新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇Lesson94~96

新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇

Lesson94~96

新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇

Lesson94

【课文】

Experiments have proved that children can be instructed

in swimming at a very early age. At a special swimming pool

in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their

breath under water even before they can walk. Babies of two

months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water.

It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that

they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game

that is very popular with these young swimmers is the

underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor

of the pool seven feet under water. The children compete

against each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many

pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or

drag them. Some children can cover the whole length of the

pool without coming up for breath even once. Whether they

will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will

tell. Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who

cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.

【课文翻译】

实验证明，儿童在很小的时候就能 够开始学习游泳。在洛杉矶的

一个特设的游泳池里，孩子们甚至在还没有学会走路时就已 经能熟练

地在水下屏住呼吸了。两个月的婴儿并未显得不愿意入水。他们很快

喜爱的 一种游戏是水下三轮车比赛。三轮车并排放在

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英尺深的游泳< /p>

池底上。孩子们比赛看谁先到达游泳池的另一端。很多孩子用脚蹬车，

但多数孩子更愿意推或是拉着三轮车。有些孩子能够跑完游泳池的全

长而不用露出水 面换气。他们将来是否能成为奥林匹克的冠军，这只

能由时间来作出回答。与此同时，他 们对我们中的那些游不了

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码就

已喘不 过气来的人应该是种鼓舞。

【生词汇总】

instruct v.

指导，传授

Los Angeles

洛杉矶

reluctant adj.

勉强的，不愿意的

weight n.

重物

underwater adj.

水下的

tricycle n.

三轮车

compete v.

比赛，对抗

yard n.

码

gasp v.

喘气

新概念英语第二册课文翻译及词汇

Lesson95

【课文】

When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch,

his wife got a shock. He looked pale and his clothes were in

a frightful state.

'What has happened?' she asked. 'How did your clothes get

into such a mess?'

'A fire extinguisher, my dear,' answered the Ambassador

drily. 'University students set the Embassy on fire this

morning.'

'Good heavens!' exclaimed his wife. 'And where were you

at the time?'

'I was in my office as usual,' answered the Ambassador.

'The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately,

of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at

me. He thought I was on fire. I must definitely get that

fellow posted.'

The Ambassador's wife went on asking questions, when she

suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband's hat.

'And how can you explain that?' she asked.

'Oh, that,' said the Ambassador. 'Someone fired a shot

through my office window. Accurate, don't you think?

Fortunately, I wasn't wearing it at the time. If I had been,

I would not have been able to get home for lunch.'

【课文翻译】

当艾斯卡罗比亚国的大使回到家吃午饭时，把他的夫人吓了一 跳。

他面色苍白，衣服也搞得不成样子。

“发生了什么事?”她问，“你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂?”

“灭火器弄的，亲爱的，”大使冷 冷地回答，“今天上午大学生

们放火点着了大使馆。”

“天啊!”他的夫人惊叫，“那你当时在什么地方?”