}  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.

}  … , For advertising exerts a subtle influence on us. (lesson 26)

Newspapers exert such tremendous influence that… (lesson 45)

   exert 施加。本课是指施加一种比较怪的 fascination; 26课和45课都是指施加一种影响。

}  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.

}  Rare – rarity
scarce – scarcity
 这两组词左边是形容词，右边是名词

}  Assorted /miscellaneous
各式各样的，什锦;跟它意思比较相近的是 miscellaneous，这个词我在听中国人说话时很少说到，但是我不止一次的听到老外说这个词。

}  junk mail

   垃圾邮件。还可以用下面的词表示——
spam ( Specially Processed Assorted Meat )

    spam 这个词本事括号里的这个解释，是一种比较多，比较便宜的罐头；后来也不知道怎么延伸的，大家用它来表达垃圾邮件。还有一种表达方式——
Unsolicited e-mail

   solicited 祈求的，向别人要的；那么我没要的，你非要给我，就是一种unsolicited 的邮件，即是垃圾邮件。

}  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.

}  See

   see 在口语中有一种很好的用法，就是男女在在一起，用see
It has been 3 years, and he’s probably seeing someone else now.

   已经三年了，他现在可能跟别人在一起了。
I can’t believe we have to stop seeing each other.

   我真的接受不了我们不能在一起。

}  My old friend, Frank Halliday, is just such a person. He has often described to me how he picked up a masterpiece for a mere $50. One Saturday morning, Frank visited an antique shop in my neighbourhood. As he had never been there before, he found a great deal to interest him. The morning passed rapidly and Frank was about to leave when he noticed a large packing case lying on the floor. The dealer told him that it had just come in, but that he could not be bothered to open it. Frank begged him to do so and the dealer reluctantly prised it open.

}  Such:
this is such an incredible opportunity for me.
对我来说真是这么好的机会。
she’s been such a big part of my life.

   对我来说，她曾经是我生命中这么重要的一部分。

}  The contents were disappointing. Apart from an interesting-looking carved dagger, the box was full of crockery, much of it broken. Frank gently lifted the crockery out of the box an suddenly noticed a miniature painting at the bottom of the packing case. As its composition and line reminded him of an Italian painting he knew well, he decided to buy it. Glancing at it briefly, the dealer told him that it was worth $50.

}  Apart :
Apart from/together with (adv)
在这种组合里，apart 和together 都是副词；也可以做形容词。Apart 和 together 是一对反义词，但是很多人对apart 都陌生，他的词性和 together 是一样的。
we‘ve been together. Then apart. Then together, then apart.(adj)
我们在一起，然后有分开，又在一起然后又分开。
You’re an amazing/horrible woman, and the time
we spent apart/together was unbearable.

   你真的是一个很好的女人，我们分开的那段日子我真很难受。

    那么把这两个词换一下，就成了：你真是一个坏女人，跟你在一起的日子我真的无法忍受。

}  Frank could hardly conceal his excitement, for he knew that he had made a real discovery. The tiny painting proved to be an unknown masterpiece by Correggio and was worth hundreds of thousands of pounds.

}  It‘s worth a try/Worth a shot
值得一试
It’s no big deal, it‘s not even worth mentioning.
没什么大不了，什么不值得一提
You were worth the wait, and I don’t just mean tonight.

   比如说你在等女朋友，如果她来晚了，你可以说这样的一句话；意思是：你值得我等待，而且不止是今天晚上，你一直都值得我等待。

}  People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for instance, you would consider octopus a great delicacy. You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.

}  Illogical:
illogical/irrational
不合逻辑的/不合推理的；两个词意思非常相近

}  Instance:
give me a ‘for instance’.

   说话的时候一个插入语，意思是给我一个例子。

}  On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat — the normally accepted practice in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.

