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 pounds.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.

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任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

masterpiece n.杰作

mere adj.仅仅的

in my neighborhood 在我家附近

as表原因，置句首，引导原因状语从句

large 指体积较大 large case体积较大的箱子

just come in 刚到不久

bother-bothered-bothered

bother v.烦扰

prise v.撬开

apart from 除......之外

carve v.镌刻

dagger n.短剑，匕首

interesting-looking adj.样式别致的

gently adv.轻轻地

miniature adj.小巧的

composition n.构图

remind sb of sth 使某人想起某事

know well 熟知

glance at briefly 漫不经心看一眼

hardly conceal 无法掩饰

练习感悟：

Never leave the thing until tomorrow you can do today.