新概念英语第二册课后摘要写作和选择答案解析

1、摘 要 写 作 参 考 答 案 （ k e y t o s u m m a r y w r i t i n g ）unit 1lesson 1 a private conversationthe writer went to the theatre last week.he didt enjoy the play.a youngman and a young woman were sitting behind him.they were talking loudly.thewriter couldnt hear the actors.he turned round.he said he cou

2、ldnt heara word.the young man said,this is a private conversation!.(53 words) lesson 2 breakfast or lunchthe writer always gets up late on sundays.he got up late last sunday.hisaunt telephoned then.she had just arrived by train.she was coming to seehim.he said,i am still having breakfast.his aunt wa

3、s surprised.it was one oclock.(45 words)lesson 3 please send me a cardpostcards always spoil the writers holidays.he spent his holiday initaly last summer.he tought about postcards every day.he didnt send anycards to his friends.he bought thirty-seven cards on the last day.he staied at home all day.

4、he didnt write any cards.(47 words)lesson 4 an exciting tripthe writer has just received a letter from his brother,tim.tim is anengineer.he has been in australia for six months.he has already visited manyplaces.he is in alice springs now.tim has never been abroad before.he is enjoying his trip very

5、much.(48 words)lesson 5 no wrong numberslesson 6 percy buttonsthe writer has just moved to a house in bridge street.a beggar knocked ather door yesterday.he sang songs.the writer gave him a meal and a glass ofbeer in return for this.the beggars name is percy buttons.he calls at every house once a mo

6、nth.(50 words)lesson 7 too latedetectives were waiting at the airport all morning.they were expectinga valuable parcel of diamonds from south africa.two men took the parcel ofthe plane.two detectives opened it.the parcel was full of stones and sand.(39 words)lesson 8 the best and worstjoe sanders ha

7、s the best garden in town.he wins the nicest gardencompetitioneach year.bill has a fine garden.joes is better.the writersgarden is terrible.he always win a little prize for the competition.(37 words)lesson 9 a cold welcomewe went to the town hall on new years eve.there were a lot of peoplethere.the

8、town hall clock will strike twelve in twenty minutes.at five totwelve,it stopped.it refused to welcome the new year.the crowd began to laugh and sing.(46 words)lesson 10 not for jazzwe own an old clavichord.it was made in 1681.my grandfather bought theinstrument many years ago.a visitor damaged it r

9、ecently.she tried to playjazz on it.she broke two of the strings.my fathers friend is repairing it now.(45 words)lesson 11 one return deserves anotheri was having dinner at a restaurant.i see tony steele after a while.healways borrows money from his friends.tony sat at my table.i asked him tolend me

10、 twenty pounds.he gave me the money at once.he wanted me to pay for his dinner.(49 words)lesson 12 goodbye and good luckwell meet captain charles alison at portsmouth harbour eary tomorrowmoring.he will be in his small boat,topsail.he will leave at eightoclock.well say goodbye to him.he will take pa

11、rt in an importantrace across the atlantic.(40 words)lesson 13 the greenwood boysthe greenwood boys are singers.they will be coming here tomorrow.mostof the young people will be meeting them at the station.they will gave fivepeiformances.the police will be trying to keep order as usual.(38 words) le

12、sson 14 do you speak englishthe writer gave a lift to a young man in the south of france last year.theygreated each other in french.the writer doesnt speak any french.they satin silence.the young man said,do you speak english? at the end of the journey.he was english himself.(49 words)l esson 15 goo

13、d newsm r.harmsworth wanted see me.i felt nervous.i went into his office.hesaid business was very bad.the firm couldnt pay such large salaries.twentypeople had already left.he didnt ask me to leave.he offered me an extra thousand pounds a year!(47 words)lesson 16 a polite requesttraffic police usual

14、ly give you a ticket if you park your car in thewrong place.the writer found a polite note on his car in sweden.the trafficpoliceman wanted him to pay attention to their street sighs.everyone cant fail to obey a request like this.(48 words)l esson 17 always youngm y aunt jennifer is an actress.she i

15、s over thirty years old.she oftenappears on the stage as a young girl.jennifer will act the part of a girlof seventeen in a new play soon.she never tells anyone how old she really is.(46 words)lesson 18 it often does thisthe writer had lunch at a village pub.she couldnt find her bag afterher meal.sh

16、e couldnt pay the bill.the landlord soon found it for her.his dog had taken it into the garden.(36 words)lesson 19 sold outthe play was going to begin at any moment.i asked for two tickets.therewere none left.susan and i were disappointted.a man hurried to the ticketoffice just then.he returned two

17、tickets.they were for next wednesdays performance.i bought them.(45 words)lesson 20 one man in a boatfishing is the writers favourite sport.some unlucky fisherman catchold boots and rubbish.the writer isnt not so lucky.he never catchesanything.he isnt really interested in fishing.he is only interest

18、ed in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all.(44 words)lesson 21 mad or notthe writer is slowly going mad.he lives near an airport.passing planescan be heard night and day.most of his neighbours have left their homes.hehas been offered money to leave.he determined to stay here.everyone says he m

