（题目）
Five pounds too
dear
知识点（1）
dear: 昂贵的
expensive; costly; pricey; steep 表达昂贵的词汇
知识点（2）
写作：标题中的be动词可省略
（第一段）
Small
boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the
harbour.
语法分析：
Small boats loaded with wares（过去分词做后置定语，修饰boats）
sped to the great liner as she was entering the
harbour.(时间状语)
知识点（1）
语法复习:
关系代词作主语,其后紧接be动词,作主语的关系词和be动词可同时省略
知识点（2）
be loaded with … 满载着…货物
be covered with … 盖满了
be filled with … 装满了、某人充满了某种情绪
… it is filled with what looks like a
thick, greyish substance. （物品）
All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be
filled with alarm. （情绪）
be packed / crammed with … 挤满了
It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed
with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of its
total capacity.
The streets were packed / crammed
with Christmas shoppers.
be stuffed with … 填满了
a pillow stuffed with feathers
duck stuffed with ‘eight
treasures’
stuffed birds 鸟类标本
I’m stuffed. = I’m full. 吃饱了
知识点（3）
speed 超速
speed 快速移动
知识点（4）
liner n. 班轮
知识点（5）
enter the harbor 入港
depart from the harbor 离港
pull / draw in the station
（车）进站
pull / draw out of the
station（车）进（车）进出站
Before
she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the
decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from
India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
语法分析：
Before she had anchored（时间状语）, the men from the
boats（后置定语） had climbed on board and（并列连词）
the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from
Persia, silks from India, copper coffee
pots, and beautiful handmade
silverware.
知识点（1）
课文写法替换：
Before she had anchored, …
Before she had dropped / cast
anchor,
知识点（2）
… on board = aboard adv. & prep. 再船上
知识点（3）
知识点（4）
rug 小块地毯
carpet 满铺地毯
mat 垫子
bathmat
n. 浴室足垫，垫子
blanket （床上）毯子
知识点（5）
copper 铜，泛指
bronze 青铜
brass 黄铜
the Bronze 青铜器时代
a brass band 铜管乐队
知识点（6）
potbelly n. 大肚皮
coffee pot
na. 咖啡壶；
teapot n. 茶壶
flowerpot
n. 花盆；花钵
kettle n. 壶；
pan n. 平底锅；
frying pan n. 长柄平底煎锅
It was difficult not to be
tempted.
语法分析：
It（形式主语） was difficult not to be
tempted（真正主语）.
课文写法替换：
It was difficult to avoid being
tempted.
No one can avoid being influenced by
advertisements.
It was difficult to resist
temptation.
Many
of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I
decided not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
语法分析：
Many of the tourists on board(后置定语) had begun bargaining
with the tradesmen, but（并列连词） I decided not to buy anything
until I had disembarked(时间状语).
知识点（1）
before 然后
I shaved before I went to the
party.
…, but I decided to disembark
before(连词) I bought anything.
…, but I decided to disembark
before(介词) buying anything.
课后题：
4．But I decided to disembark ___D___ anything.
(11.7-8)
(a) before I would buy
(错误分析，时间状语从句中，一般时代替将来时)
(b) until I was buying
(错误分析，前面没有否定词，disembark是个不可延续的动词)
(c) until I had bought
(d) before buying
（第二段）
I
had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted
to sell me a diamond ring.
语法分析：
I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by
a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.（定语从句）
知识点（1）
no sooner … than … 刚一…就…
hardly / barely / scarcely … when
/ before …
课文写法替换：
No sooner had I got off the ship
than I was assailed … （部分倒装）
I had hardly got off the ship
when I was assailed …
Hardly had I got off the ship
when I was assailed …
知识点（2）
get off the bus / ship / plane
下车/船/飞机
get on the bus / ship / plane
上车/船/飞机 （空间大的交通工具）
get into the car / taxi
（空间小的交通工具）
get out of the car /
taxi（空间小的交通工具）
知识点（3）
表达“纠缠”：
I
had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I
was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
语法分析：
I had no intention of buying one, but（并列句） I could not
conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
知识点（1）
have no intention of doing sth. 无意做某事
not intend to do sth. 没打算做某事
She intended to dress up as a ghost and
as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try
it on.
I didn’t intend to buy one, …
知识点（2）
表达“对过去发生事情的肯定推测”：
…, but the man must have noticed that I
was …
课后题：
6 -of buying one, but the man ___A___ that I was impressed ...
(1.10)
(a) must have noticed
(b) had to notice 不通顺
(c) must notice 不符合语境
(d) could notice 不能表示对过去的推测
课文写法替换：
…, but I could not deny that I was
…
…, but I had to admit / acknowledge
that I was …
造句：我当时并没有打算在这家公司工作，但我不能掩饰这样一个事实：他们提供的丰厚的薪水
(handsome salary) 给我留下了深刻的印象。
I had no intention of working for the company, but I could not
conceal the fact that I was impressed by the handsome salary they
offered.
Some of them were as big
as marbles.
The
man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
知识点（1）
go to great lengths to do 竭尽全力做某事
do / try one’s best to do
竭尽全力做某事
do / try one’s utmost to do
竭尽全力做某事
do everything / all one can to do
竭尽全力做某事
(a) worked very well
(b) could not have been better
(c) was extremely skilled
(d) did all he could 竭尽全力
give one’s all to do 竭尽全力
spare no effort to do 不遗余力
go all out to do 竭尽全力
A．They should wait for John to bring the dessert.
