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(1). Small boats loaded with wares sped to the great liner as she was entering the harbor.

当一艘大型船进港的时候，许多小船载着各种杂货快速向客轮驶来

(2). Before she had anchored, the men from the boats had climbed on board and the decks were soon covered with colorful rugs from Persia, silks from India, copper coffee pots, and beautiful hand-made silver-ware.

大船还未下锚，小船上的人就纷纷爬上客轮。一会儿，甲板上就摆满了色彩斑斓的波斯地毯、印度丝绸、铜咖啡壶以及手工制作的漂亮的银器

(3). It was difficult not to be tempted.

要想不为这些东西所动心是很困难的。

(4). Many of the tourists on board had begun bargaining with the tradesmen, but I decided not to buy anything until I had disembarked.

船上的许多游客开始同商贩讨价还价起来，但我打定主意上岸之前什么也不买。

(5). I had no sooner got off the ship than I was assailed by a man who wanted to sell me a diamond ring.

我刚下船，就被一个人截住，他向我兜售一枚钻石戒指。

(6). I had no intention of buying one, but I could not conceal the fact that I was impressed by the size of the diamonds.

我根本不想买，但我不能掩饰这样一个事实:其钻石之大给我留下深刻的印象。

(7). Some of them were as big as marbles.

有的钻石像玻璃球那么大。

(8). The man went to great lengths to prove that the diamonds were real.

那人竭力想证明那钻石是真货。

(9). As we were walking past a shop, he held a diamond firmly against the window and made a deep impression in the glass.

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。

(10). It took me over half an hour to get rid of him.

我花了半个多小时，才摆脱了他的纠缠。

(11). 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。

(12). I examined one of the pens closely. It certainly looked genuine. At the base of the gold cap, the words ’made in the U.S.A.’ had been neatly inscribed.

我仔细察看了一枝钢笔，那看上去确实不假，金笔帽下方整齐地刻有“美国制造”字样。

(13). The man said that the pen was worth &50, but as a special favor, 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

(14). I shook my head and held up a finger indicating that I was willing to pay five pounds.

我摇摇头伸出5根手指表，示我只愿出5英镑钱。

(15). Gesticulating wildly, the man acted as if he found my offer outrageous

那人激动打着手势，仿佛我的出价使他不能容忍。

(16). But he eventually reduced the price to &10.

但他终于把价钱降到了10英镑

(17). Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away when

我耸耸肩膀掉头走开了

(18). A moment later, he ran after me and thrust the pen into my hands. Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the pound I gave him.

一会儿，他突然从后追上来，把笔钱塞到我手里，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英镑

(19). 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。

(20). 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 word !

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，那支笔连一个字也没写过!