自学新概念英语第三册笔记 Lessons 34

学以致用

　　Notes on the text课文注释

　　1  muster up courage，鼓起勇气。

　　2  above all，最重要的。

　　3  be bent on，决心要。

　　4  pick up，在此处有“偶然发现”，“无意中获得”的意思。

　　5  apart from…，除……以外。

　　6  Correggio，柯勒乔（1494—1534）。意大利著名画家，真名安托尼奥·阿来里。他对色彩对比、光和影的处理方法对16到17世纪意大利绘画产生了巨大影响。他最著名的作品陈列在意大利巴玛大教堂。

　　参考译文

　　古玩店对许多人来说有一种特殊的魅力。高档一点的古玩店为了防尘，把文物漂亮地陈列在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而却步。而对不太装腔作势的古玩店，无论是谁都不用壮着胆子才敢往里进。人们还常常有希望在发霉、阴暗、杂乱无章、迷宫般的店堂里，从杂乱地摆放在地面上的、一堆堆各式各样的破烂货里找到一件稀世珍品。

　　无论是谁都不会一下子就发现一件珍品。一个到处找便宜货买的人必须具有耐心，而且最重要的是看到珍品时要有鉴别珍品的能力。要做到这一点，他至少要像古董商一样懂行。他必须像一个专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱有这样的希望，即终有一天，他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。

　　我的老朋友弗兰克·哈利戴正是这样一个人。他多次向我详细讲他如何只花50英镑便买到一位名家的杰作。一个星期六的上午，弗兰克去了我家附近的一家古玩店。由于他从未去过那儿，结果他发现了许多有趣的东西。上午很快过去了，弗兰克正准备离去，突然看见地板上放着一只体积很大的货箱。古董商告诉他那只货箱刚到不久，但他嫌麻烦不想把它打开。经弗兰克恳求，古董商才勉强把货箱撬开了。箱内东西令人失望。除了一柄式样别致、雕有花纹的匕首外，货箱内装满了陶器，而且大部分都已破碎。弗兰克轻轻地把陶器拿出箱子，突然发现在箱底有一幅微型画，画面构图与线条使他想起了一幅他所熟悉的意大利画，于是他决定将画买下来。古董商漫不经心看了一眼那幅画，告诉弗兰克那画值50英镑。弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情，因为他明白自己发现了一件珍品。那幅不大的画原来是柯勒乔的一幅未被发现的杰作，价值几十万英镑。

　　Multiple choice questions 多项选择题

　　Choose the correct answers to the following questions.

　　Comprehension理解

　　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

　　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.

　　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结构

　　4  Rare objects are beautifully displayed in glass cases ______ them free from dust. (11. 2-4)

　　a．which are keeping

　　b．which keep

　　c．who keep

　　d．and kept

　　5  But it is not necessary ______ up courage to enter an ordinary shop. (11. 4-5)

　　a．for nobody to muster

　　b．to have mustered

　　c．that one musters

　　d．for anyone to muster

　　6  A bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, ______ recognize the worth of… (11. 8-9)

　　a．can

　　b．is able to

　　c．be able to

　　d．be capable of

　　7  ______ there, he found a great deal to interest him. (11. 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

　　8  The dealer told him it ______ him￡50. (11. 20-21)

　　a．cost

　　b．had cost

　　c．will cost

　　d．would cost

　　Vocabulary词汇

　　9  Frank visited an antique shop ______ . (1. 13)

　　a．next door

　　b．in my county

　　c．near my home

　　d．owned by my neighbour

　　10  Frank was ______ leaving when… (11. 14-15)

　　a．almost

　　b．just

　　c．only

　　d．hardly

　　11  A case which needs prising open has probably been ______ …(11. 15-17)

　　a．nailed down

　　b．roped

　　c．locked

　　d．unlocked

　　12  The dealer gave it a brief ______ and told him…(11. 20-21)

　　a．peer

　　b．eye

　　c．glance

　　d．regard