新概念英語第2冊課文

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Lesson1Aprivateconversation私人談話

LastweekIwenttothetheatre.Ihadaverygoodseat.The

playwasveryinteresting.Ididnotenjoyit.Ayoungmananda

youngwomanweresittingbehindme.Theyweretalkingloudly.

Igotveryangry.Icouldnotheartheactors.Iturnedround.I

lookedatthemanandthewomanangrily.Theydidnotpayany

attention.Intheend,Icouldnotbearit.Iturnedroundagain.'I

can'thearaword!'Isaidangrily.'It'snoneofyourbusiness,'the

youngmansaidrudely.'Thisisaprivateconversation!'.

Lesson2Breakfastorlunch?早餐還是午餐？

ItwasSunday.InevergetupearlyonSundays.Isometimes

stayinbeduntillunchtime.

LastSundayIgotupverylate.Ilookedoutofthewindow.It

wasdarkoutside.

'Whataday!'Ithought.'It'srainingagain.'Justthen,the

telephonerang.ItwasmyauntLucy.'I'vejustarrivedbytrain,,

shesaid.Tmcomingtoseeyou.''ButI'mstillhavingbreakfast,,

Isaid.

'Whatareyoudoing?'sheasked.1I'mhavingbreakfast,'I

repeated.

'Dearme,'shesaid.'Doyoualwaysgetupsolate?It'sone

o'clock!"

Lesson3Pleasesendmeacard請給我寄一張明信片Postcards

alwaysspoilmyholidays.Lastsummer,IwenttoItaly.Ivisited

museumsandsatinpublicgardens.Afriendlywaitertaughtme

afewwordsofItalian.'Thenhelentmeabook.Ireadafewlines,

butIdidnotunderstandaword.EverydayIthoughtabout

postcards.Myholidayspassedquickly,butIdidnotsendany

cardstomyfriends.OnthelastdayImadeabigdecision.Igot

upearlyandboughtthirty-sevencards.Ispentthewholedayin

myroom,butIdidnotwriteasinglecard!

Lesson4Anexcitingtrip激動人心的旅行

Ihavejustreceivedaletterfrommybrother,Tim.Heisin

Australia.Hehasbeenthereforsixmonths.Timisanengineer.

Heisworkingforabigfirmandhehasalreadyvisitedagreat

numberofdifferentplacesinAustralia.Hehasjustboughtan

AustraliancarandhasgonetoAliceSprings,asmalltowninthe

centreofAustralia.HewillsoonvisitDarwin.Fromthere,hewill

flytoPerth.

Mybrotherhasneverbeenabroadbefore,soheisfinding

thistripveryexciting.

Lesson5Nowrongnumbers無錯號之虞

MrJamesScotthasagarageinSilburyandnowhehasjust

boughtanothergarageinPinhurst.Pinhurstisonlyfivemiles

fromSilbury,butMrScottcannotgetatelephoneforhisnew

garage,sohehasjustboughttwelvepigeons.Yesterday,apigeon

carriedthefirstmessagefromPinhursttoSilbury.Thebird

coveredthedistanceinthreeminutes.Uptonow,MrScotthas

sentagreatmanyrequestsforsparepartsandotherurgent

messagesfromonegaragetotheother.Inthisway,hehasbegun

hisownprivatetelephoneservice.

Lesson6PercyButtons珀西?巴頓斯

IhavejustmovedtoahouseinBridgeStreet.Yesterday

abeggarknockedatmydoor.Heaskedmeforamealanda

glassofbeer.Inreturnforthis,thebeggarstoodonhisheadand

sangsongs.Igavehimameal.Heatethefoodanddrankthe

beer.Thenheputapieceofcheeseinhispocketandwentaway.

Lateraneighbourtoldmeabouthim.Everybodyknowshim.His

nameisPercyButtons.Hecalls

ateveryhouseinthestreetonceamonthandalwaysasks

foramealandaglassofbeer.

