新概念英语第二册课文.pdf
Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话Last week I went to the theatre.I had a very goodseat.The play was very interesting.I did not enjoy it.Ayoung man and a young woman were sitting behind me.They were talking loudly.I got very angry.I could not hearthe actors.I turned round.I looked at the man and thewoman angrily.They did not pay any attention.In the end,I could not bear it.I turned round again.I cant hear aword!I said angrily.Its none of your business,1 theyoung man said rudely.This is a private conversation!.It was Sunday.I never get up early on Sundays.Isometimes 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.Its raining again.1 Just then,thetelephone rang.It was my aunt Lucy.Ive just arrived bytrain,she said.Tm coming to see you.B ut Im stillhaving breakfast,1 I said.What are you doing?she asked.1 Im having breakfast,1I repeated.D ear me,she said.D o you always get up so late?Itsone oclock!Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片Postcards always spoil my holidays.Last summer,I wentto Italy.I visited museums and sat in public gardens.Afriendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian.Thenhe lent me a book.I read a few lines,but I did notunderstand a word.Every day I thought about postcards.My holidays passed quickly,but I did not send any cardsto my friends.On the last day I made a big decision.I gotup early and bought thirty-seven cards.I spent the wholeday 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 inAustralia.He has been there for six months.Tim is anengineer.He is working for a big firm and he has alreadyvisited a great number of different places in Australia.Hehas just bought an Australian car and has gone to AliceSprings,a small town in the centre of Australia.He willsoon visit D arwin.From there,he will fly to Perth.My brother has never been abroad before,so he is findingthis trip very exciting.Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he hasjust bought another garage in Pinhurst.Pinhurst is onlyfive miles from Silbury,but Mr Scott cannot get atelephone for his new garage,so he has just boughttwelve pigeons.Yesterday,a pigeon carried the firstmessage from Pinhurst to Silbury.The bird covered thedistance in three minutes.Up to now,Mr Scott has sent agreat many requests for spare parts and other urgentmessages from one garage to the other.In this way,hehas begun his own private telephone service.Lesson 6 Percy B uttons 珀西 巴顿斯I have just moved to a house in B ridge Street.Yesterday abeggar knocked at my door.He asked me for a meal anda glass of beer.In return for this,the beggar stood on hishead and sang songs.I gave him a meal.He ate the foodand drank the beer.Then he put a piece of cheese in hispocket and went away.Later a neighbour told me abouthim.Everybody knows him.His name is Percy B uttons.He calls at every house in the street once a month andalways 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 theairport all morning.They were expecting a valuable parcelof diamond from South Africa.A few hours earlier,someone had told the police that thieves would try tosteal the diamonds.When the plane arrived,some of thedetectives were waiting inside the main building whileothers were waiting on the airfield.Two men took theparcel off the plane and carried it into the C ustoms House.While two detectives were keeping guard at the door,twoothers opened the parcel.To their surprise,the preciousparcel 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 G ardenC ompetition1 each year,but Joe wins every time.B illFriths garden is larger than Joes.B ill works harder thanJoe and grows more flowers and vegetables,but Joesgarden is more interesting.He has made neat paths andhas built a wooden bridge over a pool.I like gardens too,but I do not like hard work.Every year I enter for thegarden competition too,and I always win a little prize forthe worst garden in the town!Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇On Wednesday evening,we went to the Town Hall.It wasthe last day of the year and a large crowd of people hadgathered under the Town Hall clock.It would strike twelvein twenty minutes time.Fifteen minutes passed and then,at five to twelve,the clock stopped.The big minute handdid not move.We waited and waited,but nothinghappened.Suddenly someone shouted,Its two minutespast twelve!The clock has stopped!1 I looked at my watch.It was true.The big clock refused to welcome the NewYear.At that moment everybody began to laugh and sing.Lesson 10 Not for ja zz不适于演奏爵士乐We have an old musical instrument.It is called aclavichord（翼琴）.It was made in G ermany in 1681.Ourclavichord is kept in the living-room.It has belong to ourfamily for a long time.The instrument was bought by mygrandfather many years ago.Recently it was damaged bya visitor.She tried to play jazz on it!She struck the keystoo hard and two of the strings were broken.My fatherwas shocked.Now we are not allowed to touch it.It isbeing repaired by a friend of my fathers.Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 礼尚往来I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steelecame in.Harry worked in a lawyers office years ago,buthe is now working at a bank.He gets a good salary,buthe always borrows money from his friends and never paysit back.Harry saw me and came and sat at the sametable.He has never borrowed money from me.While hewas eating,I asked him to lend me&2,To my surprise,he gave me the money immediately.have neverborrowed any money from you,1 Harry said,so now youcan pay for my dinner!1Lesson 12 G oodbye and good luck 再见，一路顺风Our neighbour,C aptain C harles Alison,will sail fromPortsmouth tomorrow.We shall meet him at the harbourearly in the morning.He will be in his small boat,Topsail.Tapsail is a famous little boat.It has sailedacross the Atlantic many times.C aptain Alison will set outat eight oclock so we shall have plenty of time.We shallsee his boat and then we shall say good-bye to him.Hewill be away for two months.We are very proud of him.He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.Lesson 13 The G reenwood B oys 绿林少年The G reenwood B oys are a group of popular singers.Atpresent,they are visiting all parts of the country.They w川be arriving here tomorrow.They will be coming by trainand most of the youngpeople in the town will be meeting them at the station.Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the WorkersC lub.The G reenwood B oys will be staying for five days.D uring this time,they will give five performances.Asusual,the police will have a difficult time.They will betrying to keep order.It is always the same on theseoccasions.Lesson 14 D o you speak English?你会讲英语吗?I had an amusing experience last year.After I had left asmall village in the south of France,I drove on to the nexttown.On the way,a young man waved to me.I stoppedand he asked me for a lift.As soon as he had got into thecar,I said good morning to him in French and he repliedin the same language.Apart from a few words,I do notknow any French at all.Neither of us spoke during thejourney.I had nearly reached the town,when the youngman suddenly said,very slowly,D o you speak English?1As I soon learnt,he was English himself!Lesson 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 notlook up from his desk when I entered.After I had sat down,he said that business was very bad.He told me that thefirm could not afford to pay such large salaries.Twentypeople had already left.I knew that my turn had come.Mr.Harmsworth,11 said in a weak voice.D ont interrupt,1he Said.Then he smiled and told me I would receive anextra&100 a year!Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有礼的要求If you park your car in the wrong place,a trafficpoliceman will soon find it.You will be very lucky if he letsyou go without a ticket.However,this does not alwayshappen.Traffic police are sometimes very polite.D uringa holiday in Sweden,I found this note on my car：1 Sir,wewelcome you to our city.This is a No Parking area.Youwill enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our streetsigns.This note is only a reminder.1 If you receive arequest like this,you cannot fail to obey it!Lesson 17 Always young 青年常驻My aunt Jennifer is an actress.She must be at leastthirty-five years old.In spite of this,she often appears onthe stage as a young girl.Jennifer will have to take part ina new play soon.This time,she will be a girl of seventeen.In the play,she must appear in a bright red dress andlong black stockings.Last year in another play,she hadto wear short socks and a bright,orange-coloured dress.If anyone ever asked her how old she is,she alwaysanswers,My dear,it must be terrible to be grown up!1Iesson18 He often does this!他经常干这种事!After I had had lunch at a village inn,I looked for my bag.I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasntthere!As I was looking for it,the inn-keeper came in.D id you have a good meal?he asked.Yes,thank you,1I answered,but I cant pay the bill.I havent got my bag.1The inn-keeper smiled and immediately went out.In afew minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back tome.Tm very sorry,he said 1 My dog had taken it into thegarden.He often does this.1Lesson19 Sold out 票已售完The play may begin at any moment,1 I said.It may have begun already,1 Susan answered.I hurried to the ticket-office.May I have two ticketsplease 71 I asked.Tm sorry,weve sold out,1 the girl said.What a pity!1 Susan exclaimed.Just then,a man hurried to the ticket-office.C an I return these two tickets?he asked.C ertainly,1 the girl said.C ould I have those two tickets please?I asked.C ertainly,the girl said,but they are for nextWednesdays performance.1 might as well have them,1 I said sadly.Lesson20 One man in a boat 独坐孤舟Fishing is my favourite sport.I often fish for hours withoutcatching anything.B ut this does not worry me.Somefishermen are unlucky.Instead of catching fish,theycatch old boots and rubbish.I am even less lucky.I nevercatch anything-not even old boots.After having spentwhole mornings on the river,I always go home with anempty bag.You must give up fishing!1 my friends say.1Ifs a waste of time.1 B ut they dont realize one importantthing.Im not really interested in fishing.I am onlyinterested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!Lesson21 Mad or not?