新概念英语第2册课文

精品文档 1欢迎下载 新概念英语第 2 册课文 1 A private conversation 私人谈话 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 man and a young woman were sitting behind me They were talking loudly I got very angry I could not hear the actors I turned round I looked at the man and the 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 none of your business the 精品文档 2欢迎下载 young man said rudely This is a private conversation 上星期我去看戏 我的座位很好 发挥是很有趣的 我不 喜欢它 一青年男子与一年轻女子坐在我的身后 他们在 大声地说话 我很生气 我听不见演员 我转过身 我看 着那个男人和女人生气 他们没有注意 最后 我忍不住 了 我又一次转过身去 我不能听到一个字 我愤怒地说 这不关你的事 那男的毫不客气地说 这是私人间的谈话 2 Breakfast or lunch 早餐还是午餐 It was Sunday 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 dark outside What a day I thought It s raining again Just then the telephone rang It was my 精品文档 3欢迎下载 aunt Lucy I ve just arrived by train she said I m coming to see you But I m still having breakfast I said What are you doing she asked I m having breakfast I repeated Dear me she said Do you always get up so late It s one o clock 它是星期日 在星期天我是从来不早起 有时我要一直躺 到吃午饭的时候 上周日我起床很晚 我看着窗外 它是 精品文档 4欢迎下载 黑暗的外面 多好的一天 我的思想 又下雨了 正在这 时 电话铃响了 是我姑母露西打来的 我刚下火车 她说 我来看你 但我还在吃早饭 我说 你干什么呢 她问 我正在吃早饭 我又说了一遍 我亲爱的 她说 你总是起 得这么晚吗 现在已经一点了 3 Please send 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 in public gardens A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian Then he lent me a book I read a few lines but I did not understand a word Everyday 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 my room but I did not write a single card 精品文档 5欢迎下载 明信片总是破坏我的假期 去年夏天 我去了意大利 我 参观了博物馆 然后坐在公园里 一位好客的服务员教了 我几句意大利语 然后他借给我一本书 我读了几行 但 一个字也不懂 我每天都想着明信片的事 假期过得真快 可我还没有给我的朋友寄卡片 在最后一天我做了一个重 大的决定 我起得很早 买了三十七张明信片 我花了一 整天在我的房间 但我没有写一张卡片 4 An exciting trip 激动人心的旅行 I have just received a letter 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 精品文档 6欢迎下载 great number 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 Australia He will soon visit Darwin From there he will fly to Perth My brother has never been abroad before so he is fending this trip very exciting 我刚刚收到弟弟的来信 提姆 他在澳大利亚 他有六个 月了 提姆是一个工程师 他是一家大公司工作 他已经 访问了许多不同的地方在澳大利亚 他刚买了一辆汽车和 澳大利亚已经向爱丽丝斯普林斯 一个小镇的中心 澳大 利亚 他将很快访问达尔文 从那里 他再飞往珀斯 我 精品文档 7欢迎下载 兄弟从来没有出过国 因此他觉得这次旅行非常激动 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage so he has just bought twelve pigeons Yesterday a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury The bird covered the distance in three minutes Up to now Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other In this way he has begun his own private telephone service 精品文档 8欢迎下载 杰姆斯先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理厂史葛 现在他刚 在平赫斯特买了另一个汽车修理厂 只从炽热玻璃的五英 里 但史葛先生未能为他新的汽车修理部得到一个电话机 所以他买了十二只鸽子 昨天 鸽子把第一封信从 鸟覆 盖的距离在三分钟 到目前为止 史葛先生发送了大量索 取备件的信件和其他紧急信息从一个地方到另一 就这样 他开始自己的私人电话服务 6 Percy Buttons 珀西 巴顿斯 I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer In return 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 精品文档 9欢迎下载 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 always asks for a meal and a glass of beer 我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子 昨天一个乞丐来敲我的 门 他问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒 作为回报 那乞丐头顶 地倒立起来 唱起了歌 我给了他一顿饭 他吃的食物和 喝啤酒 然后他把一块奶酪放在口袋里 走了 后来的一 位邻居告诉了我他的情况 每个人都知道他 他的名字叫 佩尔西 他这条街上的每户每月一次 而且总是要一顿饭 和一杯啤酒 7 Too late 为时太晚 The plane was late and detectives were waiting at 精品文档 10欢迎下载 the airport all morning They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa A few hours earlier someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds When the plane arrived some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House While two detectives were keeping guard at the door