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# 可爱的怪人

## 课文学习台 {#study}

### 第1段

True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves. They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. This invariably wins them the love and respect of others, for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life.

中文理解：真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意。他们不顾社会习俗，意识不到自己所作所为有什么特殊之处。他们总能赢得别人的喜爱与尊敬，因为他们给平淡单一的日常生活增添了色彩。

* **set out**：出发 / 着手 / 建立；回到原句判断是旅程、目标还是建立某物，不把三个词组当成同义词。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①deliberately = on purpose, intentionally。②disregard = ignore。 ③conventions = habits, rules。④conscious = aware。

\[语法符号讲解] \[1]本句without being…为介词短语作状语，该状语中，又有一个 that 引导的宾语从句，故我们予以细分，最后状语的中括号不需要包含点句号，而宾语从句的横线则要把点句号包括进来。

### 第2段

Up to the time of his death, Richard Colson was one of the most notable figures in our town. He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life. He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had become legendary long before he died.

中文理解：理查德·科尔森生前是我们镇上最有名望的人之一。他是个精明能干 、有钱的商人，但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这个方面几乎一无所知。大家都管他叫迪基。早在他去世前很久，他的古怪行为就成了传奇故事。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①notable figures = famous people。②shrewd = clever。

### 第3段

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

中文理解：迪基痛恨势利小人。尽管他有一辆豪华小轿车，却很少使用，常常喜欢以步代车。即使大雨倾盆，他也总不带伞。一天，他遇上一场瓢泼大雨，湿透了。他走进一家高级商店，要为妻子买一块价值300英镑的手表。但店员见他浑身泥水的样子，竟不肯接待他。迪基二话没说就走了。一会儿，他带着一个大布口袋回到店里。布袋很沉，他重重地把布袋扔在柜台上。店员让迪基走开，他置之不理，并要求见经理。经理认出了这位顾客，表示了深深的歉意，还严厉地训斥了店员。店员为迪基拿出了那块手表，迪基把布口袋递给他，口袋里面装着300镑的便士。他坚持要店员点清那些硬币后才肯离去。这些硬币加在一起共有三万枚！还有一次，他邀请一些著名评论家来参观他私人收藏的现代画。这次展览引起报界广泛的注意，因为这些画名义上是名家的作品，事实上是迪基自己画的。他花了 4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧，只是想证明评论家们有时并不了解他们所谈论的事情。

* **on foot**：步行 / 处于困境 / 绝不 / 纳入考虑；by no means 是否定，复述时不能漏掉；考虑因素用 take into account。

* **a number of**：许多 / 大量 / 少量；a number of 说若干个；the number of 说数量本身，主谓一致要跟着变。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①paid no attention to = turned a deaf ear to。②elaborate = detailed, carefully planned。

\[语法符号讲解] \[1]分词所作的原因状语中，有一个who 引导的宾语从句作 recognize 的宾语，who 在从句中作表语，所以我们在who 下，先画横线，表示宾语从句的开始，再画虚线，表示其本身为表语。

\[2]这里也是在to prove 引导的目的状语中，含有that 引导的宾语从句，而在该宾语从句中，又有what 引导的宾语从句，所以最后about 这个单词是两个宾语从句的共同结束点。另外，对于第二个宾语从句，我们在what 下标记做了拆分，w 表示宾语从句的开始，at 表示what 本身也在该宾语从句中作宾语。

#### Summary 摘要

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. (80 words)

#### Composition 作文 A True Eccentric 一个如假包换的怪人

\[1]Mr. Chew is a man who has lived in our small town for years. He is a large man (some would say "fat"), he has a round face, a big black moustache and a bald head. He always wears the same clothes—black trousers, a white shirt and a red waistcoat, and is always polite to everyone he meets.

\[2]He owns an antiques shop near the river, and he lives "over the shop". No one knows where he gets his things, but there are always lots of diffecent interesting antiques in the shop window every week.

\[3]Mr. Chew is interested in politics, too. Every week he puts up strange notices in his shop window to passers-by. Usually the notices are trying to make people save a local building or stop a plan to build a road through the town. Every time there is a national election, he automatically stands for parliament and gives speeches almost every day in the town park saying what he would do if he were Prime Minister. (He usually says he would make sure that antiques dealers did not have to pay Income Tax and that no cars should be allowed into our little town at all.) Every year he gets a few votes, but not enough to worry the serious candidates.

\[4]For most people Mr. Chew is a harmless eccentric, and everyone likes talking to him. After all, he is someone who adds colour to the dull routine of their daily lives. (248 words)

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