Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
當一艘大型班船進港的時候，許多小船載著各種雜貨快速向客輪駛來。
短語：be loaded with裝滿 = be filled with充滿，be packed with擠滿，be stuffed with塞滿，be covered with 鋪滿
Speed to快速駛向
Speed down hill 向山下疾駛 / Speed up hill 向山上疾駛
Speed by 迅速駛過 Our holiday speed by. 我們的假期迅速過去。
Ware n.器皿, 陶器, 物品(總稱, 常用于復合詞)
silverware 銀器 ironware 鐵器 chinaware 陶器 glassware 玻璃器皿 software 軟件
hardware 五金器具, (電腦的)硬件 a popular ware 熱門貨 small wares 小百貨
goods n.商品, 貨物(商店里出售的物品)
half-done goods 半成品 / home made goods = native goods 國貨
leather goods 皮件 / frozen goods 凍結貨物 / consumer goods 日用消費品
commodity n.商品, 物品(總稱, 正式的經濟學術語)
commodity price 商品價格, commodity economy 商品經濟
commodity market 商品市場, agricultural commodity 農產品
Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
大船還未下錨。小船上的人就紛紛爬上客輪。一會兒工夫，甲板上就擺滿了色彩斑斕的波斯地毯。印度絲綢。銅咖啡壺以及手工制作的漂亮的銀器。
單詞：anchor停船下錨
deck甲板
rug小塊地毯；（蓋腿的）厚毯子
Persia西南亞國家，現在的伊朗
copper銅；警察
handmade手工的。擴展：man-made, specially-made
silverware銀器.ware商品小貨品，software, hardware
短語：on board在船〔火車, 飛機, 汽車〕上
A plane crashed shortly after taking off, killing all 163 on board.
一架飛機在起飛后不久墜毀，機上163人全部喪生。
I would like to have you on board, but currently the company is not hiring new people.
我愿意錄取你，但現在公司不招人。
It was difficult not to be tempted. 雙重否定
要想不為這些東西所動心是很困難的。
單詞：tempt誘惑(v.), temptation(n.)
As China 's villagers grow older, coastal factories will to offer higher wages to tempt them to migrate .
隨著中國的村民們年紀越來越大，沿海工廠將不得不出更高的薪水來吸引他們出來打工。
These two songs alone are enough to tempt me into buying the entire album.
光是這兩首歌就足以讓我下定決心買下整張專輯了。
The temptation to steal is greater than ever before- especially in large shops(新二，32課)
香水的誘惑力比以往任何時候更強烈了,對于年輕女性尤其如此.
The temptation of perfume is greater than ever before – especially for young ladies.
他胖要怪他自己，他總是無法抵制美食的誘惑。
He should blame himself for gaining weight for he can by no means resist the temptation of delicacy.
Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
船上許多游客開始同商販討價還價起來，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不買。
單詞：bargain討價還價; 商談；特價商品，減價品，便宜貨(v./n.),
~ with sb, he is no ~他不太好說話
What is funny in China is that you have to bargain to buy almost anything.
在中國，有趣的是差不多不管你買什么東西都要討價還價。
We should bargain with the boss for at least a better salary.
我們應該和老板講講條件，至少漲點兒工資。
Bargain-hunter專買便宜貨的家伙
tradesmen商人. 擴展:merchant（批發）商人，dealer（專營某項）商人，peddler小販
disembark登陸〔上岸〕
I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
我剛下船，就被一個人截住，他向我兜售一枚鉆石戒指。
單詞：assail困擾;使苦惱,糾纏(猛烈連續地攻擊)
短語：no sooner...than...一...就...，相當于hardly...when..., as soon as, the moment
I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
我根本不想買，但我不能掩飾這樣一個事實：其鉆石之大給我留下了深刻的印象。
單詞：intention意圖；打算，intend(v.)
The boy had no intention of going abroad for further study. 這個男孩沒有出國留學的打算。
This has always been my style, I have no intention of changing it.
一直以來這就是我的風格。我沒有想要改變它。
conceal隱藏，~ sth from sb
You shouldn't have tried to conceal the truth from me. 你不應該試圖向我隱瞞真相。
I could not conceal the fact that… 我不能隱藏…事實
他無法隱藏自己被愚弄了的事實. He could not conceal the fact that he was fooled.
Impress給...留下印象，印記, impression(n.)
Some of them were as big as marbles. The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real. 有的鉆石像玻璃球那么大。那人竭力想證明那鉆石是真貨。
短語：go to great lengths to: try one's best 擴展：go to the length of doing竟然會...
She'll go to great lengths to get promotion.為了得到提升, 她什么都干得出來。
We go to great lengths to ensure you a reliable product. 我們不遺余力地確保給您提供可靠的產品。
China's leaders are not accustomed to protests and go to great lengths to see that they do not occur while they are abroad .
中國領導人不習慣抗議行為，而且想方設法讓這種情況不會在他們出訪時出現。
Many stars and businessmen are going to great lengths to help needy people in the earthquake in Japan.
Real adj.真實的(以實際或真實狀態存在或發生的)
real objects 真的物件 / a real illness 真的疾病
real people 真實的人 / a real problem 一個真實的問題
a film based on real life 一部以真實生活為基礎的影片
Real adj.天然的, 非人工或假造的 (= Genuine)
This ring is real gold. = This ring is genuine gold. 這枚戒指是真金的。
Genuine(adj.正品的非偽造的, 非假冒的) 反義詞:Fake(adj.偽造的, 捏造的 n.捏造者, 冒牌貨, 贗品)
Is this a genuine vase? No, it is a fake.
True adj.真實的(與事實或現實一致的、相符合的)
Only parts of his story are true. 反義詞:False adj.虛偽的, 假的(與真理或事實相反的)
false tales of bravery. 不真實的英勇故事
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 to get rid of him.
我們路過一家商店時，他將一顆鉆石使勁地往櫥窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。我花了半個多小時才擺脫了他的糾纏。
單詞：firmly堅固地;穩固地；堅定地，堅決地
短語：make a deep impression留下很深的印象或印記
短語：get rid of擺脫；除掉，去掉。
