show是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为n. 节目， 表演v. 上演(戏剧等) ， 放映(电影)，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在查尔斯·狄更斯的《老古玩店》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'You must dance with Miss Cheggs,' said Miss Sophy to Dick Swiviller, after she had herself danced twice with Mr Cheggs and made great show of encouraging his advances.
-- Damp rotten houses, many to let, many yet building, many half-built and mouldering away lodgings, where it would be hard to tell which needed pity most, those who let or those who came to take children, scantily fed and clothed, spread over every street, and sprawling in the dust scolding mothers, stamping their slipshod feet with noisy threats upon the pavement shabby fathers, hurrying with dispirited looks to the occupation which brought them 'daily bread' and little more mangling-women, washer-women, cobblers, tailors, chandlers, driving their trades in parlours and kitchens and back room and garrets, and sometimes all of them under the same roof brick-fields skirting gardens paled with staves of old casks, or timber pillaged from houses burnt down, and blackened and blistered by the flames mounds of dock-weed, nettles, coarse grass and oyster-shells, heaped in rank confusion small dissenting chapels to teach, with no lack of illustration, the miseries of Earth, and plenty of new churches, erected with a little superfluous wealth, to show the way to Heaven.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Nekhludoff felt an irresistible loathing toward this ready talker who, by his tone of voice, meant to show that he and Nekhludoff belonged to a different sphere than the other clients.
-- "I will show you the law," said the warden, reviling Vasilieff.
-- "Then show him to the office.
-- There I will show all my liberality."
-- Fearing that Nekhludoff might ask something not permitted by the rules, and, moreover, desiring to show that he made no exceptions in favor of anybody, he feigned anger.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《时间机器》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "You can show black is white by argument," said Filby, "but you will never convince me."
-- (The Psychologist, to show that he was not unhinged, helped himself to a cigar and tried to light it uncut.)
-- The attachment of the levers I will show you the method later prevented anyone from tampering with it in that way when they were removed.
-- I was careful, however, to show no concern and to abstain from any pursuit of them, and in the course of a day or two things got back to the old footing.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went on: ' and I thought I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill ''When you say "hill,"' the Queen interrupted, 'I could show you hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley.'
-- 'You should have said, "It's extremely kind of you to tell me all this" however, we'll suppose it said the Seventh Square is all forest however, one of the Knights will show you the way and in the Eighth Square we shall be Queens together, and it's all feasting and fun!'
-- Now, take a good look at me!I'm one that has spoken to a King, I am: mayhap you'll never see such another: and to show you I'm not proud, you may shake hands with me!'
-- Like this, you know 'He let go the bridle, and stretched out both his arms to show Alice what he meant, and this time he fell flat on his back, right under the horse's feet.
在罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森的《金银岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I'll show these rogues that I'm an honest woman," said my mother.
-- All the time he was jerking out these phrases he was stumping up and down the tavern on his crutch, slapping tables with his hand, and giving such a show of excitement as would have convinced an Old Bailey judge or a Bow Street runner.
-- Show him in," said the squire.
-- "I'll tell you what I've heard myself," continued Captain Smollett: "that you have a map of an island, that there's crosses on the map to show where treasure is, and that the island lies " And then he named the latitude and longitude exactly.
-- You daren't show face in Bristol after this."
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "I have hesitated some time," continued the commander; "nothing obliged me to show you hospitality.
-- I saw the worthy fellow's eyes glistening with delight, and, to show his satisfaction, he shook himself in his breastplate of air, in the most comical way in the world.
-- "Well, Professor," replied the Captain, "we shall show you better than that I hope.
-- There were too many English or French steamers of the line of Suez to Bombay, Calcutta to Melbourne, and from Bourbon to the Mauritius, furrowing this narrow passage, for the Nautilus to venture to show itself.
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