1、新概念英語第二冊Less on 1 A private con versati on私人談話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 manand a young womanwere sittingbehind me. They were talkingloudly. I got very an gry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looke

2、d at the manand the womanangrily.Theydid not pay any attention. In theend, I could not bear it.I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said an grily. ' It's none of your bus in ess,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private con versati on!'.Lesson 2 Breakf

3、ast or lun ch?早餐還是午餐？It was Sun day. I n ever get up early on Sun days. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.Last Sun day I got up very late. Ilooked out of the win dow.It was dark outside.'What a day!' I thought. 'It's raining aga in.' Just the n,the teleph one rang. It was

4、my aunt Lucy.' I've just arrived by train,' she said. 'I'm coming to see you.' 'But rm still hav ing breakfast,' I said.'What are you doing ?' she asked. ' I'm hav ing breakfast,'I repeated.'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so

5、late ? It's one o'clock!''Less on 3 Please send me a card 請給 我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went toItaly. I visited museums and sat in public garde ns. A friendly waiter taught mea few words of Italian. 'Then he lent mea book. I read a few lines, but I

6、 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 decisi on. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a sin gle card !Lesson

7、4 An excit ing trip 激 動人心的旅行I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has bee n there for six mon ths. Tim is an engin eer. He is worki ng for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of differentplaces in Australia. Hehas just bought an Australian car an

8、d has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwi n. From there, he will fly to Perth.My brother has n ever bee n abroad before, so he is finding this trip very excit ing.Less on 5 No wrong nu mbers 無 錯號 之虞Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he

9、 has just bought ano ther garage in Pin hurst. Pin hurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a teleph one for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first messagefrom Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distanee in three minut

10、es. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urge nt messagesfrom one garage to the other. In this way, he has beg un his own private teleph one service.Lesson 6 Percy Buttons珀西巴頓斯I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Y esterday abeggar knocked at mydoor.

11、 He asked mefor a meal and a glass of beer. I n retur n 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 n eighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His nameis Percy

12、 Buttons. Hecalls at every house in the street once a mon th and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.Lesson 7 Too late為時太晚The plane waslate and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diam ond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, some on

13、 ehad told the police that thieves would try to steal the diam on ds. Whenthe plane arrived, someof the detectives were waiting in side the main build ing while others were wait ing on the airfield.Two men took the parcel off the pla ne and carriedit in to the Customs House. While two detectives wer

14、e keep ing guard at the door, two others ope ned the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!Less on 8 The best and the worst最好的和最差的Joe Sanders has the most beautifulgarden in our town. Nearlyeverybody en ters for 'The Nicest Garde n Competiti on' each year

15、, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith'sgarden is largerthan Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden is more interesting. Hehas made n eat paths and has built a woode n bridge over a pool.I like garde ns too, but I do not like hard work. E

16、very yearI en ter for the garde n competiti on too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!Less on 9 A cold welcome冷遇On Wedn esday eve ning, we went to the Tow n Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It wou

17、ld strike twelve in twenty minu tes' time. Fiftee n minu tes passed and the n, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. Wewaited and waited, but nothing happe ned. Sudde nly some one shouted, 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I look

18、ed at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that mome nt everybody bega n to laugh and sing.Less on 10 Not for jazz不適于演奏爵士 樂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.I

19、t has belong to ourfamily for a long time. The instrument was bought by my gran dfather many years ago. Rece ntly it was damaged by avisitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keystoo hard and two of the stri ngs were broke n. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It

20、is being repaired by a frie nd of my father's.Less on 11 One good tur n deserves ano ther禮尚 往來I was hav ing dinner at a restaura nt whe n Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is now work ing at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows moneyfro

21、m his friends and never pays it back. Harry saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has n ever borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me&2. To mysurprise, he gave methe mon eyimmediately.'I have never borrowed any money from you,' Harry said, 'so now y