19、ust be mad.they are probably right.(49 words)lesson 22 a glass envelopjane crossed the channel last year.she threw a bottle into the sea.itcontains a piece of paper with her name and address on it.she received aletter from a girl in holland ten months later.they write to each other regularly now.the

20、y send their letters by post.(50 words)lesson 23 a new housemy sister will come to england next year.if she comes,she will get asurprise.i have a new house in the country.i have invited my sister to starwith me.it is a very modern house.it has get many large rooms and a lovely garden.(48 words)lesso

21、n 24 it could be worsei had just lost fifty pounds.i felt very upset.i told the manager aboutit.he couldnt do anything.he began complain about this wicked world.a girlcame in with the money just then.she had found it outside my room.there is still some honesty in this world.(51 words)unit 2lesson 25

22、 do the english speak englishi arrived at a railway station in london and asked a porter the way to myhotel,but he couldnt understand me. he understood me at la st but icouldnt understand his answer. my teacher never spoke english like that.the porter said i shall learn english soon. each person spe

23、aks a differentlanguage in england. they understand each other but i dont understand them.(67 words)lesson 26 the best art critistthe writer studies art and paints a lot of pictures. many people dontreally understand modern art. paintings dont always have a meaning. theyare something pretty patterns

24、. young children not only appreciate modernpaintings better than others,but noticed more also. the writers youngsister went into his room yesterday and examined his new picture. he had hung it upside down and she noticed this immediately.(67 words)lesson 27 a wet nightthe boys put up their tent in t

25、he middle of a flied and cooked over an openfire. they told stories and sang songs after their meal but it began to rainso they crept into their tent. the boys woke up in the middle of the night.the tent was full of water so they rushed outside. a stream had formed in the field and flowed right unde

26、r their tent.(68 words)lesson 28 no parkingjasper white believes in ancient myths. car owners always park their carsoutside his gate so he has put up no parking signs but they haventpaid any attention to them. he has put an ugly stone head over the gate.it is medusas head. he wants her to turn cars

27、and their owners to stone but she hasnt done so yet.(62 words)lesson 29 taxicaptain ben fawcett has bought a small swiss aeroplane and uses it as a taxi.it is called a pilatus porter . it can not only carry seven passengers,but can land anywhere also. captain fawcett has taken passengers to manystra

28、nge places. he refused to fly a businessman to rockall. the journey was too dangerous.(56 words)lesson 30 football or polothe writer sat by the river last sunday. some children were playing gamesnearby. one of the children kicked a ball hard and it went towards a passingboat. the man in the boat nei

29、ther saw the ball nor heard people shouting.the ball hit the man and the children ran away. however, the man was not angry and he threw the ball back to the bank. (67 words)lesson 31 success story？frank hawkins was telling the writer about his experiences as a youngman.frank used to work in a small

30、shop as a boy.he used to repair bicyclesthere.he bought his own shop in 1958 and he made spare parts for aeroplanesin his twenties.he employed a lot of people in a few years.his wife cameinto the room after a while.she wanted him to repair their grandsons bicycle.(68 words)lesson 32 shopping made ea

31、sya detective watched a well-dressed woman in a large store one monday.shebought a few small articles and she chose an expensive dress.the assistantwrapped it up for her and the woman took it with her.she did not pay forit,so the detective arrested her. the assistant was her daughter. she gave her m

32、other a free dress once a week.(60 words)lesson 33 out of the darknessthe girl set out from the coast one afternoon and was caught in a storm.herboat struck a rock,so she jumped into the sea.she swam eight miles thatnight.she reached the shore early next morning.she had seen a light highup on the ci

33、lffs and she cllimbed up.she found herself in hospital a day later.(55 words)lesson 34 quick workdan robinson was worried.he had received a letter from the localpolice.yesterday he went to the station.he is not worried any more.the policehave found his bicycle.dan was not only surprised but amused a

34、s well.hisbicycle was stolen twenty years ago.he was fifteen then.(44 words) lesson 35 stop thief!roy is finding his new job as a bus driver exciting.he saw two thieves incatford street recently.they were running out of a shop and roy drove hisbus straight at them,so they dropped the stolen money an

35、d got into a car.roydrove his bus into the back of their car then and damaged it.afte this he telephoned the police.both men were arrested later. (64 words)lesson 36 across the channeldebbie hart is going to swim across the english channel tomorrow.she iseleven and she is a strong swimmer.debbie has

36、 been trained by her father.hewill follow her in a small boat.debbies mother will be waiting on the englishcoast.she swam the channel herself when she was a girl.(49 words) lesson 37 the olympic gamesthe olympic games will be held in our country in four years time,so thegovernment will be putting up

37、 new buildings just outside the capital.kurtgunter has designed the buildings and workers will have completed the newstadium by the end of next year.the games will be held in this country for the first time and we are looking forward to them. (62 words)lesson 38 everything except the weatherthe writ

