新概念二缩略版

1.LastweekIwenttothetheatre.Ihadaandsatinpublicgardens.Afriendlywaiter

verygoodseat.TheplaywasverytaughtmeafewwordsofItalian.Thenhelent

interesting.Ididnotenjoyit.Ayoungmanmeabook.Ireadafewlines,butIdidnot

andayoungwomanweresittingbehindme.understandaword.EverydayIthoughtabout

Theyweretalkingloudly.Igotveryangry.Ipostcards.Myholidayspassedquickly,butI

couldnotheartheactors.Iturnedround.Ididnotsendcardstomyfriends.Onthelast

lookedatthemanandthewomanangrily.dayImadeabig

Theydidnotpayanyattention.Intheend,Idecision.Igotupearlyandbought

couldnotbearit.Iturnedroundagain.'Ican'tthirty-sevencards.Ispentthewholedayin

hearaword!1Isaidangrily.myroom,butIdidnotwriteasinglecard!

‘It'snoneofyourbusiness,'theyoungman

saidrudely.'Thisisaprivateconversation!14.Ihavejustreceivedaletterfrommy

brother,Tim.HeisinAustralia.Hehasbeen

2.ItwasSunday.Inevergetupearlyonthereforsixmonths.Timisanengineer.He

Sundays.Isometimesstayinbeduntilisworkingforabigfirmandhehasalready

lunchtime.LastSundayIgotupverylate.Ivisitedagreatnumberofdifferentplacesin

lookedoutofthewindow.Itwasdarkoutside.Australia.HehasjustboughtanAustralian

'Whataday!'IcarandhasgonetoAlicesprings,asmall

thought.It'srainingagain.1Justthen,thetowninthecentreofAustralia.Hewillsoon

telephonerang.ItwasmyauntLucy.'I'vejustvisitDarwin.Fromthere,hewillflytoPerth.

arrivedbytrain,'shesaid.TmcomingtoseeMybrotherhasneverbeenabroadbefore,so

you.*'ButI'mstillhavingbreakfast?Isaid.heisfendingthistrip

'Whatareyoudoing?1sheasked.Tmhavingveryexciting.

breakfast?Irepeated.'Dearme,'shesaid.

'Doyoualwaysgetupsolate?It'sone

o'clock!'

3.Postcardsalwaysspoilmyholidays.Last

summer,IwenttoItaly.Ivisitedmuseums

5.Mr.JamesScotthasagarageinSudbury

andnowhehasjustboughtanothergaragein7.Theplanewaslateanddetectiveswere

Pinhurst.Pinhurstisonlyfivemilesfromwaitingattheairportallmorning.Theywere

Silbury,butMr.Scottcannotgetatelephoneexpectingavaluableparcelofdiamondsfrom

forhisnewgarage,sohehasjustboughtSouthAfrica.Afewhoursearlier,someone

twelvepigeons.Yesterday,apigeoncarriedhadtoldthepolicethatthieveswouldtryto

thefirstmessagefromPinhursttoSilbury.stealthediamonds.Whentheplanearrived,

Thebirdcoveredthedistanceinthreesomeofthedetectiveswerewaitinginside

minutes.Uptonow,Mr.Scotthassentagreatthemainbuildingwhileotherswerewaiting

manyrequestsforsparepartsandotherontheairfield.Twomentooktheparceloff

urgentmessagesfromonegaragetothetheplaneandcarrieditintotheCustoms

other.Inthisway,hehasbegunhisownHouse.Whiletwodetectiveswerekeeping

private'telephone'service.guardatthedoor,twoothersopenedthe

parcel.Totheirsurprise,thepreciousparcel

wasfullofstonesandsand!

6.IhavejustmovedtoahouseinBridge

Street.Yesterdayabeggarknockedatmy

door.Heaskedmeforamealandaglassof8JoeSandershasthemostbeautifulgarden

beer.Inreturnforthis,thebeggarstoodoninourtown.Nearlyeverybodyentersfor

hisheadandTheNicestGardenCompetition1eachyear,

sangsongs.Igavehimameal.HeatethebutJoewinseverytime.BillFrith'sgardenis

foodanddrankthebeer.ThenheputapiecelargerthanJoe's.BillworksharderthanJoe

ofcheeseinhispocketandwentaway.Laterandgrowsmoreflowersandvegetables,but

aneighbourtoldmeabouthim.EverybodyJoe'sgardenismoreinteresting.Hehas

knowshim.HisnameisPercyButtons.Hemadeneatpathsandhasbuiltawooden

callsateveryhouseinthestreetonceabridgeoverapool.Ilikegardenstoo,butIdo

monthandalwaysasksforamealandaglassnotlikehardwork.EveryyearIenterforthe

ofbeer.gardencompetitiontoo,andIalwayswina

littleprizefortheworstgardeninthetown!

