一、【Text】课文

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.

二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语

●antique n. 古玩

●fascination n. 魅力，迷惑力

●forbidding adj. 望而生畏的，望而却步的

●muster v. 鼓起

●pretentious adj. 自命不凡的，矫饰的

●labyrinth n. 迷宫

●musty adj. 陈腐的，发霉的

●rarity n. 稀世珍品

●assorted adj. 各式各样的

●junk n. 破料货，废品

●litter v. 杂乱地布满

●dedicated adj. 专心致志的

●bargain hunter 到处找便宜货买的人

●dealer v. 商人

●cherish v. 期望，渴望

●amply adv. 足够地

●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

■antique n. 古玩

■fascination n. 魅力，迷惑力

the power of fascinating

for / over / on

Cats have unfailing fascination for most people

Chinese Art has great fascination for me

have fascination for sb.

fascinate

fascinate: attract or interest very strongly

Cats never fail to fascinate human being.

English never fail to fascinate students.

fascinated by / with sth.

He is fascinated with chess.

The students were fascinated by his idea.

charm

The beautiful picture charms me.

I am charmed by the beautiful picture.

captivate

His idea captivated me.

enchant 使...迷惑

She was enchanted by the flower you sent her.

fascinate, charm, captivate, enchant 后直接加ing, 变成形容词

fascinating, charming, captivating, enchanting 表示‘有吸引力的’

She is a charming girl.

Cats are fascinating animals.

The flowers are enchanting.

winning 吸引人的(主要指物品)

Eg: The beautiful dresses is winning.

■forbidding adj. 望而生畏的，望而却步的

having a unfriendly or danger look

He has got a forbidding appearance.

We’d better not visit the forbidding coast.

forbid

forbid sb to do sth 禁止做某事

Eg: The father forbid his children to touch the clavichord.

forbid doing sth 禁止做……事

Smoking is forbidden here.

the Forbidden City

Forbidden fruit

Forbidden zone

forbid, prohibit, interdict

forbid: 政府或私人下令以禁止

Swimming is forbidden here.

prohibit 法律条文或官方明令禁止

The law prohibits young people under 18 from going to bar.

interdict 法律或教会所不允许

■muster v. 鼓起

collect, summon

muster up / collect up / summon up ==gather / pluck up / keep up

He mustered up his courage and walked up to the girl.

■pretentious adj. 自命不凡的，矫饰的

We won’t like to visit the pretentious shop.

pretend

pretension n. 要求，虚荣，虚荣心

■labyrinth n. 迷宫

■musty adj. 陈腐的，发霉的

■rarity n. 稀世珍品

■assorted adj. 各式各样的

various types mixed together

assorted/ different / various / diverse

different 强调此事物与彼事物完全不同

Eg: The word glare is different from that word slare.

various = all kinds of 强调种类数目不同

Eg: We have got various books.

in every part / all parts / various parts of the world

diverse 强调性质不同

We have got diverse opinion.

assorted : various types mixed together. 各种各样的

assorted chocolates

He bought a bag of assorted fruits.

■junk n. 破料货，废品

表示“垃圾”的词汇： rubbish / garbage / trash / junk

■litter v. 杂乱地布满

■dedicated adj. 专心致志的

■bargain hunter 到处找便宜货买的人

■dealer v. 商人

businessman / trader / merchant / tradesman

dealer "商人"侧重于零售，相当于tradesman.

peddler 小贩

■cherish v. 期望，渴望

entertain or keep hope, love etc. in mind deeply

Eg: She cherishes the hope that her son will return.

Don't cherish such illusion新概念学习

don't cherish such illusion that…… 别抱有……的幻想

Eg: Don't cherish the illusion that your father will always pay your debts.

■amply adv. 足够地

ample/enough / sufficient / adequate

enough : 数量，程度足够 (可放在名词前或后)

ample : 充足而有余的

sufficent 比enough 正式，且只能放在名词前面

The bread is just enough for one meal.

He is old enough to go to the party.

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

三、【课文精析】

Key sentence:

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

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

Antique ships appeak to a great many people.

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

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

rare objects 珍品

rarity

keep sb. or sth. free from

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

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

Key sentence:

The forbidding antique shop is pretentious.

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.

There is always hope that …… 人们还常常希望

We cherish the hope that ......

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

paragraph 1 Key structure

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

keep sb. or sth. free from

muster up courage

a less pretentious shop

There is always hope that …… 人们还常常希望

by chance / by accident

dedicated / concentrated

Eg: He is a truly dedicated scholar.

He is a truly dedicated English learner.

above all : most important of all

To do this: in order to discover a rarity

be bent on/ bent upon doing sth/ be determined on doing sth/ be devoted to sth. /be engageed in doing

潜心于,专心于……

Eg: He is bent on winning the game.

He is bent on becoming a bridge player.

There is always hope that ...

cherish the hope that...

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

Paragraph 2 Key structure

by chance

a truly dedicated person

above all

the ability to do something

as knowledgeable as

bent on doing

cherish the hope that...

for 花费

a mere : only

He found a lot of interesting things.

be about to do sth.

be about to when…… 正要……的时候……(发生某事)

Eg: I was about to leave when the telehone rang.

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

bother: trouble

Don’t bother / trouble to come here tomorrow.

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

disturb

The news has distured 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 除......之外，还有

in addtion to

except

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

Key sentence:

the box was full of crockery, and much of it was broken.

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.

at the bottom of 在底部

at the top of 在顶部

remind sb. of

conceal one’s excitement 掩饰激动心情

make a real discovery

hundreds of thousands of 几十万

Key structure

for a mere ￡50

im 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