Lesson7Toolate為時太晚

Theplanewaslateanddetectiveswerewaitingattheairport

allmorning.Theywereexpectingavaluableparcelofdiamond

fromSouthAfrica.Afewhoursearlier,someonehadtoldthe

policethatthieveswouldtrytostealthediamonds.Whenthe

planearrived,someofthedetectiveswerewaitinginsidethe

mainbuildingwhileotherswerewaitingontheairfield.Twomen

tooktheparcelofftheplaneandcarrieditintotheCustoms

House.Whiletwodetectiveswerekeepingguardatthedoor,two

othersopenedtheparcel.Totheirsurprise,thepreciousparcel

wasfullofstonesandsand!

Lesson8Thebestandtheworst最好的和最差的

JoeSandershasthemostbeautifulgardeninourtown.

Nearlyeverybodyentersfor'TheNicestGardenCompetition'

eachyear,butJoewinseverytime.BillFrith'sgardenislarger

thanJoe's.BillworksharderthanJoeandgrowsmoreflowersand

vegetables,butJoe'sgarden

ismoreinteresting.Hehasmadeneatpathsandhasbuilta

woodenbridgeoverapool.Ilikegardenstoo,butIdonotlike

hardwork.EveryyearIenterforthegardencompetitiontoo,and

Ialwayswinalittleprizefortheworstgardeninthetown!

Lesson9Acoldwelcome冷遇

OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.Itwasthe

lastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgathered

undertheTownHallclock.Itwouldstriketwelveintwenty

minutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfivetotwelve,

theclockstopped.Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaited

andwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlysomeoneshouted,

'It'stwominutespasttwelve!Theclockhasstopped!'Ilookedat

mywatch.Itwastrue.ThebigclockrefusedtowelcometheNew

Year.Atthatmomenteverybodybegantolaughandsing.

Lesson10Notforjazz不適于演奏爵士樂

Wehaveanoldmusicalinstrument.Itiscalledaclavichord（M

琴）.ItwasmadeinGermanyin1681.Ourclavichordiskeptinthe

living-room.Ithasbelongtoour

familyforalongtime.Theinstrumentwasboughtbymy

grandfathermanyyearsago.Recentlyitwasdamagedbyavisitor.

Shetriedtoplayjazzonit!Shestruckthekeystoohardandtwo

ofthestringswerebroken.Myfatherwasshocked.Nowweare

notallowedtotouchit.Itisbeingrepairedbyafriendofmy

father's.

Lesson11Onegoodturndeservesanother禮尚往來

IwashavingdinneratarestaurantwhenHarrySteelecame

in.Harryworkedinalawyer'sofficeyearsago,butheisnow

workingatabank.Hegetsagoodsalary,buthealwaysborrows

moneyfromhisfriendsandneverpaysitback.Harrysawmeand

cameandsatatthesametable.Hehasneverborrowedmoney

fromme.Whilehewaseating,Iaskedhimtolendme&2.Tomy

surprise,hegavemethemoneyimmediately.'Ihavenever

borrowedanymoneyfromyou,'Harrysaid,'sonowyoucanpay

formydinner!'

Lesson12Goodbyeandgoodluck再見,一路順風

Ourneighbour,CaptainCharlesAlison,willsailfrom

Portsmouthtomorrow.Weshallmeethimattheharbourearlyin

themorning.Hew川beinhissmallboat,

Topsail.Tapsailisafamouslittleboat.Ithassailedacrossthe

Atlanticmanytimes.CaptainAlisonwillsetoutateighto'clock

soweshallhaveplentyoftime.Weshallseehisboatandthen

weshallsaygood-byetohim.Hew川beawayfortwomonths.

Weareveryproudofhim.Hewilltakepartinanimportantrace

acrosstheAtlantic.

Lesson13TheGreenwoodBoys綠林少年

TheGreenwoodBoysareagroupofpopularsingers.At

present,theyarevisitingallpartsofthecountry.Theywillbe

arrivingheretomorrow.Theywillbecomingbytrainandmostof

theyoung

peopleinthetownwillbemeetingthematthestation.

TomorroweveningtheywillbesingingattheWorkers'Club.The

GreenwoodBoysw川bestayingforfivedays.Duringthistime,

theywillgivefiveperformances.Asusual,thepolicewillhavea

difficulttime.Theywillbetryingtokeeporder.Itisalwaysthe

sameontheseoccasions.

