datasource实用文档之新概念英语第二册课文及翻译

2021年1月16日发(作者：盛茂烨)
实用文档之新概念英语第2册
课文
1 A private conversation私人谈话
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The
play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a
young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I
got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I
looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any
attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. 'I
can't hear a word!' I said angrily.
'It's none of your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This
is a private conversation!'


上星期我去看戏。我的座 位很好。发挥是很有趣的。我
不喜欢它。一青年男子与一年轻女子坐在我的身后。他们在
大声地 说话。我很生气。我听不见演员。我转过身。我看着
那个男人和女人生气。他们没有注意。最后，我忍不 住了。
我又一次转过身去。”我不能听到一个字！”我愤怒地说。”
这不关你的事，”那男的毫 不客气地说。”这是私人间的谈
话！”

2 Breakfast or lunch?早餐还是午餐？
It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes
stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I
looked out of the window. It was dark outside. 'What a day!' I
thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It was
my aunt Lucy. 'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to
see you.'
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'But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.
'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.
'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It's one
o'clock!'



它是 星期日。在星期天我是从来不早起。有时我要一直
躺到吃午饭的时候。上周日我起床很晚。我看着窗外。 它是
黑暗的外面。”多好的一天！”我的思想。”又下雨了。”正在
这时，电话铃响了。是我姑 母露西打来的。”我刚下火车，”
她说。”我来看你。”“但我还在吃早饭，”我说。”你干什么
呢。她问。”我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。”我亲爱的，”
她说。”你总是起得这么晚吗？现在已 经一点了！”
3 Please send me a card请给我寄一张明信片
Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to
Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly
waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book.
I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyday I
thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did
not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big
decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the
whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card!





明信片总是破坏我的假期。去年夏天，我去了意 大利。
我参观了博物馆，然后坐在公园里。一位好客的服务员教了
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我几句意大利语。然后他借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一
个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可
我还没有给我的朋友寄卡片。在最后 一天我做了一个重大的
决定。我起得很早，买了三十七张明信片。我花了一整天在
我的房间，但 我没有写一张卡片！

4 An exciting trip激动人心的旅行
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in
Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer.
He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great
number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an
Australian car and has gone to Alice springs, a small town in the
centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will
fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is
fending this trip very exciting.






我刚刚收到弟弟的来信，提姆。他在澳大利亚。他有六
个月了。提姆是一个工程师。 他是一家大公司工作，他已经
访问了许多不同的地方在澳大利亚。他刚买了一辆汽车和澳
大利亚 已经向爱丽丝斯普林斯，一个小镇的中心，澳大利亚。
他将很快访问达尔文。从那里，他再飞往珀斯。我 兄弟从来
没有出过国，因此他觉得这次旅行非常激动。
5 No wrong numbers无错号之虞
Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just
bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles
from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new
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garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon
carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird
covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, has
sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent
messages from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun
his own private 'telephone' service.





杰姆斯先生在锡尔伯里有一 个汽车修理厂史葛，现在他
刚在平赫斯特买了另一个汽车修理厂。只从炽热玻璃的五英
里，但史 葛先生未能为他新的汽车修理部得到一个电话机，
所以他买了十二只鸽子。昨天，鸽子把第一封信从。鸟 覆盖
的距离在三分钟。到目前为止，史葛先生发送了大量索取备
件的信件和其他紧急信息从一个 地方到另一。就这样，他开
始自己的私人电话服务。
6 Percy Buttons珀西.巴顿斯
I 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 pocket 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.




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我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。昨天一个乞丐来敲我
的门。他问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。作为 回报，那乞丐头顶
地倒立起来，唱起了歌。我给了他一顿饭。他吃的食物和喝
啤酒。然后他把一 块奶酪放在口袋里，走了。后来的一位邻
居告诉了我他的情况。每个人都知道他。他的名字叫佩尔西。< br>他这条街上的每户每月一次，而且总是要一顿饭和一杯啤
酒。
7 Too late为时太晚
The 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 waiting 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!





飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。他们正期待
从南非钻石的 贵重包裹。几个小时前，有人告诉警察，小偷
想偷钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一部
分则等在停机坪。两个男人带着包裹下了飞机，进了海关。
当两个侦探把住门口，另外两个打开 包裹。令他们吃惊的是，
那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！

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8 The best and the worst最好的和最差的
Joe 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 Frith's garden is larger
than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers
and vegetables, but Joe's 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
worst garden in the town!




乔·桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。几乎每个人都
参加每年举办的最佳花园竞赛，而每次都 是乔获胜。比尔弗
里斯的花园比乔。比尔比乔工作努力，种植了更多的花和蔬
菜，但乔的花园更 有趣。他修筑了一条条整洁的小路，池塘
上架了一座小木桥。我也喜欢花园，但是我不喜欢辛苦的工作。每年的花园竞赛我也参加，我总因是镇上最差的花园！
9 A cold welcome冷遇
On 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 stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited
and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted.
'It's 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.

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在星期三的晚上，我们去 了市政厅。这是一年的最后一
天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟。它将十二在二十分钟的
时间。 十五分钟过去了，然后，在五至十二，钟停了。大分
针不动了。我们等了又等，但是什么都没发生。突然 有人喊
道。”这是两分钟过去十二！那钟已经停了！”我看了看我的
手表。这是真的。大钟拒绝 欢迎新年。在那一刻，大家开始
又是笑。

10 Not for jazz不适于演奏爵士乐
We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord.
It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the
living room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The
instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago.
Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it!
She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken.
My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is
being repaired by a friend of my father's.





