我们路过一家商店时，他将一颗钻石使劲地往橱窗上一按，在玻璃上留下一道深痕。我花了半个多小时才摆脱了他的纠缠。
单词：firmly坚固地;稳固地；坚定地，坚决地
短语：make a deep impression留下很深的印象或印记
短语：get rid of摆脱；除掉，去掉。
扩展：desert废弃，遗弃，abandon离弃，丢弃；抛弃，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. 我希望医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 还清 He can never get rid of his debts.
Get rid f = wash off 洗刷掉 (stain n.污点, 瑕疵)
He thought I can never wash off this stains.
The next man to approach me was selling expensive pens and watches.
向我兜售的第二个人是卖名贵钢笔和手表的。
单词：approach靠近，走进；方法
The cat remarked the mice's acts and began to approach it quietly.
猫觉察到老鼠的行动之后，开始静悄悄地靠近它。
The Government is taking a positive approach to tackling crime.
政府正在采取积极措施来遏制犯罪。
I examined one of the pens closely. It certainly looked genuine.
我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，那看上去确实不假。
单词：genuine真的，非人造的；名副其实的;真诚的，真心的(sincere)。反义：fake
At the base of the gold cap, the words 'made in the U.S.A' had been neatly inscribed.
金笔帽下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”字样。
单词：base基础，底座；基地；根据，出发点，a training ~培训基地。
扩展：basis(物体的)底部; 基础,要素
Inscribe刻字(v.), inscription(n.)
短语：At the base of: at the bottom of.扩展：on the basis of以...为基础
The man said that the pen was worth $50, but as a special favour, he would let me have it for $30.
那人说那支笔值50英镑，作为特别优惠，他愿意让我出30英镑成交。
单词：worth, be ~+s.m. , be ~ doing.=扩展：be worthy of, be worthwhile doing/ to do
Favour优惠，实惠
as a special favor 做为一种特殊的优惠 for 出...价钱 tradesman n.零售商, 工匠
As a special favor, the tradesman would let me have the watch for £20.
in favor of 赞成, 支持 -- I am in favor of stopping work now.
in sb.'s favor 得某人欢心, 对某人有利 -- The situation, both at home and aboard, is in our favor.
out of favor 失宠, 不利 do sb a favor 给某人恩惠
favorite adj.心爱的, 受宠的 favorite n.受宠的人或物 favorable adj.赞成的, 赞许的, 讨人喜欢的
I shook my head and held up five fingers indicating that I was willing to pay $5.
我摇摇头，伸出5根手指表示我只愿出5镑钱。
单词：indicate表明，指示，近义:demonstrate显示，表露
Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous, but he eventually reduced the price to $10.
那人激动地打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑。
单词：gesticulate做手势示意或强调(v./n.)
outrageous反常的,夸张的；令人惊讶的, it's ~!岂有此理！
He played an outrageous joke.
Outrage n.暴行, 侮辱, 愤怒 vt.凌辱, 强奸, 虐待, 伤害, 迫害
Rage n.愤怒, 情绪激动, 狂暴, 精神错乱
My father was in a rage last night.
fly into a rage 勃然大怒
Eventually:finally，lastly, ultimately
短语：Gesticulate wildly激动地打着手势
Gesticulating 现在分词做伴随状语 Act as if... 行为、举止好象...(as if = as though)
-- He acted as if he has never lived in England before. Outrageous adj.令人不能容忍的, 令人震惊的, 令人愤慨的 Eventually adv.最后, 终于(= 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.
虽然他绝望地举起双手，但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。
单词：shrug耸肩(以表示冷淡, 怀疑等)
thrust猛推, 猛塞;刺, 戳
Thrust sth into... 塞进... He thrust the pen into my hand.
Thrust aside 推开 He thrust the girl aside.
Thrust oneself forward He thrust himself forward in the crowd.
thrust oneself in 强行闯入, 干涉, 探听(= thrust one's nose into) Don’t thrust yourself in private sth. thrust sth. on/upon sb. 强卖给某人 -- Don’t thrust your idea on me. = Don’t exert your idea on me. thrust out 推出, 逐出, 解雇
When表一前一后两个动作发生
亮点：平庸的句子：I shrugged my shoulders and began to walk away . a moment later...
Shrugging 现在分词做伴随状语,用现在分词做伴随状语将第一句话变得紧凑后，接着用when把两个句子连在一起
我盯着他看了很久, 琢磨不透他为什么把赚来的钱一分一厘都攒下来.过了一分钟,他告诉了我他目前的困境.
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”, 赶着孩子们匆匆离开着火的房子. 五分钟后, 消防队员赶到了现场.
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. 不断地做某事 in despair 绝望的 readily(adv.乐意地, 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，我一直为我的绝妙的讨价还价而洋洋得意。
短语：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!
然而不管我如何摆弄，那枝漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进墨水来。直到今天，那枝笔连一个字也没写过！
短语：fill sth with 用...装满...
