新概念英語第二冊56課~82課英漢對照全套

新概念英語第二冊56課~82課英漢對照課文53觸電的蛇544.AtlastfiremenhaveputoutabigforestfireinCalifornia.消防隊員們終于撲滅了加利福尼亞的一場森林大火。545.Sincethen,theyhavebeentryingtofindouthowthefirebegan.從那時起，他們一直試圖找出起火的原因。546.Forestfiresareoftencausedbybrokenglassorbycigaretteendswhichpeoplecarelesslythrowaway.森林火災時常由破碎的玻璃或人們隨手扔掉的香煙頭引起。547.Yesterdaythefiremenexaminedthegroundcarefully,butwerenotabletofindanybrokenglass.昨天，消防隊員仔細查看了地面，但未能發(fā)現(xiàn)碎玻璃。548.Theywerealsoquitesurethatacigaretteenddidnotstartthefire.他們還十分肯定火災也不是由煙頭引起的。549.Thismorning,however,afiremenaccidentallydiscoveredthecause.然而今天上午，一個消防隊員偶然發(fā)現(xiàn)了起火的原因。550.Henoticedtheremainsofasnakewhichwaswoundroundtheelectricwiresofa16,000-voltpowerline.他發(fā)現(xiàn)了纏繞在16,000伏高壓線上的一條死蛇。551.Inthisway,hewasabletosolvethemystery.就這樣，他解開了起火之謎。552.Theexplanationwassimplebutveryunusual.解釋很簡單，卻異乎尋常。553.Abirdhadsnatchedupthesnakefromthegroundandthendroppeditontothewires.一只鳥把蛇從地上抓起來，然后把它扔到了電線上。554.Thesnakethenwounditselfroundthewires.于是蛇就纏住了幾根電線。555.Whenitdidso,itsentsparksdowntothegroundandtheseimmediatelystartedafire.當它這樣做時，把火花送到了地面，這些火花立刻引起了一場大火。$課文54粘糊的手指556.Afterbreakfast,IsentthechildrentoschoolandthenIwenttotheshops.早飯后，我送孩子們上學，然后就去了商店。557.ItwasstillearlywhenIreturnedhome.我回到家時，時間還早。558.Thechildrenwereatschool,myhusbandwasatworkandthehousewasquiet.孩子們在上學，我丈夫在上班，家里清靜得很。559.SoIdecidedtomakesomemeatpies.于是我決定做些肉餡餅。560.InashorttimeIwasbusymixingbutterandflourandmyhandsweresooncoveredwithstickypastry.不一會兒我就忙著調(diào)拌起了黃油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾滿了粘粘的面糊。561.Atexactlythatmoment,thetelephonerang.恰恰在此時，電話鈴響了。562.Nothingcouldhavebeenmoreannoying.沒有什么能比這更煩人了。563.IpickedupthereceiverbetweentwostickyfingersandwasdismayedwhenIrecognizedthevoiceofHelenBates.我用兩個沾滿面糊的手指捏起了話筒。當聽出是海倫.貝茨的聲音時，非常喪氣。564.Ittookmetenminutestopersuadehertoringbacklater.我用了10分鐘的時間才說服她過會兒再來電話。565.AtlastIhungupthereceiver.我終于掛上了話筒。566.Whatamess!Therewaspastryonmyfingers,onthetelephone,andonthedoorknobs.真是糟糕透了！我的手指上、電話機上以及門的把手上，都沾上了面糊。567.Ihadnosoonergotbacktothekitchenthanthedoorbellrangloudenoughtowakethedead.我剛回到廚房，門鈴又響了起來，響聲足以把死人喚醒。568.Thistimeitwasthepostmanandhewantedmetosignforaregisteredletter!這次是郵遞員，他要我簽收一封掛號信！$課文55并非金礦569.Dreamsoffindinglosttreasurealmostcametruerecently.最近，找到失蹤寶藏的夢想差一點兒變成現(xiàn)實。570.Anewmachinecalled'TheRevealer'hasbeeninventedandithasbeenusedtodetectgoldwhichhasbeenburiedintheground.一種叫“探寶器”的新機器已經(jīng)發(fā)明出來，并被人們用來探測地下埋藏的金子。571.Themachinewasusedinacaveneartheseashorewhere--itissaid--piratesusedtohidegold.在靠近海邊的一個據(jù)說過去海盜常在里面藏金子的巖洞里，這種機器被派上了用場。572.Thepirateswouldoftenburygoldinthecaveandthenfailtocollectit.海盜們過去常把金子埋藏在那個洞里，可后來卻沒能取走。573.Armedwiththenewmachine,asearchpartywentintothecavehopingtofindburiedtreasure.一支用這種新機器裝備起來的探寶隊進入了這個巖洞，希望找到埋藏著的金子。574.Theleaderofthepartywasexaminingthesoilneartheentrancetothecavewhenthemachineshowedthattherewasgoldundertheground.當這個隊的隊長正在檢查洞口附近的土壤時，那臺機器顯示出它的下面埋有金子。575.Veryexcited,thepartydugaholetwofeetdeep.隊員們異常激動，就地挖了一個兩英尺深的坑，576.Theyfinallyfoundasmallgoldcoinwhichwasalmostworthless.