22、ou can pay for my dinn er!'Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck再見，一路順風Our ncighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. Weshall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. Hewill be in his small boat, Topsail.Tapsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atla nt

23、icmany times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o'clock so we shall have pienty of time. Weshall see his boat and then we shall say good-bye to him. He will be away for two mon ths. We are very proud of him. He will take part in an importa nt race across the Atla ntic.Lesson 13 The Gree nwood

24、 Boys 綠林少年The Gree nwoodBoys are a group of popular sin gers. At prese nt, they are visit ing all parts of the coun try. They will be arriving here tomorrow. They will be coming by train and most of the young people in the tow n will be meet ing them at the stati on.Tomorrow evening they will be sin

25、ging at the Workers' Club. The GreenwoodBoys will be staying for five days. During this time, they will give five performances. As usual, the police will have a difficult time. They will be trying to keep order. It is always the same on these occasi ons.Lesson 14 Do you speak English?你會講英語嗎？I ha

26、d an amusing experience last year. After I had left asmall village in the south of France, I drove on to the next town. On the way, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, Isaid good morning to him in French and he replied in the same Ian gu

27、age. Apart from a few words, I do not know any French at all. Neither of us spoke during the journey. I had nearly reached the tow n, whe n the young man sudde nly said, very slowly, 'Do you speak En glish?' As I soon lear nt, he was En glish himself!Less on 15 Good n ews 佳音The secretary tol

28、d me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. Ifelt very n ervous whe n. I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk whe n I en tered. After I had sat dow n, he said that bus in ess was very bad. He told methat the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already lef

29、t. I knew that my turn had come. 'Mr. Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice. 'D on't in terrupt,' heSaid. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra&100 a year!Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有禮的要求If you park your car in the wrong place, a trafficpolicemanwill soon find i

30、t. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen.Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holidayin Sweden, I found this note on my car:' Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a "No Parking" area. You will enjoy your stay h

31、ere if you pay atte nti on to our street sig ns. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!Less on 17 Always young青年常 駐My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appearson the stage a

32、s a young girl. Jennifer will have to take part in a new play soon. This time, she will be a girl of seventeen. In the play, she must appear in a bright red dressand longblack stock in gs.Last year in ano ther play, she had to wearshort socks and a bright, oran ge-coloured dress. If anyone ever aske

33、d her how old she is, she always answers, 'My dear, it must be terrible to be grow n up!'lesso n18 He ofte n does this!他經常干這種事！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 was n't there ! As I was looking for it, the inn-

34、keeper camein. 'Did you have a good meal ?' he asked. 'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay the bill. I have n't got my bag.' The inn-keeper smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he retur ned with my bag and gave it back to me. 'I'm very s

35、orry,' he said ' My dog had take n it into the garde n. He ofte n does this.'Lesso n19 Sold out票已售完'The play may beg in at any mome nt,' I said.'It may have beg un already,' Susa n an swered.'I hurried to the ticket-office. 'May I have two ticketsplease ?' I a

36、sked.'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.'What a pity!' Susa n exclaimed.Just the n, a man hurried to the ticket-office.'Can I retur n these two tickets?' he asked.'Certa in ly,' the girl said.'Could I have those two tickets please ?' I asked.&#

37、39;Certa inly,'the girl said, 'but they are for n extWedn esday's performa nee.'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.Lesso n20 One man in a boat 獨坐孤舟Fishing is myfavourite sport. I often fish for hours without catchinganything. But thisdoes not worry me. Somefisherme n are un

38、i ucky. In stead of catch ing fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am eve n less lucky. I n ever catch anything-not even old boots. Afterhaving spent wholemornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag.'You must give up fish in g!' my frie nds say.' It's a waste of ti

39、me.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really in terested in fish in g. I am on ly in terested in sitt ing in a boat and doing nothing at all !Lesson21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了？Aeroplanes are slowly driving memad. I live near an airport and pass ing pla nes can be heard ni ght

40、 and day. The airport was built during the war, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hun dred people must have bee n drive n away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be kno cked dow n

