新概念英语第二册逐句精讲语言点 第42课(3)
As we had had a long walk through one of themarkets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to havea rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer withtwo large baskets at the other side of the square, sowe went to have a look at him. As soon as he sawus, he picked up a long pipe which was covered withcoins and opened oneof the baskets. When he beganto play a tune, wehad our first glimpse of the snake.It rose out of the basketand began to follow themovements of the pipe. We were very muchsurprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. Thesnake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviouslycould not tell the differencebetween Indian music and jazz!
精讲笔记：
7. The snake, however, continued to 'dance'slowly.
然而，那条蛇却还是缓慢地“舞动”着。
语言点 continued to dance= continued dancing 继续跳舞
8. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!
显然，它分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐!
语言点 tell the difference between A and B意思为“辨别A和B之间的不同之处”;tell作“辨别”时，常与can/could/be able to连用：
This little boy is able to tell the difference between dollar and pound.
这个小男孩能够分辨出美元和英镑的不同。
