新概念英語第三冊（美音版）A happy discovery
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Lesson 34
A happy discovery
幸運的發(fā)現
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
What was the 'happy discovery'?
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases to keep them free from dust is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop. There is always hope that in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real rarity will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that little the floors.
No one discovers a rarity by chance. A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it. To do this, he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person. He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere $50. One Saturday morning, Frank visited an antique shop in my neighbourhood. As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to interest him. The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing case lying on the floor. The morning passed rapidly and Frank just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it. Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it open. The contents were disappointing. Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box an suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing case. As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it. Glancing at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was worth $50. Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery. The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
antique
n. 古董，古玩
fascination
n. 魅力，迷惑力
forbidding
adj. 望而生畏的，望而卻步的
muster
v. 鼓起
pretentious
adj. 自命不凡的，矯飾的
labyrinth
n. 迷宮
musty
adj. 陳腐的，發(fā)霉的
rarity
n. 稀世珍品
assorted
adj. 各式各樣的
junk
n. 破爛貨，廢品
litter
v. 雜亂地布滿
dedicated
adj. 專心致志的
bargain hunter
到處找便宜貨買的人
dealer
v. 商人
cherish
v. 期望，渴望
amply
adv. 足夠地
masterpiece
n. 杰作
mere
adj. 僅僅的
prise
v. 撬開
carve
v. 鐫刻
dagger
n. 短劍，匕首
miniature
adj. 小巧的，小型的
composition
n. 構圖
古玩店對許多人來說有一種特殊的魅力。高檔一點的古玩店為了防塵，把文物漂亮地陳列在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而卻步。而對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。人們還常常有希望在發(fā)霉、陰暗、雜亂無章、迷宮般的店堂里，從雜亂地擺放在地面上的、一堆堆各式各樣的破爛貨里找到一件稀 世珍品。 無論是誰都不會一下子就發(fā)現一件珍品。一個到處找便宜的人必須具有耐心，而且最重要的是看到珍品時要有鑒別珍品的能力。要做到這一點，他至少要像古董商一 樣懂行。他必須像一個專心致志進行探索的科學家那樣抱有這樣的希望，即終有一天，他的努力會取得豐碩的成果。 我的老朋友弗蘭克.哈利戴正是這樣一個人。他多次向我詳細講他如何只花50英鎊便買到一位名家的杰作。一個星期六的上午，弗蘭克去了我家附近的一家古玩 店。由于他從未去過那兒，結果他發(fā)現許多有趣的東西。上午很快過去了，弗蘭克正準備離去，突然看見地板上放著一只體積很大的貨箱。古董商告訴他那只貨箱剛 到不久，但他嫌麻煩不想把它打開。經弗蘭克懇求，古董商才勉強把貨箱撬開了。箱內東西令人失望。除了一柄式樣別致、雕有花紋的匕首外，貨箱內裝滿陶器，而 且大部分都已破碎裂。弗蘭克輕輕地把陶器拿出箱子，突然發(fā)現在箱底有一幅微型畫，畫面構圖與紙條使他想起一幅他所熟悉的意大利畫，于是他決定將畫買了下 來。古董商漫不經心看了一眼那幅畫，告訴弗蘭克那畫值50英鎊。弗蘭克幾乎無法掩飾自己興奮的心情，因為他明白自己發(fā)現了一件珍品。那幅不大的畫原來是柯 勒喬的一幅未被發(fā)現的杰作，價值幾十萬英鎊。
■antique n. 古玩
■fascination n. 魅力，迷惑力
the power of fascinating
for / over / on
Cats have unfailing fascination for most people
Chinese Art has great fascination for me
have fascination for sb.
fascinate
fascinate: attract or interest very strongly
Cats never fail to fascinate human being.
English never fail to fascinate students.
fascinated by / with sth.
He is fascinated with chess.
The students were fascinated by his idea.
charm
The beautiful picture charms me.
I am charmed by the beautiful picture.
captivate
His idea captivated me.
enchant 使...迷惑
She was enchanted by the flower you sent her.
fascinate, charm, captivate, enchant 后直接加ing, 變成形容詞
fascinating, charming, captivating, enchanting 表示‘有吸引力的’
She is a charming girl.
Cats are fascinating animals.
The flowers are enchanting.
winning 吸引人的（主要指物品）
Eg: The beautiful dresses is winning.