但最后找到的是一枚幾乎一錢不值的小金幣。577.Thepartythensearchedthewholecavethoroughlybutdidnotfindanythingexceptanemptytintrunk.隊員們接著又把整個洞徹底搜尋了一遍，但除了一只空鐵皮箱外什么也沒找到。578.Inspiteofthis,manypeopleareconfidentthat'TheRevealer'mayrevealsomethingofvaluefairlysoon.盡管如此，很多人仍然相信“探寶器”很快就會探出值錢的東西來。$課文56比聲音還快！579.Onceayear,araceisheldforoldcars.舊式汽車的比賽每年舉行一次。580.Alotofcarsenteredforthisracelastyearandtherewasagreatdealofexcitementjustbeforeitbegan.去年有很多汽車參加了這項比賽。比賽開始之前，人們異常激動。581.OneofthemosthandsomecarswasaRolls-RoyceSilverGhost.最漂亮的汽車之一是羅爾斯--羅伊斯生產(chǎn)的銀鬼汽車，582.ThemostunusualcarwasaBenzwhichhadonlythreewheels.而最不尋常的一輛則要屬只有3只輪子的奔馳牌汽車了。583.Builtin1885,itwastheoldestcartakingpart.該車造于1885年，是參賽車中最老的一輛。584.Afteragreatmanyloudexplosions,theracebegan.在好一陣喧鬧的爆炸聲之后，比賽開始了。585.Manyofthecarsbrokedownonthecourseandsomedriversspentmoretimeundertheircarsthaninthem!很多汽車在途中就拋了錨，而有些駕駛員花在汽車底下的時間比坐在汽車里面的時間還長。586.Afewcars,however,completedtherace.Thewinningcarreachedaspeedoffortymilesanhour--muchfasterthananyofitsrivals.然而還是有幾輛汽車跑完了全程。獲勝的那輛車達到了時速40英里--遠遠超過任何對手。587.Itspeddownhillattheendoftheraceanditsdriverhadalotoftroubletryingtostopit.它在接近終點時，沖下了山坡，駕駛員費了好大勁才把車停下來。588.Theracegaveeveryoneagreatdealofpleasure.這次比賽使每個人都挺開心。它589.Itwasverydifferentfrommoderncarracesbutnolessexciting.雖然與現(xiàn)代汽車比賽大不相同，但激動人心的程度并不亞于現(xiàn)代化汽車大賽。$課文57您要買什么，夫人？590.Awomaninjeansstoodatthewindowofanexpensiveshop.一位穿著牛仔褲的婦女站在一家高檔商店的櫥窗前。591.Thoughshehesitatedforamoment,shefinallywentinandaskedtoseeadressthatwasinthewindow.她雖然猶豫了片刻，但終于還是走進了商店，要求把陳列在櫥窗里的一件衣服拿給她看。592.Theassistantwhoservedherdidnotlikethewayshewasdressed.接待她的售貨員不喜歡她的那副打扮，593.Glancingatherscornfully,hetoldherthatthedresswassold.輕蔑地看了她一眼后，便告訴她那件衣服已經(jīng)賣出去了。594.Thewomanwalkedoutoftheshopangrilyanddecidedtopunishtheassistantnextday.這位婦女怒氣沖沖地走出了商店，決定第二天教訓一下那個售貨員。595.Shereturnedtotheshopthefollowingmorningdressedinafurcoat,第二天上午，她又來到這家商店，596.withahandbaginonehandandalongumbrellaintheother.穿了一件裘皮大衣，一只手拎著一只手提包，另一只手拿著一把長柄傘。597.Afterseekingouttherudeassistant,sheaskedforthesamedress.找到那個無禮的售貨員后，她還要看昨天的那件衣服。598.Notrealizingwhoshewas,theassistantwaseagertoserveherthistime.那個售貨員沒有認出她是誰，這一回接待她的態(tài)度非常殷勤。599.Withgreatdifficulty,heclimbedintotheshopwindowtogetthedress.費了好大勁兒，他爬進櫥窗去取那件衣服。600.Assoonasshesawit,thewomansaidshedidnotlikeit.這位婦女對那件衣服只看一眼，就說不喜歡。601.Sheenjoyedherselfmakingtheassistantbringalmosteverythinginthewindow她開心地迫使那位售貨員把櫥窗里幾乎所有的東西都拿了出來，602.beforefinallybuyingthedressshehadfirstaskedfor.最后才買下了她最先要看的那一件。$課文58是因禍得福嗎？603.ThetinyvillageofFrinleyissaidtopossessa'cursedtree'.據(jù)說弗林利這個小村里有一棵“該詛咒的樹”。604.Becausethetreewasmentionedinanewspaper,thenumberofvisitorstoFrinleyhasnowincreased.就因為報上提到過這棵樹，所以現(xiàn)在來弗林利參觀的人越來越多。605.Thetreewasplantednearthechurchfiftyyearsago,該樹是50年前栽在教堂附近的，606.butitisonlyinrecentyearsthatithasgainedanevilreputation.但只是近幾年才得到了一個壞名聲。607.Itissaidthatifanyonetouchesthetree,hewillhavebadluck;據(jù)說，誰要是觸摸了這棵樹，誰就會交上惡運；608.ifhepicksaleaf,hewilldie.如果誰摘了一片樹葉，誰就會死去。609.Manyvillagersbelievethatthetreehasalreadyclaimedanumberofvictims.