}  On the other hand:
on one hand…on the other hand

   这里一个是one 和 the other对应；另一个是要注意“the”的发音。都知道在元音前面 the的发音是[ð], 其实在口语中，什么时候都可以这样发音。
Well, you know Mike. Everything is in one ear and out the other.
你知道迈克的，他什么时候都是一个耳朵进，一个耳朵出。

}  The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods  表语从句

   这是一个标语从句。is 后面的是表语，如果这个表语是一个句子，那么它就是表语从句。所有的从句都是非常简单的，关键是你能不能领会从句的这种精神，即是从句的陈述语序，然后把疑问词提到前面就行了。

}  No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail. Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food. My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised. As his flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.

}  Count:
Count me in!

   算我一份
Does it count?
这样算数吗
Countless/numerous
数不完的，指数目计较多。跟它比较相似的是 numerous

}  Associate:
association → American Immigration Lawyers Association

   association:协会；北美移民律师协会
associate css with html 

   把 html 和 css 联系在一起，有这样几种形式：
(embedded, imported, linked)
   嵌入      导入    用链接把他们联系在一起

}  Where:
My friend, Robert, lives in a country where snails are despised.
where 在这里引导的是一个从句,Robert住在一个country 里边，where…在这里进一步补充说明这个 country 怎么样。那么他住的这个地方大家都不喜欢（snails）。
prisoner dilemma
I know it’s famous, but which part is the part where there is a dilemma.

   有一次我上经济学的课，叫做 strategetic thinking 战略思考，其实讲的是博弈论。这门课很难，讲的是那些像纳什，均衡，囚徒困境之类的。老师讲到囚徒困境，我就问了以上这句话，意思是：我知道囚徒困境很出名，但是哪一个部分有一个困境呢。老师说，“That’s a good question.”老外有时对你的问题不能即是回答时，通常说这样的一句话，以留点时间自己思考。 

}  The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my prize plants. Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag, and took them to Robert.

}  The quiet life of the country has never appealed to me. (41)
 appealed to 在41课也出现过，这种重复出现的，你可以自己去找它的规律

}  Acting on a sudden impulse, I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bag
分词伴随

}  Impulse:
a sudden desire

   这是impulse 的英文解释，指忽然间心血来潮，突然的欲望。

}  Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours. I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and I reluctantly followed Robert out of the room. To our dismay, we saw that there were snails everywhere: they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then.

}  The main dish:
What’s your favorite dish?
你最喜欢的菜是什么？ dish 这个词可以做菜肴来讲。

}  To our dismay:

   让我们觉得惊奇的… 后面可以接着讲，“让我们觉得讶异的是…”那么我们可以自己去套用这样的句子——
to my amusement

   让我觉得可笑的…
to our surprise
让我们觉得surprise…

}  Some plays are so successful that they run for years on end. In many ways, this is unfortunate for the poor actors who are required to go on repeating the same lines night after night. One would expect them to know their parts by heart and never have cause to falter. Yet this is not always the case.

}  run :

   这是run的英文解释，也是本课这个词的英文解释——
Continue to exist/ Occur persistently

      持续存在            不断发生
Good looks run in the family.
Like father, like son.
这个家庭的人长得都不错，有其父必有其子。你也可以自己去套用，像 Like teacher, like student; Like mother, like daughter。下面是run 的另一个解释。
Be operating
John runs a successful furniture business. (lesson7)

   这是在第7课出现的一个句子。John经营一家成功的家具生意。

}  A famous actor in a highly successful play was once cast in the role of an aristocrat who had been imprisoned in the Bastille for twenty years. In the last act, a gaoler would always come on to the stage with a letter which he would hand to the prisoner. Even though the noble was expected to read the letter at each performance, he always insisted that it should be written out in full.

}  why did you insist on coming with me this morning?
为什么今天早上你坚持要跟我来？

}  If you insist.

