It has always been a mystery to me who city dwellers, who appreciate all these things, obstinately pretend that they would prefer to live in the country.
城里人对这一切心里很明白，却偏要执拗地装出他们喜欢住在乡村的样子，这对我来说一直是个谜。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 41 Illusions of Pastoral peace
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 秘密，谜;神秘，神秘的事物;推理小说，推理剧;常作 mysteries 秘技，秘诀;
💡 myst, myth 【希腊传入拉丁】表”秘密”
"It was a place of deep mystery and enchantment."
这是一个极其神秘和迷人的地方。
近义：arcanum, interrogation, puzzle, puzzler, secret, snag
vt. 感激;欣赏;领会;鉴别;
vi. （使）增值，涨价;
💡 ap一再+preci价值+ate动词后缀→一再给价→欣赏
"You can't really appreciate foreign literature in translation."
看翻译作品不能真正欣赏到外国文学原著的美妙之处。
近义：prize, treasure, value, admire, esteem, relish
反义：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
vt. 假装，伪装;假称;装扮;
vi. 扮演;自称;假装，矫作;
adj. 仿制的;
💡 pre提前+tend延伸→提前伸出想好借口 → 假装，借口
"So you don't need to pretend, do you?"
所以你不必装假了, 对 吧 ?
近义：purport, represent, sham, simulate, dissemble, fake
vt. 更喜欢;提升，提拔;给予（债权人）优先权;提出（控告）;
vi. 更喜欢，宁愿;
💡 pre预先+fer带来，拿来→预先带好→更喜欢
"The play is okay, but I still prefer the book."
戏还可以, 可我仍愿读原著.
近义：select, choose
反义：loathe, scorn, scout, slight, spurn, underestimate
n. 城市;全市居民;（由国王或女王授予特权，通常有大教堂的）特许市;（由政府授予特权的）特权市;
💡 CT(谐音）：做CT要到大 城市
"Several newspapers made allegations of corruption in the city's police department."
有几家报纸声称该市警察部门腐败。
近义：settlement, town, burg, metropolitan, municipal, urban
反义：municipality, settlement, village, burg, locality