我们有件古乐器。它叫击弦古钢琴。它是德国 制造的1681。
我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居室里。它属于我们家很长时
间。这件乐器是我祖 父在很多年以前买的。可它最近被一个
客人。她用它来弹奏爵士乐！她击键太猛，损坏了两根琴弦。我父亲大为震惊。现在是不让我们碰它。它正在修理我父亲
的一个朋友。
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11 One good turn deserves another礼尚往来
I was having dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came
in. Tony worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now
working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows
money from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and
came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money
from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me twenty
pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 'I
have never borrowed any money from you,' Tony said, 'so now
you can pay for my dinner!'





我正在一家饭馆吃饭，托尼·斯梯尔走了进来。托尼曾
在一家律师事务所 工作，而现在正在一家银行。他的薪水很
高，但他却总是向朋友借钱，并且从来不还。托尼看见了我，< br>就走过来和我坐到一张桌子前。他从未向我借过钱。当他吃
饭时，我提出向他借二十英镑。让我惊 讶的是，他立刻把钱
给了我。”我还从未向你借过钱，”托尼说道，“所以现在你
可以替我付饭 钱了！”

12 Goodbye and good luck再见，一路顺风
Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from
Portsmouth tomorrow. We'll meet him at the harbour early in the
morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail. Topsail is a
famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times.
Captain Alison will set out at eight o'clock, so we'll have plenty of
time. We'll see his boat and then we'll say goodbye to him. He will
be away for two months. We are very proud of him. He will take
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part in an important race across the Atlantic.






我们的邻居，查尔斯艾丽森船长明天将从朴茨茅斯启航。
我 们将在港口见到他在清晨。他将在他的小船，上桅帆。这
是有名的小艇。它已经多次横渡大西洋。艾丽森 船长将于八
点启航，因此我们有充裕的时间。我们将参观他的船，然后
和他告别。他要离开两个 月。我们真为他感到自豪。他将参
加一次重大的横渡大西洋的比赛。
13 The Greenwood Boys绿林少年
The Greenwood Boys are a group of pop singers. At present,
they are visiting all parts of the country. They will be arriving here
tomorrow. They will be coming by train and most of the young
people in the town will be meeting them at the station.
Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers' Club. The
Greenwood Boys will be staying for five days. During this time,
they will give five performances. As usual, the police will have a
difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the
same on these occasions.





绿林少年是一个流行歌 曲演唱。目前，他们正在全国各
地巡回演出。明天他们将到达这里。他们将乘火车来，大多
数镇 上的年轻人会到车站迎接他们。明晚他们将在工人俱乐
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部。绿林少年准备在此逗留五天。在这期间，他们将演出五
场。如往常一样，警察的 日子将不好过。他们将设法维持秩
序。它始终是相同的在这些场合。

14 Do you speak English?你会讲英语吗？
I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a
small village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town.
On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked
me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good
morning to him in French and he replied in the same language.
Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither
of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the town,
when the young man suddenly said, very slowly,
English?' As I soon learnt, he was English himself!'





去年 我有过一次有趣的经历。在我离开法国南部的小村庄，
我继续驶往下一个城镇。途中，一个青年人向我招 手。我停
了下来，他要求搭便车。他刚一上车，我就用法语向他问早
上好，他也用同样的语言回 答。除了几个单词外，我根本不
会法语。在旅途中我们都没有说话。就要到达那个镇时，那
青年 突然开了口，慢慢地，“你会讲英语吗？”我很快了解
到，他自己就是个英国人！”
15 Good news佳音
The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I
felt very nervous when I went into his office. He did not look up
from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that
business was very bad. He told me that the firm could not afford
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to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew
that my turn had come.
'orth,' I said in a weak voice.
'Don't interrupt,' he said.
Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra
thousand pounds a year!





秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。当我走进他的办公
室时，我感到很紧张。当他没有抬头看他的桌上我进入。待
我坐下后，他说生意很不好。他还告 诉我，公司支付不起这
么大的工资开支。二十人已经离开了。我知道这次该轮到我
了。”哈姆斯 沃斯先生，”我用微弱的声音说。”不要打断我
的话，”他说。然后他微笑着告诉我，我每年将得到一个 ！

16 A polite request彬彬有礼的要求
If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman
will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a
ticket. However, this does not always happen. Traffic police are
sometimes very polite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this
note on my car: 'sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a
Parking
to our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a
request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!




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如果你把 汽车停错了地方，交通警察很快就会发现。你将
非常荣幸，如果他让你不用票。然而，这并不总是发生。 交
通警有时也很客气。在瑞典度假期间，我在我的车子：“先
生，欢迎您光临我们的城市。这是 一个“禁止停车”的地区。
你会喜欢这里的生活，如果你留意我们街上的标牌。谨此提
请注意。 ”如果你收到这样的请求，你不可能不服从！
17 Always young青春常驻
My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five
years old. In spite of this, she often appears on the stage as a
young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This
time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear
in a bright red dress and long black stockings. Last year in
another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright,
orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she
always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'



我的珍妮佛姨妈是一位女演员 。她必须至少三十五岁。尽
管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。珍妮佛将要参加一个
新剧的演 出。这一次，她将扮演一个十七岁的女孩。在剧中，
她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在 演另一
个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和光明，红色的连衣裙。如果有人
问起她有多大年纪，她总是回 答说，“亲爱的，那一定是可
怕的是长大了！”

18 He often does this他经常干这种事！
After I had had lunch at a village pub, I looked for my bag. I
had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn't there! As I
was looking for it, the landlord came in.
'Did you have a good meal?
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'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay the bill. I
haven't got my bag.'
The landlord smiled and immediately went out. In a few
minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.
'I'm very sorry,' he said. 'My dog had taken in into the
garden. He often does this!'