  有时你试着说服别人，但说服不了，这时候你就可以说 If you insist 如果你坚持的话。

}  One night, the gaoler decided to play a joke on his colleague to find out if, after so many performances, he had managed to learn the contents of the letter by heart. The curtain went up on the final act of the play and revealed the aristocrat sitting alone behind bars in his dark cell.

}  Colleague
Co-worker
fellow  worker
partner in office
an associate that one works with 
 这些都是和 colleague 一样，表达同事的意思。

}  Your subordinates

    subordinates 部下

}  Just then, the gaoler appeared with the precious letter in his bands. He entered the cell and presented the letter to the aristocrat. But the copy he gave him had not been written out in full as usual. It was simply a blank sheet of paper.

}  Did David show up at the game?
 appear出现；show up 意思一样。

}  A: What’s keeping Kevin? He said last night he’d meet us here by 2 o’clock and it’s already 2:30.
B: It’s so typical of him, isn’t it? Just watch, he’s going to show up in 5 minutes with some wild excuse.

    A：Kevin 怎么了？昨晚他说他2点会到，现在都2：30了。

    B： 这对他来说太正常了不是？等着吧，5分钟后他会到，而且有大把的接口解释。

}  The gaoler looked on eagerly, anxious to see if his fellow actor had at last learnt his lines. The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. Then, squinting his eyes, he said: ‘The light is dim. Read the letter to me’. And he promptly handed the sheet of paper to the gaoler. 

}  不要再比较stare和glare了
stare 和 glare 意思一样，但是glare 在美国口语里边非常少用，没必要再去比较这两个词了。
A：who’s David?
B:The one that always stares at me when I come in.
A: 谁是David?

   B: 那个在我进来的时候一直看我的。
Her fiancé sure stares a Iot.

   她的未婚夫真的很喜欢看别的女孩子。

}  Finding that he could not remember a word of the letter either, the gaoler replied: ‘The light is indeed dim, sire, I must get my glasses.’ With this, he hurried off the stage. Much to the aristocrat’s amusement, the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.

}  不是所有的 定语从句 结构都是在表达定语的意思

}  the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter which he proceeded to read to the prisoner.
 这句话的意思是，这个gaoler 过了一会回来了，带着他的眼镜和一封信，继续读给犯人听。如果这里把它看成是定语从句，就翻译成他带着他的眼镜和一封要读给犯人听的信，如果这样翻译，就不是表达作者的意思，作者的意思是下面这句话。所以，你可以把他看成是定语从句，但是它表达的不是定语从句的意思，只是行文的需要而已。

   the gaoler returned a few moments later with a pair of glasses and the usual copy of the letter ,he proceeded to read the letter to the prisoner.

}  Boxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago. In those days, boxers fought with bare fists for prize money. Because of this, they were known as ‘prizefighters’. However, boxing was very crude, for there were no rules and a prizefighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.

}  ultimate fighting (UFC)

   boxing was very crude, for there were no rules

   那是的拳击是很粗暴的，因为没有什么规则。这让我想起ultimate fighting (UFC) 。电视上有时你会看到这种转播，有这样的特点：

    it’s sorta like wrestling.

    有点想摔跤
without the costumes.

    没有保护措施
it’s totally brutal.

    非常残忍
The rule is that there are no rules.

    规则就是没有规则  

}  One of the most colorful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza, who was born in 1764. The use of gloves was not introduced until 1860, when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.

}  Boxing Day
the first weekday after Christmas
 Boxing Day 是 Christmas 之后第一个weekday (周一至周五），就像中国过年的时候有几天大家都上街买东西，那样的几天。

}  Introduction to Statistics
统计学比较简单的课。课的难度的级别一般有这三种：
Introductory    （比较基础的）
Intermediate      （中级的）
Advanced          （比较难的）

}  Though he was technically a prizefighter, Mendoza did much to change crude prizefighting into a sport, for he brought science to the game. In this day, Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity. He was adored by rich and poor alike.

