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课文
【课文】
Lesson 34 A happy discovery 幸运的发现
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What was the 'happy discovery'?
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 morning passed rapidly and Frank 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.
【参考译文】
古玩店对许多人来说有一种特殊的魅力。高档一点的古玩店为了防尘，把文物漂亮地陈列在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而却步。而对不太装腔作势的古玩店，无论是谁都不用壮着胆子才敢往里进。人们还常常有希望在发霉、阴暗、杂乱无章、迷宫般的店堂里，从杂乱地摆放在地面上的、一堆堆各式各样的破烂货里找到一件稀世珍品。
无论是谁都不会一下子就发现一件珍品。一个到处找便宜的人必须具有耐心，而且最重要的是看到珍品时要有鉴别珍品的能力。要做到这一点，他至少要像古董商一样懂行。他必须像一个专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱有这样的希望，即终有一天，他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。
我的老朋友弗兰克.哈利戴正是这样一个人。他多次向我详细讲他如何只花50英镑便买到一位名家的杰作。一个星期六的上午，弗兰克去了我家附近的一家古玩店。由于他从未去过那儿，结果他发现许多有趣的东西。上午很快过去了，弗兰克正准备离去，突然看见地板上放着一只体积很大的货箱。古董商告诉他那只货箱刚到不久，但他嫌麻烦不想把它打开。经弗兰克恳求，古董商才勉强把货箱撬开了。箱内东西令人失望。除了一柄式样别致、雕有花纹的匕首外，货箱内装满陶器，而且大部分都已破碎裂。弗兰克轻轻地把陶器拿出箱子，突然发现在箱底有一幅微型画，画面构图与纸条使他想起一幅他所熟悉的意大利画，于是他决定将画买了下来。古董商漫不经心看了一眼那幅画，告诉弗兰克那画值50英镑。弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情，因为他明白自己发现了一件珍品。那幅不大的画原来是柯勒乔的一幅未被发现的杰作，价值几十万英镑。
词汇讲解
1.antique n.古董，古玩
例句：This porcelain dinner service set is an antique.
这套瓷器餐具是古董。
2.fascination n.魅力，迷惑力
例句：Rare books have a great fascination for librarians.
珍本图书对图书工作人员很有魅力。
3.forbidding adj.望而生畏的，望而却步的
例句：The old professor seemed stern and forbidding.
这位老教授态度严肃，令人望而生畏。
4.muster v.鼓起
5.pretentious adj.自命不凡的，矫饰的
例句：He imposed his pretentious books on the public.
他把他写的自认为不错的书强行推销给大众。
6.labyrinth n.迷宫
7.musty adj.陈腐的，发霉的
例句：He buried himself in his musty old books and took no notice of the outside world.
他埋头于故纸堆中，不问世事。
8.rarity n.稀世珍品
9.assorted adj.各式各样的
例句：Assorted fire pot is always a favorite with our customer.
我们的客人大多喜欢吃什锦火锅。
10.junk n.破烂货，废品
11.litter v.杂乱地布满
12.dedicated adj.专心致志的
例句：The stable chemist was dedicated to his experiment and finally got the Nobel prize.
这个意志坚定的化学家致力于他的试验，并最终获得了诺贝尔化学奖。
13.bargain hunter 到处找便宜货买的人
14.dealer v.商人
15.cherish v.期望，渴望
例句：We should cherish our friends and treat them with courtesy.
我们应该珍视并以礼相待自己的朋友。
16.amply adv.足够地
例句：He will be amply recompensed for his loyal support.
我忠心的支持将会得到充分的报答。
17.masterpiece n.杰作
例句：The sculpture is a highly skilled masterpiece.
这个雕塑真是一个镂月裁云的杰世之作。
18.mere adj.仅仅的
19.prise v.撬开
20.carve v.镌刻
21.dagger n.短剑，匕首
22.miniature adj.小巧的，小型的
23.composition n.构图
课文讲解
【课文讲解】
1.Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
参考翻译：古玩店对许多人来说有一种特殊的魅力。
讲解：a great many是许多，大量的意思
a great many和a great deal的区别见语法部分讲解。
2.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.
