新概念英语第三册lesson52课堂笔记

新概念英语 第三册 Lesson 52 Mud is Mud 实事求是 （一）书本 My cousin, Harry, keeps a large curiously-shaped bottle on permanent display in his study. 我的堂兄哈里在他的书房里一直摆着一只形状古怪的大瓶子。 Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, 尽管那只瓶子呈淡绿色， an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks like a thick, greyish substance. 但细心的客人很快就会发现瓶里装的是一种看上去黏稠，颜色发灰的东西。 If you were to ask Harry what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained perfumed mud. 要是你问哈里瓶里装着什么，他会告诉你是香水泥。 If you expressed doubt or surprise, he would immediately invite you to smell it and then to rub some into your skin. 如果你表示怀疑或惊奇，他会立即请你闻一闻，然后取出一些抹在你的皮肤上。 This brief experiment would dispel any further doubts you might have. 这一简单的试验会消除你可能存有的一切疑虑。 The bottle really does contain perfumed mud. 瓶里装的的确是香水泥。 How Harry came into the possession of this outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond of relating. 哈里如何得到这种稀奇古怪的东西的，这里有个有趣的故事，而且他挺爱把它讲给别人听。 Furthermore, the acquisition of this bottle cured him of a bad habit he had been developing for years. 此外，得到这瓶香水泥还治好了他多年的一个坏习惯。 Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist. 哈里曾认为走进一家名贵化妆品商店，荒唐地提出要买一种根本不存在的商品是件开心的事儿。 He would invent fanciful names on the spot. 他会当场编造出一些稀奇古怪的货名。 On entering a shop, he would ask for a new perfume called Scented Shadow or for insoluble bath cubes . 他走进商店后，会提出要一种名叫“香影”的新型香水或什么“不溶浴皂”。 If a shop assistant told him she had not heard of it, he would pretend to be considerably put out. 要是女售货员告诉他从未听说过这些东西，他会装出十分遗憾和不安的样子。 He loved to be told that one of his imaginary products was temporarily out of stock and he would faithfully promise to call again at some future date, but of course he never did. 他爱听售货员说他想像出来的那种东西暂时脱销，于是他就煞有介事地许诺改天再来光顾。当然，他再也不会来了。 How Harry managed to keep a straight face during these performances is quite beyond me. 我实在想像不出哈里在