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青少版新概念2A-2B 课文文本 Unit 1-30Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen! Where are you?KAREN: Im in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit. Im waiting for you, and Im having a cup of coffee.KAREN: Where are you, and what are you doing?LINDA: Im in the Baggage Hall. Im waiting for my suitcase.LINDA: Ah, I can see it! Its coming round now! There it is!LINDA: Oh, Karen! Is Paul with you?KAREN: Yes, of course he is. Hes standing here beside me. Im giving him my phone now.KAREN: Here you are, Paul! Talk to your mother!PAUL: Hello, Mum!LINDA: Hello, Paul! Ive got my suitcase, and Im coming out now! Unit 2： Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER: My names Tom French. Im speaking to you from the ExCel Centre in Londons Docklands. We are visiting this years Marathon Expo.REPORTER: This is the Trade Fair of the London Marathon. Its very noisy! There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here.REPORTER: This is a big international event. But its like a village!People are talking and laughing like old friends.REPORTER: Im standing with one of the competitors. Let me introduce Paul Bruce. Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isnt it?PAUL: Yes, it is.REPORTER: Are you looking forward to Sunday?PAUL: Yes, I am.REPORTER: Thats the spirit, Paul! Good luck on Sunday!Unit 3JACK: Thats strange. Whats this note in my pocket?It isnt mine. Is it yours, Daisy?DAISY: No, it isnt mine. Let me see. Oh, it belongs to Paul. The handwriting is his.JACK: So why is it in my pocket?DAISY: I dont know. It looks like Pauls to-do list. Let me read it.JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy. Yes, it is Pauls, isnt it?DAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.Unit 4： The top three percentVOLUNTEER: Congratulations! Two hours and fifty-nine minutes. Thats fantastic! Whats your name?PAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce.VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul! How are you feeling?PAUL: Im OK. Thanks. VOLUNTEER: Good! Now, Paul. Heres your foil jacket. Put it on.You mustnt get cold. PAUL: Yes. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred and seventy-nine minutes! Paul, youre a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: Now, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. Its yours!VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousand runners in this race, and youre in the top three percent! Congratulations! Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum. Its about ants. KAREN: Ants? Why are you looking up ants?ROBERT: Why not? Ants are really interesting. They do really interesting things. KAREN: What kind of things?ROBERT: Well, they usually live in dry places. But they can survive under water for two weeks.KAREN: Really?ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this? Ants always stretch their legs in the morning.KAREN: Youre joking!ROBERT: NO, really! KAREN: DO they usually yawn in the morning, too?ROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do!Unit 6： An elegant sizePOLLY: Youre looking very elegant today, Annie!ANNIE: Yes, Im on my way to my accountants. I always put on a nice outfit for him. SO Im going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, Annie?ANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town. But today Im going by bus. Its my shoes, you see.POLLY: Your shoes?ANNIE: Yes, my shoes. Theyre size six.POLLY: Theyre perfect with your outfit.ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too.ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon. I cant walk in these shoes before lunch.ANNIE: But I cant walk in them in the morning. Theyre fine in the afternoon. Unit 7： A good exampleROBERT: How about this, Dad?Twenty-two percent of people in Britain never eat breakfast.Sixteen percent eat breakfast at work.WILLIAM: Its true. My assistant has her breakfast at work every day.Its a waste of time, really.KAREN: Poor girl! She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friends nearly every night. Then she gets up late,and rushes to work late.WILLIAM: Then she has breakfast at her desk! It doesnt look good. KAREN: She works late twice a week,too.WILLIAM: Well, we all do that. Goodness, is that the time?WILLIAM: I must rush.KAREN: But what about your breakfast?WILLIAM: Thats all right. I can get some breakfast at work.Unit 8： A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now, Paul?PAUL: Im going to take it easy this morning! Then Im going to meet Claire for lunch.MR. FORD: Where? Here in Barnet?PAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurant in Canary Wharf. Her mother recommends it.MR. FORD: Very nice. Have a good lunch. Eat a double portion of rice. You need the carbohydrate.MR. FORD: And have a dessert. Why not have two desserts? But no alcohol, of course!Have a nice quiet afternoon.PAUL: Were going to walk along the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk. And walk todaydont run!PAUL: Claires going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch. Unit 9： Do your own thingsPAUL: Its going to be a very early start on Sunday morning, Claire.Were going to leave home at about 5.30.CLAIRL: 5.30! That is early!PAUL: So what do you want to do? Do you want to come with us, or not?CLAIRE: Im not sure, Paul. What do you want me to do?PAUL: I want you to do your own thing. You can come to the National Stadium with the team.CLAIRE: But what are you going to do there?PAUL: You cant come with us into the Red Zone. And I dont want you to get bored,on your own all day. CLAIRE: But its obvious, Paul! The National Athletics Championships are a photographers dream!What am I going to do? Im going to take hundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrows another day!Do you remember Nina? Shes a fashion model.She usually works with Daisy, but she works with other photographers, too. Her jobs take her all over the world. She often stays in expensive hotels.Her life seems very glamorous. But she often feels lonely.Nina isnt feeling lonely this evening. Shes sitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends,and theyre having a good gossip.The bar is becoming very noisy.Nina is laughing. Shes having a really good time.Why cant things be like this every evening?Thats an interesting question!This idea is a new one. Nina must think about her life. Shes going to think about it in the morning.But just now, shes having a good time.Ninas going to make a decision tomorrow but tomorrows another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris.Im going to Paris first thing tomorrow.I want to meet with him at 8 oclock.Can you set it up, please?And can you get me some coffee?ANNA: Yes, sir. Straight away.Paris! Again! He was in Paris last week!JANEY: Wasnt he in Washington last week?ANNA: No, he was in Washington the week before last. Some people have all the luck!Yes, I know. I want to travel, but Im always here at my desk.I was here yesterday. I was here the day before yesterday.ANEY: Were going to be here tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow .ANNA: And next week, and next month!JACK: Anna, Janey, IM sorry for you both.But we all have our troubles in life. And Im looking forward to my coffee.Unit 12: The London bus The new buses in London are just buses. They arent London buses. The real London bus was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic.Were Routemasters really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasnt very safe but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic.Modern buses are safe, but they are slow. Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time. The first Routemasters were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006. That was some years ago.Today, Londoners remember the Routemasters name. They remember the designers name: Douglas Scott.The new buses dont have a name. How can we love them ? Unit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records of international running events in the last fifty years. Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from North America and Europe. There were some winners from other countries, but there werent very many of them. There were no African names among the winners then, but things are very different now.Today, the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people from the borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their homeland is a hot, dry plateau, about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are natural athletes. They have long, thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three million of them.Twelve of the worlds top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And its not just the men.A few years ago, there werent any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Unit 14: Chocolate heaven LUCY: Im going out, Mum. Please can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend, but we didnt have any chocolate.And we didnt have much chocolate the weekend before last.KAREN: You and your chocolate! OK. But you must share it with everyone else! LUCY: Im back. Mum! These are the chocolates! They didnt have any nice boxesat the supermarket. These chocolates are from Marconis. Theyre really special.ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isnt it? Why does a fancy box make it special?KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa. Marconis chocolate uses only pure cocoa butter.There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconis chocolate. Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels different in your mouth. Chocolate heaven is expensive. It feels different in your pocket, too! Unit 15: Its a mystery to me! DAISY: Welcome home, Jack! Did you have a good trip?JACK: It was OK. But it was all about babies and food!DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: Two. Marcels deputy had a baby two months ago.And Pierres secretary is going to have a baby in June.JACK: They have nine months off work each time!DAISY: Well, it happens. Thats life!JACK: True.JACK: And then theres the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didnt want a three-hour lunch, but lunch is a serious business in Paris.DAISY: Yes, it is. I like the French attitude to food. Its very civilised.JACK: I agree with you, Daisy. Theyre nice people. Theyre also very efficient.JACK: But how do they do it? How do they have time for a civilised life and for work as well?Its a mystery to me!Unit 16: Whats your middle name? WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: Its OK. Im being silly. WILLIAM: Thats impossible .Youre never silly. KAREN: Oh, but I am! Im silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning. I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 oclock, and parked the car in the drive. I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend. We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys. I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere. WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger.William, Silliness is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPauls father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. Hes also an enthusiastic birdwatcher. Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasnt there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo.Kens neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily with its back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Kens neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label! LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki? VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened? VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I need to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another. At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isnt food. Its chemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLLY: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLLY: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, This bird feeder is squirrel-proof.ANNIE: Yes, you told me that. POLLY: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it. And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLLY: That night, a squirrel broke into the squirrel-proof bird feeder. It ate all the nuts. The squirrels tummy became enormous. ANNIE: Oh, no! Dont tell me!POLLY: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see? A dead squirrel in my bird feeder, outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: Thats awful! What did you do?POLLY: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop. They gave me my money back. ANNIE: But whats the use of that? POLLY: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I havent got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina: I want to tell you something,Daisy: What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot. Im going to get an ordinary job in an office.Daisy : But why, Nina? Youre a very successful model. Why do you want to change?Nina: Im successful now. But I wont always be successful. And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job,Ill work regular hours. Ill go home in the evening.NINA: Ill cook beautiful meals and eat them with my friends. And Ill sleep in the same bed every night. NINA: And maybe, one day, Ill meet the right man. And well have an ordinary life together. Itll be wonderful!Unit 21： The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now its five to nine, and time for the weather forecast.Lets go over to Carla Dane at the London Weather Centre,Carla.WEAT: Thanks John, and good morning! Last month was unusually cold and dry. But all that will change in the next few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west. It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And well have some rain.Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days. Some of them will be heavy.Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius in the day. Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius. It will feel cold over the hills. And the outlook for next weekend: the three ws- warm,wet and windy. And thats your weather forecast. Back to John at the studio.Unit 22 I always behave myselfLUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didnt go. Therell be another one next Friday night. Can I go? WILLIAM: Wholl be at the dance?LUCY: Itll be a school event. There will be some French student,but there wont be any outsiders. And our teachers will be there, tooWILLIAM: That sounds reasonable. What time will it start? LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last?LUCY: For two and a half hours. Itll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy. Your mother will take you there, and Ill pick you up.Be at the school gates at 10 oclock sharp. Is that clear?LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks; WILLIAM: And Lucy, you will behave yourself, wont you? LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall and quite striking!DAISY: . So, Cleo, thats the news.Can you send me your New Faces file?.CLEO: Of course. Daisy. I11 send a messenger.CLBO: How far is it to your house from here?DAISY: Its about 45 miles.CLBO: Thats not far. Youll have the pictures by two oclock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young. One of them is very young. Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture. Is there anyone special?CLEO: Thats Sandy. Shes quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: Shes one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is tha