很多村民相信此樹已經(jīng)害了不少人。610.Thevicarhasbeenaskedtohavethetreecutdown,butsofarhehasrefused.人們曾請求教區(qū)的牧師叫人把樹砍掉，但他直到現(xiàn)在也沒有同意。611.Hehaspointedoutthatthetreeisausefulsourceofincome,他指出，它成了一個有用的財源。612.astouristshavebeencomingfromallpartsofthecountrytoseeit.由于人們從全國各地紛紛前來參觀這棵樹，613.Inspiteofallthathasbeensaid,thetouristshavebeenpickingleavesandcuttingtheirnamesonthetree-trunk.盡管有上述種種說法，但游客們還是照常摘樹葉和把他們的名字刻在樹干上。614.Sofar,notoneofthemhasbeenstruckdownbysuddendeath!然而到目前為止，還沒有一個人暴死呢！$課文59進來還是出去？615.Ourdog,Rex,usedtositoutsideourfrontgateanddark.我家的狗雷克斯，過去常坐在大門外面叫。616.Everytimehewantedtocomeintothegardenhewouldbarkuntilsomeoneopenedthegate.每當它想到花園里來時，便汪汪叫個不停，直到有人把門打開。617.Astheneighbourscomplainedofthenoise,由于鄰居們對狗叫很有意見，618.myhusbandspentweekstraininghimtopresshispawonthelatchtolethimselfin.所以我丈夫花了幾個星期的時間訓練它用腳爪按住門閂把自己放進來。619.Rexsoonbecameanexpertatopeningthegate.雷克斯很快成了開門的專家。620.However,whenIwasgoingoutshoppinglastweek,Inoticedhiminthegardennearthegate.然而上星期我正要出去買東西時，發(fā)現(xiàn)它正呆在花園里邊靠門的地方。621.Thistimehewasbarkingsothatsomeonewouldlethimout!這次它叫著讓人把它放出去！622.Sincethen,hehasdevelopedanotherbadhabit.從那以后，它養(yǎng)成了另外一種壞習慣。623.Assoonasheopensthegatefromtheoutside,hecomesintothegardenandwaitsuntilthegateshuts.它從外面把門一打開，就走進花園，等著門自動關(guān)上。624.Thenhesitsandbarksuntilsomeoneletshimout.這之后他就坐下汪汪叫起來，直到有人來把它放出去。625.Afterthisheimmediatelyletshimselfinandbeginsbarkingagain.出去之后，它又馬上把自己放進來，接著再開始叫。626.YesterdaymyhusbandremovedthegateandRexgotsoannoyedwehavenotseenhimsince.昨天，我丈夫把門卸了下來，雷克斯很生氣，此后我們便再也沒有見到它。$課文60卜算未來627.Atavillagefair,Idecidedtovisitafortune-tellercalledMadamBellinsky.在一個鄉(xiāng)村集市上，我決定去拜訪一位稱作別林斯夫人的算命人。628.Iwentintohertentandshetoldmetositdown.我走進她的帳篷，她叫我坐下。629.AfterIhadgivenhersomemoney,shelookedintoacrystalballandsaid:我給了她一些錢后，她便查看著一個水晶球說道：630.Arelationofyoursiscomingtoseeyou.“您的一個親戚就要來看您了。631.Shewillbearrivingthiseveningandintendstostayforafewdays.她將于今天傍晚到達，并準備住上幾天。632.Themomentyouleavethistent,youwillgetabigsurprise.您一走出這個帳篷，就會大吃一驚。633.Awomanyouknowwellwillrushtowardsyou.一位您很熟悉的女人將向您沖來。634.Shewillspeaktoyouandthenshewillleadyouawayfromthisplace.Thatisall.她會對您說點什么，然后帶您離開這個地方。就是這些?！?35.AssoonasIwentoutside,IforgotallaboutMadamBellinskybecausemywifehurriedtowardsme.我一走出帳篷，就把別林斯基夫人給算卦的事忘得一干二凈了，因為我的妻子正匆匆向我跑來。636.'Wherehaveyoubeenhiding?'sheaskedimpatiently.“你躲到哪兒去了？”她不耐煩地問，637.Yoursisterwillbehereinlessthananhourandwemustbeatthestationtomeether.“再有不到一個小時你姐姐就要到這兒了，我們得去車站接她。638.Wearelatealready.現(xiàn)在就已經(jīng)晚了。”639.Asshewalkedaway,Ifollowedheroutofthefair.當她走開時，我也跟著她出了集市。$課文61哈勃望遠鏡的困境640.TheHubbletelescopewaslaunchedintospacebyNASAonApril20,1990atacostofoverabilliondollars.哈勃望遠鏡于1990年4月20日由國家航空航天局發(fā)射升空，耗資10多億美元。641.RightfromthestarttherewastroublewiththeHubble.從最開始哈勃望遠鏡就有問題。642.Thepicturesitsentuswereverydisappointingbecauseitsmainmirrorwasfaulty!它傳送給我們的圖像很令人失望，因為它的主要鏡子有誤差。643.NASAisnowgoingtoputthetelescoperight,soitwillsoonbesendingupfourastronautstorepairit.國家航天局準備糾正這一錯誤，為此將把4名宇航員送入太空修復望遠鏡。644.TheshuttleEndeavourwillbetakingtheastronautstotheHubble.