練習(xí)材料：L34-2：A happy discovery? 時長：1’35
My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person.
ma????ld?fr?nd,?fr??k?Halliday,??z???st?s??????p??sn.
He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere 50 pounds.
hi??h?z???f(?)n?d?s?kra?bd?tu??mi??ha??hi??p?kt??p????mɑ?st?pi?s?f??r???m???50?pa?ndz.
One Saturday morning, Frank visited an antique shop in my neighbourhood.?
w?n??s?t?de???m??n??,?fr??k??v?z?t?d??n??n?ti?k???p??n?ma???ne?b?h?d.?
As he?had never been there before, he found a great deal to interest him.
?z?hi??h?d??n?v??bi?n?ee??b??f??,?hi??fa?nd???gre?t?di?l?tu????ntr?st?h?m.
The morning ?passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing case?lying on the floor.?
?e???m??n???pɑ?st??r?p?dli??nd?fr??k?w?z???ba?t?tu??li?v?w?n?hi???n??t?st???lɑ????p?k???ke?s??la?????n?e??fl??.?
The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not ?be bothered to open it.?
e???di?l??t??ld?h?m?e?t??t?h?d???st?k?m??n,?b?t?e?t?hi??k?d?n?t?bi???b?e?d?tu?????p?n??t.
Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it?open.?
fr??k?b?gd?h?m?tu??du??s????nd?e???di?l??r??l?kt?ntli?pra?zd??t????p?n.
The contents were disappointing.?
?e???k?nt?nts?w????d?s??p??nt??.?
Apart from an interesting-looking carved?dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken.?
??pɑ?t?fr?m??n???ntr?st??-?l?k???kɑ?vd??d?g?,?e??b?ks?w?z?f?l??v??kr?k?ri,?m????v??t??br??k?n.?
Frank gently lifted the?crockery out of the box and suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the?packing case.
fr??k????ntli??l?ft?d?e???kr?k?ri?a?t??v?e??b?ks??nd??s?dnli??n??t?st????m?n?????pe?nt????t?e???b?t?m??v?e???p?k???ke?s.?
?As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it.?
?z??ts??k?mp??z???n??nd?la?n??r?ma?nd?d?h?m??v??n???t?li?n??pe?nt???hi??nju??w?l,?hi??d??sa?d?d?tu??ba???t.
Glancing at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was?worth ￡50.
?glɑ?ns????t??t??bri?fli,?e???di?l??t??ld?h?m?e?t??t?w?z?w??θ?￡50.?
?Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery.?
?fr??k?k?d??hɑ?dli?k?n?si?l?h?z??k?sa?tm?nt,?f???hi??nju??e?t?hi??h?d?me?d???r??l?d?s?k?v?ri.
The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of?pounds.
?e???ta?ni??pe?nt???pru?vd?tu??bi???n??n?n??n??mɑ?st?pi?s?ba??Correggio??nd?w?z?w??θ??h?ndr?dz??v??θa?z?ndz??v?pa?ndz.
任務(wù)配置：L0+L4
知識筆記：
conceal v.?to?prevent?something from being?seen?or?known?about:
eg: Is there something you're concealing?from?me?
reluctantly?in a way that?shows?that you are not?willing?to do something and are?therefore?slow?to do it:
練習(xí)感悟：
Reluctantly, he did what I asked.