是不是疯了？Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.I live near anairport and passing planes can be heard night and day.The airport was built during the war,but for some reasonit could not be used then.Last year,however,it came intouse.Over a hundred people must have been driven awayfrom their homes by the noise.I am one of the few peopleleft.Sometimes I think this house will be knocked downby a passing plane.I have been offered a large sum ofmoney to go away,but I am determined to stay here.Everybody says I must be mad and they are probablyright.Lesson22 A glass envelope 玻璃信圭寸My daughter,Jane,never dreamed of receiving a letterfrom a girl of her own age in Holland.Last year,we weretravelling across the C hannel and Jane put a piece ofpaper with her name and address on it into a bottle.Shethrew the bottle into the sea.She never thought of it again,but ten months later,she received a letter from a girl inHolland.B oth 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 travelfaster.Lesson23 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 Englandnext year.If she comes,she will get a surprise.We arenow living in a beautiful new house in the country.Workon it had begun before my sister left.The house wascompleted five months ago.In my letter,I told her thatshe could stay with us.The house has many large roomsand there is a lovely garden.It is a very modern house,soit looks strange to some people.It must be the onlymodern house in the district.Lesson24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸I entered the hotel managers office and sat down.I hadjust lost&50 and I felt very upset.1 I left the money in myroom,1 I said,and its not there now.1 The manager wassympathetic,but he could do nothing.Everyones losingmoney these days,1 he said.He started to complainabout this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock atthe door.A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk.It contained&5o.I found this outside this gentlemansroom1 she said.Well,1 I said to the manager,there is stillsome honesty in this world!Iesson25 D o 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 Iasked a porter.I not only spoke English very carefully,butvery clearly as well.The porter,however,could notunderstand me；I repeated my question several times andat last he understood.He answered me,but he spokeneither slowly nor clearly.I am a foreigner,I said.Thenhe spoke slowly,but I could not understand him.Myteacher never spoke English like that!The porter and Ilooked at each other and smiled.Then he said somethingand I understood it.Youll soon learn English!1 he said.Iwonder.In England,each man speaks a differentlanguage.The English understand each other,but I dontunderstand them!D o they speak English?Iesson26 The best art critics 最佳美术评论家I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.Manypeople pretend that they understand modern art.Theyalways tell you what a picture is about1.Of course,manypictures arc not about anything.They are just prettypatterns.We like them in the same way that we like prettycurtain material.I think that young children oftenappreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.Theynotice more.My sister is only seven,but she always tellsme whether my pictures are good or not.She came intomy room yesterday.1 What are you doing?she asked.1Im hanging this picture on the wall,1 I answered.Its anew one.D o you like it?She looked at it critically for amoment.Its all right,1 she said,but isnt itupside-down?I looked at it again.She was right!It was!Lesson27 A wet night 雨夜Late in the afternoon,the boys put up their tent in themiddle of a field.As soon as this was done,they cookeda meal over an open fire.They were all hungry and thefood smelt good.After a wonderful meal,they told storiesand sang songs by the camp fire.B ut some time later itbegan to rain.The boys felt tired so they pet out the fireand crept into their tent.Their sleeping-bags were warmand comfortable,so they all slept soundly.In the middleof the night,two boys woke up and began shouting.Thetent was full of water!They all leapt out of theirsleeping-bags and hurried outside.It was raining heavilyand they found that a stream had formed in the field.Thestream wound its way across the field an