“奮進”號航天飛機將把宇航員送上哈勃。645.Arobot-armfromtheEndeavourwillgrabthetelescopeandholditwhiletheastronautsmakethenecessaryrepairs.當宇航員進行必要的修復工作時，“奮進”號上的一只機器手將抓住望遠鏡并托住它。646.Ofcourse,theHubbleisabovetheearth'satmosphere,當然，哈勃位于地球的大氣層之外，647.soitwillsoonbesendingustheclearestpicturesofthestarsanddistantgalaxiesthatwehaveeverseen.因此，它很快就會給我們傳送我們所見到過的、有關(guān)行星和遠距離星系的最清晰的照片。648.TheHubblewilltellusagreatdealabouttheageandsizeoftheuniverse.哈勃將告訴我們有關(guān)宇宙的年齡和大小的許多事情。649.Bythetimeyoureadthis,theHubble'seagleeyewillhavesentusthousandsandthousandsofwonderfulpictures.等到你讀到這篇文章時，敏銳的哈勃望遠鏡已經(jīng)為我們送來了成千上萬張精彩的照片。$課文62大火之后650.Firemenhadbeenfightingtheforestfornearlythreeweeksbeforetheycouldgetitundercontrol.消防隊員們同那場森林大火搏斗了將近3個星期才最后把火勢控制住。651.Ashorttimebefore,greattreeshadcoveredthecountrysideformilesaround.就在不久之前，參天大樹還覆蓋著方圓數(shù)英里的土地。652.Now,smokestillroseupfromthewarmgroundoverthedesolatehills.而現(xiàn)在，發(fā)熱的地面上仍然升騰著煙霧，彌漫在荒涼的山丘上。653.Winterwascomingonandthehillsthreatenedthesurroundingvillageswithdestruction,冬季即將來臨，這些山丘對周圍的村莊具有毀滅性的威脅，654.forheavyrainwouldnotonlywashawaythesoilbutwouldcauseseriousfloodsaswell.因為大雨不僅會沖走土壤，而且還會引起嚴重的水災。655.Whenthefirehadatlastbeenputout,在大火最后被撲滅后，656.theforestauthoritiesorderedseveraltonsofaspecialtypeofgrass-seedwhichwouldgrowquickly.森林管理當局訂購了好幾噸一種生長迅速的特殊類型的草籽。657.Theseedwassprayedoverthegroundinhugequantitiesbyaeroplanes.飛機把這種草籽大量地撒播在地上。658.Theplaneshadbeenplantingseedfornearlyamonthwhenitbegantorain.飛機撒播近一個月后，開始下起雨來。659.Bythen,however,inmanyplacesthegrasshadalreadytakenroot.然而到那時，很多地方的草已經(jīng)生了根。660.Inplaceofthegreattreeswhichhadbeengrowingthereforcenturies,patchesofgreenhadbeguntoappearintheblackenedsoil.一片片的綠草開始出現(xiàn)在這片燒焦的土地上，代替了多少世紀以來一直生長在那里的參天大樹。$課文63她并不覺得好笑661.JeremyHampdenhasalargecircleoffriendsandisverypopularatparties.杰里米.漢普登交際甚廣，是各種聚會上深受大家歡迎的人。662.Everybodyadmireshimforhisgreatsenseofhumour--everybody,thatis,excepthissix-year-olddaughter,Jenny.人人都欽佩他那絕妙的幽默感--人人，就是說，除他6歲的女兒珍妮之外的每一個人。663.Recently,oneofJeremy'sclosestfriendsaskedhimtomakeaspeechataweddingreception.最近，杰里米的一個最親密的朋友請他在一個婚禮上祝詞。664.ThisisthesortofthingthatJeremyloves.這正是杰里米喜歡做的事情。665.HepreparedthespeechcarefullyandwenttotheweddingwithJenny.他認真準備了講稿，帶著珍妮一道去參加了婚禮。666.hehadincludedalargenumberoffunnystoriesinthespeechand,ofcourse,itwasagreatsuccess.他的祝詞里面加進了大量逗人的故事，自然大獲成功。667.Assoonashehadfinished,Jennytoldhimshewantedtogohome.他剛一講完，珍妮就對他說她要回家。668.Jeremywasalittledisappointedbythisbuthedidashisdaughterasked.這不免使杰里米有點掃興，但他還是按照女兒的要求做了。669.Onthewayhome,heaskedJennyifshehadenjoyedthespeech.在回家的路上，他問珍妮是否喜歡他的祝詞。670.Tohissurprise,shesaidshehadn't.使他吃驚的是，她說她不喜歡。671.Jeremyaskedherwhythiswassoandshetoldhimthatshedidnotliketoseesomanypeoplelaughingathim!杰里米問他為何不喜歡，她說她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！$課文64海峽隧道672.In1858,aFrenchengineer,AimeThomedeGamond,arrivedinEnglandwithaplanforatwenty-one-miletunnelundertheEnglishChannel.1858年，一位名叫埃梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法國工程師帶著建造一條長21英里、穿越英吉利海陜的隧道計劃到了英國。