoin)eg.Thetombwasinscribedwithashortepitaph.墓碑上刻有簡短的墓志銘。eg.Thesewarheroeshaveinscribedtheirnamesonthepagesofhistory.這些戰(zhàn)爭英雄已經將自己的名字刻進了歷史的篇章?。骨嗍罚﹊mpressv.留下刻痕eg.Mother’swordsareimpressedonmymind.母親的教誨深深地印在我的心中。favor/favour1)helpaskafavorofsb請別人幫個忙dosbafavor給別人幫個忙allowme!讓我來吧！owesbafavor欠了一份人情2)supportorapproval支持或贊同findfavorwithgainfavorwithwinfavorwith（tobesupportedbyaparticulargroupofpeople）eg.G.W.Bushfoundgreatfavorinpresidencyelection.小布什在總統(tǒng)競選中受到民眾的普遍支持。infavorof贊成，支持，偏袒showfavortosbeg.Parentsalwaysshowfavortotheirsmallestkids.父母親總是護著家里的最小的孩子。most-favor-treatment最惠國待遇favorableadj.有利的favorablewinds順風二、課文講解Smallboatsloadedwithwaresspedtothegreatlinerasshewasenteringtheharbour.Smallboatsloadedwithwaresspedtothegreatliner…speedto全速駛向（開向）eg.Carsarespeedingontheexpressway.汽車在高速上全速行駛。roardown呼嘯駛入flashdown象閃電一樣地行駛eg.Alargecar,withitsheadlightsonanditshornblaring,roareddownthearcade.一輛大車亮著前燈，向著喇叭，呼嘯著駛入了拱廊街。eg.Apolicecarflashedpastsirenswailing.一輛警車響著警笛，飛馳電掣。spinaround:toturnaroundveryquickly車輛疾馳飛奔eg.Amotorcarspunaroundthecorner.一輛摩托車飛一樣轉過街角。eg.Theyoungmanwithconfidenceembarkedonhiscareerashejustfinishedhiscollegeeducation.這個充滿信心的年輕人當完成了大學學業(yè)時開始了他的職業(yè)生涯。Beforeshehadanchored,themenfromtheboatshadclimbedonboardandthedecksweresooncoveredwithcolourfulrugsfromPersia.silksfromIndia,coppercoffeepots,andbeautifulhandmadesilverware.beforeshebadanchored,themenfromtheboatshad……before(連詞)不等…就；還沒…就eg.BeforeIcouldspeak,hehadtakenthewordsoutofmymouth.我還沒來得及說話，他就說出來了我想說的話。…thedecksweresooncoveredwithcolourfulrugsfromPersia…rug:ofasmallsize（?。┑靥篶arpet:ofabigsize（大）地毯tapestryn.掛毯matn.席子，草墊，腳踩墊mattressn.床墊…coveredwithcolourfulrugsfromPersia.silksfromIndia…PersiaIranusedtoknownasPersia伊朗舊稱為波斯Iraqn.伊拉克（Anoil-producingcountryinSouthwestAsia.UnderitsleaderSaddamHussein,IraqwasatwarwithIranfrom1980to1988anditsinvasionofKuwaitin1990ledtotheGulfwar）…rugsfromPersia,silksfromIndia…逗號用于隔開一句話中的同類詞，同類短語。eg.TheChineseareanindustrious,friendly,diligent,generousandhospitablepeople中國人是勤勞，友好，勤勉，慷慨和好客的民族?！璻ugsfromPersia.silksfromIndia,coppercoffeepots…copper銅(material)bronze（銅錫合金）青銅(alloyofcopperandtin)bronzemedal銅牌bronzeage青銅器時代IceAgeStoneAgeBronzeAgeIronAgebrass(銅鋅合金)黃銅(alloyofcopperandzinc)brassband銅管樂隊Itwasdifficultnottobetempted.Manyofthetouristsonboardhadbegunbargainingwiththetradesmen,butIdecidednottobuyanythinguntilIhaddisembarked.IhadnosoonergotofftheshipthanIwasassailedbyamanwhowantedtosellmeadiamondring.Ihadnointentionofbuyingone,butIcouldnotconcealthefactthatIwasimpressedbythesizeofthediamonds.IhadnosoonergotofftheshipthanI…h(huán)adnosooner…than…剛一…就…，一…就…nosooner置于句首需要倒裝eg.Nosoonerhadheheardthenewsthanheflewinrage.他得知這個消息，就勃然大怒。hadscarcely…whenhadhardly…wheneg.Scarcelyhadsheheardthefailurewhenshegaveabigmouthtoit她剛一聽說失敗了，就立刻驚訝的張大了嘴。Someofthemwereasbigasmarbles.Themanwenttogreatlengthstoprovethatthediamondswerereal.gotogreatlengthstodo/gotoanylengthstodo…極力做某事eg.Theyoungmandeterminedtogotoanylengthstoprovehimselfinthenewjob.這個年輕人下定決心在新的工作中證明自己。