Lesson14DoyouspeakEnglish?你會講英語嗎？

Ihadanamusingexperiencelastyear.AfterIhadleft

asmallvillageinthesouthofFrance,Idroveontothe

nexttown.Ontheway,ayoungmanwavedtome.Istopped

andheaskedmeforalift.Assoonashehadgotintothecar,I

saidgoodmorningtohiminFrenchandherepliedinthesame

language.Apartfromafewwords,IdonotknowanyFrenchat

all.Neitherofusspokeduringthejourney.

Ihadnearlyreachedthetown,whentheyoungman

suddenlysaid,veryslowly,'DoyouspeakEnglish?'AsIsoon

learnt,hewasEnglishhimself!

Lesson15Goodnews佳音

ThesecretarytoldmethatMr.Harmsworthwouldseeme.I

feltverynervouswhen.Iwentintohisoffice.Hedidnotlookup

fromhisdeskwhenIentered.AfterIhadsatdown,hesaidthat

businesswasverybad.Hetoldmethatthefirmcouldnotafford

topaysuchlargesalaries.Twentypeoplehadalreadyleft.Iknew

thatmyturnhadcome.'Mr.Harmsworth,'Isaidinaweakvoice.

'Don'tinterrupt,'heSaid.ThenhesmiledandtoldmeIwould

receiveanextra&100ayear!

Lesson16Apoliterequest彬彬有禮的要求

Ifyouparkyourcarinthewrongplace,atrafficpoliceman

willsoonfindit.Youwillbeveryluckyifheletsyougowithouta

ticket.However,thisdoesnotalwayshappen.Trafficpoliceare

sometimesverypolite.DuringaholidayinSweden,Ifoundthis

noteonmycar:'Sir,wewelcomeyoutoourcity.Thisisa"No

Parking"area.Youwillenjoyyourstayhereifyoupayattention

toourstreetsigns.Thisnoteisonlyareminder.'Ifyoureceivea

requestlikethis,youcannotfailtoobeyit!

Lesson17Alwaysyoung青年常駐

MyauntJenniferisanactress.Shemustbeatleastthirty-five

yearsold.Inspiteofthis,sheoftenappearsonthestageasa

younggirl.Jenniferwillhavetotakepartinanewplaysoon.This

time,shewillbeagirlofseventeen.Intheplay,shemustappear

inabrightreddressandlongblackstockings.Lastyearin

anotherplay,shehadtowearshortsocksandabright,orange-

coloureddress.Ifanyoneeveraskedherhowoldsheis,she

alwaysanswers,'Mydear,itmustbeterribletobegrownup!'

Iessonl8Heoftendoesthis!他經(jīng)常干這種事！

AfterIhadhadlunchatav川ageinn,Ilookedformybag.

Ihadleftitonachairbesidethedoorandnowitwasn'tthere!

AsIwaslookingforit,theinn-keepercamein.'Didyouhavea

goodmeal?'heasked.'Yes,thankyou,'Ianswered,'butIcan't

paythebill.Ihaven'tgotmybag.'Theinn-keepersmiledand

immediatelywentout.Inafewminuteshereturnedwithmybag

andgaveitbacktome.Tmverysorry,'hesaid'Mydoghad

takenitintothegarden.Heoftendoesthis.,

Lessonl9Soldout票已售完

,Theplaymaybeginatanymoment,'Isaid.

'Itmayhavebegunalready,'Susananswered.

'Ihurriedtotheticket-office.'MayIhavetwoticketsplease?'

Iasked.

Tmsorry,we'vesoldout,'thegirlsaid.

'Whatapity!'Susanexclaimed.

Justthen,amanhurriedtotheticket-office.

'CanIreturnthesetwotickets?'heasked.

'Certainly,'thegirlsaid.

'CouldIhavethosetwoticketsplease?'Iasked.

'Certainly,'thegirlsaid,'buttheyarefornextWednesday's

performance.

'Imightaswellhavethem,'Isaidsadly.