参考翻译：高档一点的古玩店为了防尘，把文物漂亮地陈列在玻璃柜子里，那里往往令人望而却步。
讲解：forbidding到底是禁止还是望而生畏的意思，其实联系上下文对比一下就明白了。前面说高档的，后面说不太装腔作势的，两者形成对比，意思一看便知。
Where引导定语从句，修饰antique shop
be free from免于...
He finally got out of the abyss of misery, and will be free from suffering from now on.
他终于脱离了苦海，从此免受煎熬。
3.But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
参考翻译：而对不太装腔作势的古玩店，无论是谁都不用壮着胆子才敢往里进。
讲解：muster up引起；鼓起，振作（精神、勇气等）
muster up courage鼓起勇气
If he could muster up courage, he might pull through.
如果他能鼓起勇气，就可以渡过难关了。
4.No one discovers a rarity by chance.
参考翻译：无论是谁都不会一下子就发现一件珍品。
讲解：by chance偶然，happen to,come across都有偶然，碰巧的意思。
We won by chance.
我们偶然获胜。
5. To do this, he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer.
参考翻译：要做到这一点，他至少要像古董商一样懂行。
讲解：To do this目的状语。而目的状语从句方面，引导目的状语从句的从属连词有so(以便), that(以便), so that(以便，为了), in order that (为了，以便)；in case(以防，以免), lest(免得，以防), for fear that(以免，惟恐)等。从句中一般含有can, could, may, might, will, would等情态动词。如：
Bring it closer so (that) I can see it better. 拿近一点以便我看得更清楚。
Let’s take the front seats that we may see more clearly. 咱们坐前排，以便看得清楚点。
6. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
参考翻译：他必须像一个专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱有这样的希望，即终有一天，他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。
讲解：像……一样，这种类型的句子有：A student of music needs as long and as arduous a training to become a performer as a medical student needs to become a doctor.
一名学音乐的学生要想成为 一名演奏者，需要经受长期的、严格的训练，就象一名医科的学生要成为一名医生一样。
7.Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery.
参考翻译：弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情，因为他明白自己发现了一件珍品。
讲解：hardly副词，几乎没有，简直不，表示否定。
There is hardly any water in this place.这个地方几乎没水。
语法
a great deal, a great many 的比较
这一对短语都表示许多、大量之意，涵义并无区别，主要是用法不同。
a great deal常与不可数名词连用：a great many则与可数名词的复数形式连用，它们的区别与 much和many的区别相同。
a great deal的后面接名词时要加of：a great many则不用of a great deal（或many）和a good deal（或many）通用，但前者的语气比后者重。在 口语里，常用a deal代替a great（或good）deal。
as the new year is approaching, we have a great deal of preparation work to do.
随着新年即将来到，我们有大量的准备工作要做。
the high island reservoir can store a great deal of water.
万宜水库能蓄藏大量的水。
there are a great many trees and folwers in the botanical garden.
植物公园里有许多树木和花草。
he has contributed a great many articles education to the south china morning post.
他为《南华早报》撰写了许多有关教育万面的文章。
顺便讲一句，a lot of也表示许多、大量的 意思，但它比较口语化，其后既可接可数名词，又可 接不可数名词。例如：a lot of books（letters, flies）; a lot of time（money, work）。
另一点值得注意的是，plenty与a lot, a great deal, a large amount的涵义有所不同。plenty突 出表示足够之意，但它所指的东西并不一定很多。 例如，某人准备坐火车去深圳，他看了看表，说道： we've plenty of time。他的意思是现在到九龙 火车站还有足够的时间，不必着急，这里所指的足 够时间可能是一刻钟，而不是一两个小时。又如， 有个远方客人来探望你，你想留他吃顿便饭，但不知 道是否有菜，你把食橱打开一看，说道：oh，we've plenty of food。这里的plenty也是表示足够之 意，菜不一定很多，可能只有一两碟菜，但已足够招 待客人吃顿便饭了。
最后尚需补充一句，a great deal还可用作状 语。例：
our patient is a great deal better today.
我们的病人今天好多了。
经典句子
【经典句子】
1.Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amplyrewarded.
他必须像一个专心致志进行探索的科学家那样抱有这样的希望，即终有一天，他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。
2.The dealer told him that it hadjust come in, but that he could not be bothered to openit.
古董商告诉他那只货箱刚到不久，但他嫌麻烦不想把它打开。
3.Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made areal discovery.
弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情，因为他明白自己发现了一件珍品。
