早读英语精华本下册 Unit10

　　Balzac as handwriting¹ Expert²
Balzac, the famous French writer, was a man of great talent. But he himself was proud of his ability to tell a person’s character by his or her handwriting. He often told his friends that he could tell anybody’s character exactly by his handwriting.
One day a woman friend brought him a young boy‘s exercise book. She said that she wanted to know what Balzac thought of the boy’s character.
Balzac studied the handwriting carefully for a few minutes .The woman, however, told him the boy was not her son and that he might tell her the truth.
“All right,”said Balzac.”I shall³ tell you the truth.” And he said that the boy was a bad, lazy fellow”
“It is very strange.” said the woman smiling. “This is a page from your own exercise book, which you used⁴ when you were a boy.”
手迹专家巴尔扎克
法国著名住家巴尔扎克很有才华。但他最自豪的是它能根据一个人的笔记来断定其性格。他常对他的朋友说，他能评比及准确地说出任何一个人的品性来。
一天，与他相熟的一位女士拿来一本男孩的练习册，说他想知道巴尔扎克对这个男孩的看法。
巴尔扎克将笔记研究了几分钟。那女士告述他这男孩并不是他的儿子，因此他可以直言不讳。
巴尔扎克说：“好吧。那我就实话实说了。”他说着男孩是又坏又懒的家伙。
“这就奇怪了”那女士微笑道，“这是你小时候用过的练习本中的一页。”

1 handwriting   

n.书法

参考例句：

• All of us like Tom's handwriting.我们都喜欢汤姆的字迹。
• Your handwriting is really beautiful.你的书法真漂亮。

2 expert   

n.专家，能手；adj.熟练的，有经验的；专门的，内行的

参考例句：

• She is an expert in training animals.她是驯兽专家。
• What is a foreign expert card?什么是外国专家证？

3 shall   

v.aux.（主要用于第一人称）将

参考例句：

• I shall always love you.我将永远爱你。
• Which club shall we join?我们要参加哪个社团？

4 used   

adj.用旧了的，旧的；习惯于…；过去惯/经常

参考例句：

• I used to work until nearly 6:00 o'clock each day.我过去常常工作到6:00左右。
• He used to walk anywhere from two to five miles an hour.他过去经常一小时走二至五英里。