我在一家乡村小酒 店吃过午饭后，就找我的提包。我把它
放在门边的椅子上，现在不在那里！当我正在寻找时，酒店
老板走了进来。”你吃得好吗？”他问。”是的，谢谢你，”
我回答，“但我不能付账单。我没有得到 我的包。”酒店老板
笑了笑，马上走了出去。几分钟后，他拿着我的包回来了，
把它还给了我。 ”我很抱歉，”他说。”我的狗把它弄到花园。
他经常干这种事！”
19 Sold out 票已售完
'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.
'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.
I hurried to the ticket office. 'May I have two tickets please?'
I asked.
'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.
'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.
Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.
'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said.
I went back to the ticket office at once.
'Could I have those two tickets please?' I asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said, 'but they're for next Wednesday's
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performance. Do you still want them?'
'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.

“也许已经开演了，”我说。”也许已经开演了，”苏珊回答
说。我匆忙赶到办公室。”我可 以买两张票吗？”我问。”对
不起，我们已经卖完了，”姑娘说。”真遗憾！”苏珊大声地
说。 就在这时，一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。”我可以退掉这
两张票吗？”他问。”当然，”那女孩说。我又回 到售票处。”
这两张票给我行不行。我问。”当然可以，”那姑娘说，“但
这是下星期三的演出 。你还想要吗？”我还不如他们，”我
沮丧地说。
20 One man in a boat独坐孤舟
Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without
catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen
are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and
rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything -- not even
old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I
always go home with an empty bag. 'You must give up fishing!'
my friends say. 'It's a waste of time.' But they don't realize one
important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I am only
interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!


钓鱼是我最喜欢的运动。我经常一钓数小时 却一无所获。
但这并不使我烦恼。有些垂钓者就是不走运。他们往往鱼钓
不到，却钓上来旧靴子 和垃圾。我甚至不幸运。我什么东西
也未钓到过——就连旧靴子也没有。在河上呆上整整一上
午 ，然后空着袋子回家。”你必须放弃钓鱼！”我的朋友说。”
这是浪费时间。”然而他们没有认识到重要 的一点。我并不
是真的对钓鱼有兴趣。我感兴趣的只是坐在船上什么都没
做！
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21 Mad or not?是不是疯了
Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport
and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was
built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then.
Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must
have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one
of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be
knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large
sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here.
Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.





飞机正在慢慢地把我逼疯了。我住在一个机场附近，过往
飞机日夜不绝于耳。机场是许多年前建的，但由 于某种原因
当时没有能够使用。去年，然而，它开始使用。超过一百的
人肯定是被噪音逼得离家 远去。我是少数留下来的人中的一
个。有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒。有人曾
向 我提供一大笔钱走了，但我决定留在这儿。大家都说我肯
定是疯了，也许他们说的是对的。

22 A glass envelope玻璃信封
My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from
a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling
across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name
and address on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea.
She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a
letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other
regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post office.
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Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.





我的女儿，简，从来没有想过会收到一封来自荷兰同龄女
孩。去年，当我们横渡英 吉利海峡时，简把一张写有姓名和
地址的纸放进一个瓶子。她把瓶子扔到海里。她再也没有想
过 它，但是十个月后，她收到了一封来自荷兰的女孩。现在
两个女孩经常给对方写信。然而，他们还是决定 利用邮局。
这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定是快得。
23 A new house新居
I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria.
In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year.
If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a
beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before
my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my
letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many
large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern
house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only
modern house in the district.





我收到我妹妹的一封信昨天。她住在尼日利亚。在她的信
中 ，她说她明年将到英国来。如果她来，她会大吃一惊。我
们的国家现在是生活在一个美丽的新房子。这栋 房子在我姐
姐离开之前。房子是五个月前完工。在我的信中，我告诉她，
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她可以和我们住在一起。这栋房子里有许多房间，还有一个
漂亮的花园。这是一个非常现代化的住宅，因此在有些人看
来很古怪。它必须是这个地区唯一的 一栋现代化住宅。

24 If could be worse不幸中之万幸
I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just
lost $$50 and I felt very upset. 'I left the money in my room,' I said,
'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but he
could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said.
He started to complain about this wicked world but was
interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an
envelope on his desk. It contained $$50. 'I found this outside this
gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is
still some honesty in this world!'




我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。我刚刚丢了50英镑，
感到非常 烦恼。”我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“可现在没有
了。”经理深表同情，但却无能为力。”现在大家都 在丢钱，”
他说。他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世界，但却被敲门声打断了。
一个姑娘走了进来，把 一个信封放在了他桌上。它包含了50
美元。”我先生的房门外发现了，”她说。”好吧，”我对那位< br>经理说，“这世界上还是有诚实可言的！”
25 Do the English speak English?英国人讲的是英语吗？
I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black
and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.
I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well.
The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my
question several times and at last he understood. he answered me,
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but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said.
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him. My
teacher never spoke English like that! The porter and I looked at
each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood
it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said. I wonder. In England, each
person speaks a different language. The English understand each
other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?
















