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Lesson31AlovableeccentricLecturer:PatienceWangNewwordsandexpressionsReadthenewwordsandexpressionsonpage146.Lesson31Alovableeccentric(Ⅰ)•Trueeccentricsneverdeliberatelysetouttodrawattentiontothemselves.Theydisregardsocialconventionswithoutbeingconsciousthattheyaredoinganythingextraordinary.Thisinvariablywinsthemtheloveandrespectofothers,fortheyaddcolourtothedullroutineofeverydaylife.•Uptothetimeofhisdeath,RichardColsonwasoneofthemostnotablefiguresinourtown.Hewasashrewdandwealthybusinessman,butmostpeopleinthetownhardlyknewanythingaboutthissideofhislife.HewasknowntousallasDickieandhiseccentricityhadbecomelegendarylongbeforehedied.Lesson31Alovableeccentric(Ⅱ)Dickiedislikedsnobsintensely.Thoughheownedalargecar,hehardlyeverusedit,preferringalwaystogoonfoot.Evenwhenitwasrainingheavily,herefusedtocarryanumbrella.Oneday,hewalkedintoanexpensiveshopafterhavingbeencaughtinaparticularlyheavyshower.Hewantedtobuya$300watchforhiswife,buthewasinsuchabedraggledconditionthatanassistantrefusedtoservehim.Dickielefttheshopwithoutawordandreturnedcarryingalargeclothbag.Asitwasextremelyheavy,hedumpeditonthecounter.Theassistantaskedhimtoleave,butDickiepaidnoattentiontohimandrequestedtoseethemanager.Recognizingwhothecustomerwas,themanagerwasmostapologeticandreprimandedtheassistantseverely.WhenDickiewasgiventhewatch,hepresentedtheassistantwiththeclothbag.Itcontained$300inpennies.Heinsistedontheassistant'scountingthemoneybeforeheleft--30,000penniesinall!Onanotheroccasion,heinvitedanumberofimportantcriticstoseehisprivatecollectionofmodernpaintings.Thisexhibitionreceivedagreatdealofattentioninthepress,forthoughthepicturesweresupposedtobetheworkoffamousartists,theyhadinfactbeenpaintedbyDickie.Ittookhimfouryearstostagethiselaboratejokesimplytoprovethatcriticsdonotalwaysknowwhattheyaretalkingabout.lovablelovableadj.easytoloveorlike;pleasant讨人喜欢的；可爱的e.g.可爱的小猫alovablekittenlovelyadj.1.beautiful,attractive,etc.,esp.toboththeheartandtheeye美丽的，可爱的，动人的e.g.漂亮的女孩alovelygirl美丽的景色alovelyview2.(informal)verypleasantorenjoyable美好的，令人愉快的e.g.一顿美餐alovelymeal好天气lovelywhethereccentriceccentricn.aneccentricperson行为古怪的人e.g.那个老妇人有点古怪。Theoldladyisabitofaneccentric.eccentricadj.differinginbehaviourfromwhatisusualorsociallyaccepted,esp.inawaythatisstrangeoramusing;unconventional古怪的；（令人）好笑的；异乎寻常的e.g.与众不同的举止eccentricbehavioureccentricityn.[c;u](anexampleof)eccentricbehaviour古怪行为，反常e.g.英国人以行为怪癖而出名。TheEnglisharefamousfortheireccentricities/eccentricity.deliberatelydeliberateadj.1.(esp.ofsomethingbad)doneonpurposeorasaresultofcarefulplanning;intentional[尤指坏事]故意的；深思熟虑的，盘算周到的e.g.这次撞车并不是什么意外事故，而是有人蓄意要谋害他！Thecarcrashwasn’tanaccident;itwasadeliberateattempttokillhim!2.(ofspeech,thought,ormovement)slow;unhurried[言语、思想、行动等]不慌不忙的，从容不迫的e.g.这位老人不慌不忙地站起来，然后离开房间。Theoldmanstoodupinaverydeliberatewayandlefttheroom.adv.deliberatelye.g.我在街上从她身边走过时，她故意不理睬我。ShedeliberatelyignoredmewhenIpassedherinthestreet.setoutsetout1.toleaveaplaceandbeginajourney出发；动身；启程e.g.他们动身踏上最后一段行程。Theysetoutonthelaststageoftheirjourney.2.tobeginajob,task,etc.withaparticularaimorgoal(怀着目标)开始工作，展开任务e.g.(1)她一心努力要打破世界纪录。Shesetouttobreaktheworldrecord.(2)他们实现了既定的目标。Theysucceededinwhattheysetouttodo.3.setouttodosth.打算，企图做某事e.g.我认为你正一步步地有意想惹我生气。Ithinkyou’redeliberatelysettingouttoannoyme.attentionattention/ə'tenʃən/n.[u]注意，留心，专心，注意力payattentiontosth把精力集中在~，留心~e.g.Youmustpayattentiontotheteacher.你必须专心听老师讲课。attractone’sattention吸引某人的注意catchone’sattention引起某人的注意e.g.Shewavedherhandtoattract/catchmyattention.她挥手以吸引（引起）我的注意。disregarddisregardvt.topaynoattentionto;treatasunimportantorunworthyofnotice不顾，不理会；无视，漠视e.g.他完全不理会我们的各种反对意见。Hecompletelydisregardedallourobjections.disregardn.[u(for,of)]lackofproperattentiontoorrespectforsomeoneorsomething;neglect漠视，忽视，蔑视e.g.政府对穷人的需求表现出完全漠视的态度。Thegovernmenthasshownatotaldisregardfortheneedsofthepoor.conventionconventionn.1.[c;u](anexampleof)generallyacceptedpractice,esp.withregardtosocialbehaviour惯例；常规；习俗e.g.商人应该穿西装，这是惯例而已。Itisamatterofconventionthatbusinessmenshouldwearsuits.2.[c](ameetingof)agroupofpeoplegatheredtogetherwithashared,oftenpoliticalpurpose[常为政治性的]大会，会议；全体与会者e.g.教师大会ateachers’convention3.[c]aformalagreementesp.betweencountriesonsomethingthatisimportanttothemall[尤指国际间的]公约；协定e.g.这些国家都同意签订公约。Thecountriesallagreedtosigntheconvention.conventionaladj.followingacceptedcustomsandstandards,sometimestoocloselyandwithoutoriginality[常贬]按惯例[习俗]办事的；因袭的，守旧的；传统的e.g.守旧观点conventionalopinionsextraordinaryextraordinaryadj.1.verystrange非常奇怪的e.g.多么奇特的帽子呀！Whatanextraordinaryhat!2.morethanwhatisordinary;special不平常的；特别的e.g.一个特别漂亮的女孩agirlofextraordinarybeauty3.(ofanagreement)inadditiontotheordinaryone(s)额外安排的；临时的e.g.下星期三将有一个额外安排的会议专门讨论紧急决议。TherewillbeanextraordinarymeetingnextWednesdaytodiscusstheemergencyresolution.extraordinarily/ik,strɔ:rdə’nerəli/adv.1)非常奇怪地e.g.为什么他的行为那么奇怪？Whydoeshebehavesoextraordinarily?2）不寻常地；极端地e.g.这事情花了特别长的时间。Ittookanextraordinarilylongtime.invariableinvariableadj.whichcannotordoesnotvaryorchange恒定的；不变的；始终如一的e.g.(1)不变量aninvariablequantity(2)他来见我时又提出了他那一贯的借钱的要求。Hecametose