■forbidding adj. 望而生畏的，望而卻步的
having a unfriendly or danger look
He has got a forbidding appearance.
We’d better not visit the forbidding coast.
forbid
forbid sb to do sth 禁止做某事
Eg: The father forbid his children to touch the clavichord.
forbid doing sth 禁止做……事
Smoking is forbidden here.
the Forbidden City
Forbidden fruit
Forbidden zone
forbid, prohibit, interdict
forbid: 政府或私人下令以禁止
Swimming is forbidden here.
prohibit 法律條文或官方明令禁止
The law prohibits young people under 18 from going to bar.
interdict 法律或教會所不允許
■muster v. 鼓起
collect, summon
muster up / collect up / summon up ==gather / pluck up / keep up
He mustered up his courage and walked up to the girl.
■pretentious adj. 自命不凡的，矯飾的
We won’t like to visit the pretentious shop.
pretend
pretension n. 要求，虛榮，虛榮心
■labyrinth n. 迷宮
■musty adj. 陳腐的，發(fā)霉的
■rarity n. 稀世珍品
■assorted adj. 各式各樣的
various 無效s mixed together
assorted/ different / various / diverse
different 強調此事物與彼事物完全不同
Eg: The word glare is different from that word slare.
various = all kinds of 強調種類數目不同
Eg: We have got various books.
in every part / all parts / various parts of the world
diverse 強調性質不同
We have got diverse opinion.
assorted : various 無效s mixed together. 各種各樣的
assorted chocolates
He bought a bag of assorted fruits.
■junk n. 破料貨，廢品
表示“垃圾”的詞匯： rubbish / garbage / trash / junk
■litter v. 雜亂地布滿
■dedicated adj. 專心致志的
■bargain hunter 到處找便宜貨買的人
■dealer v. 商人
businessman / trader / merchant / tradesman
dealer "商人"側重于零售，相當于tradesman.
peddler 小販
■cherish v. 期望，渴望
entertain or keep hope, love etc. in mind deeply
Eg: She cherishes the hope that her son will return.
Don't cherish such illusion
don't cherish such illusion that…… 別抱有……的幻想
Eg: Don't cherish the illusion that your father will always pay your debts.
■amply adv. 足夠地
ample/enough / sufficient / adequate
enough : 數量，程度足夠 (可放在名詞前或后)
ample : 充足而有余的
sufficent 比enough 正式，且只能放在名詞前面
The bread is just enough for one meal.
He is old enough to go to the party.
We have sufficient food to last one week.
We have enough food / food enough to last one week.
sufficiently 只放在被修飾詞前
old enough / sufficiently old
adequate 數量和質量上的滿足
The performance is adequate.
Don’t be worried. They have gotten ample time.
ample / adequate / sufficient / enough
Whatever you do, you must put your heart into it. And then, someday you will be rewarded amply.
■masterpiece n. 杰作
■mere adj. 僅僅的
■prise v. 撬開
■carve v. 鐫刻
■dagger n. 短劍，匕首
■miniature adj. 小巧的，小型的
■Composition n. 構圖
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
exert a peculiar fascination on sb 對某人有一種特殊的魅力
Antique ships appeak to a great many people.
Shoe shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many ladies.
The more expensive kind of antique shop is usually a forbidding place.
rare objects 珍品
rarity
keep sb. or sth. free from
You can’t keep yourselves free from anxieties like tramps.
We put our books in bookcase to keep them free from dust.
The forbidding antique shop is pretentious.
The more expensive kind of clothing shop is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious clothing shop.
There is always hope that …… 人們還常常希望
We cherish the hope that ......
Pieces of paper litter the floor. / The floor is littered with pieces of paper.
paragraph 1 Key structure
exert a peculiar fascination on sb 對某人有一種特殊的魅力
keep sb. or sth. free from
muster up courage
a less pretentious shop
There is always hope that …… 人們還常常希望
by chance / by accident
dedicated / concentrated
Eg: He is a truly dedicated scholar.
He is a truly dedicated English learner.
above all : most important of all
To do this: in order to discover a rarity
be bent on/ bent upon doing sth/ be determined on doing sth/ be devoted to sth. /be engageed in doing
潛心于,專心于……
Eg: He is bent on winning the game.
He is bent on becoming a bridge player.
There is always hope that ...
cherish the hope that...
