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作者萨克雷在小说中栩栩如生地勾勒出一幅现实中的名利场的画面，把生活中尔虞我诈、欺骗背叛、势利虚荣等丑恶行径表现得淋漓尽致。
作者作者最后写道：“啊!虚荣中的虚荣!在这世界上我们 又有谁是幸福的呢?我们又有谁如愿以偿了呢?而就算如此，又有谁满足了呢?”
财产，财富
come into a fortune 得到财产
make a fortune 发财
That car must cost a fortune.那辆车一定花了大笔钱。
fortune hunter 以财产为目的而结婚的人，找富有的结婚对象的 人
fortunebook 占卜的书
fortunate adj. 幸运的
反：unfortunate adj. 不幸的
a fortunate man 一个幸运的人
1.whom did the writer visit at a village fair?
2.what did the fortune-teller do after the writer had given her some money?
3.what did the fortune-teller tell the writer?
4.did what the fortune-teller said come true?
1.At a village fair, I decided to visit a fortune –teller
called Madam Bellinsky.
决定做某事：decide to do sth.=make up one’s mind to do sth
给某人算命： to tell sb.’s fortunes
called Madam Bellinsky过去分词作定语
call sb. + 名字
They call me Henry.
call sb. (up) 给……打电话
