Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear

歌曲 Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear
歌手 英语听力
专辑 新概念英语(第三册)

歌词

[00:01.120] --- lesson 28 Five pounds too dear
[00:06.280] --- Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
[00:12.080] --- Why was even five pounds 'too dear'?
[00:17.600] Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbour.
[00:24.520] Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board
[00:29.400] and the decks were soon covered with colourful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful handmade silverware.
[00:39.760] It was difficult not to be tempted.
[00:42.720] Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen,
[00:47.080] but I decide not to buy anything until I had disembarked.
[00:53.000] I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.
[01:00.400] I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.
[01:08.360] Some of them were as big as marbles.
[01:11.920] The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.
[01:16.680] As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.
[01:24.400] It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.
[01:28.600] The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
[01:33.480] I examined one of the pens closely.
[01:36.320] It certainly looked genuine.
[01:38.720] At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.
[01:45.880] The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.
[01:54.560] I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
[02:02.400] Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
[02:12.120] Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
[02:21.040] Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the $5 I give him.
[02:27.440] I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
[02:33.960] No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has never written a single world!

歌词大意

[00:01.120] wǔ bàng yě tài guì
[00:06.280] tīng lù yīn, rán hòu huí dá yǐ xià wèn tí.
[00:12.080]
[00:17.600] dāng yī sōu dà xíng bān chuán jìn gǎng de shí hòu, xǔ duō xiǎo chuán zài zhe gè zhǒng zá huò kuài sù xiàng kè lún shǐ lái.
[00:24.520] dà chuán hái wèi xià máo. xiǎo chuán shàng de rén jiù fēn fēn pá shàng kè lún.
[00:29.400] yī huì ér gōng fū, jiǎ bǎn shàng jiù bǎi mǎn le sè cǎi bān lán de bō sī dì tǎn. yìn dù sī chóu. tóng kā fēi hú yǐ jí shǒu gōng zhì zuò de piào liàng de yín qì.
[00:39.760] yào xiǎng bù wéi zhèi xiē dōng xī suǒ dòng xīn shì hěn kùn nán de.
[00:42.720] chuán shàng de xǔ duō yóu kè kāi shǐ tóng shāng fàn tǎo jià huán jià qǐ lái,
[00:47.080] dàn wǒ dǎ dìng zhǔ yì shàng àn zhī qián shén me yě bù mǎi.
[00:53.000] wǒ gāng xià chuán, jiù bèi yí ge rén jié zhù, tā xiàng wǒ dōu shòu yī méi zuàn shí jiè zhǐ.
[01:00.400] wǒ gēn běn bù xiǎng mǎi, dàn wǒ bù néng yǎn shì zhè yàng yí gè shì shí: qí zuàn shí zhī dà gěi wǒ liú xià le shēn kè de yìn xiàng.
[01:08.360] yǒu de zuàn shí xiàng bō lí qiú nà me dà.
[01:11.920] nà rén jié lì xiǎng zhèng míng nà zuàn shí shì zhēn huò.
[01:16.680] wǒ men lù guò yī jiā shāng diàn shí, tā jiāng yī kē zuàn shí shǐ jìn dì wǎng chú chuāng shàng yī àn, zài bō lí shàng liú xià yī dào shēn hén.
[01:24.400] wǒ huā le bàn gè duō xiǎo shí cái bǎi tuō le tā de jiū chán.
[01:28.600] xiàng wǒ dōu shòu de dì èr ge rén shì mài míng guì gāng bǐ hé shǒu biǎo de.
[01:33.480] wǒ zǐ xì chá kàn le yī zhī gāng bǐ,
[01:36.320] nà kàn shang qu què shí bù jiǎ,
[01:38.720] jīn bǐ mào xià fāng zhěng qí dì kè yǒu" měi guó zhì zào" zì yàng.
[01:45.880] nà rén shuō nà zhī bǐ zhí 50 yīng bàng, zuò wéi tè bié yōu huì, tā yuàn yì ràng wǒ chū 30 yīng bàng chéng jiāo.
[01:54.560] wǒ yáo yáo tóu, shēn chū 5 gēn shǒu zhǐ biǎo shì wǒ zhǐ yuàn chū 5 bàng qián.
[02:02.400] nà rén jī dòng dì dǎ zhuó shǒu shì, fǎng fú wǒ de chū jià shǐ tā bù néng róng rěn. dàn tā zhōng yú bǎ jià qián jiàng dào le 10 yīng bàng.
[02:12.120] wǒ sǒng sǒng jiān bǎng diào tóu zǒu kāi le. yī huì ér, tā tū rán cóng hòu zhuī le shàng lái, bǎ bǐ sāi dào wǒ shǒu lǐ.
[02:21.040] suī rán tā jué wàng dì jǔ qǐ shuāng shǒu, dàn tā háo bù chí yí dì shōu xià le wǒ fù gěi tā de 5 bàng qián.
[02:27.440] zài huí dào chuán shàng zhī qián, wǒ yī zhí wèi wǒ de jué miào de tǎo jià huán jià ér yáng yáng dé yì.
[02:33.960] rán ér bù guǎn wǒ rú hé bǎi nòng, nà zhī piào liàng de gāng bǐ jiù shì xī bù jìn mò shuǐ lái. zhí dào jīn tiān, nà zhī bǐ lián yí gè zì yě méi xiě guò!
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