}  Enjoyed: /have for one’s benefit
The industry enjoyed a boom.
…for it enjoyed a high level of civilization. (lesson3)

   第三课出现的是高度的文明

}  Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing match when he was only fourteen years old. This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England. He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil was quick to learn.

}  Training

   培训。
trainer/trainee
employer/employee
interviewer /interviewee
到一个地方工作，如果你还处于培训期间，你就是 trainee, 培训你的人就是 trainer。下面的两组也是对应的关系。

}  In fact, Mendoza soon became so successful that Humphries turned against him. The two men quarrelled bitterly and it was clear that the argument could only be settled by a fight. A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour. The public bet a great deal of money on Mendoza, but he was defeated. Mendoza met Humphries in the ring on a later occasion and he lost for a second time. It was not until his third match in 1790 that he finally beat Humphries and became Champion of England. Meanwhile, he founded a highly successful Academy and even Lord Byron became one of his pupils.

}  I bet 20.

    bet 押注的意思。如果要打赌的话，我押20 I bet 2o 。
I bet this will work!

   我敢打赌这行得通；就是我相信。这句话其实是从上面这句话引申出来的。

}  are you thirsty ?
you bet I am!
这个例子：你渴吗？我的确很渴。这里的bet就是sure 的意思。

}  you betcha !
I gotcha !

    口语里面，you bet 会说成 you betcha; I got you 会说成 I gotcha 。
 

}  He earned enormous sums of money and was paid as much as $100 for a single appearance. Despite this, he was so extravagant that he was always in debt. After he was defeated by a boxer called Gentleman Jackson, he was quickly forgotten. He was sent to prison for failing to pay his debts and died in poverty in 1836.

}  If you don’t pay, I don’t get paid.
I’ll pay you for what you’ve done!
I haven’t paid you yet.

   有一次我去修车的时候忘了给钱了，修车的师傅也忘了  收钱了。因为我和这师傅挺熟的，后来过两天他给我打电话我就去把钱给了，他挺感激的说了这样一句话“ If you don’t   pay, I don’t get paid.”因为商场里面，如果你不给商场钱，商场也不会给技工师傅钱；还有一次修电脑，因为找不到配件，修了很时间还没修好，我还是付钱了，把他修了的那部分付了，说了这样的话“I’ll pay you for what you’ve done!”。I have’t paid you yet. 这句话比较熟悉，就是我还没给钱呢。

}  In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of $1,000 to the first man who would fly across the English Channel. Over a year passed before the first attempt was made. On July 19th, 1909, in the early morning, Hubert Latham took off from the French coast in his plane the ‘Antoinette IV.’

}  Prize:

   奖金。如果你赢了boxing match ，你就会赢得 prize 。
Nobel prize

   诺贝尔奖，这个大家都知道
LOTTO 6/49   Odds & Prizes
乐透6/49是加拿大安大略省非常流行的，像咱们这的彩票。6/49就是1到49这样的数字，每个数字你挑一个。Odd&prizes 是你得到奖的几率。比如说一等奖100美金，你有多大的几率，5等奖10块美金有多大的几率这样的比例。

}  took off：
I have to take off.
I have to go.             
I have to run.
I gotta get running.

    take off 本课讲的是飞机起飞的意思，这里我要讲的是口语中我要走了。

 He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on the sea. The ‘Antoinette’ floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship.

}  engine :
SEO → search engine optimization

   搜索引擎 search engine ; SEO搜索引擎优化
engine/transmission

   汽车里边的发动机是engine; 经常随着它出现的是 transmission 变速箱。

}  water:
mineral water/purified water/distilled water
有三种 water。矿泉水/纯净水/蒸馏水

}  Two days later, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called ‘No. XI’. Bleriot had been making planes since 1905 and this was his latest model. A week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during which he covered twenty-six miles. Latham, however, did not give up easily. He, too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new ‘Antoinette’. It looked the Channel. Both planes were goias if there would be an exciting race acrossng to take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up early enough, After making a short test flight at 4,15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later.

