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①Dickie disliked snobs intensely.②Though he owned a large car, he hardly ever used it,preferring always to go on foot.③Even when it was raining heavily, he refused to carry an umbrella.④One day, he walked into an expensive shop after having been caught in a particularly heavy shower.⑤He wanted to buy a ￡300 watch for his wife, but he was in sucha bedraggled condition that an assistant refused to serve him.⑥Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag.⑦As it was extremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter.⑧The assistant asked him to leave, but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager.⑨Recognizingwho the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely.⑩When Dickie was given the watch, he presented the assistant with the cloth bag.⑪It contained ￡300 in pennies.⑫He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all!⑬On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to see his private collection of modern paintings.⑭This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie.⑮It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.
语篇导读：本段举例说明理查德·科尔森的古怪行为。①中心句，说明理查德痛恨势利小人；②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫第一个例子，他为了给妻子购买一只300英镑的手表，进入一家店，店员因其浑身泥水而怠慢他。一气之下，他带着布袋再次返回店里，装着300镑便士。他坚持要店员清点完30,000枚的硬币，方才离开。⑬⑭⑮第二个例子，他精心策划一场闹剧，让著名评论家评论“名画”，实则是他个人作品，借以说明这些评论家并不总是知道自己在评论些什么。
snob/snɒb/：someone who thinks they are better than people from a lower social class – used to show disapproval势利的人，谄上欺下的人〔含贬义〕，如：I don’t want to sound like a snob, but I thought she was vulgar. 我不想像个势利小人，但我觉得她就是庸俗。
intensely /in'tensli/：in an intense manner，如：Think intensely how to make it simpler, or whether you really need to remember it. 仔细的思考一下怎样让它简单些，或者你是否真的需要记住。
…preferring always to go on foot.：现在分词短语，作原因状语，表明很少使用小轿车的原因。
【难句解析】One day, he walked intoan expensive shop after having been caught in a particularly heavy shower. ①walk动作发生在catch动作之后，为体现动作前后，walk用过去时(walked)，catch则用过去完成时(have caught)。②after为介词，have变成动名词having；③过去完成时的被动语态是：have been done。
be caught in：突然遇上／碰上，如：I was caught in a rain last night.我昨晚遇上了下雨。
such…that…：如此……以致……，如：He is such a poor man that he couldn’t afford a meal.他是那么地贫穷，以致于一顿饭都吃不起。
bedraggled /bɪ'dræɡld/：looking untidy, wet, and dirty, especially because you have been out in the rain〔尤指淋雨后〕湿漉漉的，又湿又脏的，如：edraggled soldiers crawled into camp. 湿漉漉的士兵们慢腾腾地进了兵营。
dump/dʌmp/ :If you dump something somewhere, you put it or unload it there quickly and carelessly. 扔下; 倾倒，如：We dumped our bags at the nearby Grand Hotel and hurried toward the market. 我们把包扔在附近的格兰德旅馆，急匆匆地向市场赶去。
apologetic /əpɒlə'dʒetɪk/：showing or saying that you are sorry that something has happened, especially because you feel guilty or embarrassed about it道歉的；谢罪的；愧疚的，如：She gave me an apologetic smile . 她朝我歉然一笑。
reprimand /'reprɪmɑːnd/：to tell someone officially that something they have done is very wrong训斥，谴责，如：The military court reprimanded him for failing to do his duty. 军事法庭谴责他失职。
【难句解析】Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely. ①Recognizing...：现在分词短语作原因状语；②most在这里起强调语气的作用，相当于very。
insist on (doing sth.)：坚持，坚信的做某事，如：If you insist on doing something,do it everyday. 如果你希望坚持做某件事，那就坚持每天做。
pennies：a plural of penny便士（penny的复数）。
【词语辨析】便士的两种复数形式pence和pennies，用法不同，区别如下：a 100 pence指1个100便士的硬币，而100 pennies指100个1便士的硬币。
in all：总计，合计，如：There are 10 people in all.总共有10人。
be supposed to：应该；被期望，如：It tells us to be supposed to maintain the innocent childlike innocence, selfless dauntless, dares to tell the truth. 它告诉我们应该保持天真烂漫的童心、无私无畏，敢于说真话。
stage /steɪdʒ/：plan, organize, and carry out (an event)，筹划，暗中策划，如：The neighboring tribe staged an invasion.
elaborate /ɪˈlæbərət/：very complicated and detailed; carefully prepared and organized复杂的；详尽的；精心制作的，如：She had prepared a very elaborate meal. 她做了一顿精美的饭菜。
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用不多于80个单词解释迪基为妻子购买手表的过程。（摘自新概念英语教师用书新版3）
Dickie had been caught in a heavy shower when he walked into an expensive shop. He wanted a ￡300 watch for his wife, but he was so bedraggled the assistant refused to serve him. He left the shop and returned with a heavy cloth bag which he dumped on the counter. Dickie asked for the manager. When he was given the watch, he gave the assistant the bag which contained ￡300 in pennies, which the assistant had to count.
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