新概念英语3--（一天学一篇）--- 28

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508. Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
+ `0 r9 q  Q( U7 n        当一艘大型班船进港的时候，许多小船载着各种杂货快速向客轮驶来。
) E$ V4 }# H+ D/ t+ Z  c509. Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board
+ [  Z4 j+ w5 _( c  c8 a/ C: r        大船还未下锚。小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。
' ^* W1 D8 T" u$ s% L. p7 y510. and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
        一会儿工夫，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓的波斯地毯。印度丝绸。铜咖啡壶以及手工制作的漂亮的银器。
511. It was difficult not to be tempted.
9 t- R: B8 S  k% M        要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。
512. Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
        船上许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来，
  E: J# O& B4 v1 f* A5 j513. but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
        但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。
" q8 y# i' U/ Y5 G! }514. I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
        我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。
515. I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
        我根本不想买，但我不能掩饰这样一个事实：其钻石之大给我留下了深刻的印象。
# B$ ]" g. r" Y* A' e516. Some of them were as big as marbles.
        有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。
7 L/ Z) d- h% q: P) g* O& ^* x517. The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
        那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。
518. As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.
6 L  J- s0 e" ?% W- H& {. k7 |        我们路过一家商店时，他将一颗钻石使劲地往橱窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。
+ \. X2 ?* P! _: A7 I  H( h519. It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.
( }/ D3 v4 a7 J8 \; Q3 F        我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。
520. The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
        向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
521. I examined one of the pens closely.
6 e$ R; m/ _+ Y( F8 ]0 }4 s        我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，
" Z0 S1 w: F8 i( |0 Y; W1 k9 d2 ^522. It certainly looked genuine.
' g1 w9 R2 i3 j2 ]        那看上去确实不假，
8 k2 P- k4 b% T; c1 r( j0 [523. At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.
9 d4 o# b4 u0 l# o0 x: x9 L2 h        金笔帽下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”字样。
524. The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.
* Z- e; K+ M  l& u        那人说那支笔值50英镑，作为特别优惠，他愿意让我出30英镑成交。
525. I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
        我摇摇头，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。
6 a$ T5 L$ T6 f- x6 Z526. Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
        那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。
527. Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
        虽然他绝望地举起双手，但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。
9 }) ?, f8 v, f0 z; c2 P6 ^528. I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
, L, u8 }1 b$ P        在回到船上之前，我一直为我的绝妙的讨价还价而洋洋得意。
529. 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 world!
/ a/ n+ ?' v* T0 u$ S: J( Y        然而不管我如何摆弄，那枝漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进墨水来。直到今天，那枝笔连一个字也没写过！