1、The Middle Eastern Bazaar By L. A. Hill and D. J. MayGothic: of a style of buildings common in Western Europe between 12th and 16th centuries, with pointed arches, arched roofs, tall thin pillars. The building gives you a feeling of going up, up in the heaven is a mysterious place.2. Gothic is used

2、to describe literature that contains both horrible and frightening images. 3. Gothic is also described as a style of printing in which the letters are very elaborate and pointed. 字體（哥特體） (century Gothic style)4. Gothic-arched: a type of architecture Gothic ArchitectureThe entrance of a bazaar:Mosque

3、s:Gothic architecture:TYPE of Writing: Description: A description is painting a picture in words of a person, place, object, or scene. Writing Technique:From Macro to Micro 1. What type of writing is the article? What order does it follow?-Objective description; Spatial order.2. What is the order of

4、 description followed by the author when he mentions the miscellaneous markets?-Logical order; the most important picked out first.1.losing itself in the shadowy distance: 消失消失在遠處的陰影里在遠處的陰影里 shadowy: covered with shadows朦朧的，模朦朧的，模糊的，影影綽綽的糊的，影影綽綽的 The place is dark, so when the street is long, object

5、s in the distance become unclear and indistinct. 2. din sth. into sb.: tell sb. sth. again and again3. buying and selling 買賣買賣4.Constantly means continuously, stressing firmness, steadiness and devotion; endlessly stresses weariness and tediousness and monotony. 5.make a point of doing sth.: regard

6、or treat it as necessary.認為做某事重要或有必要，認為做某事重要或有必要，決心（或堅持）做某事決心（或堅持）做某事 make a point: to take particular care to重重視視 make a point of / make it a point to :regard or treat it as necessary認為認為是必要的是必要的.重視，強調(diào)重視，強調(diào) I always make a point of saying the right thing at the right time.6. Bargaining is the order

7、 of the day: Bargaining is the normal way of doing things. order of the day: 在某一時間內(nèi)必須做或通在某一時間內(nèi)必須做或通常做的事，議程，社會風尚常做的事，議程，社會風尚 Learning English is now the order of the day in China.7.as far as the eye can see: the eye: (singular) the power of seeing, eyesight.8.conceivable: that can be thought of, imag

8、inable conceive: think of可想到的，可相信的，可能的可想到的，可相信的，可能的9.fade away: become weaker and weaker, go slowly out of hearing慢慢消失、衰弱、消退慢慢消失、衰弱、消退10.follow suit: to do the same as someone else has done ( from cards games)趕潮流，學樣趕潮流，學樣11.overwhelm: to cover completely and suddenly, or to defeat or make powerless

9、by much greater force壓倒，壓倒，淹沒，覆蓋淹沒，覆蓋 He was overwhelmed with excitement. overwhelming 勢不可擋的勢不可擋的12.a point of honor: sth important for ones self-respect涉涉及榮譽的事情及榮譽的事情,維護臉面維護臉面 It is a point of honor with me to keep my promise. It is a point of honor: something considered important for ones self-res

10、pect13.give up: to yield ones purpose 放棄放棄 to yield power to sb 讓權(quán)讓權(quán)14.regard: I always hold him in high regard. (respect)尊敬尊敬 You have no regard for my feelings.15. interval: a period of time between sth間隔，幕間休息間隔，幕間休息 an interval between classes, after a years interval at intervals: happening regul

11、arly after equal periods of time不時，相隔一定距離不時，相隔一定距離16. get a glimpse of瞥見，窺見瞥見，窺見17.deprive of: to take away from剝奪剝奪 Poverty deprived him of his chance to go to school.18. impinge on (upon, against): to have an effect on沖擊，沖擊，撞擊撞擊,對對起作用，影響，侵犯起作用，影響，侵犯 19.take a hand: join to help幫助，幫忙幫助，幫忙 take a ha

12、nd with a hammer take a hand in sth: to help Come and take a hand in the cleaning.20.honeycomb: v. to fill with holes 使成蜂窩狀使成蜂窩狀 honeycomb: A honeycomb is a wax structure made by bees, which contains lots of six-sided holes where they store the honey that they make21. mosque: a Moslem ( Muslim) temp

