Lesson Thirteen Hobbyist
Fredric Brown
Learning Guide
一家神秘的药店秘密免费提供毒药，但高价出售解药。店主是怎样提供前者，又是怎样售后者，他的目的何在?他的理由充分吗？仁者见仁，智者见智，你又如何看呢？
1、词汇
1.hobby n. （业余）爱好，嗜好（不包括阅读等）
2.hobbyist n. 有某种癖好者
3.rumor n. 传闻，传言，谣言
4.absolutely adv. 绝对地；完全地
5.druggist n. 浅开头的成语药商，药剂师
6.drugstore n. 药房
7.completely adv. 完全地，彻底地
8.undetectable adj. 觉察不到的，发现不了的
二年级新学期目标 detect v. 侦察，觉察
detectable adj. 觉察到的
反义词：undetectable
detective n. 私人侦探
9.poison n. 毒药，毒物
poisonous adj. 有毒的
10.doorway n. 门口
11.break n. 休息时间
12. ring v. 充满
13. be ringed with 被…….装满
14. coffee-pot n. 咖啡壶
15. motion v. 用动作或手势示意
motion sb. to do sth. 示意某人做某事
16. uprai v. 抬起， 抬高
17. convince v. 使信服，说服；使确信
Convincing adj 令人信服的
Convinced adj 感到信服的
18. derve v. 企业消防安全值得，应得
19. shrug v. 耸肩
20. briefly adv. 简短地
21. freely adv. 免费地
22. ca n. 事例，实例
23. murderer n. 凶手，杀人犯
murder v. 杀人
24. antidote n.['æntidəut] 解毒药，解毒剂
25. possibility n. 可能性
Possible adj.
26. double-cross n. 欺骗行为，出卖行为
27. blackmail n. 敲诈，勒索
28. pistol n. 手枪
29. chuckle n. 低声地笑，自笑
30. deadly adj. 致命的
31. bluff v. 虚张声势，吓唬人
32. growl v. 咆哮，发火
33. reasonable adj. 合理的，有理由的
34. wallet n. 钱包
设计癖 35. confession n. 自白，供认，承认
36. intension n. 目的，意图，打算
intend to do sth. 打算做某事
37. former adj. 以前的
formal 正式的
38. evidence n. 证据
二、课文分析
Para. 1 Page 295
1. " I heard a rumor," Sangstrom said, " that you－" He turned his head and looked about him to make absolutely sure that he and the druggist were alone in the tiny drugstore.
“我听到一个谣言，说你--”他转过头向四周看了看，来绝对确认这个小药房里只 有他和这位药剂师。
A. 注意：rumor与其同位语从句之间插入了一些描述性词句。同位语从句为：that you have a completely undetectable poison."（你这里卖一种别人完全察觉不到的毒药）
B look about /around 环顾四周
look atv. 看；考虑；着眼于
look for寻找
look forwardto 期待；盼望
take a look看一下
have a look看一下，看一眼；看一看
look into观察；窥视；浏览
look up仰望；查阅；尊敬；拜访
look after照顾；关心；目送
look back回顾；回头看
look in看望；顺道访问
文科生可以学什么专业look on观看，旁观；看待
look around游览；到处察看；到处寻找
look upon.....as.....看待；把…看作
look out注意；面朝；照料
look good看起来很好看橙色郁金香花语
look down俯视；向下看；用目光慑服某人；[股]看跌
C make sure :make certain 查明，务必，确信,弄清楚
晒家 E.g. They wanted to make sure they got a slice of the profits.
他们想确保自己可得到一份利润。
E.g. Make sure how many are going to bring in the wheat tomorrow.
明天去收麦子的有多少人，要落实一下。
D alone isolated from others 单独的
alone，lone，lonely和lonesome的比较：
alone是表语形容词，因此能说The man is alone，
不能说an alone man。
也不能说very alone，只能说much alone或very much alone，
且后者比前者普遍。
lone是定语形容词，因此能说a lone man,不能说The man is lone。
alone指“独自的”，lonely指“寂寞的”，一个人也许alone但并不lonely（虽 自己一人，但不寂寞），或是虽不alone而感觉lonely（虽不是自己一个人， 却还是寂寞）。有时lonely还指“大度包容不大有人到的”，如a lonely hou。
lonesome同lonely意思相近，指“孤单的”。
Mary is very lonesome with her husband and children so much away.
2. The druggist was a little man who could have been any age from fifty to a hundred.
药剂师是一个小个子的男人，其年龄从50到100捉摸不定。
A could 表示推测 可能 加完成形式，表示对过去的推测。
3. They were alone, but Sangstrom dropped his voice just the same. "－that you hav
e a completely undetectable poison."
A. drop one's voice 降低声音
B. just the same 仍然，还是= all the same
E.g. He's not very reliable, but I like him just the same.
他是不太可靠，但我仍很喜欢他。
e.g. The sun's out, but I'll take a raincoat just the same.
尽管是晴天，但我还是要带上雨衣。
e.g.My mother is a lady, but just the same she eats boil cabbage with a knife. 我母亲是个淑女，可她还是用餐刀吃煮过的卷心菜。
Para. 2 Page 295
4. The druggist nodded. He came around the counter and locked the front door of the shop, then walked toward a doorway behind the counter. " I was
about to take a coffee break," he said. "Come with me and have a cup."
药店老板点点头。他从柜台走出来，锁上药店的前门，然后走向柜台后面的那
扇门。“我正要喝咖啡休息一下，”他说，“跟我来喝杯咖啡。”
A. nod to sb. 对某人点头.
B. be about to do sth.将要做某事 (不和具体的时间状语连用）
e.g. I was about to leave when it began to rain.
我正要出门，这时天开始下雨了。
