伊卡莱姆的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day

练习材料:

L34（2）：A happy discovery

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.

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 and 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.

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.

应用配置：L0+L4

知识笔记： masterpiece/mæstərˌpis    mere/mɪr    rapidly /ræpədli    bothered /bɑðərd    begged/bɛgd    reluctantly/ rɪˈlʌktəntli    carved/kɑrvd    dagger/dægər    miniature/mɪniəˌʧʊr    composition/kɑmpəˈzɪʃən    Glancing/glænsɪŋ    briefly/brifli    conceal/kənˈsil    tiny/ taɪni 

练习感悟：不算太难的段落，朗读了几版，搞定。