新概念英语第二册课文

1、实用标准文案新概念英语第二册课文新概念英语第2册课文-1 -新概念英语第2册课文 1 A private conversation 私人谈话 Last weekI 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 womanwere sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the acto

2、rs. I turned round. I looked at the manandthe 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 noneof your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation

3、!' 2Breakfast or lunch?早餐还是午餐？It wasSunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was darkoutside.'What aday!' I thought. 'It's raining again.' Just then, the telephone rang. It

4、was myaunt Lucy.'I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.' 'But I'mstill having breakfast,' I said. 'What areyou doing?' she asked.Tmhaving breakfast,' I repeated.'Dear me,'shesaid. 'Do you always get up so late? It

5、9;s one o'clock!' 3 Pleasesend 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 inpublic gardens.A friendly waiter taught mea few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book.I read a few lines, but I did not understand a word. Everyda

6、y 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 myroom, but I did not write a single card! 4 Anexciting trip激动人心的旅行I havejust received a lette

7、r 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 greatnumber 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 A

8、ustralia. He will soon visit Darwin.Fromthere, he will fly to Perth.My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fending this tripvery exciting. 5 No wrongnumbers 无错号之虞Mr.JamesScott has a garage inSilbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.Pinhurst is only five miles from Sil

9、bury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephonefor his newgarage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first messagefrom Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up tonow,Mr.Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent

10、messagesfrom onegarage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone'service.6 PercyButtons 珀西.巴顿斯I havejust moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.He askedme for a mealand a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on hishead

11、 and sangsongs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put apieceofcheesein 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 alwaysasks for a meal and a glass o

12、f beer. 7 Too late 为时太晚 The planewas late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They wereexpectinga valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier,someonehad toldthepolice that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.When the planearrived,some ofthe detectives w

13、erewaiting inside the main building while others were waitingon theairfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the CustomsHouse.While twodetectives were keeping guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. Totheirsurprise, theprecious parcel was full of stones and sand!8

14、Thebestand the worst最好的和最差的JoeSanders hasthe most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for 'TheNicest Garden Competition' each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith'sgarden is largerthan Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables,but

15、Joe'sgarden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a woodenbridge over apool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter forthe garden competitiontoo,and I always win a littleprize for theworst garden in the town!9 A cold welcome 冷遇OnWednesday evening,

16、 we went to the Town Hall. It wasthe last day of the yearanda largecrowd of peoplehad gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelvein twentyminutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clockstopped.The bigminute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but

17、nothing happened. Suddenlysomeoneshouted.'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. Itwas true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybodybegan to laugh and sing. 10 Not forjazz 不 适于演奏爵士乐Wehave anold musical instrument. Itis

18、 called a clavichord. It was made in Germanyin1681.Our clavichord is kept in the living room. It has belonged to our family for alongtime.Theinstrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged bya visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two

19、of thestrings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it.It is beingrepaired by a friend of myfather's. 11 Onegood turn deserves another 礼尚往来 I washaving dinner at a restaurant when Tony Steele came in. Tony workedin a lawyer'soffice years ago, but he is now worki

20、ng at a bank. He gets a good salary, buthe alwaysborrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Tony saw me and came and sat at thesame table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked himto lend metwenty pounds. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately.'I

21、 haveneverborrowed any money from you,' Tony said, 'so now you can pay for my dinner!' 12 Goodbyeand good luck 再见，一路顺风Ourneighbour, Captain Charles Alison,will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We'll meet him at the harbour early in themorning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail. Top

22、sail is afamouslittle boat. Ithas sailed across the Atlanticmany times. Captain Alison will set outat eighto'clock, so we'll haveplenty of time. We'll see his boat and then we'll saygoodbye to him. Hewill be away for two months. We are very proud of him. He will take part in an impor

23、tantrace across the Atlantic. 13 TheGreenwood Boys 绿林少年TheGreenwood Boys are a group of popsingers. At present, they are visiting allpartsofthecountry. They will be arriving here tomorrow. Theywill be coming by train andmostof theyoung peoplein the town will be meeting them at the station.Tomorrow e

24、vening they willbe singing at theWorkers' Club. The Greenwood Boys will be staying for fivedays. Duringthis time, they will give five performances. As usual, the police will have adifficult time. Theywill be trying to keep order. It is alwaysthe same on these occasions. 14 Do youspeak English? 你

25、会讲英语吗？I had anamusing experience last year.After I had left a small village in the south ofFrance, I drove on to the next town. On theway, a young manwaved to me. I stopped and he askedme for a lift.As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to himin French andhe replied in the same lan

26、guage. Apart from a few words, I do not know anyFrenchatall. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I hadnearly reached the town,whenthe youngman suddenlysaid, very slowly, "Do you speak English?' As I soonlearnt,he was Englishhimself!'15 Goodnews 佳音 Thesecretary told me that Mr. Harms

27、worth would see me. I felt very nervous when Iwent intohisoffice. He did not look up from his desk when I entered.After I had satdown,he saidthat business was verybad. He told methat the firm could not afford to paysuch largesalaries. Twenty people had already left. I knew that my turn had come. 

28、9;Mr.Harmsworth,'I said in a weak voice. 'Don'tinterrupt,' he said.Thenhesmiled and told me I would receive an extra thousand pounds a year! 16 A polite request彬彬有礼的要求If youpark your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will soon find it. Youwill be very luckyif he lets you go

29、 without a ticket. However, this does not always happen.Trafficpolice aresometimes verypolite. During a holiday in Sweden, I found this note on mycar:'sir, wewelcome you to our city. This isa "No Parking" area. You will enjoyyour stay here if you payattention to our street signs. This

30、note is only a reminder.' If you receive a requestlike this, you cannot fail to obey it!17 Alwaysyoung 青春常驻My auntJennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite ofthis,sheoftenappears on the stage as a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a newplaysoon. Th

31、istime, shewill be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appearin a brightred dress andlong black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socksand a bright,orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers,'Darling, it must be terrible to

32、be grown up!'18 Heoften does this他经常干这种事！After Ihad had lunch at a villagepub, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chairbeside the doorand now it wasn't there! As I was looking for it, the landlord came in. 'Did youhave a good meal?" he asked. 'Yes,thank you,' I answered

33、, 'but I can't pay the bill. I haven't got my bag.'Thelandlordsmiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag andgave it back to me. 'I'm verysorry,' he said. 'My dog had taken in into the garden. He often does this!'19 Soldout票已售完'Th

34、e playmay begin at any moment,' I said.Itmayhave begun already,' Susan answered. I hurriedto the ticket office. 'May I have two tickets please?' I asked. 'I'msorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.'What apity!' Susan exclaimed.Just then,a manhurried to the tick

35、et office. 'Can Ireturn these two tickets?' he asked.'Certainly,'the girl said.I wentback to the ticket office at once.'CouldIhave those two tickets please?' I asked.'Certainly,'the girl said, 'but they're for nextWednesday's performance. Do you stillwantt

36、hem?''I mightas well have them,' I said sadly.20 Onemanin a boat 独坐孤舟 Fishing ismy favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does notworry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch oldbootsandrubbish. I ameven less lucky. I never catch anything -not even old boots.Afterhavingspent wholemorn