快口说英语047

 　　No. 47 This is a lovely desk

　　Conversation 1

　　This is a lovely wood desk.

　　Yes, it's an antic.

　　Conversation 2

　　Do you have any antic dolls?

　　Yes, we have quite a collection¹ of fine porcelain² dolls from the early nineteen hundreds.

　　Conversation 3

　　I saw a beautiful piece of glass here last week. Do you still have it?

　　No, I'm afraid we sold that. But we just got some other glassware in.

　　I'm a collector of glassware.

　　Then I'm sure you find these pieces interesting.

　　Vocabulary³

　　antic n. 滑稽动作；丑角 adj. 古怪的；滑稽可笑的

　　porcelain n. 瓷；瓷器 adj. 瓷制的；精美的

　　glassware n. 玻璃器皿

　　collector n. 收藏家；收税员；征收者

1 collection   

n.收藏品；收集物；募捐；文集，数集，（商品的）系列

参考例句：

• He has a large collection of stamps.他有大量的邮票收藏。
• I have a large collection of CDs.我采集了得多唱片。

2 porcelain   

n.瓷；adj.瓷的，瓷制的

参考例句：

• These porcelain plates have rather original designs on them.这些瓷盘的花纹很别致。
• The porcelain vase is enveloped in cotton.瓷花瓶用棉花裹着。

3 vocabulary   

n.词汇，词汇量；词汇表

参考例句：

• How can I widen my vocabulary?怎样扩大自己的词汇量？
• You can find all the new words in the vocabulary of the text.你能在课文的词汇表中找到所有的生词。