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新概念英语第三册第34课:A happy discovery
Lesson 34 A happy discovery幸运的发觉
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 little 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 an 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
古玩店对很多人来说有一种特别的魅力。高档一点的古玩店为了防尘，把文物美丽地陈设在玻璃柜子里，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。人们还经常有盼望在发霉、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觉一件珍品。一个处处找廉价的人必需具有耐烦，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。他必需像一个用心致志进行探究的科学家那样抱有这样的盼望，即终有一天，他的努力会取得丰硕的成果。
我的老伴侣弗兰克.哈利戴正是这样一个人。他多次向我具体讲他如何只花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，结果他发觉很多好玩的东西。上午很快过去了，弗兰克正预备离去，突然观察地板上放着一只体积很大的货箱。古董商告知他那只货箱刚 到不久，但他嫌麻烦不想把它打开。经弗兰克请求，古董商才牵强把货箱撬开了。箱内东西令人绝望。除了一柄式样特别、雕有花纹的匕首外，货箱内装满陶器，而 且大部分都已破裂裂。弗兰克轻轻地把陶器拿出箱子，突然发觉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识的意大利画，于是他确定将画买了下 来。古董商漫不经心看了一眼那幅画，告知弗兰克那画值50英镑。弗兰克几乎无法掩饰自己兴奋的心情，因为他明白自己发觉了一件珍品。那幅不大的画原来是柯 勒乔的一幅未被发觉的杰作，价值几十万英镑。
New words and expressions 生词和短语
antique
n. 古董，古玩
fascination
n. 魅力，迷惑力
forbidding
adj. 望而生畏的，望而却步的
muster
v. 鼓起
pretentious
adj. 自命非凡的，矫饰的
labyrinth
n. 迷宫
musty
adj. 陈腐的，发霉的
rarity
n. 稀世珍品
assorted
adj. 各式各样的
junk
n. 破烂货，废品
litter
v. 杂乱地布满
dedicated
adj. 用心致志的
bargain hunter
处处找廉价货买的人
dealer
v. 商人
cherish
v. 期望，渴望
amply
adv. 足够地
masterpiece
n. 杰作
mere
adj. 仅仅的
prise
v. 撬开
carve
v. 镌刻
dagger
n. 短剑，匕首
miniature
adj. 小巧的，小型的
composition
n. 构图
Notes on the text课文解释
1 muster up courage，鼓起士气。
2 above all，最重要的。
3 be bent on，决心要。
4 pick up，在此处有“偶然发觉”，“无意中获得”的意思。
5 apart from....，除...以外。
6 Correggio，柯勒乔(1494- 1534)。意大利有名画家，真名安托尼奥阿来里。他对色彩对比、光和影的处理方法对16到17世纪意大利绘画产生了巨大影响。他最有名的作品陈设在意大利巴玛大教堂。
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