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　 The Middle Eastern Bazaar (2)　 I. Text Analysis 　 5　　　 One of the most picturesque and impressive parts of the bazaar is the copper-smiths market. 集市上最引人注目、给人印象最深刻的地方之一是铜器市场。　 picturesque: striking, vivid,very beautiful (风景如画）　 Mary lives in a picturesque village.　 The tower upon it gave the stream a picturesque appearance.　　 The surroundings of the house are remarkably picturesque.　　 On national holidays the Austrian peasants wear picturesque costumes.　　　 A picturesque way of speaking (unique way)　　 He was a picturesque figure with his long beard and strange old clothes. (unique and lively)　 2) impressive: deeply impressing mind or senses, esp. so as to cause approval or admiration　 　 As you approach it, a tinkling and banging and clashing begins to impinge on your ear. 一走近这里，耳朵里便只听得见金属器皿互相碰击时所发出的一阵阵砰砰啪啪、丁丁当当的响声。　 onomatopoeia a:n?,m?t?pi??---one of the most popular and original methods of rhetoric.　　　 1) tinkling: a succession of light, ringing sounds(e.g. of a small bell)　　 2) banging: hit violently to make a loud noise (e.g. to bang a door)　　 3) clashing: make a loud, broken, confused noise ( as when metal objects strike together) (e.g. swards clash, the clashing of cymbals)　　　 4) Impinge (on): strike; come into forcible contact with, collide with ;have an effect on　 I heard the rain impinge upon the earth/ window.　　　 The cuts in defense spending impinged on two of the region’s largest employers.　　　 Your political opinions will necessarily impinge on your public life　　 　　　 　 It grows louder and more distinct, until you round a corner and see a fairyland of dancing flashes, as the burnished copper catches the light of innumerable lamps and braziers. 走得越近，响声便越来越大，越来越清晰。直待你走到拐角处一转弯，眼前便出现了锃亮的铜器，它们映照着无数盏明灯和火盆，流光飞舞，有如仙境。　　 1) it: the tinkling and banging and clashing　　　 2) distinct: not only clear, but easily heard, clearly marked, distinguished apart from other sounds　　 2)round: make a turn about　 3) dancing flashes: (metaphor) quick br