Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear五镑也太贵单元复习

Five pounds too dear

dear  ^{expensive; costly; pricey; steep adj.昂贵的}

• Diamonds are very dear. ^{钻石价格非常昂贵。}

Five pounds was too dear. ^{标题省略Be动词(一笔钱视为单数)}

• Italian ex-mayor murdered → Italian ex-mayor was murdered.

Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.

be loaded with wares ^{非谓语动词做后置定语}

Small boats (which were) loaded with wares ......

• They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food, matches, and cans of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.

be covered with ... ^盖满了...

• In a short time, I was busy mixing butter and flour, and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
• As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets.

be filled with ... ^装满了...

• it is filled with what looks like a thick, greyish substance. ^NCE3-52
• All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm.^NCE3-48

be packed / crammed with ... ^挤满了...

• It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.
• The streets were packed / crammed with Christmas shoppers.

be stuffed with ... ^{充满，装满}

• a pillow stuffed with feathers
• duck stuffed with 'eight treasures' ^八宝鸭
• stuffed birds ^{NCE3-59 鸟类标本}
• I'm stuffed. = I'm full. 

speed ^{n.速度、v.超速、快速运送}

• He was fined for speeding. ^超速
• We sped down the ski slopes. ^{快速向下滑}

Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.

on board = aboard ^{adv.在船上、在飞机上 & prep. 在...船、飞机上}

• There was a woman aboard.^{船上有一个女人。}
• They rescued him, then winched on board his battered dinghy. ^{他们解救了他，然后用绞车把他那受损的小艇吊上了甲板。}

It was difficult not to be tempted.

It was difficult to avoid being tempted.^替换
It was difficult to resist temptation. ^抵制诱惑

Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decided not to buy anything until I had disembarked.

• I shaved before I went to the party. ^{我刮了胡子然后去参加聚会。}

I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.

get off the bus / ship / plane ^{下公共汽车/轮船/飞机}

• I had no sooner disembarked from the ship than ... ^{替换（上段出现了）}

get on the bus / ship / plane ^{上公共汽车/轮船/飞机}

• get into the car / taxi ^{因为站不直}
• get out of the car / taxi ^{从小型交通工具里出来}

...than I was harried / harassed / pestered by a man who ... ^{assailed 的替换}

I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.

..., but the man must have noticed that I was ... ^{替换为过去的推测}
..., but I could not deny that I was ... ^{替换为“不能否认这样一个事实”}
..., but I had to admit / acknowledge that I was ...^{替换为“不得不承认”}

造句：I had no intention of working for the company, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the handsome salary they offered. ^{我当时并没有打算在这家公司工作，但我不能掩饰这样一个事实：他们提供的丰厚的薪水给我留下了深刻的印象。}

The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.

go to great lengths to do ^{不遗余力地(竭尽全力地)努力做某事}

• They have gone to great lengths to make us feel welcome.

do / try one's best to do ^{尽力做好某事}

• Though the doctor did his best, the patient's recovery was slow.

do / try one's utmost to do ^{尽全力做某事}

• You play to win, and the game has little meaning unless you do your utmost to win. ^NCE4-6

do everything / all one can to do ^{做一切能做的事}

• She will do everything to ensure her children receive a good education.
•  He did all he could to finish the project on time.

give one's all to do ^全力以赴

• She gave her all to make the event a success.

spare no effort to do ^{尽某人最大努力：表示不遗余力地去做某事，全力以赴。}

• They spared no effort to make the campaign a success.
• China will spare no effort to realize peaceful reunification.

go all out to do ^{全力以赴去做}

• You must go all out to win the game.^{你们想赢得这场比赛，一定要全力以赴。}

As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.

have / get the impression that ... ^{给人的印象是…}

• We never spoke about this but I have the impression that she was jealous. ^{虽然我们都没有说出但是我注意到她是怕失去我。}

be under the impression that ... ^{觉得、以为、认为（强调感觉是错的）}

• Though the crew were at first under the impression that the lost ship had been found, the contents of the chest proved them wrong.

in the glass ^{在玻璃里面...}

• He hit me on the nose. ^{打鼻子上（如果凹进去就挂了...）}
• He hit me in the face. ^{打脸上（凹进去了）}
• If you are lucky enough to get a sleeper, you spend half the night staring at the small blue light in the ceiling, ... ^NCE3-44

It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.

I took over half an hour to get rid of him. ^{人做主语花时间（正确的）}

• I spent over half an hour (in) getting rid of him. ^{spend 的主语只能是人}

The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.

the first, the second, the next, the last,the best, the only…^{后常跟不定式作定语}

• When he landed near Dover, the first person to greet him was a local policeman.
• The only other ship to match her was the Thermopylae.
• The first of the two ships to reach Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead.
• The last creature to compete with man was the mosquito. ^NCE4-45

I examined one of the pens closely.

closely = carefully ^仔细地

• ... advertisers have made a close study of human nature...

 It certainly looked genuine.

 It certainly looked real. ^{与上面重复使用同样的形容词}

At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A.' had been neatly inscribed.

neatly ^工整地

• His handwriting is neat.
• He has a teacher's handwriting. ^字迹工整
• His handwriting is illegible. ^字迹潦草
• He has a doctor's handwriting.^字迹潦草

The man said that the pen was worth £50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for £30.

 I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay £5.

shook one‘s head ^摇头

• When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr. Thompson shook his head.
• I shook my head ... = I disagreed ... = I said no to him ...

hold up = extend ^伸出

• Hold up your right hand. ^{举起你的右手。}

indicate ^{表示，表明}

• Recent scientific evidence seems to indicate that this assumption is incorrect.

Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to £10.

he found my offer outrageous / absurd / preposterous. ^{他觉得我提出的价格太离谱了。}

eventually ^{adv. 最终，结果}

Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.

shrug one's shoulders ^{耸肩（表示不感兴趣、怀疑、不知道什么情况）}

•  She answered with a shrug. ^{她耸耸肩作为回答。}

when ^然后

• I will be on vacation till the end of the month when I return to shanghai. ^{我将休假到月底然后回到上海。}

run after = chase ^追赶

• They manage to run off, and Dan and Rick chase after them. ^{他们设法跑开，丹和里克在后面追他们。}
• Just as it was leaving, Mr. Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, ...
• Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them.

Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the £5 I gave him.

readily = willingly ^{乐意地、愿意地}

• There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, ...

No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has never written a single word!

No matter how = However ^无论如何

• However hard I tried, ...
• Judges, however wise or eminent, are human and can make mistakes.

this beautiful pen ^{反话（中看不中用）}

• Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and notes turned to ash.

to this day = so far ^{迄今为止（常用现在完成时）}

• To this day, his many plays are performed there daily.直至今天，他的很多戏剧每天都在那里上演。
• The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused.
• But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in letters to the Press. 

a single ^{强调只有一个...}

• I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!
• He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as £ 100 for a single appearance.
• They had a single aim, a solitary goal—the top! ^NCE4-3

造句：No matter how well I fed her, it was impossible to persuade the beautiful hen to breed and to this day she has never laid a single egg!^{无论我多么好地喂养这只鸡，它就是不肯产卵，直到今 天它连一个蛋也没下过。}