Amply  adv. 足够地

Ample  充足而有余的

Ample / enough

Enough  数量，程度足够

--The bread is just enough for one meal.    --He is old enough to go to the party.

Sufficient   只放在名词前

Enough   可放在名词前或后

--We have sufficient food to last one week.

--We have enough food / food enough to last one week.

Sufficiently  只放在被修饰词前

Old enough  /  sufficiently old

Adequate  数量和质量上的满足

--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. 仅仅的

prise         v.   撬开

carve         v.   镌刻

dagger        n.   短剑，匕首

miniature     adj. 小巧的，小型的

composition    n.   构图

 

Text 课文

Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.

古玩店对许多人来说有一种特殊的魅力。

Exert a peculiar fascination on sb     对某人有一种特殊的魅力

Antique shops appeal to a great many people. 古玩店很吸引人。

Shoe shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many ladies.

鞋店对于很多女士来讲，具有一种很特殊的魅力。

 

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.

首先抓主干：

The more expensive kind of antique shop is usually a forbidding place.

高档一点的古玩店往往是令人望而却步的地方。

Where 引导的定语从句修饰antique shop

Rare objects   文物，稀有珍品 可以用Rarity 来代替。

Keep sb or sth free from  （29课）

You can’t keep yourselves free from anxieties like tramps.

你是不能够像约翰一样不受烦恼的侵扰的。

We put our books in bookcase to keep them free from dust.

我们把书放进书柜目的不落上灰尘。

 

But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.

The forbidding antique shop is pretentious.

二三两句包含强烈明显的对比。

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.

一种高档的服装店往往是令人望而却步的，但是当我们走进一家普普通通的不是矫揉造作的普通商店的时候却不必鼓足勇气。

 

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.

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。

There is always hope that ……

We cherish the hope that ……

You must cherish the hope that one day you will be amply rewarded.

Pieces of paper litter the floor. / The floor is littered with pieces of paper.

地面上到处都是纸。

 

No one discovers a rarity by chance.

By chance / by accident 偶然地，偶尔地

 

A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it.

Dedicated / concentrated

A truly dedicated person.

--He is a truly dedicated scholar.

--He is a truly dedicated English learner.

Above all : most important of all  最重要的是。承上启下。用来加强语气。

The ability to do something

 

To do this, he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer.

To do this : in order to discover a rarity

 

Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.

Bent on / bent upon   决心于。 形容词短语做定语修饰scientist

--He is bent on winning the game.

--He is bent on becoming a bridge player.

Be bent on doing sth / be determined on doing sth / be devoted to / be engaged in

 

He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere $50.

For  花费 

A mere : only

 

He found a great deal to interest him.

He found a lot of interesting things.

要会背这两个句型。

 

The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing case lying on the floor.

Be about to do sth

Be about to when ( at the moment )…….表示正要或刚要干什么，突然

--I was about to leave when the telephone rang.

--He was about to lock door when his friend visited him.

 

The morning passed rapidly and Frank just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it.

Bother : trouble 打扰

--Don’t bother / trouble to come here tomorrow.

--I would not like to be bothered / troubled by you every day.

Disturb 语气更为强烈，又指心烦意乱的心理状态，有时也指严重的精神错乱。

--The news has disturbed me very much.

--It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside .

Disturbing / disturbed

Trouble 在含义上介于disturb / bother之间

Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken.

Apart from  除……之外，还有  =In addition to

=Except

--Apart from a slight headache , I feel all right now.

the box was full of crockery, and much of it broken. 独立主格结构

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.

 

Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box an suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing case.

At the bottom of   在底部   At the top of      在顶部

 

Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery.

Conceal one’s excitement  掩饰激动心情   Make a real discovery     做出发现

 

The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

hundreds of thousands of  几十万

 

短语 （文中有解释）

For a mere &50

In 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

 

Multiple choice questions 多项选择

1.B  display the kind of perseverance (展现出坚韧不拔的毅力)

过去分词做定语修饰perseverance            perseverance needed to do

2.B   happen to be : 恰巧

3.C

4.B  to keep them free from dust    which引导定语从句，限定glass cases

5.D  ordinary =>less pretentious    it is not necessary

6. the ability  be able to do = have the ability to do    be capable of + 动名词

7.A  he had never been there before……  never having been there before   the first time to do sth 要去做某事

8.D  cost 的响应形式 

9. C   in my neighbourhood = near my home

10.B  just … when …: 刚…就…;正在…突然

11.A  nail down : 用钉子钉住  rope : 用绳子拴住，捆住

12.C   glancing at it briefly …  give sth. A brief glance   peer : 眯着眼睛看

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