L31-2：A lovable eccentric
Dickie left the shop without a word and returned carrying a large cloth bag. As it was extremely heavy, he dumped it on the counter. The assistant asked him to leave, but Dickie paid no attention to him and requested to see the manager. Recognizing who the customer was, the manager was most apologetic and reprimanded the assistant severely. When Dickie was given the watch, he presented the assistant with the cloth bag. It contained $300 in pennies. He insisted on the assistant's counting the money before he left -- 30,000 pennies in all! On another occasion, he invited a number of important critics to see his private collection of modern paintings. This exhibition received a great deal of attention in the press, for though the pictures were supposed to be the work of famous artists, they had in fact been painted by Dickie. It took him four years to stage this elaborate joke simply to prove that critics do not always know what they are talking about.
任务配置：L0+L4
词音：apologetic,reprimanded
词义：dump 倾倒；卸下；倒垃圾；reprimand 谴责；训斥；stage 举行；筹划
练习感悟：
认真看书，英语朗读这个月底可以细致地训练了。
一句话，就是干。
