11.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:将要，正打算

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

Ex

I was about to leave when the telephone rang.

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

12.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.

比较

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 .

trouble在含义上介于disturb / bother之间

13.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

Ex

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

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

独立主格结构

He lay in bed , his face exposed.

15.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

16.Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real新概念英语青少版1a

discovery.

conceal one's excitement 掩饰激动心情

make a real discovery      做出发现

17.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