673.HesaidthatitwouldbepossibletobuildaplatforminthecentreoftheChannel.他說，可以在隧道中央建造一座平臺，674.Thisplatformwouldserveasaportandarailwaystation.這座平臺將用作碼頭和火車站。675.Thetunnelwouldbewell-ventilatediftallchimneyswerebuiltabovesealevel.如果再建些伸出海面的高大的煙囪狀通風管，隧道就具備了良好的通風條件。676.In1860,abetterplanwasputforwardbyanEnglishman,WilliamLow.1860年，一位名叫威廉.洛的英國人提出了一項更好的計劃。677.Hesuggestedthatadoublerailway-tunnelshouldbebuilt.他提議建一條雙軌隧道，678.Thiswouldsolvetheproblemofventilation,forifatrainenteredthistunnel,itwoulddrawinfreshairbehindit.這樣就解決了通風問題。因為如果有列火車開進隧道，它就把新鮮空氣隨之抽進了隧道。679.Forty-twoyearslateratunnelwasactuallybegun.42年以后，隧道實際已經(jīng)開始建了。680.If,atthetime,theBritishhadnotfearedinvasion,itwouldhavebeencompleted.如果不是因為那時英國人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。681.Theworldhadtowaitalmostanother100yearsfortheChannelTunnel.世界不得不再等將近100年才看到海峽隧道竣工。682.ItwasofficiallyopenedonMarch7,1994,finallyconnectingBritaintotheEuropeancontinent.它于1994年3月7日正式開通，將英國與歐洲大陸連到了一起。$課文65小象對警察683.LastChristmas,thecircusowner,JimmyGates,decidedtotakesomepresentstoachildren'shospital.去年圣誕節(jié)，馬戲團老板吉米.蓋茨決定送些禮物給兒童醫(yī)院。684.DressedupasFatherChristmasandaccompaniedbya'guardofhonour'ofsixprettygirls,他打扮成圣誕老人，在由6個漂亮姑娘組成的“儀仗隊”的陪同下，685.hesetoffdownthemainstreetofthecityridingababyelephantcalledJumbo.騎上一頭名叫江伯的小象，沿著城里的主要街道出發(fā)了。686.Heshouldhaveknownthatthepolicewouldneverallowthissortofthing.他本該知道警察絕不會允許這類事情發(fā)生。687.ApolicemanapproachedJimmyandtoldhimheoughttohavegonealongasidestreetasJumbowasholdingupthetraffic.一個警察走過來告訴吉米，他應該走一條小路，因為江泊阻礙了交通。688.ThoughJimmyagreedtogoatonce,Jumborefusedtomove.雖然吉米同意馬上就走，但江伯卻拒絕移動。689.Fifteenpolicemenhadtopushveryhardtogethimoffthemainstreet.15個警察不得不用很大的力氣把它推離主要街道。690.Thepolicehadadifficulttime,buttheyweremostamused.警察雖然吃了苦頭，但他們還是感到很有趣。691.'Jumbomustweighafewtons,'saidapolicemanafterwards,“江伯一定有好幾噸重，”一個警察事后這樣說，692.soitwasfortunatethatwedidn'thavetocarryhim.“值得慶幸的是它沒讓我們抬它走。693.Ofcourse,weshouldarresthim,butashehasagoodrecord,weshalllethimoffthistime.當然，我們應該逮捕它，但由于它一貫表現(xiàn)很好，這次我們饒了它?！?課文66像蜜一樣甜！694.In1963aLancasterbombercrashedonWallisIsland,aremoteplaceintheSouthPacific,alongwaywestofSamoa.1963年，一架蘭開斯特轟炸機在瓦立斯島毀。那是南太洋中一個很偏僻的小島，位于薩摩亞群島以西，距離群島還有很長一段距離。695.Theplanewasn'ttoobadlydamaged,butovertheyears,thecrashwasforgottenandthewreckremainedundisturbed.飛機損壞的程度并不嚴重，但是，多年來這起飛機失事已被遺忘，飛機殘骸也沒受到破壞。696.Thenin1989,twenty-sixyearsafterthecrash,theplanewasaccidentallyrediscoveredinanaerialsurveyoftheisland.于是，到了1989年，飛機失事26年后，在對小島的一次航空勘查中那架飛機被意外地發(fā)現(xiàn)了。697.Bythistime,aLancasterbomberinreasonableconditionwasrareandworthrescuing.到了那個時候，狀況良好的蘭開斯特轟炸機實屬罕見，值得搶救。698.TheFrenchauthoritieshadtheplanepackagedandmovedinpartsbacktoFrance.法國政府讓人把飛機包裝起來，一部分一部分地搬回法國。699.Nowagroupofenthusiastsaregoingtohavetheplanerestored.一群熱心人計劃修復這架飛機。700.IthasfourRolls-RoyceMerlinengines,butthegroupwillneedtohaveonlythreeofthemrebuilt.該飛機裝裝配有4臺羅爾斯-羅伊斯的默林發(fā)動機，但是他們只需要修復其中的3臺。701.Imaginetheirsurpriseanddelightwhentheybrokeopenthepackingcasesandfoundthatthefourthenginewassweetashoney--stillinperfectcondition.