新概念英語第三冊第34課-A happy discovery

新概念英語第三冊第34課:AhappydiscoveryLesson34Ahappydiscovery幸運(yùn)的發(fā)覺Listentothetapethenanswerthequestionbelow.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。Whatwasthehappydiscovery?Antiqueshopsexertapeculiarfascinationonagreatmanypeople.Themoreexpensivekindofantiqueshopwhererareobjectsarebeautifullydisplayedinglasscasestokeepthemfreefromdustisusuallyaforbiddingplace.Butnoonehastomusterupcouragetoenteralesspretentiousantiqueshop.Thereisalwayshopethatinitslabyrinthofmusty,dark,disorderedroomsarealraritywillbefoundamongstthepilesofassortedjunkthatlittlethefloors.Noonediscoversararitybychance.Atrulydedicatedbargainhuntermusthavepatience,andaboveall,theabilitytorecognizetheworthofsomethingwhenheseesit.Todothis,hemustbeatleastasknowledgeableasthedealer.Likeascientistbentonmakingadiscovery,hemustcherishthehopethatonedayhewillbeamplyrewarded.Myoldfriend,FrankHalliday,isjustsuchaperson.Hehasoftendescribedtomehowhepickedupamasterpieceforamere$50,OneSaturdaymorning,Frankvisitedanantiqueshopinmyneighbourhood.Ashehadneverbeentherebefore,hefoundagreatdealtointeresthim.ThemorningpassedrapidlyandFrankwasabouttoleavewhenhenoticedalargepackingcaselyingonthefloor.ThemorningpassedrapidlyandFrankjustcomein,butthathecouldnotbebotheredtoopenit.Frankbeggedhimtodosoandthedealerreluctantlypriseditopen.Thecontentsweredisappointing.Apartfromaninteresting-lookingcarveddagger,theboxwasfullofcrockery,muchofitbroken.Frankgentlyliftedthecrockeryoutoftheboxansuddenlynoticedaminiaturepaintingatthebottomofthepackingcase.AsitscompositionandlineremindedhimofanItalianpaintingheknewwell,hedecidedtobuyit.Glancingatitbriefly,thedealertoldhimthatitwasworth$50,Frankcouldhardlyconcealhisexcitement,forheknewthathehadmadearealdiscovery.ThetinypaintingprovedtobeanunknownmasterpiecebyCorreggioandwasworthhundredsofthousandsofpounds.參考譯文古玩店對(duì)很多人來說有一種特別的魅力。高檔一點(diǎn)的古玩店為了防塵，把文物美麗地陳設(shè)在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而卻步。而對(duì)不太裝腔作勢的古玩店，無論是誰都不用壯著膽子才敢往里進(jìn)。人們還經(jīng)常有盼望在發(fā)霉、陰暗、雜亂無章、迷宮般的店堂里，從雜亂地?cái)[放在地面上的、一堆堆各式各樣的破爛貨里找到一件稀世珍品。無論是誰都不會(huì)一下子就發(fā)覺一件珍品。一個(gè)處處找廉價(jià)的人必需具有急躁，而且最重要的是看到珍品時(shí)要有鑒別珍品的力量。要做到這一點(diǎn)，他至少要像古董商一樣懂行。他必需像一個(gè)用心致志進(jìn)行探究的科學(xué)家那樣抱有這樣的盼望，即終有一天，他的努力會(huì)取得豐碩的成果。我的老伴侶弗蘭克?哈利戴正是這樣一個(gè)人。他多次向我具體講他如何只花50英鎊便買到一位名家的杰作。一個(gè)星期六的上午，弗蘭克去了我家四周的一家古玩店。由于他從未去過那兒，結(jié)果他發(fā)覺很多好玩的東西。上午很快過去了，弗蘭克正預(yù)備離去，突然觀察地板上放著一只體積很大的貨箱。古董商告知他那只貨箱剛到不久，但他嫌麻煩不想把它打開。經(jīng)弗蘭克請求，古董商才牽強(qiáng)把貨箱撬開了。箱內(nèi)東西令人絕望。除了一柄式樣別致、雕有花紋的匕首外，貨箱內(nèi)裝滿陶器，而且大部分都已破裂裂。弗蘭克輕輕地把陶器拿出箱子，突然發(fā)覺在箱底有一幅微型畫，畫面構(gòu)圖與紙條使他想起一幅他所熟識(shí)的意大利畫，于是他打算將畫買了下來。古董商漫不經(jīng)心看了一眼那幅畫，告知弗蘭克那畫值50英鎊。弗蘭克幾乎無法掩飾自己興奮的心情，由于他明白自己發(fā)覺了一件珍品。那幅不大的畫原來是柯勒喬的一幅未被發(fā)覺的杰作，價(jià)值幾十萬英鎊。Newwordsandexpressions生詞和短語antiquen.古董，古玩fascinationn.魅力，迷惑力forbiddingadj.望而生畏的，望而卻步的musterv.鼓起pretentiousadj.自命不凡的，矯飾的labyrinthn.迷宮mustyadj.陳腐的，發(fā)霉的rarityn.稀世珍品assortedadj.各式各樣的junkn.破爛貨，廢品litterv.雜亂地布滿dedicatedadj.用心致志的bargainhunter處處找廉價(jià)貨買的人dealerv.商人cherishV.期望，渴望amplyadv.足夠地masterpiecen.杰作mereadj.僅僅的prisev.撬開carvev.鐫亥Idaggern.短劍，匕首miniatureadj.小巧的，小型的compositionn.構(gòu)圖Notesonthetext課文解釋musterupcourage,鼓起士氣。aboveall,最重要的。bebenton,決心要。pickup,在此處有〃偶然