41、 by a pass ing pla ne.I have bee n offered a large sum of money to go away, but Iamdetermined to stay here. Everybody says I must be madand they are probably right.Less on22 A glass en velope玻璃信圭寸My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receivinga letter froma girl of her own age in Holla nd. Last year,

42、we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her nameand address on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten mon ths later,she received a letter from a girl in Holla nd.Both girls write to each other regularly now. Howeve

43、r, they have decided to use the post-office. Letters will cost a litt1e more, but they will certa in ly travel faster.Lesson23 A new house 新居I had a letter from mysister yesterday. Shelives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a sur

44、prise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five mon ths ago. In myletter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garde n. It is a very moder n house, so it

45、 looksstrange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.Less on24 It could be worse不幸中之萬幸I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost &50 and I felt very upset.' I left the moneyin myroom,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The

46、 manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothin g. 'Every on e's los ing money these days,' he said. He started to compla in about this wicked world but was interruptedby a knock at the door. A girl camein and put an envelope on his desk. It contained &5o. 'I found this outside

47、this gentleman's room' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is stillsomehonesty in this world !'lesson25 Do the English speak English?英國人講的是英 語嗎？I arrived in London at last. The railway stati on was big,black and dark. I did not know the way to myhotel, so I asked

48、a porter. I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not un dersta nd me; I repeated my question several times and at last heunderstood. He answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly. 'I am a foreig ner,' I said. The n he spoke slo

49、wly, but I couldnot understand him. My teacher never spokeEnglish like that! The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!'he said. I wonder. In England, each manspeaks a differe nt Ian guage. The En glish un der

50、sta nd each other, but I don't understand them ! Do they speak English ?lesso n26 The best art critics最佳美術評論家I aman art student and I paint a lot of pictures.Manypeopleprete nd that they un dersta nd moder n art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures ar

51、c not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patter ns.Welikethem in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. Mysister is only seven, but she always tells mewhether my pictures ar

52、e good or not. She came into my room yesterday. ' What are you doing ?' she asked. ' rm hanging this picture on the wall,' I an swered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it ?' She looked at it critically for a mome nt.' It's all right,' she said,'but isn't

53、it upside-dow n ?' I looked at it aga in. She wasright! It was!Lesso n27 A wet night雨夜Late in the after noon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an ope n fire. They were all hungry and the food smelt good. After a won derful mea

54、l, they told stories and sang songs by the camp fire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they pet out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleep in g-bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shout

55、ing. The tent wasfull of water! They all leapt out of their sleep in g-bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and the n flowed right un der their tent!Lesso n28 No parki ng 禁止停車Jasper White is o

56、ne of those rare people who believes in an cie nt myths. He has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he movedin, he has had trouble with motorists. whe n he retur ns homeat ni ght, he always finds that some one has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not bee n able

57、to get his own car into his garage eve n on ce.Jasper has put up' No Parking' sig ns outside his gate, but these have not had any effect. Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medus

58、a, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will tur n motorists to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!Lesson29 Taxi!出租汽車！Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonde

59、rful plane can carry seven passengers. The most surprisingthing about it, however, isthat it can land any where: on snow, water, or eve n on a ploughed field. Capta in Fawcett's first passe nger was a doctor who flew from Birm in gham to a Ion ely village in theWelsh mountains. Si nee the n, Cap

60、tai n Fawcett has flow n passengers to manyunusual places. Oncehe Ianded on the roof of a block of flats and on ano ther occasi on, he Ian ded in15新概念英語第二冊a deserted car park. Capta in Fawcett has just refused a stra nge request from a bus in essma n. The man wan ted to fly to Rockall,a Ionely island in the Atlantic Ocean, butCaptain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dan gerous.Lesso n30 Football or polo?足球還是水球？The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park n ear my home. I like sitti ng by the Wayle on fine after noons.Itwas warm last Sun day, so I w