1. That you might suppose the devotees would be queuing up for a glimpse of the national Madonna, but many knew that hosting the show came at a heavy price.

参考译文：你也许会认为狂热的信徒蜂拥而来只为一睹女王的风采，但是人尽皆知这样的活动开销巨大。

要点解析1：queue up (for something)：排队做某事，排队等候做某事

If you want to see the play,you'll have to queue up for tickets. 你们想看戏，就得排队买票。

e.g. I have to queue up for a bus every day. 我每天都得排队等公共汽车。

要点解析2：at a heavy price：花费巨额地

e.g. His wife ransomed him at a heavy price. 他妻子花了大价钱才把他赎了出来。

2. And then, a week before the great event, men from the office of purveyors would come here and buy up everything in sight for the visit, at prices they decided were fair.

参考译文：在盛会的前一周，承办方的人会来这儿以相当优惠的价格购置与这次盛会相关的一切物品。

要点解析1：buy up：买完，全部买进

e.g. The tickets will be on sale from somewhere else because the agencies have bought them up. 因为代理商把这些票都买断了，所以只能到别处买了。

e.g. The mention of price rises sent citizens out to their shops to buy up as much as they could. 物价上涨的说法使老百姓都涌进商店大量抢购商品。

要点解析2：in sight (of)：看得见，被看到

e.g. Keep it up! Final victory is in sight. 坚持下去! 最后胜利已经在望了。

e.g. People swarmed to the shops, buying up everything in sight. 人们成群地涌向商店，见什么买什么。

e.g. Quietly, bravely, Tess fed her baby in sight of the other workers. 苔丝就当着所有其他干活的人的面勇敢而又安详地给孩子喂奶。

要点解析3：at prices they decided were fair：以他们商讨的合理的价格（they decided were fair是定语从句，修饰先行词prices，它在定语从句中做主语。）

e.g. We lived in sight of the school. 我们住的地方可以看到学校。

3. Supposing they rolled their eyes at the entertainment, supposing they wrinkled their nose at the fair?

参考译文：想想他们在晚宴时无奈的神情，想想他们在集市嗤之以鼻的神态如何呢？

要点解析：supposing在这里是连词，引导让步状语从句，意思是“假设，猜想”。例如：

Supposing that she changes her condition in life, what then? 假设她结了婚，以后会怎样？

supposing it rained, we would still go. 假如下雨的话，我们还是要去。

短语注释：at the fair:在展览会上 at the entertainment：在宴会上

wrinkle their nose：呲之以鼻 roll their eyes：翻白眼

4. Last of all, of course there was Queen Bess herself, a bejewelled apparition with a chalk-white face like some goddess on earth.

参考译文：最后，当然是伊丽莎白女王本尊珠光宝气，面容白皙。

要点解析1：last of all：最后

Last of all, stay healthy, eating more fruits , drinking more water and doing more exercises? 最后记得要保持健康，多吃水果、多喝水和多锻炼喔。

要点解析2：on earth：在世上，天底下

e.g. Walk up, walk up!See the strongest man on earth! 请进，请进！请看世界上力大无比的大力士！

e.g. Northing on earth could persuade me to take another holiday. 天大的事情也不能让我再去休一天假了。

5. But, like the immortals, she was evidently frightening as well as majestic.

参考译文：但亦如神祗，她庄严而令人敬畏。

要点解析：as well as：不但......而且......，除了......还......（用于连接句子中的对等成分）

e.g. He was out of sorts physically, as well as disordered mentally.

他浑身不舒服，心绪也很乱。

e.g. Those drugs are given by injection as well as through the mouth.

那些药品可以注射，也可以口服。

6. The royal wanderers, after all, came with 200 carts of the Queen's baggage, each one pulled by a team of six horses.

参考译文：终究是皇室出行，后面跟随的是200辆手推车，车里面都是女王的行李，每辆车都由一组六匹的马牵引着。

短语注释：after all：毕竟 come with：跟随一行来 a team of：一队..... royal wander：皇室出行 200 carts of: 200辆小车的......

要点解析：each one pulled by a team of six horsed是独立主格结构做定语修饰cart，这里没有系动词was