我终于到达了伦敦。火车站很大，又黑又暗。我不知道去
旅馆的路，所以我问了一个搬运工。我不仅讲英 语非常认真，
但很清楚的。搬运工，然而，看不懂我。我把问题重复了好
几遍，他终于明白了。 他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。”
我是个外国人，我说。于是他说得慢了，但是我不懂他。我的老师从来不那样讲英语！搬运工和我互相看了看，笑了。
然后他说了一些话，我理解它。”你会很 快学会英语的！”他
说。我想知道。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。英
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国人彼此了解，可我却不懂他们的！他们说的是英语吗？

26 The best art critics最佳艺术评论家
I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many
people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell
you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not
'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the
same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young
children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me
whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room
yesterday.
'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a
new one. Do you like it?'
She looked at it critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she
said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
I looked at it again. She was right! It was!













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我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。有很多人装成很懂现
代艺术。他们总是告诉你 一幅画的。当然，有很多画是什么
意思也没有的。他们只不过是漂亮的图案。我们喜欢它们就
像 我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布。我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都
更能欣赏现代绘画。他们观察到的东西更多。我 的妹妹只有
七岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是不好。昨天她到我房里
来了。”你干什么呢。她 问。”我把这幅画挂到墙上，我回答。”
这是一个新的。你喜欢吗。她用挑剔的目光看了一会儿。”这都是正确的，”她说，“但这不是颠倒的吗？”我又看了看。
她是对的！这是！
27 A wet night雨夜
Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the
middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal
over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled
good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by
the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt
tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their
sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept
soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began
shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their
sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they
found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound
its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!


在下午晚些时候，男孩子们把帐篷搭在一个领域中。一旦
这是，他们在篝火上烧起了饭。他们都饿了，而 且食物闻起
来很香。一顿美餐之后，他们讲故事、唱歌的篝火。但过了
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些时候开始下雨了。孩子们感到累了，所以他们扑灭了火，
爬进了帐篷。睡袋既暖和又舒适，所以他们都睡得很香。在
半夜里，两个男孩醒来了，开始喊。 帐篷里全是水！他们全
都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形
成了一个流。 那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的
帐篷！
28 No parking禁止停车
Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in
ancient myths. he has just bought a new house in the city, but
ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their
owners. When he returns home at night, he always finds that
someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has
not been able to get his own car into his garage even once. Jasper
has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not
had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate.
It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it
was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. jasper hopes
that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of
them has been turned to stone yet!


怀特是那些少有的相信古代神话的人。他刚在城里买了 一
幢新房子，但自从搬进去，就和汽车及车主们。当他夜里回
到家时，总是发现有人把车停在他 的门外。因为这个，他甚
至一次也没能把自己的车开进车库。贾斯珀把几块“禁止停
车”的牌子 挂在大门外面，但没有任何效果。现在他把一个
丑陋的石雕头像放在大门。这是我见过的最丑陋的一张脸 。
我问他那是什么，他告诉我那是蛇发女怪美杜莎，戈耳戈。
贾斯珀希望她把汽车和车主们都变 成石头。但没有一个变成
石头！
29 Taxi!出租汽车
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Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has
begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a
'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.
The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land
anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. Captain
Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from
Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since
then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual
places. Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on
another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park. Captain
Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.
The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic
Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was
too dangerous.

机长福塞特买了一个不寻常的出租汽车，开始了一个新的
服务。这辆出租汽车是一 架小型瑞士飞机，叫“皮勒特斯·波
特”。这架奇妙的飞机能载七名乘客。最令人惊奇的是，然
而，是它能够在任何地方降落：雪，水，甚至刚耕过的田里。
福塞特船长的第一名乘客是位医生，他从伯 明翰飞往一个偏
僻的村庄在山。此后，福塞特上尉空运乘客到过许多不寻常
的地方。他把飞机降 落在了一栋公寓楼的屋顶，在另一个场
合，他降落在一个废弃的停车场。机长福塞特刚刚拒绝了一
位商人的奇怪要求。这个人想要飞往罗卡尔岛，大西洋中的
一个小岛，但福塞特机长没有带他因为这段 旅程太危险了。
30 Football or polo?足球还是水球？
The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my
home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons. It was warm
last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some
children were playing games on the bank and there were some
people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one of the children kicked
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a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people
on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear
them. The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the
water. I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in
sight: they had all run away! The man laughed when he realized
what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the
ball back to the bank.

wayle是一条小河横穿我家附近公园。我喜欢在晴朗的下午坐在河边。上周日是温暖的，所以我去河边坐着像往常一样。
一些孩子在河岸上玩游戏，一些人在河 上划船。突然，一个
孩子狠狠地踢了一脚球，球便向着一个路过的船。岸上的一
些人叫了船上的 人，但他没有听见。球重重地打在他身上，
他差点掉进水里。我转过头去看那些孩子，但也不见了，他< br>们都跑了！这个人意识到发生了什么事时，他笑了。他大声
叫那孩子把球还给银行。
31 Success story成功者的故事
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about
his experiences as a young man. Before he retired, Frank was the
head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to
work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that
time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money for
years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. In his
twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that
time he had two helpers. In a few years the small workshop had
become a large factory which employed seven hundred and
twenty-eight people. Frank smiled when he remembered his hard
early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when
the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair
their grandson's bicycle!

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昨天下午弗兰克·霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时 的经历。在
他退休之前，弗兰克是一家非常大的事务公司头，但作为一
个男孩，他曾经工作在一 个小商店。他的工作是修理自行车，
那时他一天工作十四小时。他积蓄多年，并在1958他买了属于自己的小作坊。在他二十几岁的弗兰克曾生产飞机零配
件。那时他有两个帮手。在几年的小作坊已 经成为一个雇用
七百二十八人的大工厂。弗兰克回想着他早年的艰难经历和
走过的漫长的成功之 路。他正笑着的时候，门开了，他的妻
子走了进来。她叫他去修理他们孙子的自行车！
32 Shopping made easy购物变得很方便
People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation
to steal is greater than ever before -- especially in large shops. A
detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always
went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there
were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came
in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first
bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of
the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an
assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then
the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop
without paying. When she was arrested, the detective found out
that the shop assistant was her daughter. The girl 'gave' her
mother a free dress once a week!

