我們路過一家商店時，他將一顆鉆石使勁地往櫥窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。我花了半個多小時才擺脫了他的糾纏。
單詞：firmly堅固地;穩固地；堅定地，堅決地
短語：make a deep impression留下很深的印象或印記
短語：get rid of擺脫；除掉，去掉。
擴展：desert廢棄，遺棄，abandon離棄，丟棄；拋棄，throw away（使用后）扔掉
Cure vt.治愈 to cure a patient 治愈病人
I hope the doctor can cure the pain in my shoulder. 我希望醫生能治好我肩上的疼痛。
Get rid f = cure -- I have tried all sorts of medicine to get rid of this cold.
Get rid f = pay off 還清 He can never get rid of his debts.
Get rid f = wash off 洗刷掉 (stain n.污點, 瑕疵)
He thought I can never wash off this stains.
The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
向我兜售的第二個人是賣名貴鋼筆和手表的。
單詞：approach靠近，走進；方法
The cat remarked the mice's acts and began to approach it quietly.
貓覺察到老鼠的行動之后，開始靜悄悄地靠近它。
The Government is taking a positive approach to tackling crime.
政府正在采取積極措施來遏制犯罪。
I examined one of the pens closely. It certainly looked genuine.
我仔細察看了一枝鋼筆，那看上去確實不假。
單詞：genuine真的，非人造的；名副其實的;真誠的，真心的(sincere)。反義：fake
At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.
金筆帽下方整齊地刻有“美國制造”字樣。
單詞：base基礎，底座；基地；根據，出發點，a training ~培訓基地。
擴展：basis(物體的)底部; 基礎,要素
Inscribe刻字(v.), inscription(n.)
短語：At the base of: at the bottom of.擴展：on the basis of以...為基礎
The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.
那人說那支筆值50英鎊，作為特別優惠，他愿意讓我出30英鎊成交。
單詞：worth, be ~+s.m. , be ~ doing.=擴展：be worthy of, be worthwhile doing/ to do
Favour優惠，實惠
as a special favor 做為一種特殊的優惠 for 出...價錢 tradesman n.零售商, 工匠
As a special favor, the tradesman would let me have the watch for £20.
in favor of 贊成, 支持 -- I am in favor of stopping work now.
in sb.'s favor 得某人歡心, 對某人有利 -- The situation, both at home and aboard, is in our favor.
out of favor 失寵, 不利 do sb a favor 給某人恩惠
favorite adj.心愛的, 受寵的 favorite n.受寵的人或物 favorable adj.贊成的, 贊許的, 討人喜歡的
I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
我搖搖頭，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5鎊錢。
單詞：indicate表明，指示，近義:demonstrate顯示，表露
Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
那人激動地打著手勢，仿佛我的出價使他不能容忍。但他終于把價錢降到了10英鎊。
單詞：gesticulate做手勢示意或強調(v./n.)
outrageous反常的,夸張的；令人驚訝的, it's ~!豈有此理！
He played an outrageous joke.
Outrage n.暴行, 侮辱, 憤怒 vt.凌辱, 強奸, 虐待, 傷害, 迫害
Rage n.憤怒, 情緒激動, 狂暴, 精神錯亂
My father was in a rage last night.
fly into a rage 勃然大怒
Eventually:finally，lastly, ultimately
短語：Gesticulate wildly激動地打著手勢
Gesticulating 現在分詞做伴隨狀語 Act as if... 行為、舉止好象...(as if = as though)
-- He acted as if he has never lived in England before. Outrageous adj.令人不能容忍的, 令人震驚的, 令人憤慨的 Eventually adv.最后, 終于(= at last)
Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when, a moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands.
雖然他絕望地舉起雙手，但他毫不遲疑地收下了我付給他的5鎊錢。
單詞：shrug聳肩(以表示冷淡, 懷疑等)
thrust猛推, 猛塞;刺, 戳
Thrust sth into... 塞進... He thrust the pen into my hand.
Thrust aside 推開 He thrust the girl aside.
Thrust oneself forward He thrust himself forward in the crowd.
thrust oneself in 強行闖入, 干涉, 探聽(= thrust one's nose into) Don’t thrust yourself in private sth. thrust sth. on/upon sb. 強賣給某人 -- Don’t thrust your idea on me. = Don’t exert your idea on me. thrust out 推出, 逐出, 解雇
When表一前一后兩個動作發生
亮點：平庸的句子：I shrugged my shoulders and began to walk away . a moment later...
Shrugging 現在分詞做伴隨狀語,用現在分詞做伴隨狀語將第一句話變得緊湊后，接著用when把兩個句子連在一起
我盯著他看了很久, 琢磨不透他為什么把賺來的錢一分一厘都攢下來.過了一分鐘,他告訴了我他目前的困境.
Staring at him for a long time, I wondered why he saved every penny he had earned when, a moment later, he told me about his tough situation.
他大喊 “救命”, 趕著孩子們匆匆離開著火的房子. 五分鐘后, 消防隊員趕到了現場.
Crying help, he took the children out of the burning house when, five minutes later, fire fighters arrived on the scene.
Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the £5 I gave him. Keep doing sth. 不斷地做某事 in despair 絕望的 readily(adv.樂意地, 欣然, 容易地) = willingly(adv.心甘情愿的, 欣然的, 自愿的)
I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain -- until I got back to the ship.
在回到船上之前，我一直為我的絕妙的討價還價而洋洋得意。
短語：be pleased with: be satisfied with, be content with
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!
然而不管我如何擺弄，那枝漂亮的鋼筆就是吸不進墨水來。直到今天，那枝筆連一個字也沒寫過！
短語：fill sth with 用...裝滿...
