英语小达人 229 $500 Porsche

 　　500块钱的保时捷

　　A man was reading the paper when an ad caught his eye: $500 Porsche! New!

　　一个男人正在看报纸，突然一条广告吸引了他：“保时捷500块！新车！”

　　The man thought that it was very unusual to sell a Porsche for $500, and he thought it might be a joke, but thought it was worth a shot¹.

　　他认为一辆保时捷卖500块钱太不可思议了，他想这可能是个玩笑。可他又觉得实在太便宜了，值得一试。

　　So he went to the lady's house and sure enough, she had an almost brand new Porsche.

　　于是他按照地址找到卖车的女士家中，她确实有一辆全新的保时捷。

　　"Wow!" the man said. "Can I take it for a test drive?"

　　“哇！”他说，“我能试驾吗？”

　　Unlike² what he expected, the man found that the car ran perfectly³ and took it back to the lady's house.

　　与他预料的相反，这车的性能非常好。他把车开回那位女士家中。

　　"Why are you selling me this great Porsche for only $500?"

　　“这辆保时捷很棒，你为什么只卖500块钱呢？”

　　"My husband just ran off with his secretary, and he told me I could have the house and the furniture as long as I sold his Porsche and sent him the money."

　　“我丈夫和他的秘书跑了，他说房子和家具都归我，他只要我把他的保时捷卖了，把钱寄给他。”

　　重点讲解：

　　1. be worth+n.

　　表示具有（某一行动）的价值；值得（做）；

　　eg. No one is worth a great deal of sacrifice.

　　没有谁值得付出重大的牺牲。

　　eg. This restaurant is well worth a visit.

　　这家饭店非常值得光顾一番。

　　2. brand new

　　崭新的；簇新的；

　　eg. Yesterday he went off to buy himself a brand new car.

　　昨天他去给自己买了一辆崭新的小汽车。

　　eg. The rising sun suggests a brand new day has come.

　　东升的太阳表明崭新的一天已经来临。

　　3. run off with sb.

　　私奔；

　　eg. The last thing I'm going to do is run off with some-body's husband.

　　我绝不可能和别人的丈夫私奔。

　　eg. We could run off together, but neither of us wants to live the rest of our lives abroad.

　　我们可以一起私奔，但是我俩都不想在国外度过余生。

　　4. as long as

　　只要；

　　eg. The interior⁴ minister said he would still support them, as long as they didn't break the rules.

　　内政部长说，只要他们不违规，他仍然会支持他们。

　　eg. I'll never forget that as long as I am living.

　　这事我至死也不会忘记。

1 shot   

n.炮弹，射击，射手；v.射击，发出，发芽；vbl.射击，发出，发芽

参考例句：

• He shot a wild duck.他射中一只野鸭。
• All the children shot out their hands for the money.所有的孩子突然伸出手来要钱。

2 unlike   

adj.不同的，不相似的；prep.不像，和...不同

参考例句：

• She's very unlike her mother.她一点也不像她母亲。
• It's unlike him to be late;he's usually on time.他不是会迟到的那种人，他通常很准时。

3 perfectly   

adv.完美地，无可非议地，彻底地

参考例句：

• The witnesses were each perfectly certain of what they said.证人们个个对自己所说的话十分肯定。
• Everything that we're doing is all perfectly above board.我们做的每件事情都是光明正大的。

4 interior   

adj.在内的，内部的，内地的，国内的；n.内部

参考例句：

• There is water in the interior of the cave.在山洞的内部有水。
• They went into the interior room.他们进了内室。