进阶段-化身博士（原著版第2集）

一，原文文章：

His friends were those of his own blood or those whom he had known the longest; his affections, like ivy, were the growth of time, they implied no aptness in the object. Hence, no doubt, the bond that united him to Mr Richard Enfield, his distant kinsman, the well-known man about town. It was a nut to crack for many, what these two could see in each other or what subject they could find in common. It was reported by those who encountered them in their Sunday walks, that they said nothing, looked singularly dull, and would hail with obvious relief the appearance of a friend.

It was two storeys high; showed no window, nothing but a door on the lower storey and a blind forehead of discoloured wall on the upper.

二，一词多义：

1. blood：亲戚、家族

2. crack：解释

3. blind：隐蔽的

三，生词：

1. affection：感情

2. ivy：常青藤

3. aptness：倾向

4. kinsman：（男性）亲戚

5. nut：疯子

6. encounter：遇见

7. singularly：奇怪地

8. hail：打招呼

9. relief：解脱

10. storey：楼层

四，句型知识：

It is reported 据说