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Notes on the text 课文注释
1 set out to do sth. , 打算,企图做某事。
2 draw attention to . . . , 作“引起对……的注意”讲。
3 without being conscious that . . . , 没有意识到……。
这是介词短词作状语,be conscious that . . . 作“意识到……”解。
4 This invariably wins them the love and respect of others. 这常常赢来人们对他们的爱戴和尊敬。win sb. sth. , 作“使某人获得某事(物)”讲。
5 add . . . to, 把……添加到……。
6 this side of his life, 他生活中这方面的情况。
这里指的是He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman.
7 be caught in, 作“突然遇上,碰上”讲。
8 Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic …
由于经理认出这个顾客是谁了,便竭力陪礼道歉……。这句话用现在分词短语作原因状语,most在这里起加强语气的作用,相当于very。
9. insisted on the assistant's counting, 坚持让店员点清。
insist on 后接动名词,the assistant's 是动名词的逻辑主语。
参考译文
真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意。他们不顾社会习俗,意识不到自己所作所为有什么特殊之处。他们总能赢得别人的喜爱与尊敬,因为他们给平淡单一的日常生活增添了色彩。
理查德·科尔森生前是我们镇上最有名望的人之一。他是个精明能干、有钱的商人,但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知。大家都管他叫迪基。早在他去世前很久,他的古怪行为就成了传奇故事了。
迪基痛恨势利小人。尽管他有一辆豪华小轿车,但却很少使用,常常喜欢以步代车。即使大雨倾盆,他也总是拒绝带伞。一天,他遇上一场瓢泼大雨,淋得透湿。他走进一家高级商店,要为妻子买一块价值300英镑的手表。但店员见他浑身泥水的样子,竟不肯接待他。迪基二话没说就走了。一会儿,他带着一个大布口袋回到店里。布袋很沉,他重重地把布袋扔在柜台上。店员让迪基走开,他置之不理,并要求见经理。经理认出了这位顾客,表示了深深的歉意,还严厉地训斥了店员。店员为迪基拿出了那块手表,迪基把布口袋递给他,口袋里面装着300镑的便士。他坚持要店员点清那些硬币后他才离去。这些硬币加在一起共有30,000枚!还有一次,他邀请一些著名评论家来参观他私人收藏的现代画。这次展览引起报界广泛注意,因为这些画名义上是名家的作品,事实上是迪基自己画的。他花了4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧,只是想证明评论家们有时并不了解他们所谈论的事情。
Multiple choice questions 多项选择题
Choose the. correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 Most people in the town would have regarded Dickie's behaviour as eccentric on the day he visited the shop because ______ .
a.when he set out into the rain he did not take an umbrella
b.he went to such lengths to show his dislike of snobbery
c.he spent so much money on a watch
d.he had not counted the pennies before giving them to the assistant
2 When Dickie went into an expensive shop ______ .
a.he wanted to shelter from the rain
b.he did not look like a man who could afford a watch
c.he had forgotten to bring his cloth bag with him
d.he had been sent by his wife to buy a watch
3 The press paid a great deal of attention to Dickie's exhibition because ______ .
a.it had taken him so long to prepare the paintings
b.the critics admired Dickie's ability to copy the work of famous artists
c.no one had known that Dickie was a painter
d.it became known that Dickie had succeeded in deceiving the critics
Structure 结构
4 They disregard social conventions and are quite unaware ______ they are doing anything extraordinary. (11. 2-3)
a.that what
b.of the fact that
c.if
d.when
5 As it ______ , he dumped it on the counter. (11. 14-15)
a.was weighing
b.weighed a lot
c.weighed much
d.had weighed much
6 ______ £300 worth of pennies in the bag. (11. 17-18)
a.There were
b.It was
c.They were
d.It had
7 He insisted ______ the money before he left. (1. 18)
a.that the assistant should count
b.the assistant to count
c.to count
d.to be counted
8 He asked a number of important critics to come ______ his private . . . (11. 19-20)
a.and see
b.seeing
c.see
d.so they saw
Vocabulary词汇
9 -and returned carrying a large ______ . (1. 14)
a.cloth case
b.clothes-basket
c.sack of clothing
d.bag made of cloth
10 But Dickie paid no attention to his ______ . . . (1. 15)
a.question
b.inquiry
c.query
d.demand
11 The pictures were supposed to have been ______ by famous artists. (11. 20-21)
a.worked
b.made
c.done
d.designed
12 Critics do not always ______ . (1. 22)
a.mean well
b.speak with understanding
c.tell the truth
d.talk sense
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