精读31：A lovable eccentric||可爱的怪人（完结）

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精读注解

①Dickie disliked snobs intensely.②Though he owned a large car, he hardly ever used it,preferring always to go on foot.③Even when it was raining heavily, he refused to carry an umbrella.④One day, he walked into an expensive shop after having been caught ina particularly heavy shower.⑤He wanted to buy a ￡300 watch for his wife, but he was in sucha bedraggled condition that an assistant refused to serve him.⑥Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag.⑦As it was extremely heavy, he dumpedit on the counter.⑧The assistant asked him to leave, but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager.⑨Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.⑩When Dickie was given the watch, he presented the assistant with the cloth bag.⑪It contained ￡300 in pennies.⑫He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000pennies in all!⑬On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to see his private collection of modern paintings.⑭This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed tobe the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie.⑮It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.

语篇导读：本段举例说明理查德·科尔森的古怪行为。①中心句，说明理查德痛恨势利小人；②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫第一个例子，他为了给妻子购买一只300英镑的手表，进入一家店，店员因其浑身泥水而怠慢他。一气之下，他带着布袋再次返回店里，装着300镑便士。他坚持要店员清点完30,000枚的硬币，方才离开。⑬⑭⑮第二个例子，他精心策划一场闹剧，让著名评论家评论“名画”，实则是他个人作品，借以说明这些评论家并不总是知道自己在评论些什么。

• snob/snɒb/：someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval势利的人，谄上欺下的人〔含贬义〕，如：I don’t want to sound like a snob, but I thought she was vulgar. 我不想像个势利小人，但我觉得她就是庸俗。
• intensely /in'tensli/：in an intense manner，如：Think intensely how to make it simpler, or whether you really need to remember it. 仔细的思考一下怎样让它简单些，或者你是否真的需要记住。
• …preferring always to go on foot.：现在分词短语，作原因状语，表明很少使用小轿车的原因。
• 【难句解析】One day, he walked intoan expensive shop after having been caughtin a particularly heavy shower.①walk动作发生在catch动作之后，为体现动作前后，walk用过去时(walked)，catch则用过去完成时(have caught)。②after为介词，have变成动名词having；③过去完成时的被动语态是：have been done。
• be caught in：突然遇上／碰上，如：I was caught in a rain last night.我昨晚遇上了下雨。
• such…that…：如此……以致……，如：He is such a poor man that he couldn’t afford a meal.他是那么地贫穷，以致于一顿饭都吃不起。
• bedraggled /bɪ'dræɡld/：looking untidy, wet, and dirty, especially because you have been out in the rain〔尤指淋雨后〕湿漉漉的，又湿又脏的，如：edraggled soldiers crawled into camp. 湿漉漉的士兵们慢腾腾地进了兵营。
• dump/dʌmp/ :If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. 扔下; 倾倒，如：We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried toward the market. 我们把包扔在附近的格兰德旅馆，急匆匆地向市场赶去。
• apologetic /əpɒlə'dʒetɪk/：showing or saying that you are sorry that something has happened, especially because you feel guilty or embarrassed about it道歉的；谢罪的；愧疚的，如：She gave me an apologetic smile . 她朝我歉然一笑。
• reprimand /'reprɪmɑːnd/：to tell someone officially that something they have done is very wrong训斥，谴责，如：The military court reprimanded him for failing to do his duty. 军事法庭谴责他失职。
• 【难句解析】Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.①Recognizing...：现在分词短语作原因状语；②most在这里起强调语气的作用，相当于very。
• insist on (doing sth.)：坚持，坚信的做某事，如：If you insist on doing something,do it everyday. 如果你希望坚持做某件事，那就坚持每天做。
• pennies：a plural of penny便士（penny的复数）。
• 【词语辨析】便士的两种复数形式pence和pennies，用法不同，区别如下：a 100 pence指1个100便士的硬币，而100 pennies指100个1便士的硬币。
• in all：总计，合计，如：There are 10 people in all.总共有10人。
• be supposed to：应该；被期望，如：It tells us to be supposed to maintain the innocent childlike innocence, selfless dauntless, dares to tell the truth. 它告诉我们应该保持天真烂漫的童心、无私无畏，敢于说真话。
• stage /steɪdʒ/：plan, organize, and carry out (an event)，筹划，暗中策划，如：The neighboring tribe staged an invasion.
• elaborate /ɪˈlæbərət/：very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized复杂的；详尽的；精心制作的，如：She had prepared a very elaborate meal. 她做了一顿精美的饭菜。

Summary writing：(last paragraph)

用不多于80个单词解释迪基为妻子购买手表的过程。（摘自新概念英语教师用书新版3）

Dickie had been caught in a heavy shower when he walked into an expensive shop.He wanted a￡300 watch for his wife, but he was so bedraggled the assistant refused to serve him. He left the shop and returned with a heavy cloth bag which he dumped on the counter. Dickie asked for the manager. When he was given the watch, he gave the assistant the bag which contained￡300 in pennies, which the assistant had to count.

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精读：A lovable eccentric||可爱的怪人（完结）