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Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
古玩店对许多人来说有一种特殊的魅力。
Exert a peculiar fascination on sb 对某人有一种特殊的魅力
Antique shops appeal to a great many people. 古玩店很吸引人。
Shoe shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many ladies.
鞋店对于很多女士来讲，具有一种很特殊的魅力。
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.
首先抓主干：
The more expensive kind of antique shop is usually a forbidding place.
高档一点的古玩店往往是令人望而却步的地方。
Where 引导的定语从句修饰antique shop
Rare objects 文物，稀有珍品 可以用Rarity 来代替。
Keep sb or sth free from （29课）
You can’t keep yourselves free from anxieties like tramps.
你是不能够像约翰一样不受烦恼的侵扰的。
We put our books in bookcase to keep them free from dust.
我们把书放进书柜目的不落上灰尘。
But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
The forbidding antique shop is pretentious.
二三两句包含强烈明显的对比。
The more expensive kind of clothing shop is usually a forbidding place. But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious clothing shop.
一种高档的服装店往往是令人望而却步的，但是当我们走进一家普普通通的不是矫揉造作的普通商店的时候却不必鼓足勇气。
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.
人们还常常有希望在发霉、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。
There is always hope that ……
We cherish the hope that ……
You must cherish the hope that one day you will be amply rewarded.
Pieces of paper litter the floor. / The floor is littered with pieces of paper.
地面上到处都是纸。
No one discovers a rarity by chance.
By chance / by accident 偶然地，偶尔地
A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it.
Dedicated / concentrated
A truly dedicated person.
--He is a truly dedicated scholar.
--He is a truly dedicated English learner.
Above all : most important of all 最重要的是。承上启下。用来加强语气。
The ability to do something
To do this, he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer.
To do this : in order to discover a rarity
Like a scientist bent on making a discovery, he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
Bent on / bent upon 决心于。 形容词短语做定语修饰scientist
--He is bent on winning the game.
--He is bent on becoming a bridge player.
Be bent on doing sth / be determined on doing sth / be devoted to / be engaged in
He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere $50.
For 花费
A mere : only
He found a great deal to interest him.
He found a lot of interesting things.
要会背这两个句型。
The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing case lying on the floor.
Be about to do sth
Be about to when ( at the moment )…….表示正要或刚要干什么，突然
--I was about to leave when the telephone rang.
--He was about to lock door when his friend visited him.
The morning passed rapidly and Frank just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it.
Bother : trouble 打扰
--Don’t bother / trouble to come here tomorrow.
--I would not like to be bothered / troubled by you every day.
Disturb 语气更为强烈，又指心烦意乱的心理状态，有时也指严重的精神错乱。
--The news has disturbed me very much.
--It is disturbing to think that a wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside .
Disturbing / disturbed
Trouble 在含义上介于disturb / bother之间
Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken.
Apart from 除……之外，还有
=In addition to
=Except
--Apart from a slight headache , I feel all right now.
the box was full of crockery, and much of it broken. 独立主格结构
Dish is done , he begged his wife not to sweep the floor.
--She ran into the room , her face covered with tears.
--He lay in bed , his face exposed.
Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box an suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing case.
At the bottom of 在底部
At the top of 在顶部
Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery.
Conceal one’s excitement 掩饰激动心情
Make a real discovery 做出发现
The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.
hundreds of thousands of 几十万
短语 （文中有解释）
For a mere &50
In my neighbourhood
He found a great deal to interest him
Was about to do when
The dealer told him that it had just come in , but that he could not be bothered to open it
Prised it open
Apart from
Much of it broken
At the bottom of
Reminded sb of sth
For he knew that he had made a real discovery
Was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds
