7.the ivals(现代大学英语第三册)课文详解.pptVIP

Verbal Fencing-Battle of Wits Text Analysis Part I: Para. 1-2 Questions: 1. What is the profession of Mr. Harraby-Ribston? 2. What does he do when his train was about three-quaters of an hour from its destination? 3. When Mr. Crowther sees that incident , how does he respond? 4. Why does Mr. Crowther appear so calm and quiet? 5. What kind of effect did Mr. Harraby-Ribston wish to produce on Mr. Crowther by tossing the suitcase out of the window? Did Mr. Crowther give him that satisfaction? 1. The train was about three-quarters of an hour from its destination and was travelling at a good sixty miles an hour when Mr. Harraby-Ribston, a prosperous businessman, rose from his seat, lifted his suitcase down from the rack and threw it out of the window. The only other occupant of the carriage, a small, thin man, a Mr. Crowther, had raised his eyes from his book when his travelling-companion stirred from his seat and had noticed the occurrence. 火车以每小时至少60英里的速度向前行驶着，还有大约45分钟就可以到站。这时车上一位富有的商人，哈罗毕·里勃斯顿先生，从位子上站了起来，取下行李架上的提箱，将它扔出窗户外。车厢上仅有的另一位乘客是个叫做克劳瑟先生的瘦小男人。当他的旅伴离开座位扔提箱时，他将目光从书本上移开，目睹了这一过程。 Then the two men exchanged a sharp glance and immediately Mr. Crowther continued his reading, while Mr. Harraby-Ribston resumed his seat and sat for a while puffing a little and with a heightened color as a result of his exertion. The glance that his companion had given him worried him extremely, for Mr. Crowthers glance had betrayed not the smallest emotion. It had shown no alarm, no surprise, not even a mild interest, and that, surely, was very extraordinary. (1) 两个人很快地对视了一下，然后克劳瑟先生立刻又继续看他的书，而哈罗毕·里勃斯顿先生则重新回到了自己的座位，刚才的费力使他有点气喘吁吁，脸也涨得通红。旅伴对他匆匆的一瞥使他感到极度不安，因为克劳瑟先生的眼神并没有半点异样，没有惊恐，没有诧异，甚至没有一点点好奇，当然，这十分反常。 Mr. Harraby-Ribstons curiosity was violently aroused. And not only that. He was by nature a sociable, chatty man and he had reckoned that his action would infallibly produce conversation. But no conversation had followed and, that being so, he had had no opportunity of explaining his beh