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1LessononeTheMiddleEasternBazaar一．Backgroundinformation二．BriefoverviewandwritingstyleThistextisapieceofdescription.Inthisarticle,theauthordescribesavividandlivesceneofnoisyhilarityoftheMiddleEasternBazaartoreaders.Atfirst,hedescribesthegeneralatmosphereofthebazaar.Theentranceofthebazaarisagedandnoisy.However,asonegoesthroughthebazaar,thenoisetheentrancefadesaway.OneofthepeculiaritiesoftheEasternbazaaristhatshopkeepersdealinginthesamekindofgoodsgatherinthesamearea.Thentheauthorintroducessomestrategiesforbargainingwiththesellerinthebazaarwhicharequiteuseful.Afterthathedescribessomeimpressivespecificmarketofthebazaarparticularlyincludingthecopper-smithsmarket,thecarpet-market,thespice-market,thefood-market,thedye-market,thepottery-marketandthecarpenter’smarketwhichhoneycombthebazaar.Thetypicalanimalindesert----camels----canalsoattractattentionbytheirdisdainfulexpressions.Totheauthorthemostunforgettablethinginthebazaaristheplacewherepeoplemakelinseedoil.Hencehedescribesthiscomplicatedcoursewithgreatdetails.Theauthor’svividandsplendiddescriptiontakesreadersbacktohundredsofthousandsofyearsagetotheagedmiddleeasternbazaar,whichgivesthearticleanobviousdiachronicandspatialsense.Theappealtoreaders’visualandhearingsensethroughoutthedescriptionisalsoamarkedfeatureofthispieceofwriting.Inshort,beingaWesterner,theauthorviewstheorientalcultureandcivilizationasoldandbackwardbutinterestingandfantastic.Throughcarefulobservationanddetailedcomparison,theauthordepictssomenewandoriginalpeculiaritiesoftheMiddleEasternbazaarwhichareuniqueanddistinguished.三．DetailedstudyofthetextParagraph1thegeneralatmosphereofthebazaar1.TheMiddleEasternbazaartakesyouback…ofyears:1)MiddleEast:generallyreferringtotheareafromAfghanistantoEgypt,includingtheArabianPeninsula,Cyprus,andAsiaticTurkey.2)Abazaarisanorientalmarket-placewhereavarietyofgoodsissold.ThewordperhapscomesfromthePersianwordbazar.（中东和印度等的）集市，市场Paraphrase:Thebazaarcanbetracedbacktomanycenturiesago.Thearchitecturewasancient,thebricksandstoneswereagedandtheeconomywasahandicrafteconomywhichnolongerexistedintheWest.2.TheoneIamthinkingofparticularlyisentered…:1)isentered..:Thepresenttenseusedhereiscalled“historicalpresent(历史现在时)”.Itisusedforvividness.2)Gothic:ofastyleofbuildinginWesternEuropebetweenthe12thand16thcenturies,withpointedarches,archedroofs,tallthinpillars,andstainedglasswindows.3)aged:havingexistedlong;veryold3.Youpassfromtheheatandglareofabigopensquareintoacool,darkcavern…:1)Here“theheat”iscontrastedwith“cool”,“glare”with“dark”,and“opensquare”with“cavern”.2)glare:strong,fierce,unpleasantlight,notsoagreeableandwelcomeas“brightsunlight”.强光，耀眼的光3)“cavern”heredoesnotreallymeanacaveoranundergroundchamber.Fromthetextwecanseeitisalong,narrow,darkstreetofworkshopsandshopswithsomesortofaroofoverthem.2大洞穴（尤指大而黑的）Paraphrase:Infrontofthegatewaythereisabig,opensquare.Itishotthereandthebrightnessofthesunlightismostdisagreeable.Butwhenyouenterthegateway,youcometoalong,narrow,darkstreetwithsomesortofaroofoveritanditiscoolinside.4.whichextendsasfarastheeyecansee:Thewordeyeandearareusedinthesingularnottomeantheconcreteorganofsightorhearingbutsomethingabstract;theyareoftenusedfiguratively.Heretheeyemeansman’spowerofseeingoreyesight.E.g.1)Shehasaneyeforbeauty.2)Theboyhasasharpeye.3)Toturnablindeye/adeafeartosthorsb.4)Hiswordsareunpleasanttotheear.5.losingitselfintheshadowydistance…:shadowysuggestsshiftingilluminationanddistinct.E.g.Azig-zagpathlosesitselfintheshadowydistanceofthewoods.（一条蜿蜒的小路隐没在树荫深处。）6.Littledonkeys…enteringandleavingthebazaar:1)threadtheirway:thedonkeyswentinandoutamongthepeopleandfromonesidetoanother.2)Theword“entering”and“leaving”gowiththeword“throngs”whichdiffersfrom“crowd”inthatitcarriesastringerimplicationofmovementandofpushingandaweakerimplicationofdensity.7.Theroadwayisabout…ofeveryconceivablekindaresold.1)roadway:themiddlepartofaroadwherevehiclesdrive2)stall:small,open-frontedshop,tableetc.usedbyatraderinamarket,onastreet.摊位，售货亭ParaphraseThesmallshopsliningthestreettrytoexpandtheirshopspacebyencroachingonthestreet,sothestreetbecomesnarroweveryfewyards.8.Thedin…andmakesyoudizzy:1)din:loud,confusednoisethatcontinues持续的嘈杂声2)Thenoun“din”isfollowedbythree“of”phrases,thusaparallelism.3)Theexpression“cryingone’sware”isnowconsideredoldfashioned.Wares:ratherliterary,meaningarticlesforsale,usu.notinashop.4）clearaway:toremovefrom(asaspace)allthatoccupiesorencumbers,orthatimpedesorrestrictsuse,passageoraction5）would-be:likely,possibleParaphrasetheloud,confusednoiseof…continueswithoutinterruptionandmakesyoufeelmentallyconfused.Paragraph2thesepulchralatmosphereofthecloth-market1.Thenasyoupenetrate…mutedcloth-market.1)penetrate:topierceorpassintoorthrough.Thewordisusedheretoindicatethatyouhavetopassthroughabigcrowdinordertogodeeperintothemarket.进入或穿过，透过2)Fadeaway:goslowlyoutofhearing,graduallydisappear3)Muted:itismutedbecausetheearthenfloordeadensthesoundoffootstepsandpeopleinthemarketspeakinlow,softtones.2.Theearthenfloor…anysoundstoecho:1)earthen:madeofearth2)beatenhardbycountlessfeet