You must cherish the hope that one day you will be amply reward.
Paragraph 2 Key structure
by chance
a truly dedicated person
above all
the ability to do something
as knowledgeable as
bent on doing
cherish the hope that...
Paragraph 3
for 花費
a mere : only
He found a lot of interesting things.
be about to do sth.
be about to when…… 正要……的時候……（發(fā)生某事）
Eg: I was about to leave when the telehone rang.
He was about to lock door when his friend visited him.
bother: trouble
Don’t bother / trouble to come here tomorrow.
I would not like to be bothered / troubled by you every day.
disturb
The news has distured me very much
It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
disturbing / disturbed
trouble在含義上介于disturb / bother 之間
apart from 除......之外，還有
in addtion to
except
Eg: Apart from a slight headache, I feel all right now.
the box was full of crockery, and much of it was broken.
Dish is done, he begged his wife not to sweep the floor.
She ran into the room, her face covered with tears.
He lay in bed, his face exposed.
at the bottom of 在底部
at the top of 在頂部
remind sb. of
conceal one’s excitement 掩飾激動心情
make a real discovery
hundreds of thousands of 幾十萬
Paragraph 3 Key structure
for a mere ￡50
im my neighbourhood
he found a great deal to interest him
was about to do when
The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it.
prised it open
Apart from
much of it broken
at the bottom of
reminded sb. of sth.
for he knew that he had made a real discovery
was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds
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Comprehension
1 When Frank Halliday visited an antique shop in the writer’s neighbourhood _____ .
a. it was by no means the first time he had picked up a masterpiece for ￡50
b. he displayed the kind of perseverance needed to find a rarity
c. he spent a short time searching in the morning before deciding to leave
d. he found most of what he looked at rather boring
displayed the kind of perseverance 展現出堅韌不拔的毅力
過去分詞做定語修飾perseverance
perseverance needed to do
perseverance needed to learn English well
Our students displayed the kind of perseverance needed to learn English well.
2 How did Frank come to discover the miniature by Correggio?
a. He was shown it by the dealer who did not realize its worth.
b. He persuaded the dealer to open the box in which it happened to be.
c. By concealing his excitement on being told the price wanted for it.
d. By lifting a box of crockery which had been concealing the painting.
happen to be 恰巧
3 Frank decided to buy the miniature because _____ .
a. it was an Italian painting he knew well
b. it only cost ￡50
c. he knew he had made a real discovery
d. it was similar to a painting he knew well
Structure
4 Rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases _____ them free from dust. (ll.2-4)
a. which are keeping b. which keep c. who keep d. and kept
原文： to keep them free from dust
which 引導定語從句，限定glass cases
5 But it is not necessary _____ up courage to enter an ordinary sho.(ll.4-5)
a. for nobody to muster b. to have mustered c. that one musters d. for anyone tomuster
ordinary ==> less pretentious
it is not necessary ...
6 A bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, _____ recognize the worth of … (ll.8-9)
a. can b. is able to c. ba able to d. be capable of
the ability
be able to do == have the ability to do
be capable of + 動名詞
7 _____ there, he found a great deal to interest him. (ll.13-14)
a. This being his first visit b. Never having been before
c. This being his first time to visit d. Having never been before
he had never been there before ...
b選項應為：Never having been there before,
c選項：the first time to do sth. 要去做某事
8 The dealer told him it _____ him ￡50. (ll.20-21)
a. cost b. had cost c. will cost d. would cost
cost 的相應形式
Vocabulary
9 Frank visited an antique shop _____ . (l.13)
a. next door b. in my county c. near my home d. owned by my neighbour
in my neighbourhood == near my home
10 Frank was _____ leaving when … (ll.14-15)
a. almost b. just c. only d. hardly
just ...when...: 剛......就 ......; 正在...... 突然
11 A case which needs prising open has probably been _____ …(ll.15-17)
a. nailed down b. roped c. locked d. unlocked
nailed down: 用釘子釘住
rope:用繩子拴住，捆住
12 The dealer gave it a brief _____ and told him … (ll.20-21)
a. peer b. eye c. glance d. regard
Glancing at it briefly
give sth. a brief glance
peer :瞇著眼睛看
重點習題：2、7、10。
【Key to Multiple choice questions】
1. B 2. B 3. C 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. D 9. C 10. B 11. A 12. C
