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新概念英语第三册课文翻译及学习笔记: Lesson52
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My cousin, Harry, keeps a large curiously-shaped bottle on permanent display in his study. Despite the fact that the bottle is tinted a delicate shade of green, an observant visitor would soon notice that it is filled with what looks
like a thick, grayish substance. If you were to ask Harry
what was in the bottle, he would tell you that it contained
perfumed mud. If you expressed doubt or surprise, he would
immediately invite you to smell it and then to rub some into
your skin. This brief experiment would dispel any further
doubts you might have. The bottle really does contain
perfumed mud. How Harry came into the possession of this
outlandish stuff makes an interesting story which he is fond
of relating. Furthermore, the acquisition of this bottle
cured him of a bad habit he had been developing for years.
Harry used to consider it a great joke to go into expensive cosmetic shops and make outrageous requests for goods that do not exist. He would invent fanciful names on the spot. On entering a shop, he would ask for a new perfume called Scented Shadow or for insoluble bath cubes. If a shop assistant told him she had not heard of it, he would pretend to be considerably put out. He loved to be told that one of his imaginary products was temporarily out of stock and he would faithfully promise to call again at some future date, but of course he never did. How Harry managed to keep a straight face during these performances is quite beyond me.
Harry does not need to be prompted to explain how he bought his precious bottle of mud. One day, he went to an exclusive shop in London and asked for Myrolite, the shop assistant looked puzzled and Harry repeated the word, slowly stressing each syllable. When the woman shook her head in bewilderment, Harry went on to explain that myrolite was a hard, amber-like substance which could be used to remove freckles. This explanation evidently conveyed something to the woman who searched shelf after shelf
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