B．He thinks John must have spent a lot of money for the dinner.
C．The dessert also looks impressive.
D．He helped John make the sandwiches.
Q: What does the man imply?
Answer: (C) The dessert also looks impressive.
知识点（2）
real 真货
It certainly looked genuine.（真货）
As
we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window
and made a deep impression in the glass.
知识点（1）
impression
n. 印象；效果，影响；压痕，印记；
have / get the impression that …
觉得…
be under the impression that ... 误以为…
知识点（2）
in the glass 玻璃上，介词in
I took over half an
hour to get rid of him.
知识点（1）
take 花时间
The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important
facts, but he took a long time to send them.
（人做主语）
I spent （只能人做主语）over half an hour (in)
getting rid of him.
知识点（2）
get rid of sb. 打发走某人
dispose of sb. 打发走某人
expel 开除
（第三段）
The
next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
知识点（1）
语法：the first, the second, the next, the last, the
best, the only … 后常跟不定式作定语
The next man to approach me was
selling expensive pens and watches.
When he landed near Dover, the first person to
greet him was a local policeman.
The only other ship to match her
was the Thermopylae.
The first of the two ships to reach
Java after the race had begun was the Thermopylae, but
on the Indian Ocean, the Cutty Sark took the lead.
The last creature to compete with
man was the mosquito.
知识点（2）
approach
接近，（可以表示位置距离，也可表示时间）
My birthday is fast approaching.
My birthday is coming soon.
My birthday is near at hand.
My birthday is just around the
corner.
I examined one of the pens
closely.
closely = carefully 非常仔细的
It certainly looked genuine.
genuine 真货
At
the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U. S. A.' had been
neatly inscribed.
知识点（1）
at the base of … 在…底部
on the basis of …在…的基础上
知识点（2）
gold（像金的）
golden (金色的)
知识点（3）
neatly 工整的
His handwriting is neat.
He has a teacher’s handwriting.
His handwriting is illegible.
（潦草的）
He has a doctor’s handwriting.
知识点（4）
inscribe 只能表达刻字
engrave 雕刻花纹…
Historians have long been puzzled by dots, lines and symbols
which have been engraved on walls, bones, and
the ivory tusks of mammoths.
The
man said that the pen was worth ￡50, but as a special favour, he would
let me have it for ￡30.
语法分析：
The man said that（后面整个句子做宾语从句） the pen was worth £50,
but（宾语从句内部的并列） as a special
favour（介词短语做状语）, he would let me have it for £30.
I
shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to
pay ￡5.
语法分析：
I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating（非谓语）
that（indicating的宾语） I was willing to pay £5.
知识点（1）
I shook my head … （习语）不同意
I disagreed …
I said no to him …
知识点（2）
hold up = extend 伸出
知识点（3）
indicate =
signify（间接地）表明、表示
Her tone indicated that she didn’t
believe a word of my explanation.
She signified her agreement by nodding
her head.
课文写法替换：
… held up five fingers signifying that I
was …
Gesticulating
wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he
eventually reduced the price to ￡10.
语法分析：
Gesticulating wildly（非谓语）, the man acted as if he found
my offer outrageous(方式状语), but（并列句） he
eventually reduced the price to £10.
知识点（1）
gesticulate 打手势
知识点（2）
outrageous
adj. 粗暴的；可恶的；令人吃惊的
absurd adj. 荒谬的；可笑的
preposterous adj. 荒谬的；可笑的
(a) irritating
adj. 刺激的；气人的；使愤怒的
(b) preposterous adj. 荒谬的；可笑的
(c) hilarious
adj. 欢闹的；非常滑稽的；喜不自禁的
(d) unspeakable
adj. 无法形容的；不能以言语表达的；坏透了的
知识点（3）
eventually
at last
finally
in the end 只能句首和句尾
Shrugging
my shoulders I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me
and thrust the pen into my hands.
语法分析：
Shrugging my shoulders(非谓语，做伴随状语), I began to walk
away when（引导时间状语，做“然后”）, a moment
later（插入语）, he ran after me and thrust the pen
into my hands.
知识点（1）
shrug one’s shoulders 耸肩
（1.不感兴趣，2.不知道，3.怀疑不相信）
with a shrug 耸肩（做伴随状语）
知识点（2）
when 然后
知识点（3）
run after = chase 追
Though
he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the ￡5 I
gave him.
知识点（1）
readily = willingly 乐意的
I
felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to
the ship.
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 word!
语法分析：
No matter how hard I tried（让步状语从句）,
it（形式主语） was impossible to（真正主语） fill
this beautiful pen with ink and（并列连词）
to this day it has never written a single word!
知识点（1）
No matter how … = However hard I
tried, …
Imagine their dismay when they found a beautifully-cooked wallet and
notes turned to ash.
知识点（2）
to this day = so far
迄今为止（用于完成时）
知识点（3）
a single 加强语气
I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write
a single card!
He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as ￡100
for a single appearance.
They had a single aim, a
solitary goal—the top!
造句：无论我多么好地喂养 (feed)
这只鸡，它就是不肯产卵 (breed)，直到今天它连一个蛋也没下过。
No matter how well I fed her, it was impossible to persuade the
beautiful hen to breed and to this day she has never laid a single
egg!