新概念英语第三册课文翻译及词汇Lesson49~51.pdfVIP

【导语】新概念英语作为家喻户晓的经典之作，它有着全新的教学理念，有趣的课⽂内容及其全⾯的技能训练，为⼴⼤的英 语学习者提供帮助！如果你也想学好英语，⼜怎能错过新概念英语？下⾯为您提供了相关内容，希望对您有所帮助！ 新概念英语第三册课⽂翻译及词汇Lesson49 　　【课⽂】 　　It is a good thing my aunt Harriet died years ago. If she were alive today she would not be able to air her views on her favourite topic of conversation: domestic servants. Aunt Harriet lived in that leisurely age when servants were employed to do housework. She had a huge, rambling country house called The Gables. She was sentimentally attached to this house, for even though it was far too big for her needs, she persisted in living there long after her husbands death. Before she grew old, Aunt Harriet used to entertain lavishly. I often visited The Gables when I was a boy. No matter how many guests were present, the great house was always immaculate. The parquet floors shone like mirrors; highly polished silver was displayed in gleaming glass cabinets; even my uncles huge collection of books was kept miraculously free from dust. Aunt Harriet presided over an invisible army of servants that continuously scrubbed, cleaned, and polished. She always referred to them as the shifting population, for they came and went with such frequency that I never even got a chance to learn their names. Though my aunt pursued what was, in those days, an enlightened policy, in that she never allowed her domestic staff to work more than eight hours a day, she was extremely difficult to please. While she always criticized the fickleness of human nature, she carried on an unrelenting search for the ideal servant to the end of her days, even after she had been sadly disillusioned by Bessie. 　　Bessie worked for Aunt Harriet for three years. During that time she so gained my aunts confidence that she was put in charge of the domestic staff. Aunt Harriet could not find words to praise Bessies industriousness and efficiency. In addition to all her other qualifications, Bessie was an expert cook. She acted the role of the perfect serv