想一想他們所感受到的驚奇和興奮--當他們拆開包裝箱時，他們發(fā)現(xiàn)第4臺發(fā)動機就像蜂蜜一樣甜--發(fā)動機完好無損。702.Acolonyofbeeshadturnedtheengineintoahiveanditwastotallypreservedinbeeswax!一群蜜蜂把發(fā)動機當作了蜂房，發(fā)動機在蜂蠟中被完整地保存了下來。$課文67火山703.HarounTazieff,thePolishscientist,hasspenthislifetimestudyingactivevolcanoesanddeepcavesinallpartsoftheworld.波蘭科學家哈羅恩.塔捷耶夫花了畢生的精力來研究世界各地的活火山和探洞。704.In1948,hewenttoLakeKivuintheCongotoobserveanewvolcanowhichhelaternamedKituro.1948年他去了剛果的基伍湖，對一座后來被他命名為基圖羅的新火山進行觀察。705.Tazieffwasabletosetuphiscampveryclosetothevolcanowhileitwaseruptingviolently.當火山正在猛烈地噴發(fā)時，塔捷耶夫有辦法把帳篷搭在離它非常近的地方。706.Thoughhemanagedtotakeanumberofbrilliantphotographs,hecouldnotstaynearthevolcanoforverylong.盡管他設法拍了一些十分精彩的照片，但他卻不能在火山附近停留太長的時間。707.Henoticedthatariverofliquidrockwascomingtowardshim.他發(fā)現(xiàn)有一股巖漿正向他流過來，708.Itthreatenedtosurroundhimcompletely,butTazieffmanagedtoescapejustintime.眼看就要將他團團圍住，但塔捷耶夫還是設法及時逃離了。709.Hewaiteduntilthevolcanobecamequietandhewasabletoreturntwodayslater.他等到火山平靜下來，兩天以后又返回去。710.Thistime,hemanagedtoclimbintothemouthofKiturosothathecouldtakephotographsandmeasuretemperatures.這次他設法爬進了基圖羅火山口，以便能拍攝照片和測試溫度。711.Tazieffhasoftenriskedhislifeinthisway.Hehasbeenabletotellusmoreaboutactivevolcanoesthananymanalive.塔捷耶夫經(jīng)常冒這樣的生命危險。他能告訴我們的有關(guān)活火山的情況比任何在世的人都要多。$課文68糾纏不休712.Icrossedthestreettoavoidmeetinghim,buthesawmeandcamerunningtowardsme.我穿過馬路以便避開他，但他看到我并朝我跑過來。713.ItwasnousepretendingthatIhadnotseenhim,soIwavedtohim.若再裝作沒看見他已是沒有用了，我只好向他招手。714.IneverenjoymeetingNigelDykes.我就怕遇到奈杰爾.戴克斯。715.Heneverhasanythingtodo.他從來都是無事可做，716.Nomatterhowbusyyouare,healwaysinsistsoncomingwithyou.不管你多忙，他總是堅持要跟你去。717.Ihadtothinkofawayofpreventinghimfromfollowingmearoundallmorning.我得想辦法不讓他整個上午纏著我。718.'Hello,Nigel,'Isaid.'Fancymeetingyouhere!'“你好，奈杰爾，想不到在這兒見到你。”我說。719.'Hi,Elizabeth,'Nigelanswered.“你好，伊麗莎白，”奈杰爾回答說，720.Iwasjustwonderinghowtospendthemorning--untilIsawyou.“我正不知道怎么消磨這一上午呢，正好見到好。721.You'renotbusydoinganything,areyou?你不忙，是嗎？”722.'No,notatall,'Ianswered.'I'mgoingto...'“不，不忙，我打算去......”我回答。723.'Wouldyoumindmycomingwithyou?'heasked,beforeIhadfinishedspeaking.“我跟你一道去行嗎？”沒等我說完話他就問道。724.'Notatall,'Ilied,'butI'mgoingtothedentist.'“沒關(guān)系，但我準備去牙醫(yī)那里?！蔽艺f了個謊。725.'ThenI'llcomewithyou,'heanswered.'There'salwaysplentytoreadinthewaitingroom!“那我也跟你去，候診室里總有很多東西可供閱讀！”他回答。$課文69并非謀殺！726.Iwasbeingtestedforadrivinglicenceforthethirdtime.我第3次接受駕駛執(zhí)照考試。727.Ihadbeenaskedtodriveinheavytrafficandhaddonesosuccessfully.按照要求在車輛擁擠的路上駕駛，我圓滿地完成了。728.Afterhavingbeeninstructedtodriveoutoftown,Ibegantoacquireconfidence.在接到把車開出城的指令后，我開始有了信心。729.SurethatIhadpassed,Iwasalmostbeginningtoenjoymytest.確信我已通過考試，所以我?guī)缀蹰_始喜歡起這次考試。730.Theexaminermusthavebeenpleasedwithmyperformance,forhesmiledandsaid.主考人對我的駕駛想必是滿意的，因為他微笑著說：731.Justonemorething,Mr.Eames.“埃姆斯先生，只剩1項了。732.Letussupposethatachildsuddenlycrossestheroadinfrontofyou.讓我們假設一個小孩子突然在你前面穿過馬路。733.AssoonasItaponthewindow,youmuststopwithinfivefeet.我一敲車窗，你必須把車停在5英尺之內(nèi)。”734.Icontinueddrivingandaftersometime,theexaminertappedloudly.我繼續(xù)往前開著。過了一會兒，主考人砰砰地敲了起來。