草原歌曲专辑
Lesson 34  A happy discovery
Comprehension questions
1. Do antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a lot of people? 
2. How does the writer describe the more expensive kind of antique shop'?
3. Do people have to muster up courage to go into a cheap antique shop? 
4. Do people hope to find a real rarity?
5. Does anyone ever discover a rarity by chance? 
6. What must a truly dedicated bargain hunter have?
7. If a bargain hunter can recognize the worth of something, he must be as knowledgeable as---who? 
8. What is the writer's old friend's name? 
9. What has he often described?
10. When did Frank visit the antique shop in the neighbourhood? 
11. Did he find a lot to interest him? 
12. What did Frank notice just as he was about to leave? 
13. Had it just come in?
14. Did the dealer prise it open?
15. Were the contents exciting or disappointing?
16. Did the carved dagger look interesting or ordinary?
17. What else was the box full of?
18. What did Frank notice at the bottom of the packing case?
19. Did he decide to buy it? 
20. How much did the dealer ask him for the miniature?
21. Why did Frank find it difficult to conceal his excitement?
22. Who was the painting by? 
23. How much was it worth? 
Match the words with the explanations
____1. antique        A. of various different sorts
____2. peculiar        B. to keep an idea, a hope or a pleasant feeling in your mind for a long time
____3. forbidding      C. a complicated series of paths, which it is difficult to find your way
through
____4. pretentious    D. (of art) the arrangement of people or objects in a painting
____5. labyrinth      E. an old object, such as a piece of jewellery or furniture, which is
                        rare and valuable
____6. musty        F. seeming unfriendly and frightening and likely to cause harm or
danger
梁博的歌____7. rarity          G. very small; much smaller than usual
____8. assorted      H. smelling damp and unpleasant because of a lack of fresh air
____9. dedicated      I. enough or more than enough
____10. cherish        J. strange or unusual, especially in a way that is unpleasant or worrying
____11. amply        K. to use force to separate sth from sth else
____12. prise          L. working hard at sth because it is very important to you
____13. miniature      M. a thing or person that is unusual and is therefore often valuable
____14. composition    N. trying to appear important, intelligent, etc. in order to impress
                        other people; trying to be sth that you are not, in order to impress
Learn the following phrases
1. muster up courage: to find as much courage as you can
                …no one has to muster up对不起谢谢你 courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
2. bent on doing sth: determined to do sth
              Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one
day he will be amply awarded.
3. pick up: to buy sth, especially cheaply or by chance
              He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere ￡50.
4. can’t be bothered to do sth: used to say that you do not want to spend time or energy doing sth
              The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it. megadeth
Try to analyze the following sentences
1. 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. 曾在异乡的夜里
2. Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
3. The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing case lying on the floor.
4. Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken. 
Complete the passage with the help of the clues.
Antique shops e_________ a peculiar fascination on a great many people. The more expensive kind of antique shop where rare objects are beautifully _________(陈列) in glass cases to keep them f________ from dust is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to m__________ up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop. There is always hope _________ in its labyrinth of musty, dark, disordered rooms a real ________(珍品) will be found amongst the piles of assorted junk that litter the floors.
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