精读31：A lovable eccentric||可爱的怪人（
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A lovable eccentric
lovable /'lʌvəbəl/ : having qualities that people find attractive and easy to love, often despite any faults可爱的；惹人爱的；讨人喜欢的，如：a lovable child 讨人喜欢的小孩
eccentric /ɪk'sentrɪk/：An eccentric is an eccentric person.古怪的人，如：Askew used several names, and had a reputation as an eccentric. 艾斯丘用过几个名字，并以“怪人”著称。
①True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves.②They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary.③This invariably wins them the love and respect of others, for they addcolour tothe dull routine of everyday life.
语篇导读：本段是对真正怪人的阐述。①②③真正的怪人具有以下特点：不刻意引人注目、不顾社会习俗、古怪的行为受到他人的喜爱和尊重。从结构上看，本段开篇点题，为铺开下文定下大基调，即怪人虽怪，却行文举止备受尊重，为单调的生活抹上一笔色彩。
set out to do sth.：打算，企图做某事，如：I set out to go for a picnic.我打算去野炊。
【写作推荐】draw attention to…：引起对……的注意，如：Our attention is drawn to the picture.我们被这幅画吸引了。
disregard /dɪsrɪ'gɑːd/：to ignore something or treat it as unimportant忽视，轻视，无视，不顾，如：Mark totally disregarded my advice. 马克完全不听我的建议。
【词汇精析】convention/kən'venʃən/：A convention is a way of behaving that is considered to be correct or polite by most people in a society. 习俗，如：It's just a social convention that men don't wear skirts. 男人不穿裙子仅仅是一个社会习俗。
Convention与tradition:Convention指社会上约定俗成的被认可的行为或惯例，如：by convention：按照惯例按约定根据惯例出于习俗；tradition：长年累月形成的文化，传统和信仰，如：a family tradition 家庭传统
【难句解析】They disregard social conventions without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary. ①without…：介词短语，作状语，如：There will be no living things without water.没有水就没有生物。②conscious that…：that引导宾语从句
conscious /'kɒnʃəs/：If you are conscious of something, you notice it or realize that it is happening. 意识到的，如：She was very conscious of Max studying her.她十分清楚马克斯在仔细端详着她。
invariably /ɪn'veərɪəblɪ/：if something invariably happens or is invariably true, it always happens or is true始终不变地；总是，如：It invariably rains when I go there. 我每次去那儿都下雨。
win sb. sth.:使某人获得／赢得某物，如：His intergrity wins him love and respect of others.他的正直赢得其他人的爱戴和尊敬。
add…to…：把……添加到……，如：Please add salt to the soup.请往汤里加盐。
routine /ruː'tiːn/：the usual order in which you do things, or the things you regularly do惯例，常规；例行公事，如：Dressing is a task which we do every day as a matter of routine (= done regularly and not unusual ) . 穿衣打扮是我们每天必做的事情。
for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life.本句中的for是并列连词，用以表示因果关系。
①Up to the time of his death, Richard Colson was one of the most notable figures in our town.②He was ashrewd and wealthy businessman, but most people in the town hardly knew anything aboutthis side of his life.③He was known to us all as Dickie and his eccentricity had becomelegendary long before he died.
语篇导读：本段引出怪人理查德·科尔森。①理查德·科尔森是镇上响当当的头号人物；②③他是一个精明富裕的商人，虽然人们对他的生活不甚了解，但他的古怪行为人人皆知。
up to：本文表示“直到”，如：Up to now, I don’t know what happens.直到现在我都还不知道发生了什么。
shrewd /ʃruːd/：good at judging what people or situations are really like善于判断的，精明的，敏锐的，如：Malcolm is a shrewd businessman. 马尔科姆是个精明的商人。
this side of his life：他生活中这方面的情况。
be known to：为……所知，闻名于，如：The singer is known to the world.这位歌手文明于全世界。
eccentricity /,eksen'trɪsɪtɪ/：Eccentricities are ways of behaving that people think are strange, or habits or opinions that are different from those of most people. 怪癖，如：We all have our eccentricities. 我们都有自己的怪癖。
legendary /'ledʒəndərɪ/：very famous and admired非常有名的，大名鼎鼎的，传奇式的，如：Her singing was legendary. 她唱歌非常有名。
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