13、le, place for worship清真寺清真寺22. disdain: v. n. to look down upon輕蔑，鄙輕蔑，鄙視視 disdainful: contemptuous, showing lack of respect, regard sb. or sth. as low and worthless輕蔑的，蔑視的輕蔑的，蔑視的23.would-be ( adj) : intended to be預期成預期成為為的；將要成為的；將要成為的的 24.deal in: sell and buy, trade in經(jīng)營，買賣，沉溺經(jīng)營，買賣，沉溺于于25.be persec

14、uted by sb. for sth. suffer from political / religious persecution26.attendant: a person who attends another to perform a service服務人員，隨從服務人員，隨從27.beat down: bargain with (seller), causing seller to lower price(與賣主與賣主)往往下砍價下砍價 28.sacrifice: to give up or lose, esp. for some good purpose or belief犧牲犧牲

15、29.hammer away at:苦心研究苦心研究30.the red of the live31.thread ones way: move through carefully or slowly，changing direction frequently as moving小心，緩慢地擠過小心，緩慢地擠過(不不斷地改變方向斷地改變方向) 32. setin motion: set sthgoing；launch使使運動，移動運動，移動 33.narrow down: reduce the number of縮縮小小(范圍，數(shù)字等范圍，數(shù)字等) 例：例： Please narrow dow

16、n the topic of your speech to avoid waste of time請縮小你講話的主題以免浪請縮小你講話的主題以免浪費時間。費時間。34.throw ones weight on to (sth): use all ones strength to press down使勁壓在使勁壓在(某物某物)上上 The doctor throws his weight on to the patients chest，but it does not work醫(yī)醫(yī)生使盡全身力氣壓住病人的胸口，但是無濟生使盡全身力氣壓住病人的胸口，但是無濟于事。于事。35.clear a wa

17、y for: get rid of 除掉，去掉，擺除掉，去掉，擺脫脫36.Entering and leaving.進進出出。37.caravanserai.客棧，旅店。Paraphrase:1. at a leisurely pace: at an unhurried pace 以從容不迫的速度2. yield little: refuse to reduce the price by any large amount;3. protest: insist, affirm stronglyStyleMetaphor1)Little monkeys with harmoniously tink

18、ling bells thread their way among the throngs of people entering and leaving the bazaar.2)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.3)The dye-market ,the pottery-mark

19、et ,and the carpenters market lie elsewhere in the maze of vaulted streets which honeycomb this bazaar.4)It is a vast ,somber cavern of a room ,some thirty feet high and sixty feet square , and so thick with the dust of centuries that the mudbrick roof are only dimly visible.5)You pass from the heat

20、 and glare of a big, open square into a cool, dark cavern which extends as far as the eye can see, losing itself in the shadowy distance.市場陰暗清涼，有頂覆蓋，如同一個山洞。6)the red of the live coals glowing bright and then dimming rhythmically to the strokes of the bellows.Consonance.輔音韻1)In the background, a tiny

21、 apprentice blows a big charcoal fire with a huge leather bellows worked by a string attached to his big toe-the red of the live coals glowing bright and then dimming rhythmically to the strokes of the bellows.Personification: The Middle Easter bazaar takes you back hundreds-even thousands-of years.

22、The beam sink earthwards, taut and protestingwhere camels lie disdainfully chewing their way.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.Every here and there, a doorway

23、 gives a glimpse of a sunlit courtyard, perhaps before a mosque or a caravanserai, where camels lie disdainfully chewing their hay, whileOnomatopoeia:e.g. moo, meow, bowwow, bark, hiss, roar, baa, squeak, toot, bang, rattle, crackle, pop, chug-chug, vroom-vroom, etc. Quickly the trickle becomes a flood of glistening linseed oil as the beam sink earthwards, taut and protesting, its creaks blending with the squeaking and rumbling of the grinding wheels and the occasional grunts and sighs of the camelsHyperbole: 1)The