Lesson Thirteen Hobbyist课文解释，练习答案，语法讲解，历年试题

3. They were alone, but Sangstrom dropped his voice just the same. \－that you have a completely undetectable poison.\ A. drop one's voice 降低声音

B. just the same 仍然，还是= all the same

E.g. He's not very reliable, but I like him just the same.

他是不太可靠，但我仍很喜欢他。

e.g. The sun's out, but I'll take a raincoat just the same.

尽管是晴天，但我还是要带上雨衣。

e.g.My mother is a lady, but just the same she eats boil cabbage with a

knife.

我母亲是个淑女，可她还是用餐刀吃煮过的卷心菜。

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4. The druggist nodded. He came around the counter and locked the front door of the shop, then walked toward a doorway behind the counter. \I was

about to take a coffee break,\ 药店老板点点头。他从柜台走出来，锁上药店的前门，然后走向柜台后面的那 扇门。“我正要喝咖啡休息一下，”他说，“跟我来喝杯咖啡。” A. nod to sb. 对某人点头.

B. be about to do sth.将要做某事 (不和具体的时间状语连用） e.g. I was about to leave when it began to rain. 我正要出门，这时天开始下雨了。 Para. 3. Page 295

5.Sangstrom followed him around the counter and through the doorway to a back room ringed by shelves of bottles from floor to ceiling. 桑斯特罗姆跟着他绕过柜台，穿过门，来到后面一间房里，房里从地板到天花板 到处都是摆满瓶子的架子。 A。 Follow 跟随，尾随 B. Around 绕过

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C. Through 穿过

D. (be ) ringed with/by 充满.....被....环绕 with 表示状态，by表示动作“被” E.g. The city is ringed with mountains. 该城为群山环绕。

E.g. The lake is ringed with willows. 该湖四周柳树环绕。 E. From floor to ceiling 从地面到天花板

6. The druggist plugged in an electric coffee pot, found two cups and put them on a table that had a chair on either side of it. He motioned Sangstrom to one of the chairs and took the other himself. \me. Whom do you want to kill, and why?\

老板把一个电咖啡壶插上电源，找了两个杯子，放在一张桌上，桌子的两边各 有一把椅子。他示意桑斯特罗姆坐在一把椅子上，他自己则坐在另一把椅子上。 “现在，” 他说，“告诉我，你想要毒死谁？为什么？” A. plug in sth. 把??插上电源

e.g.Will you plug in the tape recorder for me?

请你替我把录音机的插头插上好吗?

e.g.. He put plug in his ear because the noise was too loud.

因为太吵闹了，他用耳塞堵住了耳朵。

B. coffee pot 咖啡壶

C. either:（两边的）各边

D. Motion sb. to do sth. 示意某人做某事

E. one...the other：一个......另一个 (指两者中一个.....另一个）

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“这很重要吗？”桑斯特罗姆问到，“我付钱难道还不行吗──？ A. It 指上文的 Whom Sangstrom wanted to kill

B matter v 要紧，有关系本句相当于 Is it important to you personally ?

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这 对你个人来说很重要吗？

C pay for 付款，支付， 买 主语通常是人。

D ----- dash 破折号 表示Sangstrom 的话还没说完，被the druggist

打断。

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8. The druggist interrupted him with an upraised hand. \must be convinced that you deserve what I can give you. Otherwise－\shrugged. 则

药店老板抬起手打断了他，“是的，很重要。我必须确信你值得我给你东西。否

──”他耸耸肩膀。

A interrupt sb. With sth.

e.g.. It is not polite to interrupt a speaker with frequent questions. 不断提问打断演讲者是不礼貌的。

e.g. It is not polite to interrupt when someone is talking. 在别人讲话时插嘴是不礼貌的。

B be convinced (of) ......确信??

e.g..I am convinced of his honesty.

C deserve 值得

我对他的诚实深信不疑。

e.g.. He didn't really deserve (that) she should be so kind to him. 他确实不值得她对他那么好。

e.g.. You really deserve a good beating, you naughty boy. 你这个调皮孩子真该打。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

e.g.. I do not deserve all the praises bestowed upon me. 我不配得到这些赞扬。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

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e.g.. What punishment do you think you deserve? 该当何罪？

D shrug 耸肩, 不理会

e.g.She can shrug off her troubles and keep smiling.

她能够把烦恼置之度外而依旧保持笑容。

e.g..With a shrug, he went out of the room.

他耸一下肩，走出了房间。

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9. \－\the long story. Before he had quite finished, the coffee pot had finished its task and the druggist briefly interrupted to get the coffee for them. Sangstrom finished his story.

“好吧，”桑斯特罗姆说，“那个人是我妻子。至于为什么──”他开始讲述了一个

很长 的故事。就在他快要讲完的时候，咖啡壶已经煮好了咖啡，药店老板简短地打断他 的话，给他俩倒咖啡。桑斯特罗姆讲完了他的故事。

A the whom.....the why 当名词使用 相当于

The person whom I want to kill, the reason why I want to kill her B. Before he had quite finished, the coffee pot had finished its task 此处两个 finish 故事没有 finish, 而 coffee 已经finish了，即：

coffee 已经煮好了（= the coffee was ready )

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10.The little druggist nodded. \I occasionally give out an undetectable

poison. I do so freely; I do not charge for it, if I think the case is deserving. I have helped many murders.\

小个子老板点点头，“对，我有时是送一种察觉不到的毒药。是免费的，不收药

钱， 如果我认为值得。我已经帮过好几个杀人犯了。 A give out：分发，分送； 这里指医生开处方。

Give 短语

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