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[00:05.85]31 可爱的怪人
[00:11.70]Listen to the tape then answer the question below
[00:15.63]听录音,然后回答以下问题.
[00:19.57]Why did the shop assistant refuse to serve Dickie
[00:24.44]为什么店员拒绝接待迪基?
[00:29.31]True eccentrics never deliberately set out to draw attention to themselves
[00:33.14]真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意.
[00:36.96]They disregard social conventions
[00:39.18]他们不顾社会习俗,
[00:41.40]without being conscious that they are doing anything extraordinary
[00:44.19]意识不到自己所作所为有什么特殊之处
[00:46.97]This invariably wins them the love and respect of others
[00:49.80]他们总能赢得别人的喜爱与尊敬,
[00:52.64]for they add colour to the dull routine of everyday life
[00:55.37]因为他们给平淡单一的日常生活增添了色彩
[00:58.10]Up to the time of his death,
[00:59.82]理查德.科尔森生前
[01:01.54]Richard Colson was one of the most notable figures in our town
[01:04.73]是我们镇上最有名望的人之一.
[01:07.92]He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman
[01:10.10]他是个精明能干、有钱的商人,
[01:12.28]but most people in the town hardly knew anything about this side of his life
[01:15.52]对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知.