gotogreatpainstodo/takegreatpainstodo努力下功夫eg.IttakeshimgreatpainstolearnEnglish.他下了許多工夫學英語。goto/takealotoftroubletodosth費神，花心思eg.Ittookmealotoftroubletoputmycomputerright.我花了好大的勁才把我的電腦修好了。putalotofeffortintosth做了許多的努力makealotofeffortstodosth(wordveryhardatsth)eg.UNmakealotofeffortstokeeptheworldpeace.聯(lián)合國為維護世界和平做出許多努力。Aswewerewalkingpastashop,heheldadiamondfirmlyagainstthewindowandmadeadeepimpressionintheglass.Ittookmeoverhalfanhourtogetridofhim.togetridofhim擺脫getridoftheunwelcomevisitor擺脫這位不速之客getridofdebts擺脫債務getridofex-boyfriend擺脫以前男朋友的糾纏getridofcough去除咳嗽的病根eg.Heopenedthewindowtogetridofthesmelloftobacco.他打開窗戶，去去煙味。Thenextmantoapproachmewassellingexpensivepensandwatches.Iexaminedoneofthepensclosely.Itcertainlylookedgenuine.Atthebaseofthegoldcap,thewords'madeintheU.S.A.'hadbeenneatlyinscribed.atthebaseof在…底部onthebasisof以…為基礎eg.Promotiontohighranksisonthebasisofworkperformance.晉升高職是以工作表現(xiàn)為基礎的。Themansaidthatthepenwasworth￡50.butasaspecialfavour,hewouldletmehaveitfor￡30.IshookmyheadandheldupfivefingersindicatingthatIwaswillingtopay￡5.Ishookmyheadandheldupfivefingers…shakeyourhead搖頭（tomeanno）shrugyourshoulders(toraiseandthenloweryourshouldersinordertoshowthatyoudon'tknowsomethingordonotcareaboutsomething)聳肩（表示不知道或對什么不感興趣，無所謂）throwupone’sarms(indespair)holdup5fingers伸出五個手指1)舉起，抬起holdupone’snose(showpride)holdupyourhead揚起頭（在逆境中）（toshowprideorconfidenceinadifficultsituation）holdupabanner高舉旗幟2)停頓，耽擱eg.Ourcarwasholdupintheheavysnow.我們的車被困雪中。3)支撐重量，支撐eg.Twogreattowersholdupfourhugecables.兩座巨塔支撐著四根粗大的鋼纜。4)搶劫eg.Packofgangstersheldupabank.一群劫匪搶劫了銀行。Ishookmyheadandheldupfivefingersindicatingthat…indicatev.1)用手勢，目光等說明，表明eg.Indicatewherethepainiswithyourfinger2）表明，說明eg.InAmerica,acarandahousemayindicateitsowner’ssocialrank.在美國，房子與汽車表明了主人的社會地位。Gesticulatingwildly,themanactedasifhefoundmyofferoutrageous,Gesticulatingwildly,themanactedasif…gesticulatev.打手勢eg.Petergesticulatedwildlyandshouted:‘Stop！’Peter猛烈地打著手勢，說"停"。gesturen.手勢（esp.withyourhands）thelanguageofgestures肢體語言bodylanguagesignlanguage手勢語，啞語…h(huán)emanactedasifhefoundmyofferoutrageous…actasifasif/asthough引導的方式狀語從句，經常用到下列動詞之后。feelasif覺得像是要…lookasifsmellasiftasteasifeg.IfeelasthoughIwerefloatingontheair.eg.Itsoundsasifawarwouldbreakout.聽上去快要打仗了。…butheeventuallyreducedthepriceto￡10.reducethepriceto￡10eg.Hardworkreducedhimtoskinandbone.辛苦的工作使他變得骨瘦如柴。eg.Thefirereducedtheforesttoashes.一場大火將整個森林化為灰燼。reducetoorder恢復秩序reducetosilence安靜下來reducetotears哭了起來eg.Povertyreducedhimtobeggingonthestreets.貧窮使他成了沿街乞討的乞丐。Shruggingmyshoulders,Ibegantowalkawaywhen,amomentlater,heranaftermeandthrustthepenintomyhands.…h(huán)eranaftermeandthrustthepenintomyhands.thrustthepenintomyhandsthrustoneselfinto設身于…中eg.Asolderthrusthimselfintodanger.這個戰(zhàn)士置身于危險之中。thrusttheprisonerintothecelleg.Auntthrustsaboxofchocolatesintomyhand.Thoughhekeptthrowinguphisarmsindespair,hereadilyacceptedthe￡5Igavehim.Ifeltespeciallypleasedwithmywonderfulbargain-untilIgotbacktotheship.NomatterhowhardItried,itwasimpossibletofillthisbeautifulpenwithinkandtothisdayithasneverwrittenasingleword!nomatterhow