新概念英语2 课文及翻译

”

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.

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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 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< /p>

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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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。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

< br>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！

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!

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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.

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

”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

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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。

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，就

走过来和我坐到一张桌子前。他从未向我借过钱。

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

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。

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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。< /p>

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,

you speak English' As I soon learnt, he was English himself!'

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

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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

to

pay

such

large salaries.

Twenty

people

had

already

left.

I

knew

that

my turn had come.

',' 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

area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention 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。

< br>“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

'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

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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。

< br>”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