Notes

　　1.If there is any doubt about whether or not the suit-seller will accept it for a suit,then I will not accept it for my fish.如果对卖服装的人是否愿意用一套服装换这一船鱼有怀疑，我就不会与之相交换

　　(1)accept vt.to regard as proper, usual, or right相信，接受：被认为是正当的、一般的或正确的

　　例：Such customs are widely accepted.

　　这样的风俗是被普遍认同的

　　2.So whatever he accepts in exchange for his fish can not be something acceptable only to the suit-seller.因此，无论他用这船鱼换到什么物品，这件物品不能仅仅是这位卖衣服的人愿意接受，还必须是所有其他人都愿意接受的物品。

　　(1)此句中的whatever he accepts in exchange for his fish是主语从句。

　　whatever pron. everything or anything that无论什么，任何东西，一切事物

　　例：Do whatever you please.

　　你喜欢做什么就做什么

　　(2)acceptable only to the suit-seller是由形容词acceptable引导的"形容词短语"，做后置定语，修饰前面的不定代词something。

　　3.When everyone is confident that everyone else will accept something as money, then that something becomes generally acceptable. 当大家认识到人人都愿意接受某种物品为货币时，这时它就会被普遍接受。

　　(1)be confident that...:相信...；认识到...

　　(be confident) that...,(then) that...:是两个并列的宾语从句。

　　(2)become generally acceptable被普遍接受