}  Latest:

   不要把它理解成最晚的，它是离现在最近的。
most recent/most up-to-date/most recently updated

   公司最新的产品当然是 most recent，这里的英文解释都是同一个意思

}  give up：

    可以是放弃事情，也可以是放弃人。
I have given up on you.
我已经放弃你了。

}  His great flight lasted thirty-seven minutes. When he landed near Dover, the first person to greet him was a local policeman. Latham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again. His engine failed and he landed on the sea for the second time.

}  lasted：

    持续多长时间。这句话是我有一次陪一个很好的朋友接待一个黑人客户说的一句话。我这个朋友叫Willson ，我经常跟他说从句这种，他也挺接受的。跟老外说话的时候，他说了这样的一句话——
 “what we want is long-term, but in the beginning, we do not know how long it would last!”
这句话是在讲价的时候说的，当时我就觉得Willson 已经领会了从句的精神；但是需要时间。

}  Greeting：

    打招呼。下面这几种是常用的。
How’s it going?
How are you doing?
Hi.
What’s new?
How’s it going 和 How are you doing 是一样的，都是hello的意思
How are you?
How have you been?
这两句好话的区别：How are you? 天天见面都可以说；How have you been 是很长时间没见面说的。因为How have you been 就是 How are you 的完成时。如果你们半年没见面了，你要表达的是，这半年的时间你怎样了。

}  Kidnappers are rarely interested in animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay’s cat. Mrs. Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many years.

}  Kidnappers: captives
 kidnapper 绑架别人的人；captives 俘虏

}  Took…interest in…
Even people who take no interest in art.
(lesson18)
18出现了这句话。本课这里的把no 换成了considerable, 就是有很大兴趣。

}  Shared: go Dutch

    share 分享。大家一起去吃饭，买单的时候平摊，这个时候，它的意思就等于是 go Dutch，大家AA制。

}  Rastus leads an orderly life. He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o’clock. One evening, however, he failed to arrive. Mrs. Ramsay got very worried. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.

}  Orderly:
friendly/lovely/daily/weekly
 这些都是ly结尾的形容词。还有很多，自己去留意去整理。

}  Takes a short walk:
take a short break / take a short nap

}  Three days after Rastus’ disappearance, Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs. Ramsay paid a ransom of $1,000. Mrs. Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.

}  Leave it outside her door:

   把它放在他的门外
Someone slipped a threatening note under the door!
有人在门缝里放了一张恐吓纸条。这一句话让我想起来在国外的时候，有的同学没有按时交作业，问老师说我能不能塞你你办公室的门缝里。我从来没有见过谁能把这句话说得精准，那么，slipped…under the door这个词组就能很精确地表达这个意思。

}  At first she decided to go to the police, but fearing that she would never see Rastus again – the letter had made that quite clear – she changed her mind. She withdrew $1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper’s instructions.

}  fearing that she would never see Rastus again… 分词伴随

}  Made it quite clear:
To be clear,/to be honest,/to clarify,
这些都是说话之前的插入语。我要说清楚的是/我要老实地说/我要澄清的是…

}  Withdrew:
deposit

   withdrew 尤其是用在银行存钱的时候；反义词是deposit。

}  The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs. Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o’clock that evening.

}  Keep his word:

   说话算话
You made a promise, you deliver it!
 你作了一个承诺，你就要兑现它! 这里兑现用的是     deliver。

}  Punctually: on time

   准时，按时    第60课第一句话——
Punctuality is a necessary habit in all public affairs in civilized society. (lesson60）

   在文明社会各个公共事务中，准时是一个很必要的习惯。

}  He looked very well, though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk. The police were astounded when Mrs. Ramsay told them what she had done. She explained that Rastus was very dear to her. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!

}  Astound: 美女
astounding/wonderful/amazing/gorgeous/
fantastic/terrific

   这些词都是表示美女，特别美。而且不止这些词，还有很多词表达这个意思。