everyday 普通的

chores 日常琐事，家务事

jeweller 珠宝商

brilliance 光泽，明亮度

nature 本质，性质

unnoticed 未被注意到的

测验 请听报道并回答下列问题。  

1. Where did the owner of the cushion-shaped stone buy it?

2. How did the woman who bought the stone treat it over the years?

3. True or false? Decades later, the owner realised it was a diamond by herself.

4. Which word in the text means ‘the amount of money something is worth’?

答案

1. Where did the owner of the stone buy it?

The owner bought the cushion-shaped stone at a car boot sale at the West Middlesex Hospital in London.

2. How did the woman who bought the stone treat it over the years?

Unaware that it was a diamond, the woman who bought the stone treated it as everyday jewellery, wearing it to the shops and while doing the chores.

3. True or false? Decades later, she realised it was a diamond by herself.

False. A jeweller persuaded the owner to get the stone tested. She took it to Sotheby’s, and the experts there confirmed it was a diamond.

4. Which word in the text means ‘the amount of money something is worth’?

Value.

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