Though he keptthrowing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the 5 I gave him. I felt especiallypleased with my wonderful bargain — until I got back to the ship. No matter how hardI tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink and to this day it has neverwritten a single word!

　　19.Though he kept throwing up his arms in despair, he readily accepted the 5 I gavehim.

　　虽然他绝望地举起双手，但他毫不迟疑地收下了我付给他的5镑钱。

　　语言点:句子结构分析:though引导让步状语从句。In despair的意思是“绝望地”，作状语。I gave him为定语从句，前面省去了关系代词that,注意关系代词只能是that而不能是which,因为which不能作“钱”的关系代词。

　　20.I felt especially pleased with my wonderful bargain — until I got back to the ship.

　　在回到船上之前，我一直为我的绝妙的讨价还价而洋洋得意。

　　语言点1:句子结构分析:破折号之后的内容是对前一句的补充说明。

　　语言点2:feel pleased with的意思是“对…感到满意”。

　　21.No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to fill this beautiful pen with ink andto this day it has never written a single word!

　　然而不管我如何摆弄，那枝漂亮的钢笔就是吸不进墨水来。直到今天，那枝笔连一个字也没写过!

　　语言点:句子结构分析:no matter how引导让步状语从句，其后的it为形式主语，真正的主语是to fill thisbeautiful pen with ink。