新概念英语第二册原文

新概念英语第二册

原文

Lesson 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!'.

Lesson 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

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!''

Lesson 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. Every day I

thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send any 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!

Lesson 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 finding this trip very exciting.

Lesson 5 No wrong numbers

无错号之虞

Mr.

James

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, Mr. Scott 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.

Lesson 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 neighbor 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.

Lesson 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 diamond 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!

Lesson 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!

Lesson 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.

Lesson 10 Not for jazz

不适于演奏爵士乐

We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord(

翼琴

). 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.

Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another

礼尚往来