人们不 再像以前那么诚实了。偷窃的诱惑力比以往任何时
候——尤其是在大的商店。侦探最近注意上了一位穿着 体面
的女人总是在星期一上午进入一家大商场。一个星期一，有
商店里的人比往常少时，女人走 了进来，所以侦探比较容易
监视她。这位妇女先是买了几样小物品。过了一会儿，她选
择了一个 商店里最昂贵的衣服，把它递给了售货员包裹它为
她尽快。妇人只是包裹，走出了商店没有支付。她被逮 捕后，
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侦探发现原来那售货员是她的女儿。这个女孩给她母亲每星
期一次免费的衣服！
33 Out of the darkness 冲出黑暗
Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain
what had happened to her. One afternoon she set out from the
coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening,
the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she
swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water.
During that time she covered a distance of eight miles. Early next
morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore
because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the
shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen.
That was all she remembered. When she woke up a day later, she
found herself in hospital.



几乎过了一个星期， 那姑娘才能讲述自己的遭遇。一天下
午，她乘小船从海岸出发，在一只小船，遇上了风暴。傍晚，
船触礁了，姑娘跳进了海里。然后她游在水里度过了一整夜
之后。在此期间，她游了八英里。第二天清 晨，她看见前方
有灯光。她知道自己已经接近岸边了因为那灯光是在高高的
悬崖上。到达岸边后 ，姑娘挣扎着往峭壁上爬去朝着她看到
的灯光。她所记得的就是这些。过了一天她醒来时，她发现
自己住院。
34 Quick work破案“神速”
Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he
received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked
to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the
police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not
worried anymore. At the station, he was told by a smiling
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policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the
policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village
four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by
train. Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. He was
amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It
was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen!



丹鲁滨孙焦虑了整整一个星期。上周二他收到当地警察局
的一封信。他在信中说要 在车站。丹很奇怪为什么警察局要
他去，但他昨天去了车站，现在他不再担心了。在警察局里，
一位面带笑容的警察告诉他，他的自行车被找到了。五天前，
警察告诉他说，那辆自行车是在一个小村子 里发现四百英里
远。现在它被送到他乘火车回家。但最惊讶的是当他听到这
个消息。但又感到非 常好笑，因为他从未指望能找到这辆自
行车。这是二十年前被偷走时，丹是一个十五岁的男孩！
35 Stop thief!捉贼！
Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago,
however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it. He
is finding his new work far more exciting. When he was driving
along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a
shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a
bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at
the thieves. The one with the money got such a fright that he
dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get away in their
car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car
was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police.
The thieves' car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly
afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were
arrested.
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罗伊特伦顿曾经开出租车。不久前 ，然而，他成为一名巴
士司机和他不后悔。他发觉自己的新工作令人兴奋的多。当
他正开车在凯 特福德街最近，他看见2个贼从一家商店里跑。
其中一个提着一只装满钱的袋子。罗伊行动迅速，开车直 冲
窃贼。一个与金钱吓了一跳，他把包。当那两个小偷企图乘
车逃跑时，罗伊驾驶他的公共汽车 撞在了那。当那辆被撞坏
的汽车，罗伊停下来，给警察打电话。小偷的车损坏严重，
很容易辨认 。不久之后，警察截住了那辆汽车，两人都被逮
捕了。
36 Across the Channel横渡海峡
Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel
tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at five
o'clock in the morning. Debbie is only eleven years old and she
hopes to set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and
many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Debbie's father will
set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his daughter
for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she
swims the long distance to England. Debbie intends to take short
rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she
will not eat any solid food. Most of Debbie's school friends will
be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be
Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a
girl.


戴比·哈特准备明天游泳横渡英吉祥海峡。她准备早上出
发，五点从法 国海岸。戴比只有十一岁，她希望创造一项新
的世界纪录。她是个健壮的游泳运动员，许多人认为她一定
能成功。戴比的父亲将她在小船。哈特先生训练她的女儿已
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经多年了。明天他将焦急地注视着女儿游过这段漫长的距离
到达英国。戴比计划每两小时休息一下。她将喝些饮料，但
不吃固体食物。戴比的大部分同学将 在英国海岸等候她。他
们当中还会有戴比的母亲，谁自己游过英吉利海峡的时候，
她是一个女孩 。
37 The Olympic Games奥林匹克运动会
The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four
years' time. As a great many people will be visiting the country,
the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium,
and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be
building new roads and a special railway line. The Games will be
held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called
'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the new roads by
the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have
finished work on the new stadium. The fantastic modern
buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be
watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very
excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because
they have never been held before in this country.

奥运会将在我们国家举行四年时间。由于很多人将访问的< br>国家，政府将建造新的旅馆，一个巨大的体育场，和一个新
的奥运会标准游泳池。他们还将修筑一 些新的道路和铁路专
用线。奥运会将在首都郊外举行，整个地区将被称为“奥林
匹克城”。工人 将完成新道路在今年年底。到明年年底，他
们将把新体育场。这些巨大的现代化建筑是由库尔特·冈特< br>设计。大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。我们都非常激
动，盼望着奥运会因为他们从来没有在 这个国家举行过。
38 Everything except the weather唯独没有考虑到天气
My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for
many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed
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of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the
country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and
went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain
about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained
continually and it was often bitterly cold. After so many years of
sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived
in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He
had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and
left the country. The dream he had had for so many years ended
there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.


