新概念英语第二册第二课课文及课后练习题

Lesson 2

Breakfast or lunch?

It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time. 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.'

'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!'

New words and expressions

生词和短语

until prep.

直到

outside adv.

外面

ring v.

（铃、电话等）响

aunt n.

姑，姨，婶，舅母

repeat v.

重复

参考译文

第二课

早餐还是午餐？

那是个星期天，而在 星期天我是从来不早起的，有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。上个

星期天，我起得很晚。 我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。

“鬼天气！

”我想，

“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，

“ 我这就来看你。

”

“但我还在吃早饭，

”我说。

“你在干什么？”她问道。

“我正在吃早饭，

”我又说了一遍。

“天啊，

”她说，

“你总是起得这么晚 吗？现在已经

1

点钟了！

”

Comprehension Precis and Composition (

理解的记录和组成

)

Answer these questions

in not than 50 words.

1. Does the writer always get up early on Sundays, or does he always get up late?

2. Did he get up early last Sunday, or did he get up late?

3. Who telephoned then?

4. Had she arrived by train, or had she come on foot?

5. Was she coming to see him or not?

6. Did he say,

‘

I< /p>

’

m still having breakfast

’

, or did he say,

‘

I am still in bed

’

?

7. Was his aunt very surprised or not ?

8. What was the time?

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Key Structures

Now, Often and Always?

Study these statements and questions:

Now

Often and Always

Exercises

A. Write out these two paragraphs again. Give the right form of the words in brackets:

1.

I

am

looking

out

of

my

window.

I

can

see

some

children

in

the

street.

The

children

(

) (play) football. They always

(

) (play) football in the street. Now a little

boy (

) (kick) the ball. Another boy (

) (run) after him but he can not catch him.

2. I carried my bags into the hall.

‘

What (

you

) (do)

’

my landlady asked.

‘

I (

) (leave), Mrs Lynch,

’

I answered.

‘

Why (

you

) (leave)

’

she asked.

‘

You have been here only a week.

’

‘

A week too long, Mrs Lynch,

’

I said.

‘

There are too many rules in this house. My friends

never (

) (come) to visit me. Dinner is always at seven o

’

clock, so I frequently (

) (go) to

bed hungry. You don

’

t

like noise, so

I rarely

(

)

(listen) to

the radio.

The heating doesn

’

t

work, so I always (

) (feel) cold. This is a terrible place for a man like me. Gookbye, Mrs

Lynch.

’

B. Note the position of the words in italics in these sentences:

My friends

never

come to visit me.

I

frequently

go to bed hungry.

I

rarely

listen to the radio.

I

always

feel cold.

I

never

get up early on Sundays.

I

sometimes

stay in bed until lunch time.

Write these sentences again. Put the words in brackets in the right place:

1. She answers my letters. (rarely)

2. We work after six o

’

clock. (never)

3. The shops close on Saturday afternoon. (always)

4. Do you go to work by car? (always)

5. Our teacher collects our copybooks. (frequently)

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