新概念英语第三册 less28_new

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[00:03.10]28 五镑也太贵
[00:06.19]Listen to the tape then answer the question below
[00:12.37]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:18.55]Why was even five pounds 'too dear'?
[00:22.09]为什么五镑仍太贵呢?
[00:25.63]Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner
[00:33.04]许多小船载着各种杂货快速向客轮驶来.
[00:40.46]as she was entering the harbour.
[00:42.34]当一艘大型班船进港时候，
[00:44.23]Before she had anchored,the men from the boats had climbed on board
[00:47.70]大船还未下锚,小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮,
[00:51.17]and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia,
[00:51.20]不一会儿,甲板上就摆满色彩斑斓的波斯地毯
[00:51.23]silks from India,copper coffee pots,and beautiful handmade silverware
[00:55.05]印度丝绸、铜咖啡壶以及手工制作的漂亮的银器.
[00:58.88]It was difficult not to be tempted.
[01:01.01]要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的.
[01:03.14]Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
[01:05.96]船上的许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来,
[01:08.78]but I decided not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
[01:12.11]但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买.
[01:15.44]I had no sooner got off the ship
[01:17.20]我刚下船,
[01:18.97]than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring
[01:22.65]就被一个人截住,他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指.
[01:26.33]I had no intention of buying one,
[01:28.67]我根本不想买,
[01:31.01]but I could not conceal the fact
[01:32.98]但我不能掩饰这样一个事实:
[01:34.96]that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
[01:37.48]其钻石之大给我留下了深刻的印象.
[01:40.00]Some of them were as big as marbles.
[01:42.10]有的钻石像玻璃球那么大
[01:44.20]The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real
[01:47.08]那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货.
[01:49.95]As we were walking past a shop,
[01:51.83]我们路过一家商店时,
[01:53.71]he held a diamond firmly against the window
[01:55.93]他将一颗钻石使劲地往橱窗上一按
[01:58.15]and made a deep impression in the glass.
[02:00.53]在玻璃上留下一道深痕.
[02:02.91]It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.
[02:05.13]我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠.
[02:07.35]The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches
[02:10.38]向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的.
[02:13.41]I examined one of the pens closely.It certainly looked genuine
[02:16.79]我他细察看了一枝钢笔,那看上去确实不假,
[02:20.17]At the base of the gold cap,
[02:22.16]金笔帽下方
[02:24.14]the words 'made in the U.S.A.'had been neatly inscribed.
[02:27.07]整齐地刻有"美国制造"的学样。
[02:30.00]The man said that the pen was worth `50,but as a special favour,
[02:33.48]那人说那支笔值50镑钱.作为特别优惠,
[02:36.97]he would let me have it for `30.
[02:39.19]他愿意让我出30英镑成交.
[02:41.41]I shook my head and held up five fingers
[02:44.30]我不同意,伸出5根手指
[02:47.18]indicating that I was willing to pay `5.
[02:49.97]表示我只愿出5磅钱.
[02:52.75]Gesticulating wildly,
[02:54.52]那人激动地打着手势,
[02:56.30]the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous,
[02:59.03]仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍
[03:01.76]but he eventually reduced the price to 10 pounds.
[03:04.03]但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑.
[03:06.31]Shrugging my shoulders I began to walk away when,
[03:09.09]我耸耸肩膀掉头走开了.
[03:11.87]a moment later,he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands
[03:15.50]一会儿,他突然从后追了上来,把笔塞到我手里.
[03:19.13]Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair,
[03:21.61]虽然他绝望地举起双手,
[03:24.09]he readily accepted the `5 I gave him.
[03:26.52]但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5磅钱.
[03:28.95]I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain
[03:31.53]我一直为我的绝妙的讨价还价而洋洋得意.
[03:34.10]until I got back to the ship.
[03:36.18]在回到船上之前,
[03:38.25]No matter how hard I tried,
[03:40.38]然而不管我如何摆弄,
[03:42.51]it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink
[03:45.33]那枝漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进墨水来,
[03:48.15]and to this day it has never written a single word!
[03:50.99]直到今天,那枝笔连一个字也没写过!
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