我的老朋友，哈里森，住在地中海多年后回到英国。过去
他常幻想退休后到英国， 并计划在乡间安顿下来。他一回来
就买了一栋房子并在那儿住下了。他几乎马上就开始抱怨天
气 ，因为即使那时仍为夏季，它连绵，而且常常冷得要命。
在阳光下生活了那么多年，哈里森感到震惊。他 的举动就好
像他从未在英国生活过。最后，他再也忍受不。他还没等安
顿下来就卖掉了房子，离 开了这个国家。他做了那么许多年。
哈里森以为除了天气。
39 Am I all right?我是否痊愈？
While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to
tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the
doctor refused to do so. The following day, the patient asked for
a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the
hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington. When the
doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring
about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert. He asked if Mr.
Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him
that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be
allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have
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to stay in hosptial for another two weeks. Then Dr. Millington
asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient
answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.'


















当约翰·吉尔伯特住院的时候，他问医生告诉他手术是否
成功，但医生拒绝这样做。第二天， 这位病人要了一个床头
电话。他独自一人的时候，他给医院总机要求与米灵顿医生。
当医生接电 话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情
况，一个名叫约翰·吉尔伯特的先生。他问吉尔伯特先生的
手术是否成功，医生告诉他手术了。然后他问吉尔伯特先生
什么时候可以回家，医生告诉他，他 必须在医院呆两个星期。
然后米灵顿医生问打电话的人他是否是病人的亲属。”不
是，”病人回 答说，“我就是约翰。”
40 Food and talk进餐与交谈
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Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next
to Mrs. Rumbold. Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a
tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat
beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time,
she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.
'A new play is coming to Globesoon,' I said. 'Will
you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I
asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less,
we would both enjoy our dinner!













在上星期的一次宴会上，女主人要我坐在兰姆 伯尔德夫人
的旁边。兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材大，表情严肃的女人，穿
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一件紧身的黑衣服。她甚至不看的时候，我在她身旁坐下来 。
她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子，在很短的时间，她忙着吃。我试
着跟她交谈。”一个新的戏剧要“ 球”很快，”我说。”你会
去看吗？”不，”她回答说。”您今年去国外度假吗？”我问。”
不 ，”她回答说。”您就呆在英国吗？”我问。”不，”她回答
说。在绝望中，我问她是否吃得尽兴。”年 轻人，”她回答说，
“如果你多吃点，少说点，我们两个都会吃得好的！”
41 Do you call that a hat?你把那个叫帽子吗？
'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.
'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she
looked at herself in the mirror.
I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it
and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my
wife was still in front of the mirror.
'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly.
I regretted saying it almost at once.
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered. 'I needn't
remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many
ties.'
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My
wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!
“你那叫帽子吗？ ”我对我妻子说的。”你不必这样无礼，”
我妻子说她看着镜子里的自己。我坐在一个新式的满是网眼< br>儿的椅子上，等待着。我们在帽店已呆了半个小时，而我的
妻子仍在镜子面前。”我们不应该买我 们不需要的东西，”我
突然说。我几乎马上就后悔说了这话。”你没必要这么说，”
我妻子说。 ”我不必提醒你你昨天买的那条难看的领带。”“我
觉得它好看，我说。”一个男人有再多的领带。”一 个女人不
可以有太多的帽子，”她回答说。十分钟后，我们一起走出
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了商店。我妻子戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子！
42 Not very musical并非很懂音乐
As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of
old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we
noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side
of the square, so we went to have a look at him. As soon as he
saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins
and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we
had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and
began to follow the movements of the pipe. We were very much
surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz
and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance'
slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian
music and jazz!
我们度过了一个漫长的穿过旧德里的一个 市场，我们在一
个广场上停下来休息。过了一段时间，我们注意到有一个带
着两个大筐的耍蛇人 在广场的另一边，于是我们走过去看
他。当他看见我们，就拿起了一个长长的上面镶有硬币，打
开了一个篮子。当他开始吹一支曲子时，我们才第一次看到
那条蛇。它从筐里探出，扭动的管。我们感到 非常惊奇，当
耍蛇人突然开始演奏爵士乐和现代流行歌曲。那条蛇，但是，
继续缓慢地舞动。它 显然分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐！
43 Over the South Pole飞越南极
In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the
American explorer, R.E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South
Pole for the first time. Though, at first, Byrd and his men were
able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay
below, they soon ran into serious trouble. At one point, it seemed
certain that their plane would crash. It could only get over the
mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men
to throw out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to
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rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet. Byrd now knew that
he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles
away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was
able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.


在1929，三年后他飞越北极， 美国探险家R，伯德，首次
成功地飞越了南极。虽然，在第一，伯德和他的人可以采取
许多横亘 ，他们很快就陷入了困境。在这一点上，飞机似乎
肯定会崩溃的。它只会在山在上升到10000英尺。 伯德马上
命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食品袋。于是飞机可以上升
了，它离山头400英尺。伯 德这时知道他将能够达到300英里
以外的南极了，因为没有更多的山了。飞机可以毫无困难地
飞越这一望无际的茫茫雪原。
44 Through the forest穿过森林
Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking
when she ran through a forest after two men. They had rushed up
to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with
her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the
strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men
started running through the trees. Mrs. Sterling got so angry that
she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued
to run. When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat
down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran
straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the
bag and ran away. 'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling
later, 'but they did not steal anything.'



