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# 34 · 幸运的发现

### 第1段

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 hundreds of thousands of pounds.

中文理解：古董店对许多人有着一种特别的吸引力。那些较高档的店，把珍稀物件精心陈列在玻璃柜中，免得落灰，通常也让人望而却步。可走进一家不那么讲排场的古董店，就用不着鼓起什么勇气了。那些房间昏暗杂乱、带着霉味，七拐八绕如同迷宫，地上堆满各色旧物，却总让人盼着能从中发现一件真正的珍品。
发现珍品，靠的可不只是运气。真正热衷于“捡漏”的人，必须有耐心，更重要的是有眼力，一看就能识别东西的价值。要做到这一点，他至少得和古董商一样懂行。他还得像一名一心寻找新发现的科学家，始终相信，有朝一日自己的努力会得到丰厚回报。
我的老朋友弗兰克·哈利迪就是这样的人。他常向我讲起，自己如何只花五十英镑就买到了一幅名作。一个星期六的早晨，他来到我家附近的一家古董店。以前从没来过，店里许多东西都让他很感兴趣。一上午转眼过去，他正准备离开，忽然注意到地上有一个大包装箱。店主说，箱子刚运来，自己还懒得打开。弗兰克恳请他开箱，他才不情愿地把箱盖撬开。里面的东西令人失望：除了一把看上去有些意思的雕花短剑，其余全是陶瓷餐具，而且大多已经破损。弗兰克小心地把餐具拿出来，突然发现箱底有一幅小画。画的构图和线条，让他想起一幅自己很熟悉的意大利画作，于是决定买下。店主匆匆看了一眼，开价五十英镑。弗兰克几乎掩饰不住自己的兴奋，因为他知道，自己这回真有了大发现。这幅小画后来被证实是科雷乔一幅此前不为人知的杰作，价值数十万英镑。

* **a great many**：许多；只接可数名词复数，不接money等不可数名词。

* **muster up courage**：鼓起勇气；muster up courage to do，描述克服心理障碍后的行动。

* **by chance**：偶然地；discover / meet by chance；与 by design 对照。

* **above all**：最重要的是；从多项要求中突出最关键的一项。

* **at least**：至少；给出下限，不表示确切数量；也可引出最低限度的好处。

* **cherish the hope**：始终怀着希望；cherish the hope that… / of doing，语气比 hope 更郑重。

* **picked up**：拾起；接载；发现并带走；可说拿起物品或接走某人；本册的具体意思由宾语和情境决定。

* **in my neighbourhood**：在我住的附近；in one's neighbourhood 描述熟悉的本地范围。

* **was about to**：正要……；be about to do… when… 常用于即将行动时出现意外。

* **could not be bothered to**：懒得；不愿费心……；不是无法做到，而是不愿费力，注意人物态度。

* **prised it open**：撬开了它；prise + 宾语 + open，open 为结果；美式也见 pry。

* **Apart from**：除了……以外；既能补充也能排除信息，要用上下文判断；不能总换成 besides。

* **at the bottom of**：在……底部；at the bottom of a bag / list，与 at the top of 对照。

* **reminded him of**：使他想起；与 remind someone to do 的提醒任务不同。

* **proved to be**：结果证明是；本课prove作系动词，不需要be proved。

#### 原文注释 · Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.

注释：①rare objects = very unusual things。②displayed = shown, put on show。③piles = stacks, (untidy) collections。④assorted junk = mixed rubbish of all kinds。

#### 原文注释 · No one discovers a rarity by chance.

注释：①truly = really, seriously。②bent on = determined to。③amply = sufficiently, well。

#### 原文注释 · My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person.

注释：①prised = lever，指用力撬动；本句 prised it open 表示“把它撬开”。不要与表示珍视、欣赏的 prize 或表示赞扬的 praise 混淆。 ②content 可作形容词=satisfied，满意的。③much of it broken 为独立主格结构\[感谢读者宗源同学指出20170109]④Correggio: an Italian painter, 1494-1534。

#### Summary 摘要

While visiting an antique shop one Saturday, Frank was about to leave when he saw a large packing case. He asked the dealer to open it but the contents were disappointing until he lifted some crockery and noticed a miniature painting at the bottom. He had already decided to buy it when the dealer told him it was £50. Frank was excited because this was a real discovery. The painting was an unknown masterpiece worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. (80 words)

#### Composition 作文 An Antique Shop 古玩店

\[1]"The Antique Shop" has been in the little street near the church for years. As you look at it from across the road, it draws you towards it. It has one large window display designed to attract all sorts of customers. There is expensive glass, porcelain(a.\&n.瓷，瓷器的) and jewellery to attract people with a lot of money; there is second-hand furniture, modern silver and other things (hardly antique!) to attract those with not so much.

\[2]When you enter the shop, a little bell rings and the owner, a little grey-haired old lady called Mrs. Century, comes out from a room at the back and greets you like a lost relative(像失散多年的亲人，喻热情)! She greets everyone the same and always with a smile.

\[3]The shop sells all kinds of antiques. There are shelves full of old books along the back of the shop. There are two large tables in the middle of the shop covered with pieces of glass and porcelain. Then, around the walls on the floor are large pots, brass statues and things. There are lots of painting on the walls, too. At the weekend, the shop usually has five or six customers in it at one time. You might find a professional antique collector, a holiday couple and a young mother (with child in pram) looking for a cheap antique for her husband's birthday.

\[4]We all like looking for unusual things and hope to find a bargain one day. You might find one in Mrs. Century's "Antique Shop". (249 words)

## 学完这一课

用一个地点定语从句描述商店，再独立表达你对它的整体感受。

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