新概念英语第二册课文及翻译

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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 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

our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to

obey it!

如果你 把汽车停错了地方，

交通警察很快就会发现。

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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！

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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?

'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！

”

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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

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

< br>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

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. 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。

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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，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

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

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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

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美元。

”我先生的房门外发现了，

”她说 。

”好吧，

”我对

那位经理说，

“这世界上还是有诚实可言的！

”

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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, 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。英国人彼此了解，可我却不懂他们的！他们说的是

英语吗？

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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!

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

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！

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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

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！

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29 Taxi!

出租汽车

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 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。

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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!

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，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！

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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 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！

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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.

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。

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