新概念英語是一本非常經(jīng)典的英語教材，其中的每一篇課文都有著深入淺出的英語知識。今天，我們來詳細解讀新概念英語第78課的課文內(nèi)容及其中的關鍵單詞。

讓我們先來看一下本課的課文：

【原文】 Lesson 78: Five pounds too dear Through a friend I discovered a delightful restaurant where you can eat to your heart"s content for a modest sum. It is clean, comfortable and quite cheap. You pay only what you think the meal is worth. The remarkable thing about this restaurant is the fact that it has been doing business in the same place for over fifty years. The name of the old man who owns it is Giorgio. It is difficult to understand how he makes a profit when he charges so little for his excellent meals. Giorgio is well over seventy but he continues to do most of the cooking himself. I was surprised to learn that he has only one assistant. He is a cheerful, amusing character who wanders round the restaurant talking to his customers. When I last ate there, he insisted on offering me a second helping. Noticing that I had left the skin of my chicken, he cried, "What"s the matter, wasn"t the chicken good?" When I told him that I had enjoyed the meal, he looked even more disappointed than before. I then learnt that I had committed an unforgivable sin: I had neglected to eat what, in Giorgio"s eyes, was the best part!

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【中文翻譯】

通過一個朋友，我發(fā)現(xiàn)了一個令人愉快的餐館，你可以以一筆適度的費用盡情享受美食。這里干凈、舒適而且價格公道。你只需付你認為這頓飯值得的錢。這家餐館最引人注目的是它在同一個地方經(jīng)營了五十多年。擁有它的老人名叫喬治奧。很難理解他如何在為他的優(yōu)秀飯菜收取如此低廉的費用時還能盈利。

喬治奧已經(jīng)過了七十歲但他依然大部分時間親自做飯。我驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)他只有一個助手。他是一個快樂逗人笑的角色，游蕩在餐館里與顧客交談。我上次在那里吃飯時，他堅持要提供給我第二份。注意到我沒有吃雞皮，他叫道，“怎么了，雞不好吃嗎?”當我告訴他我很喜歡這頓飯時，他看起來比以前更失落了。然后我知道我犯了一個不可原諒的錯誤：我忽視了在喬治奧眼里最好的部分!

下面我們來解讀一下其中的關鍵單詞：

1.“delightful”這個詞在英語中表示“令人愉快的，讓人高興的”，在這里用來形容這家餐館給人帶來的感覺。

2. “modest”此處是“適度的，不過分的”的意思。這里用來形容在這家餐館吃飯的費用。

3. “unforgivable”意為“不可原諒的”，表示作者沒有吃雞皮在喬治奧看來是一件非常嚴重的事情。

通過學習新概念英語第78課，我們能夠更深入地理解和掌握英語的實際用法和表達。希望每一位學習者都能夠通過這種方式，享受英語學習的樂趣。

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