Notes on the text
课文注释
1 set out to do sth. , 打算，企图做某事。
2 draw attention to . . . , 作“引起对……的注意”讲。
3 without being conscious that . . . , 没有意识到……。
这是介词短词作状语，be conscious that . . . 作“意识到……”解。
4 This invariably wins them the love and respect of others. 这常常赢来人们对他们的爱戴和尊敬。win sb. sth. , 作“使某人获得某事（物）”讲。
5 add . . . to, 把……添加到……。
6 this side of his life, 他生活中这方面的情况。
这里指的是He was a shrewd and wealthy businessman.
7 be caught in, 作“突然遇上，碰上”讲。
8 Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic …
由于经理认出这个顾客是谁了，便竭力陪礼道歉……。这句话用现在分词短语作原因状语，most在这里起加强语气的作用，相当于very。
9. insisted on the assistant's counting, 坚持让店员点清。
insist on 后接动名词，the assistant's 是动名词的逻辑主语。
参考译文
真正古怪的人从不有意引人注意。他们不顾社会习俗，意识不到自己所作所为有什么特殊之处。他们总能赢得别人的喜爱与尊敬，因为他们给平淡单一的日常生活增添了色彩。
理查德·科尔森生前是我们镇上最有名望的人之一。他是个精明能干、有钱的商人，但镇上大部分人对他生活中的这一个方面几乎一无所知。大家都管他叫迪基。早在他去世前很久，他的古怪行为就成了传奇故事了。
迪基痛恨势利小人。尽管他有一辆豪华小轿车，但却很少使用，常常喜欢以步代车。即使大雨倾盆，他也总是拒绝带伞。一天，他遇上一场瓢泼大雨，淋得透湿。他走进一家高级商店，要为妻子买一块价值300英镑的手表。但店员见他浑身泥水的样子，竟不肯接待他。迪基二话没说就走了。一会儿，他带着一个大布口袋回到店里。布袋很沉，他重重地把布袋扔在柜台上。店员让迪基走开，他置之不理，并要求见经理。经理认出了这位顾客，表示了深深的歉意，还严厉地训斥了店员。店员为迪基拿出了那块手表，迪基把布口袋递给他，口袋里面装着300镑的便士。他坚持要店员点清那些硬币后他才离去。这些硬币加在一起共有30，000枚！还有一次，他邀请一些著名评论家来参观他私人收藏的现代画。这次展览引起报界广泛注意，因为这些画名义上是名家的作品，事实上是迪基自己画的。他花了4年时间策划这出精心设计的闹剧，只是想证明评论家们有时并不了解他们所谈论的事情。
Multiple choice questions
多项选择题
Choose the. correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension理解
1 Most people in the town would have regarded Dickie's behaviour as eccentric on the day he visited the shop because ______ .
a．when he set out into the rain he did not take an umbrella
b．he went to such lengths to show his dislike of snobbery
c．he spent so much money on a watch
d．he had not counted the pennies before giving them to the assistant
2 When Dickie went into an expensive shop ______ .
a．he wanted to shelter from the rain
b．he did not look like a man who could afford a watch
c．he had forgotten to bring his cloth bag with him
d．he had been sent by his wife to buy a watch
3 The press paid a great deal of attention to Dickie's exhibition because ______ .
a．it had taken him so long to prepare the paintings
b．the critics admired Dickie's ability to copy the work of famous artists
c．no one had known that Dickie was a painter
d．it became known that Dickie had succeeded in deceiving the critics