Lesson20Onemaninaboat獨坐孤舟

Fishingismyfavouritesport.Ioftenfishforhourswithout

catchinganything.Butthisdoesnotworryme.Somefishermen

areunlucky.Insteadofcatchingfish,theycatcholdbootsand

rubbish.Iamevenlesslucky.Inevercatchanything-notevenold

boots.Afterhavingspentwholemorningsontheriver;Ialways

gohomewithanemptybag.'Youmustgiveupfishing!'my

friendssay.'It'sawasteoftime.'Buttheydon'trealizeone

importantthing.I'mnotreallyinterestedinfishing.Iamonly

interestedinsittinginaboatanddoingnothingatall!

Lesson21Madornot?是不是瘋了？

Aeroplanesareslowlydrivingmemad.Ilivenearanairport

andpassingplanescanbeheardnightandday.Theairportwas

builtduringthewar,butforsomereasonitcouldnotbeused

then.Lastyear,however,itcameintouse.Overahundredpeople

musthavebeendrivenawayfromtheirhomes

bythenoise.Iamoneofthefewpeopleleft.SometimesI

thinkthishousewillbeknockeddownbyapassingplane.

Ihavebeenofferedalargesumofmoneytogoaway,butI

amdeterminedtostayhere.EverybodysaysImustbemadand

theyareprobablyright.

Lesson22Aglassenvelope玻璃信封

Mydaughter;Jane,neverdreamedofreceivingaletterfrom

agirlofherownageinHolland.Lastyear,weweretravelling

acrosstheChannelandJaneputapieceofpaperwithhername

andaddressonitintoabottle.Shethrewthebottleintothesea.

Sheneverthoughtofitagain,buttenmonthslater,shereceived

aletterfromagirlinHolland.Bothgirlswritetoeachother

regularlynow.However,theyhavedecidedtousethepost-office.

Letterswillcostalittlemore,buttheywillcertainlytravelfaster.

Lesson23Anewhouse新居

Ihadaletterfrommysisteryesterday.ShelivesinNigeria.In

herletter,shesaidthatshewouldcometoEnglandnextyear.If

shecomes,shewillgetasurprise.

Wearenowlivinginabeautifulnewhouseinthecountry.

Workonithadbegunbeforemysisterleft.Thehousewas

completedfivemonthsago.InmyletterItoldherthatshecould

staywithus.Thehousehasmanylargeroomsandthereisa

lovelygarden.Itisaverymodernhouse,soitlooksstrangeto

somepeople.Itmustbetheonlymodernhouseinthedistrict.

Lesson24Itcouldbeworse不幸中之萬幸

Ienteredthehotelmanager'sofficeandsatdown.Ihadjust

lost&50andIfeltveryupset.'Ileftthemoneyinmyroom,'Isaid,

'andit'snottherenow.1Themanagerwassympathetic,buthe

coulddonothing.'Everyone'slosingmoneythesedays,'hesaid.

Hestartedtocomplainaboutthiswickedworldbutwas

interruptedbyaknockatthedoor.

Agirlcameinandputanenvelopeonhisdesk.Itcontained

&5o.'Ifoundthisoutsidethisgentleman'sroom'shesaid.'Well,,

Isaidtothemanager,'thereisstillsomehonestyinthisworld!'

Iesson25DotheEnglishspeakEnglish?英國人講的是英語嗎？

IarrivedinLondonatlast.Therailwaystationwasbig,black

anddark.Ididnotknowthewaytomyhotel,soIaskedaporter.

InotonlyspokeEnglishverycarefully,butveryclearlyaswell.

Theporter;however,couldnotunderstandme;Irepeatedmy

questionseveraltimesandatlastheunderstood.Heanswered

me,buthespokeneitherslowlynorclearly.'Iamaforeigner,'I

said.Thenhespokeslowly,butIcouldnotunderstandhim.My

teacherneverspokeEnglishlikethat!TheporterandIlookedat

eachotherandsmiled.ThenhesaidsomethingandIunderstood

it.'You'llsoonlearnEnglish!'hesaid.Iwonder.InEngland,each

manspeaksadifferentlanguage.TheEnglishunderstandeach

other;butIdon'tunderstandthem!DotheyspeakEnglish?

