练习材料:
L34(1):A happy discovery
Antique shops exert a peculiar fascination on a great many people.
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.
But no one has to muster up courage to enter a less pretentious antique shop.
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.
No one discovers a rarity by chance.
A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience,
and above all,
the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it.
To do this,
he must be at least as knowledgeable as the dealer.
Like a scientist bent on making a discovery,
he must cherish the hope that one day he will be amply rewarded.
应用配置:L0+L4
知识笔记: antique/ænˈtik exert/ɪgˈzɜrt fascination/fæsəˈneɪʃən forbidding /fərˈbɪdɪŋ muster/mʌstər pretentious/priˈtɛnʃəs labyrinth/læbəˌrɪnθ musty/mʌsti disordered/dɪˈsɔrdərd rarity/rɛrəti piles/paɪlz assorted/əˈsɔrtɪd dedicated/dɛdəkeɪtəd bargain/bɑrgən hunter/hʌntər dealer/dilər cherish/ʧɛrɪʃ amply/æmpli
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