735.Thoughthesoundcouldbeheardclearly,ittookmealongtimetoreact.雖然聲音聽得很清楚，但我過了好一會兒才作出反應。736.Isuddenlypressedthebrakepedalhardandwewereboththrownforward.我突然用力踩緊剎車踏板，結(jié)果我倆的身體都向前沖去。737.Theexaminerlookedatmesadly.主考人傷心地看著我。738.'Mr.Eames,'hesaid,inamournfulvoice,'youhavejustkilledthatchild!'“埃姆斯先生，”他以悲傷的聲調(diào)說，“你剛剛把那個小孩壓死了！”$課文70危險的紅色739.Duringabullfight,adrunksuddenlywanderedintothemiddleofthering.在一次斗牛時，一個醉漢突然溜達到斗牛場中間，740.Thecrowdbegantoshout,butthedrunkwasunawareofthedanger.人們開始大叫起來，但醉漢卻沒有意識到危險。741.Thebullwasbusywiththematadoratthetime,當時那公牛正忙于對付斗牛士，742.butitsuddenlycaughtsightofthedrunkwhowasshoutingruderemarksandwavingaredcap.但突然它看見了醉漢，只見他正大聲說著粗魯?shù)脑?，手里揮動著一頂紅帽子。743.Apparentlysensitivetocriticism,thebullforgotallaboutthematadorandchargedatthedrunk.對挑釁顯然非常敏感的公牛完全撇開斗牛士，直奔醉漢而來。744.Thecrowdsuddenlygrewquiet.觀眾突然靜了下來，745.Thedrunk,however,seemedquitesureofhimself.可這醉漢像是很有把握似的。746.Whenthebullgotclosetohim,heclumsilysteppedasidetoletitpass.當公牛逼近他時，他踉蹌地住旁邊一閃，牛撲空了。747.Thecrowdbrokeintocheersandthedrunkbowed.觀眾歡呼起來，醉漢向人們鞠躬致謝。748.Bythistime,however,threemenhadcomeintotheringandtheyquicklydraggedthedrunktosafety.然而，此時已有3個人進入斗牛場，迅速把醉漢拉到安全的地方。749.Eventhebullseemedtofeelsorryforhim,好像連牛也在為他感到遺憾，750.foritlookedonsympatheticallyuntilthedrunkwasoutoftheway因為它一直同情地看著醉漢，直到他的背影消逝，751.beforeoncemoreturningitsattentiontothematador.才重新將注意力轉(zhuǎn)向斗牛士。$課文71一個著名的大鐘752.WhenyouvisitLondon,oneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheB.B.C.當你游覽倫敦時，首先看到的東西之一就是“大本”鐘，即那座從英國廣播公司的廣播中全世界都可以聽到它的聲音的著名大鐘。753.IftheHousesofParliamenthadnotbeenburneddownin1834,thegreatclockwouldneverhavebeenerected.如果不是國會大廈在1834年被焚毀的話，這座大鐘永遠也不會建造。754.BigBentakesitsnamefromSirBenjaminHallwhowasresponsibleforthemakingoftheclockwhenthenewHousesofParliamentwerebeingbuilt.“大本”鐘得名于本杰明.霍爾爵士，因為當建造新的國會大廈時，他負責建造大鐘。755.Itisnotonlyofimmensesize,butisextremelyaccurateaswell.此鐘不僅外型巨大，而且走時也非常準確。756.OfficialsfromGreenwichObservatoryhavetheclockcheckedtwiceaday.格林尼治天文臺的官員們每天兩次派人矯正此鐘。757.OntheB.B.C.youcanheartheclockwhenitisactuallystrikingbecausemicrophonesareconnectedtotheclocktower.當大鐘打點的時候，你可以從英國廣播公司的廣播中聽到，因為鐘塔上接了麥克風。758.BigBenhasrarelygonewrong.“大本”鐘很多出差錯。759.Once,however,itfailedtogivethecorrecttime.然而有一次，它卻把時間報錯。760.Apainterwhohadbeenworkingonthetowerhungapotofpaintononeofthehandsandsloweditdown!在鐘塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶掛在了一根指針上，把鐘弄慢了！$課文72“藍鳥”汽車761.Thegreatracingdriver,SirMalcolmCampbell,wasthefirstmantodriveatover300milesperhour.杰出的賽車選手馬爾科姆.坎貝爾爵士是第一個以每小時超過300英里的速度駕車的人。762.HesetupanewworldrecordinSeptember1935atBonnevilleSaltFlats,Utah.他于1935年9月在猶他州的邦納維爾鹽灘創(chuàng)造了一項新的世界紀錄。763.Bluebird,thecarhewasdriving,hadbeenspeciallybuiltforhim.他駕駛的“藍鳥”牌汽車是專門為他制造的。764.Itwasover30feetinlengthandhada2,500-horsepowerengine.它的車身長30英尺，有一個2,500馬力的發(fā)動機。765.AlthoughCampbellreachedaspeedofover304milesperhour,盡管坎貝爾達到了每小時超過304英里的速度，766.hehadgreatdifficultyincontrollingthecarbecauseatyreburstduringthefirstrun.但他很難把汽車控制住，因為在開始的行程中爆了一只輪胎。767.Afterhisattempt,Campbellwasdisappointedtolearnthathisaveragespeedhadbeen299milesperhour.