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CHAPTER 23—Around a Spring
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The greatest piece of good luck that can befall a Continental1 village is the discovery, within its limits, of a spring supplying some kind of malodorous water. From that moment the entire community, abandoning all other plans, give themselves over to hatching their golden egg, experience having taught them that no other source of prosperity can compare with a source thermale. If the water of the newfound spring, besides having an unpleasant smell, is also hot, then Providence4 has indeed blessed the township.
The first step is to have the fluid analyzed5 by a celebrity6, and its medicinal qualities duly set forth7 in a certificate. The second is to get official recognition from the government and the authorization8 to erect9 a bath house. Once these preliminaries accomplished10, the way lies plain before the fortunate village; every citizen, from the mayor down to the humblest laborer11, devotes himself to solving the all-important problem how to attract strangers to the place and keep and amuse them when they have been secured.
Multicolored pamphlets detailing the local attractions are mailed to the four corners of the earth, and brilliant chromos of the village, with groups of peasants in the foreground, wearing picturesque12 costumes, are posted in every available railway station and booking-office, regardless of the fact that no costumes have been known in the neighborhood for half a century, except those provided by the hotel
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continental
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adj.大陆的,大陆性的,欧洲大陆的 | |
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prosper
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providence
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analyzed
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v.分析( analyze的过去式和过去分词 );分解;解释;对…进行心理分析 | |
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laborer
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n.劳动者,劳工 | |
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picturesque
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adj.美丽如画的,(语言)生动的,绘声绘色的 | |
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proprietor
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n.所有人;业主;经营者 | |
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proprietors
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dispel
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scarlet
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embroideries
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刺绣( embroidery的名词复数 ); 刺绣品; 刺绣法 | |
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inaccessible
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grumbling
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adj. 喃喃鸣不平的, 出怨言的 | |
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authorized
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a.委任的,许可的 | |
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villas
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别墅,公馆( villa的名词复数 ); (城郊)住宅 | |
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invalids
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病人,残疾者( invalid的名词复数 ) | |
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wink
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evasion
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gambling
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advertising
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n.广告业;广告活动 a.广告的;广告业务的 | |
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retired
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waterproof
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cork
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annex
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tempts
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brewing
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interferes
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vi. 妨碍,冲突,干涉 | |
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enjoyment
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n.乐趣;享有;享用 | |
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refreshing
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adj.使精神振作的,使人清爽的,使人喜欢的 | |
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overdone
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champagne
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n.香槟酒;微黄色 | |
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poking
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apparently
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picturesqueness
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cataracts
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avalanches
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disillusion
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vt.使不再抱幻想,使理想破灭 | |
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perilous
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exhausted
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theatrical
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magpie
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gilded
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