gradually：逐渐的意味，有随时间流逝的沧桑感。。。— —|

beyond their true worth：超越了本身的价值

如果自己翻译怎么写？they become more precious than they used to be?

5、 Some things are collected deliberately in the home in an attempt to avoid waste.

in an attempt to: 表示目的

6、 Collecting, makes a person contented, with no

time for boredom.

还是by 状语的插入位置，也许这样更加符合他们的表达习惯吧。。

第58课

1、 Her shopping had tired her and her basket had 通过这样一种比较级来强调tired。。。

2、 In the lift her thoughts were on lunch and a good rest…

一般我们写，只想着做什么什么，just thinking, concentrate on..

3、 She walked slowly into the hall and at once noticed that all the room doors were open, yet Yet的用法，印象中老师一直强调yet的用法，也是属于英语中活用比较多的词

4、 It was as clear as daylight then that burglars had forced an entry during her absence.

5、 Her first impulse was to go round all the rooms looking for the thieves, but then she decided

that at her age it might be more prudent to have someone with her, so she went to fetch the porter from his basement.

第一反应：这个impulse 更加形象的说出了是当时立刻的反应，带有冲动不理智的色彩。。 选词的准确也许更多的是理解相近词各自不同的感情变化吧。。

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1、 He did not marry again and I was brought up without a woman s care; but I lacked for nothing,

for he was both father and mother to me.

看到这里的时候会发现，几乎在这里的每篇文章里面都会出现without , 以及本身带有否定意味的词而使句子变成双重否定。

lack for。。记得高中做改错题这个是出现得最多的。。一般错写成lack of。。注意注意

2、 His roots and mine had become too firmly embedded in the new land.

这个句子的引申：比如说 某些观念已经深入地建立在人们心中。。

Several ideas have become too firmly embedded in people s mind.

3、 I hired a car the day after landing and bought a comprehensive book of maps, which I found on the last stage.

这个句子的转折蛮有意思的：在登陆的同日我租了一辆汽车并购了一本详尽的地图册，我觉得它对越野旅行很有帮助，不过在旅行最后阶段我认为它未必有用。