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Lesson31Alovableeccentric Lecturer PatienceWang Newwordsandexpressions Readthenewwordsandexpressionsonpage146 Lesson31Alovableeccentric Trueeccentricsneverdeliberatelysetouttodrawattentiontothemselves Theydisregardsocialconventionswithoutbeingconsciousthattheyaredoinganythingextraordinary Thisinvariablywinsthemtheloveandrespectofothers fortheyaddcolourtothedullroutineofeverydaylife Uptothetimeofhisdeath RichardColsonwasoneofthemostnotablefiguresinourtown Hewasashrewdandwealthybusinessman butmostpeopleinthetownhardlyknewanythingaboutthissideofhislife HewasknowntousallasDickieandhiseccentricityhadbecomelegendarylongbeforehedied Lesson31Alovableeccentric Dickiedislikedsnobsintensely Thoughheownedalargecar hehardlyeverusedit preferringalwaystogoonfoot Evenwhenitwasrainingheavily herefusedtocarryanumbrella Oneday hewalkedintoanexpensiveshopafterhavingbeencaughtinaparticularlyheavyshower Hewantedtobuya 300watchforhiswife buthewasinsuchabedraggledconditionthatanassistantrefusedtoservehim Dickielefttheshopwithoutawordandreturnedcarryingalargeclothbag Asitwasextremelyheavy hedumpeditonthecounter Theassistantaskedhimtoleave butDickiepaidnoattentiontohimandrequestedtoseethemanager Recognizingwhothecustomerwas themanagerwasmostapologeticandreprimandedtheassistantseverely WhenDickiewasgiventhewatch hepresentedtheassistantwiththeclothbag Itcontained 300inpennies Heinsistedontheassistant scountingthemoneybeforeheleft 30 000penniesinall Onanotheroccasion heinvitedanumberofimportantcriticstoseehisprivatecollectionofmodernpaintings Thisexhibitionreceivedagreatdealofattentioninthepress forthoughthepicturesweresupposedtobetheworkoffamousartists theyhadinfactbeenpaintedbyDickie Ittookhimfouryearstostagethiselaboratejokesimplytoprovethatcriticsdonotalwaysknowwhattheyaretalkingabout lovable lovableadj easytoloveorlike pleasant讨人喜欢的 可爱的e g 可爱的小猫alovablekittenlovelyadj beautiful attractive etc esp toboththeheartandtheeye美丽的 可爱的 动人的e g 漂亮的女孩alovelygirl美丽的景色alovelyview2 informal verypleasantorenjoyable美好的 令人愉快的e g 一顿美餐alovelymeal好天气lovelywhether eccentric eccentricn aneccentricperson行为古怪的人e g 那个老妇人有点古怪 Theoldladyisabitofaneccentric eccentricadj differinginbehaviourfromwhatisusualorsociallyaccepted esp inawaythatisstrangeoramusing unconventional古怪的 令人 好笑的 异乎寻常的e g 与众不同的举止eccentricbehavioureccentricityn c u anexampleof eccentricbehaviour古怪行为 反常e g 英国人以行为怪癖而出名 TheEnglisharefamousfortheireccentricities eccentricity deliberately deliberateadj 1 esp ofsomethingbad doneonpurposeorasaresultofcarefulplanning intentional 尤指坏事 故意的 深思熟虑的 盘算周到的e g 这次撞车并不是什么意外事故 而是有人蓄意要谋害他 Thecarcrashwasn tanaccident itwasadeliberateattempttokillhim 2 ofspeech thought ormovement slow unhurried 言语 思想 行动等 不慌不忙的 从容不迫的e g 这位老人不慌不忙地站起来 然后离开房间 Theoldmanstoodupinaverydeliberatewayandlefttheroom adv deliberatelye g 我在街上从她身边走过时 她故意不理睬我 ShedeliberatelyignoredmewhenIpassedherinthestreet setout setouttoleaveaplaceandbeginajourney出发 动身 启程e g 他们动身踏上最后一段行程 Theysetoutonthelaststageoftheirjourney 2 tobeginajob task etc withaparticularaimorgoal 怀着目标 开始工作 展开任务e g 1 她一心努力要打破世界纪录 Shesetouttobreaktheworldrecord 2 他们实现了既定的目标 Theysucceededinwhattheysetouttodo setouttodosth 打算 企图做某事e g 我认为你正一步步地有意想惹我生气 Ithinkyou redeliberatelysettingouttoannoyme attention attention ten n n u 注意 留心 专心 注意力payattentiontosth把精力集中在 留心 e g Youmustpayattentiontotheteacher 你必须专心听老师讲课 attractone sattention吸引某人的注意catchone sattention引起某人的注意e g Shewavedherhandtoattract catchmyattention 她挥手以吸引 引起 我的注意 disregard disregardvt topaynoattentionto treatasunimportantorunworthyofnotice不顾 不理会 无视 漠视e g 他完全不理会我们的各种反对意见 Hecompletelydisregardedallourobjections disregardn u for of lackofproperattentiontoorrespectforsomeoneorsomething neglect漠视 忽视 蔑视e g 政府对穷人的需求表现出完全漠视的态度 Thegovernmenthasshownatotaldisregardfortheneedsofthepoor convention conventionn 1 c u anexampleof generallyacceptedpractice esp withregardtosocialbehaviour惯例 常规 习俗e g 商人应该穿西装 这是惯例而已 Itisamatterofconventionthatbusinessmenshouldwearsuits 2 c ameetingof agroupofpeoplegatheredtogetherwithashared oftenpoliticalpurpose 常为政治性的 大会 会议 全体与会者e g 教师大会ateachers convention3 c aformalagreementesp betweencountriesonsomethingthatisimportanttothemall 尤指国际间的 公约 协定e g 这些国家都同意签订公约 Thecountriesallagreedtosigntheconvention conventionaladj followingacceptedcustomsandstandards sometimestoocloselyandwithoutoriginality 常贬 按惯例 习俗 办事的 因袭的 守旧的 传统的e g 守旧观点conventionalopinions extraordinary extraordinaryadj verystrange非常奇怪的e g 多么奇特的帽子呀 Whatanextraordinaryhat 2 morethanwhatisordinary special不平常的 特别的e g 一个特别漂亮的女孩agirlofextraordinarybeauty3 ofanagreement inadditiontotheordinaryone s 额外安排的 临时的e g 下星期三将有一个额外安排的会议专门讨论紧急决议 TherewillbeanextraordinarymeetingnextWednesdaytodiscusstheemergencyresolution extraordinarily ik str rd ner li adv 1 非常奇怪地e g 为什么他的行为那么奇怪 Whydoeshebehavesoextraordinarily 2 不寻常地 极端地e g 这事情花了特别长的时间 Ittookanextraordinarilylongtime invariable invariableadj whichcannotordoesnotvaryorchange恒定的 不变的 始终如一的e g 1 不变量aninvariablequantity 2 他来见我时又提出了他那一贯的借钱的要求 Hecametoseemewiththeinvariablereques。