比賽結(jié)束后，坎貝爾非常失望地得知他的平均時速是299英里。768.However,afewdayslater,hewastoldthatamistakehadbeenmade.然而，幾天之后，有人告訴他說弄錯了。769.Hisaveragespeedhadbeen301milesperhour.他的平均時速實際是301英里。770.Sincethattime,racingdrivershavereachedspeedsover600milesanhour.從那時以來，賽車選手已達到每小時600英里的速度。771.Followinginhisfather'sfootstepsmanyyearslater,SirMalcolm'sson,Donald,alsosetupaworldrecord.很多年之后，馬爾科姆爵士的兒子唐納德踏著父親的足跡，也創(chuàng)造了一項世界紀錄。772.Likehisfather,hewasdrivingacarcalledBluebird.同他父親一樣，他也駕駛著一輛名叫“藍鳥”的汽車。$課文73紀錄保持著773.Childrenwhoplaytruantfromschoolareunimaginative.逃學的孩子們都缺乏想像力。774.Aquietday'sfishing,oreighthoursinacinemaseeingthesamefilmoverandoveragain,isusuallyasfarastheyget.他們通常能夠做到的，至多也就是安靜地釣上一天魚，或在電影院里坐上8個小時，一遍遍地看同一部電影。775.Theyhaveallbeenputtoshamebyaboywho,whileplayingtruant,travelled1,600miles.而有那么一個小男孩，他在逃學期間旅行了1,600英里，從而使上述所有逃學的孩子們都相形見絀了。776.HehitchhikedtoDoverand,towardsevening,wentintoaboattofindsomewheretosleep.他搭便車到了多佛，天快黑時鉆進了一條船，想找個地方睡覺。777.Whenhewokeupnextmorning,hediscoveredthattheboathad,inthemeantime,travelledtoCalais.第二天早上他醒來時，發(fā)現(xiàn)船在這段時間已經(jīng)到了加。778.Noonenoticedtheboyashecreptoff.當男孩從船里爬出來時，誰也沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)他。779.Fromthere,hehitchhikedtoParisinalorry.從那里他又搭上卡車到了巴黎。780.Thedrivergavehimafewbiscuitsandacupofcoffeeandlefthimjustoutsidethecity.司機給了他幾塊餅干和一杯咖啡，就把他丟在了城外。781.ThenextcartheboystoppeddidnottakehimintothecentreofParisashehopeditwould,buttoPerpignanontheFrench-Spanishborder.男孩截住的下一輛車，沒有像他希望的那樣把他帶到巴黎市中心，而是把他帶到了法國和西班牙邊界上的佩皮尼昂。782.TherehewaspickedupbyapolicemanandsentbacktoEnglandbythelocalauthorities.他在那兒被一個警察抓住了，之后被當局送回了英國。783.Hehassurelysetuparecordforthethousandsofchildrenwhodreamofevadingschool.他無疑為成千上萬夢想逃避上學的孩子們創(chuàng)造了一項紀錄。$課文74舞臺之外784.Anancientbusstoppedbyadryriverbedandapartyoffamousactorsandactressesgotoff.一輛古舊的汽車停在一條干涸的河床邊，一群著名男女演員下了車。785.Dressedindarkglassesandoldclothes,theyhadtakenspecialprecautionssothatnooneshouldrecognizethem.他們戴著墨鏡，穿著舊衣裳，特別小心以防別人認出他們。786.Butastheysoondiscovered,disguisescansometimesbetooperfect.但他們很快就發(fā)覺，化裝的效果有時過分完美了。787.'Thisisawonderfulplaceforapicnic,'saidGloriaGleam.“在這個地方野餐簡直太妙了，”格格利亞.格利姆說。788.'Itcouldn'tbebetter,Gloria,'BrinksleyMeersagreed.是再好不過的了，格格利亞。”布林克斯利.米爾斯表示同意，789.Nonewspapermen,nofilmfans!Whydon'twecomemoreoften?沒有記者，沒有影迷！我們?yōu)槭裁床唤?jīng)常來這里呢？”790.Meanwhile,twootheractors,RockwallSlingerandMerlinGreeves,hadcarriedtwolargefoodbasketstoashadyspotundersometrees.此時，另外兩位演員，羅克沃爾.斯林格和默林.格里夫斯，已經(jīng)把兩個大食品籃子提到了一片樹蔭下。791.Whentheyhadallmadethemselvescomfortable,astrangerappeared.當他們都已安排舒適時，一個陌生人出現(xiàn)了。792.Helookedveryangry.他看上去非常氣憤。793.'Nowyougetoutofhere,allofyou!'heshouted.你們都從這里走開，全都走開！”他大叫著，794.I'msheriffhere.Doyouseethatnotice?Itsays"NoCamping"--incaseyoucan'tread!我是這里的司法長官。你們看到那個布告牌了嗎？上面寫著‘禁止野營’－－除非你們不識字！”795.'Look,sheriff,'saidRockwall,'don'tbetoohardonus.好了，好了，司法官，”羅克沃爾說，別使我們難堪。796.I'mRockwallSlingerandthisisMerlinGreeves.我是羅克沃爾.斯林格，這位是默林.格里夫斯?！?97.'Oh,isit?'saidthesheriffwithasneer.噢，是嗎？”那位司法長官冷笑一聲說道，798.Well,I'mBrinksleyMeers,and