Book 1 lesson 7

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1 Romance is the privilege of the rich， not the profession of the unemployed.

2 The poor should be practical and ordinary.

3 Intellectually， we must admit， he was not of much importance.

4 He was as popular with men as he was with women， and he had every quality except that of making money.

5 He had gone on the Stock exchange for six months； but what was a butterfly to do among bulls and bears？

6 Laura loved him and he was ready to kiss her shoestrings.

7 Trevor was a painter. Indeed， few people are not nowadays. But he was also an artist， and artists are rather rare.

8 When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man.

9 Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow.

10 He never said a clever or even an ill-natured thing in his life.

11 That did not answer.

12 ………was charmingly blamed for giving away a pound，

2 phrase

1 there/it is no use /good （in） doing sth

Unless one is wealthy there is no use in being a charming fellow.

2 popular with/among： liked， admired or enjoyed by

This young teacher is very popular with the students.

He is very competent lawyer， but not very popular with his fellows.

3 live on

4 go on

5 tire of

His interest in the stock exchange soon wore off， and tired of the business.

The old man never tires of teaching others what they don’t know.

6 make matters/things worse

The earthquake left half the villagers homeless； the storm that followed made tings worse.

7 lose one’s temper， lose one’s health， keep one’s temper

8 between

They opened a small bookstore between them.

This couple has quite