28 Five pounds too dear五磅也太贵

Why was even five pounds 'too dear'?

Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbor.

Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were soon covered with colorful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.  It was difficult not to be tempted.

Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decided not to buy anything until I had disembarked.

I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
I had no intention of  buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was  impressed by the size of the diamonds. Some of them were as big as marbles.
The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass. It took me over half an hour toget rid of him.

The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
I examined one of the pens closely. It certainly looked genuine.
At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.
The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favor, 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.
Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.

Shruggingmy shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.

Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, hereadily accepted the$5 I give him.

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 andto this day it has never written a single word!

 1.      be loaded with, be filled with, be heaped with, be packed with, be piled with

2.      How would you like your coffer? 你希望你的咖啡中放什么？One cream and one sugar.

3.      wares复数的时候表示货物 ware做词根表示用某种材料做成的器具silverware,software

4.      No sooner经常放在句首，那么主谓就要倒装

原句可表达为：No sooner had I got off the ship than I was assailed…

He had no sooner returned home than the telephone rang.

可表达为：No sooner had he returned home than the telephone rang.

No sooner said than done.

5.      have no intention of doing sth. 

       I have no intention of helping her after what she did tome.

6.      be impress with/by

7.      impression                            

       I have a favorable impression of her.—印象

       He noticed that there was the impression of a car’swheels in the snow.---印记,痕迹

8.      go to great lengths to do

    Some women would go to great lengths to make themselves look younger.

9.      bargain

A: Can you come down a little?可以便宜点吗？

B: You can’t haggle here. We go strictly by the price tag.这里不能还价，我们直接按价格标签来卖

10.  act as if = act like

  He acted like a child. He acted as if he had never seen me before.

11.  outrageous = prohibitively  outrage -> outrageous

These watches are outrageous/prohibitively expensive.

12.  throw up口语中更多的表示呕吐的意思

On the way over there, I saw this drunk guy throw up.

13.  no matter how    no matter where     no matter what

14.  to this day = even now.    

 To this day he doesn’t know why his girlfriend left him.

15 .  Genuine

1)      real;true ; natural          a genuine diamond

2)      honest; heartfelt 真诚的，真心的 a genuine welcome

As time went on,a genuine friendship grew up between us.