Iesson26Thebestartcritics最佳美術(shù)評論家

IamanartstudentandIpaintalotofpictures.Manypeople

pretendthattheyunderstandmodernart.Theyalwaystellyou

whatapictureis'about'.Ofcourse,manypicturesarcnot'about'

anything.Theyarejustprettypatterns.Weliketheminthesame

waythatwelikeprettycurtainmaterial.Ithinkthatyoung

childrenoftenappreciate

modernpicturesbetterthananyoneelse.Theynoticemore.

Mysisterisonlyseven,butshealwaystellsmewhethermy

picturesaregoodornot.Shecameintomyroomyesterday.,

Whatareyoudoing?'sheasked.'I'mhangingthispictureonthe

wall,'Ianswered.'It'sanewone.Doyoulikeit?'Shelookedatit

criticallyforamoment.'It'sallright,'shesaid,'butisn'titupside-

down?'Ilookedatitagain.Shewasright!Itwas!

Lesson27Awetnight雨夜

Lateintheafternoon,theboysputuptheirtentinthemiddle

ofafield.Assoonasthiswasdone,theycookedamealoveran

openfire.Theywereallhungryandthefoodsmeltgood.Aftera

wonderfulmeal,theytoldstoriesandsangsongsbythecamp

fire.Butsometimelateritbegantorain.Theboysfelttiredso

theypetoutthefireandcreptintotheirtent.Theirsleeping-bags

werewarmandcomfortable,sotheyallsleptsoundly.Inthe

middleofthenight,twoboyswokeupandbeganshouting.The

tentwasfullofwater!Theyallleaptoutoftheirsleeping-bags

andhurriedoutside.Itwasrainingheavilyandtheyfound

thatastreamhadformedinthefield.Thestreamwoundits

wayacrossthefieldandthenflowedrightundertheirtent!

Lesson28Noparking禁止停車

JasperWhiteisoneofthoserarepeoplewhobelievesin

ancientmyths.Hehasjustboughtanewhouseinthecity,but

eversincehemovedin,hehashadtroublewithmotorists,when

hereturnshomeatnight,healwaysfindsthatsomeonehas

parkedacaroutsidehisgate.Becauseofthis,hehasnotbeen

abletogethisowncarintohisgarageevenonce.Jasperhasput

up'NoParking'signsoutsidehisgate,butthesehavenothad

anyeffect.Nowhehasputanuglystoneheadoverthegate.It

isoneoftheugliestfacesIhaveeverseen.Iaskedhimwhatit

wasandhetoldmethatitwasMedusa,theGorgon.Jasperhopes

thatshewillturnmotoriststostone.Butnoneofthemhasbeen

turnedtostoneyet!

Lesson29Taxi!出租汽車！

CaptainBenFawcetthasboughtanunusualtaxiandhas

begunanewservice.The'taxi'isasmallSwissaeroplanecalled

a'PilatusPorter'.Thiswonderfulplanecancarryseven

passengers.Themostsurprisingthingaboutit,however,is

thatitcanlandanywhere:onsnow,water,orevenonaploughed

field.CaptainFawcett'sfirstpassengerwasadoctorwhoflew

fromBirminghamtoalonelyvillageintheWelshmountains.

Sincethen,CaptainFawcetthasflownpassengerstomany

unusualplaces.Oncehelandedontheroofofablockofflatsand

onanotheroccasion,helandedinadesertedcarpark.Captain

Fawcetthasjustrefusedastrangerequestfromabusinessman.

ThemanwantedtoflytoRockail,alonelyislandintheAtlantic

Ocean,butCaptainFawcettdidnottakehimbecausethetripwas

toodangerous.

Lesson30Footballorpolo?足球還是水球？

TheWayleisasmallriverthatcutsacrosstheparknearmy

home.IlikesittingbytheWayleonfineafternoons.Itwaswarm

lastSunday,soIwentandsatontheriverbankasusual.Some

childrenwereplayinggamesonthebankandthereweresome

peoplerowingontheriver.Suddenly,oneofthechildrenkicked

aballveryhardanditwenttowardsapassingboat.Somepeople

onthebankcalledouttothemanintheboat,buthedidnot

hearthem.Theballstruck

himsohardthathenearlyfellintothewater.Iturnedtolook

atthechildren,butthereweren'tanyinsight:theyhadallrun

away!Themanlaughedwhenherealizedwha