单词与词组 Words and phrases
①present n. 礼物
②shelter n. 庇护
③dust jacket n. 书皮，包书纸
④irresistible a. 不可抗拒的
⑤engrossed a. 全神贯注的
⑥browse v. 浏览
⑦run up 增加
全文细细赏 Text reading
Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present①. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter② from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totallyunaware of your surroundings.
无论你是爱书的人或是仅仅想买一本书作为礼品，在书店里度过的时光或许是最令人愉快的。你甚至可能仅仅因为天突然下起大雨，为寻找避雨处而走进书店。不管出于什么原因，不一会儿，你就会全然忘却周围的环境。
The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket③ is irresistible④, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book.
挑一本护封吸引人的书，这种欲望不可抗拒。不过这种挑选方式是不可取的，因为你最终挑选的很有可能只不过是一本枯燥无味的书。
You soon become engrossed⑤ in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment --without buying a book, of course.
你很快就沉浸在某一本书之中，通常要在好长时间之后才意识到在书店呆得太久了，得赶紧去赴一个已被忘却的约会--当然，书是没买成。
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think , the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant to you with inevitable greeting, "Can I help you, sir?" You finished browsing⑥.
我想，利用这样的机会逃避庸常的现实生活是书店的主要吸引人之处。能够这样做的地方并不太多。在这样的场所，你可以尽兴地逛来逛去。如果这是一家好书店，不会有店员向你走过来，老一套地问候一句："先生，能为您效劳吗？"你不必买你不想要的东西。书店里的店员应该呆在幕后，直等你浏览完毕再出来。
Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
到那时候--只有到那时候--他的服务才是必需的。当然你可能想知道某一个特定的分部在哪儿。但是他一旦把你领到哪儿，就应当小心翼翼地退出，似乎他不屑于推销任何一本书。
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up⑦ a huge account, you can waste great deal of time wandering from section to section.
面对书店各色各样的图书的吸引，你得格外小心，你很可能会走进一家书店，本想寻觅一本古钱币方面的书，可出来时却拿着一本最新的畅销小说。这种事可能是非常危险的。除了结帐数额惊人之外，从一个分部逛到另一分部还要花掉你大量的时间。
背诵小贴士 Recitation tips
三个主题句：
1. Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable.
2. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is the main attraction of a bookshop.
3. You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop.
关键字:双语阅读
生词表:
①present n. 礼物
②shelter n. 庇护
③dust jacket n. 书皮，包书纸
④irresistible a. 不可抗拒的
⑤engrossed a. 全神贯注的
⑥browse v. 浏览
⑦run up 增加
全文细细赏 Text reading
Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable, whether you are a book-lover or merely you are there to buy a book as a present①. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelter② from a sudden shower. Whatever the reason, you can soon become totallyunaware of your surroundings.
无论你是爱书的人或是仅仅想买一本书作为礼品，在书店里度过的时光或许是最令人愉快的。你甚至可能仅仅因为天突然下起大雨，为寻找避雨处而走进书店。不管出于什么原因，不一会儿，你就会全然忘却周围的环境。
The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket③ is irresistible④, although this method of selection ought not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather dull book.
挑一本护封吸引人的书，这种欲望不可抗拒。不过这种挑选方式是不可取的，因为你最终挑选的很有可能只不过是一本枯燥无味的书。
You soon become engrossed⑤ in some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realize you have spent far too much time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment --without buying a book, of course.
你很快就沉浸在某一本书之中，通常要在好长时间之后才意识到在书店呆得太久了，得赶紧去赴一个已被忘却的约会--当然，书是没买成。
This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think , the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is possible to do this. You can wander round such places to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant to you with inevitable greeting, "Can I help you, sir?" You finished browsing⑥.
我想，利用这样的机会逃避庸常的现实生活是书店的主要吸引人之处。能够这样做的地方并不太多。在这样的场所，你可以尽兴地逛来逛去。如果这是一家好书店，不会有店员向你走过来，老一套地问候一句："先生，能为您效劳吗？"你不必买你不想要的东西。书店里的店员应该呆在幕后，直等你浏览完毕再出来。
Then, and only then, are his services necessary. Of course you may want to find out where a particular section is, but when he has led you there, the assistant should retire carefully and look as if he is not interested in selling a single book.
到那时候--只有到那时候--他的服务才是必需的。当然你可能想知道某一个特定的分部在哪儿。但是他一旦把你领到哪儿，就应当小心翼翼地退出，似乎他不屑于推销任何一本书。
You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop. It is very easy to enter the shop looking for a book on ancient coins and to come out carrying a copy of the latest best-selling novel. This sort of thing can be very dangerous. Apart from running up⑦ a huge account, you can waste great deal of time wandering from section to section.
面对书店各色各样的图书的吸引，你得格外小心，你很可能会走进一家书店，本想寻觅一本古钱币方面的书，可出来时却拿着一本最新的畅销小说。这种事可能是非常危险的。除了结帐数额惊人之外，从一个分部逛到另一分部还要花掉你大量的时间。
背诵小贴士 Recitation tips
三个主题句：
1. Time spent in a bookshop can be most enjoyable.
2. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is the main attraction of a bookshop.
3. You have to be careful not to be attracted by the variety of books in a bookshop.
关键字:双语阅读
生词表:
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