安妮夫人并没有想到她所承担的风险在她穿过森林追赶两
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个男人。他们向她冲来，当她在森林边上野餐的时候，她和
孩子们，企图抢走她的手 提包。在这场斗争中，手提包的带
断了，包着在他们手里，他们拔腿跑进了树林。斯特林夫人
非 常气愤，追上他们。她很快就上气不接下气，但她继续跑。
当她赶上他们时，发现他们已经坐了下来，正 翻着包里的东
西，于是她直冲过去。男人们吓了一跳，扔下提包逃跑了。”
这提包带需要修理， 斯特林夫人事后说道，“不过他们什么
也没偷走。”
45 A clear conscience问心无愧
The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had
been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while
taking his savings to the post office. Sam was sure that the wallet
must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not
returned to him. Three months passed, and then one morning,
Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped
up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost,
together with a note which said: 'A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent
a thief!' Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam
with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!' In time, all
Sam's money was paid back in this way. The last note said: 'I am
100 per cent honest now!'


整个村子很快知道，有一大笔钱丢失了 。山姆顿，当地的
屠夫，失去了他的钱包同时把存款送往邮局的途中。山姆确
信那钱包一定是被 某个村民捡到了，可是却没有还给他。三
个月过去了，后来在一天早晨，山姆在自己的大门外发现了他的钱包。它是用报纸包着的，里面有他丢失的钱的一半，
上面写着：“一个小偷，是的，但只有5 0 %的小偷！”两个月
后，有更多的钱，被送往山姆与另一张纸条：“现在只有25 %
的小偷！”在时间，山姆全部的钱都用同样的方式还了回来。
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最后的那张字条上说：“我是100分的诚实人了！”
46 Expensive and uncomfortable既昂贵又受罪
When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport,
workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which
contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of
the boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of
the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he
found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen
goods. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not
even try to run away. After he was arrested, the man admitted
hiding in the box before the plane left London. He had had a
long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the
wooden box for over eighteen hours. The man was ordered to
pay $$3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is
$$2,000!


当一架从伦敦到达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸 下多个盛着
衣服的木箱。没有人可以解释这个事实，一个箱子特别重。
突然出现了一个工人去打 开那个盒子。他很惊讶他所发现
的。箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品上的货物。他被发现而
感到 非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。他被捕后，他承认在
飞机离开伦敦前箱。他经历了一次漫长且不舒服的 旅行，因
为他在木箱里有超过十八小时。他被命令支付3500美元的旅
行费用。正常票价是2 000美元！
47 A thirsty ghost嗜酒的鬼魂
A public house which was recently bought by
Thompson is up for sale. on is going to sell it because
it is haunted. He told me that he could not go to sleep one night
because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The next
morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and
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the furniture had been moved. Though on had turned
the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning.
He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which
the ghost must have drunk the night before. When I suggested
that some villagers must have come in for a free drink,
on shook his head. The villagers have told him that
they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.


公共房屋，伊恩·汤普森先生最近才买的是出售的。汤普
森先生之所以想卖它，是因为它闹鬼 。他告诉我他一个晚上
也睡不好因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。第二天早
晨，他发现门 被椅子堵上了，家具也被感动。虽然汤普森先
生把灯关了他上床睡觉之前，他们在早晨。他还说他发现了
五个空的威士忌瓶子，这肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。当我暗
示说一定是村里有些人来喝免费的酒 时，汤普森先生摇了摇
头。村民们告诉他，他们不接受即使他白送。
48 Did you want to tell me something?你想对我说什么吗？
Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you
to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had
told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my
mouth was full of cotton wool. He knew I collected match boxes
and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked
me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in
London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made
strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the
hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but
could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the
cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had
pulled out the wrong tooth.

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牙医们总是在你不可能回答。我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉
了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。我想说 点什么，但我嘴里塞满
了药棉。他知道我收集火柴盒，就问我是否还在收藏。然后
他问我的兄弟 近来如何，问我是否喜欢在伦敦的新工作。作
为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。
与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙已经。我
突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不 出来。当牙医终于把药
棉从我嘴里，我才能告诉他，他拔错了牙。
49 The end of a dream美梦告终
Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran
saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his life,
he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a
mattress. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on
to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights,
but on the third night, a storm blew up. A gust of wind swept the
bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.
The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the
ground. Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was
miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the
mattress. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around
him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his
house. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep
again.







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厌倦了睡地板，德黑兰的一个年轻人积攒了多年买了一张
真正的床。这 是第一次在他的生命，他自豪地拥有了一张既
有弹簧和床垫。由于天气很热，他便把床上他家的屋顶。头
两天晚上，他睡得很好，但第三天晚上起了风暴。一阵大风
把床从屋顶，把它摔碎在下面的院子 里。年轻人直到床撞到
地上没有醒来。虽然床摔碎了，人却奇迹般地没有受伤。当
他醒来时，仍 然躺在床垫上。看着木头和金属的碎片在他周
围，伤心地捡起了床垫，把它拿进了屋。他把它放在地板上 ，
他很快睡着了。
50 Taken for a ride乘车兜风
I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my
way.
I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer
than I expected.
'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as
I got on the bus, 'but I don't know where it is.'
'I'll tell you where to get off.' answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the
countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I
realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.
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'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as
far as we go.'
'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.
'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. 'I forgot to put
you off.'
'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.'
'We're going back now,' said the conductor.
&nb, sp; 'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I
answered.













