新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊(cè)課文電子版11

1、 Lesson 6I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocke

2、t and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.New words and expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)beggarbeg ? n.乞丐food fu:d n.食物 pocketp?kit n.衣服 口 袋c(diǎn)all k?:l v.拜訪，光顧Le

3、sson 7The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were wai

4、ting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

5、New words and expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)detective ditektiv n.偵探 airport e?p?:t n.機(jī)場(chǎng) expect ikspekt v.期待，等待 valuable v? lju ?b?l, -jub ?l a.貴重的 parcel p a :sl n.包裹 diamond dai ?m?nd n.鉆石 steal sti:l v.偷 main mein a.主要的 airfield e ?fi:ld n. 飛機(jī)起落的場(chǎng)地 guard g q :d n.警戒,守衛(wèi) precious pre ?s a.珍貴的 stone st ?un n.石子 sa

6、nd s?nd n. 沙子Notes on the text課文注釋detectives were waiting at the airport all morning, 偵探們?cè)跈C(jī)場(chǎng)等了整整一上午。句中的動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)是過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí)。過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí)常 用來(lái)表示過(guò)去某時(shí)正在進(jìn)行的情況或動(dòng)作。本課課文中有4個(gè)句子使用了過(guò)去進(jìn)行時(shí)。參看第1冊(cè)第117-119等課中的例句。keep guard, 守衛(wèi)。to their surprise,使他們吃驚的是。參考譯文飛機(jī)誤點(diǎn)了，偵探們?cè)跈C(jī)場(chǎng)等了整整一上午。他們正期待從南非來(lái)的一個(gè)裝著鉆 石的貴重包裹。數(shù)小時(shí)以前，有人向警方報(bào)告，說(shuō)有人企圖偷走這些鉆石。當(dāng)飛 機(jī)到達(dá)時(shí)

7、，一些偵探等候在主樓內(nèi)，另一些偵探則守候在停機(jī)坪上。 有兩個(gè)人把 包裹拿下飛機(jī)，進(jìn)了海關(guān)。這時(shí)兩個(gè)偵探把住門口，另外兩個(gè)偵探打開了包裹。 令他們吃驚的是，那珍貴的包裹里面裝的全是石頭和沙子！Lesson 8Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for The Nicest Garden Competition each year, but Joe wins every time.Bill Friths garden is larger than Joes. Bill work

8、s harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joes garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the

9、worst garden in the town!New words and expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)competition 東？mpiti ?n n.比賽，競(jìng)賽 neat ni:t a.整齊的，整潔的path p a: 0 n.小路,小徑wooden wudn a.木頭的 pool pu:l n.水池參考譯文喬.桑德斯擁有我們鎮(zhèn)上最漂亮的花園。幾乎每個(gè)人都參加每年舉辦的“最佳花 園競(jìng)賽”，而每次都是喬獲勝。比爾.弗里斯的花園比喬的花園大，他比喬也更 為勤奮，種植的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但喬的花園更富有情趣。他修筑了一條條整 潔的小路，并在一個(gè)池塘上架了一座小木橋。我也喜歡花園，但我卻不愿

10、意辛勤勞動(dòng)。每年的花園競(jìng)賽我也參加，但總因是鎮(zhèn)上最劣的花園而獲得一個(gè)小獎(jiǎng)！Lesson 9On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time.Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock

11、 stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted. Its two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped! I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.Ne

12、w words and expressions生詞和短語(yǔ)welcome welk ?m n.歡迎 v.歡迎crowd kraud n. 人群gather g? e? v.聚集hand h? nd n.（表或機(jī)器的）指針shout &ut v.喊叫refuse rifju:z, rifju:s v. 拒絕laugh l af v.笑參考譯文星期三的晚上，我們?nèi)チ耸姓d。那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政廳 的大鐘下面。再過(guò)20分鐘，大鐘將敲響12下。15分鐘過(guò)去了，而就在11點(diǎn) 55分時(shí)，大鐘停了。那根巨大的分針不動(dòng)了。我們等啊等啊，可情況沒有變化。突然有人喊道：”已經(jīng)12點(diǎn)零2分了！那鐘已

13、經(jīng)停了！ 我看了一下我的手表， 果真如此。那座大鐘不愿意迎接新年。此時(shí)，大家已經(jīng)笑了起來(lái)，同時(shí)唱起了歌。閱讀短文：1.Pets are our friends. Many people like to keep a kind of animal as apet at home. Lots of kids also love animals and dream of having a pet.In many western countries such as America, Canada and Britain, primary andmiddle school classes sometim

14、es have their own pets. V2. Looking after a pet is not as easy as you may think. Fish need clean water and the right food. Rabbits need fresh vegetables and a warm place to sleep. Even little mice need a lot of care! Sometimes the pets havebabies. It s very exciting but it also meansmore animals need to be taken care of.Students take turns to look after their class pets. Every week, the pets have a new“morm and “dad” to look after them.At the end of the term, the teacher asks a student to keep the petsat his or her home during school holidays.What