新概念英语第三册逐句精讲第课幸运的发现

新概念英语第三册逐句精讲

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课幸

运的发现

lesson34 A happy discovery

幸运的发现

新概念

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课文内容：

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 litter 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

dealer told him that it had 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 and 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 thousands of pounds.

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逐句精讲：

e 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。

语言点

:

句子结构分析

:

这句话的主体结构非常 简单，

exert

…

on

…的本意是

“对…施加…”，在本句中引申为“对某人具有吸引力”。

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.

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。

语言点

1:

句子结构分析

:where

引导定语从句，修饰

antique shop,

即“…

的古董店”。

To keep them free from dust

是动词不定式短语，作目的状

语，即“放在玻璃柜子里的目的是防尘”。

语言点

2:keep from

…的意思是“使某物避免…”

no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious

antique shop.

< /p>

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。

语言点

1:

句子结构分析

:to enter a less pretentious antique shop

作

目的状 语，意思是“为了进不太装腔作势的古玩店”。

语言点

2:muster up courage to do sth.

的意思是“鼓起勇气做某事”。

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 litter 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。

语言点

句子结构分析

:

第一 个

that

引导同位语从句，解释说明

hope,

意

思是“…的希望”。第二个

that

引导定语从句，修饰

junk,

即“堆在地上的破

烂货”。

语言点

2:musty,dark, disordered

这三个单词并列放在中心词

rooms< /p>

前面

作定语，目的是为了强调找出所谓“稀世珍品”的不易。

one discovers a rarity by chance.

无论是谁都不会一下子就发现一件珍品。

语言点

:

句子结构分析

:by chance

为方式状语，说明“找到珍品”的方

式。

6.A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience, and above

all, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it.

一个到处找便宜的人必须具有耐心，而且最重要的是看到珍品 时要有鉴别

珍品的能力。

语言点

1:

句子结构分析

:a truly dedicated

这三个词 的排列顺序符合多个

修饰词修饰一个中心词的用法。

语言点

2:above all

的意思 是“首先”，在句中作插入语，用于加强句子

的语气。

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

要做到这一点，他至少要像古董商一样懂行。

语言点：句子结构分析