我喜欢在乡间旅行，但我不喜欢迷路。最近我作了一次旅
行，但这次旅 行所花费的时间比我预计的。”我要去伍德福
德格林，我对售票员一上车我就说，“但我不知道它在那儿 。”
“我来告诉您在哪儿下车，售票员回答说。我坐在公共汽车
的前部，以取得一个好的乡下。 过了一些时候，车停了。我
环顾四周，我震惊地意识到我是唯一坐在公交车上的乘客。”
您得在 这里下车，”售票员说。”我们到此为止了。”“这里是
伍德福德格林？”我问。”哎呀，”售票员突然 说。”我忘了
把你了。”“没关系，”我说。”我要在这里下车。”“我们现在
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要返回，”售票员说。铌，sp；好吧，那样的话，我宁愿留
在车上，我回答说。
51 Reward for virtue对美德的奖赏
My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad
recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week
ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which
were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves:
butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets. Yesterday
I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that
Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and
hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he
was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he
smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained
that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself
occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of t, he parcel. It
contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

我的朋友，休米，一直很胖，但是近来情况变得如此糟糕，
以致他决定节食。他是 一星期前开始节食。首先，他开列了
一张长长的单子，禁吃的食物。这张单子上的大多数东西休
米爱：黄油，土豆，米饭，啤酒，牛奶，巧克力和糖果。昨
天我去拜访他。我按响了门铃，毫不觉得奇怪 地看到休米和
以往一样胖。他把我领进屋，慌忙把一个包藏在书桌底下。
显然他感到很尴尬。当 我问他正在干什么时，他内疚地笑了，
然后把那个大包拿到了桌上。他解释说，他的饮食非常严格，他不得不偶尔奖赏自己一下。然后他给我的内容，他包裹。
它包含了五大块巧克力和三袋糖果！
52 A pretty carpet漂亮的地毯
We have just moved into a new house and I have been
working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room
in order. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand
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books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I
have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they
cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on
them to get in or out of the room. A short while ago, my sister
helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She
went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those
books on the floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,'
she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 'You don't
need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and
read the carpet!'
我们刚刚搬进一所新房子，我一直努力工作，所有的早晨。
我试图把我的新房间整理。这并不 容易，因为我有一千多本
书。更糟糕的是，屋子相当小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板
上。此刻， 他们盖的地板上的每一寸空间，我实际上是踩着
这些书进出房间。片刻之前，我妹妹帮我把一个旧书橱抬 上
了楼。她走进我的房间，当她看到地板上的那些书大吃一
惊。”这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯， ”她说。她盯着看了一会
儿又说，“你根本用不着书橱。你可以坐在这儿读地毯！”
53 Hot snake触电的蛇
At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California.
Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began.
Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends
which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the firemen
examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any
broken glass. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did
not start the fire. This morning, however, a firemen accidentally
discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which
was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line.
In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation
was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake
from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires. The snake
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then , wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks
down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.
















消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。从那
时起，他们一 直试图找出起火的原因。森林火灾时常由破碎
的玻璃或人们随手扔掉的香烟头。昨天，消防队员仔细查看
了地面，但未能发现碎玻璃。他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由
烟头引起的。然而，今天早晨，一个 消防队员偶然发现了起
火的原因。他发现了一条死蛇缠绕在电线上的一个
16000-volt 电源线。就这样，他解开了这个迷。解释很简单，
但却很不寻常。一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来，然后把它扔 到了
电线上。然后蛇，缠绕在电线上。当它这样做时，把火花送
到了地面上，这些火花立刻引起 了一场。
54 Sticky fingers粘糊的手指
After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went
to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The
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children were at school, my husband was at work and the house
was quiet. So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I
was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon
covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone
rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I picked up the
receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I
recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to
persuade her to ring back later. At last I hung up the receiver.
What a mess! There was past, ry on my fingers, on the telephone,
and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen
than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it
was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!
















早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。 时间还很早
回家。孩子们上学去了，我丈夫在上班，家里很安静。于是
我决定做些肉馅饼。在很 短的时间，我正忙着把黄油和面粉
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和我的手揉了起来。就在这时，电话铃响了。没有什么能比
这更恼人的。我拿起话筒，在两个粘糊糊的手 指和沮丧当我
听出是海伦贝茨的声音。我花了十分钟才说服她过会儿再来
电话。我终于挂上了话 筒。真是一团糟！没有过去，就靠在
我的手指上，电话机，并在门把手。我刚回厨房，门铃响了
起来，足以把死人唤醒。这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封挂
号信！
55 Not a gold mine 并非金矿
Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A
new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has
been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.
The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where -- it is
said -- pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury
gold in the cave and then fail to collect it. Armed with the new
machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried
treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the
entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was
gold under the ground. Very excited, the party dug a hole two feel
deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost
worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but
did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this,
many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal
something of value fairly soon.








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找到失去的 财宝的梦想最近几乎实现了。一种叫“探宝器”
的新机器已经发明了，它已被用来检测黄金已埋在地下。 这
台机器是用在海岸附近的一个山洞里的地方——这是说—
—海盗过去惯常把黄金藏。海盗们过 去常把金子埋藏在山洞
里，可后来却没能取走。带着这台新机器，一个探索队进入
了这个岩洞， 希望找到埋藏的宝藏。当这个队的队长正在检
查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示地下有黄金。非常激动 ，
就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑。他们最后找到的是一枚几乎一
文不值。在整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍 ，但除了一只空铁皮箱外
什么也没找到。尽管如此，许多人相信“探宝器”可能不久
揭示一些有 价值的东西。
56 Faster than sound!比声音还快！
Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered
for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just
before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz
which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car
taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began.
Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers
spent more time under their cars than in them! A few cars,
however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of
forty miles an hour -- much faster than any of its rivals. It sped
downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble
trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure.
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