38、ers friend,harrison,had spent many years in the mediterranean,buthe wanted to retire in england so he bought a house in the country.the summerthat year was very bad and he complained about the weather.in the end harrison not only sold the house but also left the country.(48 words)lesson 39 am i all

39、right?dr.millington refused to tell his patient,mr.john gilbert,whether hisoperation had been successful.the next day the patient telephoneddr.millington and inquired about a certain patient,mr.john gilbert.thedoctor answered a number of questions about the patient and then askedwhether the caller w

40、as a relative.the caller then told him who he was.(50 words)lesson 40 food and talkthe writer sat beside mrs. rumbold at the dinner party.he tried to makecomversation, but she was busy eating.he talked about the new play at theglobe and about the holidays.she answered his questions briefly.then heas

41、ked her if she was enjoying her dinner and she answered that if he haveeaten morn and talked less, they would both have a good dinner.(63 words) lesson 41 do you call that a hatthe wirters wife was trying on a hat and he didnt like it. he sat downand waited for her.then they began arguing again.he h

42、ad bought a terribletie the day before but his wife didnt like it. he said,a man can neverhave too many ties.his wife used exactly the same argument and she bought the hat. it looked like a lighthouse.(67 words)lesson 42 not very musicalwe watched a snake charmer in a square in old delhi. he had a l

43、ong pipe andtwo large baskets. he played a tune and the snake in one of the baskets roseto follow the movements of the pipe. then the snake charmer played moderntunes but the snake continued to dance slowly. it didnt know the difference between indian music and jazz.(64 words)lesson 43 over the sout

44、h polelesson 44 through the foresttwo men tried to steal mrs.sterlings handbag. she was having a picnic atthe time. they took the bag after a struggle and ran through the trees. sheran after them and caught up with them. the men had sat down and were goingthrough the contents of the bag. mrs.sterlin

45、g ran straight at them so they dropped the bag and ran away.(66 words)lesson 45 a clear consciencethe local buther,sam benton,was taking his savings to the post office buthe lost his wallet. sam not only received half his money three monthslater,but received a note as well.the note said:a thief,yes,

46、but only 50per cent a thief!the thief included a note every time he sent sam more money. the last note said: i am 100 per cent honest now!(68 words)lesson 46 expensive and uncomfortablethe plane from london arrived at sydney airport and workers unloaded a numberof wooden boxes. they contained clothi

47、ng. one of the boxes was extremelyheavy so a worker opened it. he found a man on top of a pile of woolen goods.the man was arrested. he had travelled in the box from london. he had topay 3,500 pounds. an ordinary tickets costs 2,000 pounds.(65 words) lesson 47 a thirsty ghostmr. ian thompson bought

48、a public house recently but it is haunted,so he isgoing to sale it. there was a strange noise in the bar one night and theroom was in disorder next morning. mr. thompson found five empty whiskybottles. he doesnt believe that some villagers broke into the bar and hada drink. anybody in the village do

49、esnt want to the pub.(68 words) lesson 48 did you want to tell me somethingthe dentist in the story had pulled out one of the writers teeth and hadtold him to rest for a while. he asked several questions but the writercouldnt answer them. his mouth was full of cotton wool. he suddenlydiscovered some

50、thing wrong but he couldnt s ay anything. the dentisteventually removed the cotton wool from his mouth and the writer told him he had pulled out the wrong tooth.(72 words)unit 3:lesson 49 the end of a dreama young man in teheran bought a real bed for the first time in his life.heslept on the roof of

51、 his house because the weather was hot.three nightslater,the bed was swept off the roof during a storm.the man was not onlyunhurt but still on his mattress.as the bed was in pieces,he carried hismattress indoors and after he had put it on the floor he went back to sleep. (72 words)lesson 50 taken fo

52、r a ridethe writer wanted to go go woodford green but as he didnt know the way,theconductor promised to tell him where to get off.when they arrived at thebus terminus,the writer asked if they were at woodford green.the conductorthen realized that he had forgotten to put him off.the writer stayed on

53、the bus because it was going back. (59 words)lesson 51 reward for virtuehugh is so fat that he has gone on a diet.he has forbidden himself all thefoods he likes but he has not lost weight.when the writer visited himyesterday,he hid a large parcel under his desk.the parcel containedchocolates and swe

54、ets.hugh said that he had to reward himself occasionally because his diet was so strict. (56 words)lesson 52 a pretty carpetthe writer has been trying to get his new room in order all morning.thishas proved difficult because he owns over a thousand books which cover everyinch of floor space at the m

55、oment.his sister helped him to carry one of hisold bookcases up the stairs a short while ago.she got a surprise when shesaw the room,but she thought that the books made a pretty carpet. (68 words) lesson 53 hot snakenow that firemen have put out a big forest fire in california,they havebeen trying t

56、o discover its cause.there was no evidence that it was startedby broken glass or a cigarette end.however a fireman has just solved themystery.he noticed the remains os a snake which had been dropped by a birdon to some electric wires.in winding itself round the wires,the snake had sent sparks to the ground and this caused the fire.(75 words)lesson 54 sticky fingersas soon as the writer returned home from the shop