9.OnWednesdayevening,wewenttothe11Iwashavingdinneratarestaurant

TownHall.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandwhenTonySteelecamein.Tonyworkedina

alargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredunderlawyer'sofficeyearsago,butheisnow

theTownHallclock.Itwouldstriketwelveinworkingatabank.Hegetsagoodsalary,but

twentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedhealwaysborrowsmoneyfromhisfriends

andthen,atfivetotwelve,theclockstopped.andneverpaysitback.Tonysawmeand

Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaitedcameandsatatthesametable.Hehasnever

andwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlyborrowedmoneyfromme.Whilehewas

someoneshouted.'It'stwominutespasteating,Iaskedhimtolendmetwentypounds.

twelve!Theclockhasstopped!'IlookedatTomysurprise,hegavemethemoney

mywatch.Itwastrue.Thebigclockrefusedimmediately.'Ihaveneverborrowedany

towelcometheNewYear.Atthatmoment,moneyfromyou/

everybodybegantolaughandsing.Tonysaid,'sonowyoucanpayformy

dinner!1

10.Wehaveanoldmusicalinstrument.It

iscalledaclavichord.Itwasmadein12Ourneighbour,CaptainCharlesAlison,

Germanyin1681.OurclavichordiskeptinwillsailfromPortsmouthtomorrow.

thelivingroom.IthasbelongedtoourfamilyWellmeethimattheharbourearlyin

foralongtime.Theinstrumentwasboughtthemorning.Hewillbeinhissmall

bymygrandfathermanyyearsago.Recentlyboat,Topsail.Topsailisafamouslittle

itwasdamagedbyavisitor.Shetriedtoplayboat.IthassailedacrosstheAtlantic

jazzonit!Shestruckthekeystoohardandmanytimes.CaptainAlisonwillsetout

twoofthestringswerebroken.Myfatherateighto'clock,sowe'llhaveplentyof

wasshocked.Nowwearenotallowedtotime.We'llseehisboatandthenwe*11

touchit.Itisbeingrepairedbyafriendofmysaygoodbyetohim.Hewillbeaway

father's.fortwomonths.Weareveryproudof

him.Hewilltakepartinanimportant

raceacrosstheAtlantic.

reachedthetown,whentheyoungman

Whywillthepolicehaveadifficulttime?suddenlysaid,

TheGreenwoodBoysareagroupofpopveryslowly,“DoyouspeakEnglish?1AsI

singers.Atpresent,theyarevisitingallpartssoonlearnt,hewasEnglishhimself!'

ofNewwordsandexpressions生词和短.语

thecountry.Theywillbearrivinghereamusingadj.好笑的，布■趣的

tomorrow.Theywillbecomingbytrainandexperiencen.经历

mostofthewavev.招手

youngpeopleinthetownwillbemeetingliftn.搭便车

thematthestation.Tomorroweveningtheyreplyv.回答

willbelanguagen.语言

singingattheWorkers1Club.TheGreenwoodjourneyn.旅行

Boyswillbestayingforfivedays.Duringthis参考译文

time,theywillgivefiveperformances.As去年我有过一次有趣的经历。在离开法国南

usual,thepolicewillhaveadifficulttime.部的一个小村庄后.，我继续驶往下一个城镇。途

They中，一个青年file：〃/DI/temp/book/新概念英语

willbetryingtokeeporder.Itisalwaysthe文本TXT版/2册/14.TXT[2009/3/419：32：19]

sameontheseoccasions.人向我招手。我把车停下，他向我提出要求搭车。

Ihadanamusingexperiencelastyear.他一上车，我就用法语向他问早上好，他也同样

AfterIhadleftasmallvillageinthesouthof用法语回答

France,Idroveontothenexttown.Onthe我。除了个别几个单词外，我根本不会法语。旅

way,ayoungmanwavedtome.Istoppedand途中我们谁也没讲话。就要到达那个镇时,那青

heasked年突然开了

meforalift.Assoonashehadgotintothe口，慢慢地说道r你会讲英语吗？”

car,IsaidgoodmorningtohiminFrenchand我很快了解到，他自己就是个英国人！

hefile：〃/DI/temp/book/新概念英语文本TXT版

repliedinthesamelanguage.Apartfroma/2W15.TXT[2009/3/419：32：20]

fewwords,1donotknowanyFrenchatall.Lesson15

NeitherGoodnews

ofusspokeduringthejourney.Ihadnearly佳音

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.个人已经离

听录音，然后回答以下问题。去。我知道这次该轮到我了。

Whatwasthegoodnews?file：〃/D|/temp/book/新概念英语文本TXT版

ThesecretarytoldmethatMr./2册/15.TXT[2009/3/419：32：20]

Harmsworthwouldseeme.Ifeltvery“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我无力地说。

nervouswhenIwentinto“不要打断我的话，”他说。

hisoffice.Hedidnotlookupfromhisdesk然后他微笑了一下告诉我说，我每年招得到

whenIentered.AfterIhadsatdown,hesaid1,000英镑的额外收入。file7//DI/temp/book/

that新概念英语文本TXT版/2册/16.TXT[2009/3/4

businesswasverybad.Hetoldmethatthe19：32：21]

firmcouldnotaffordtopaysuchlargeLesson16

salaries.Apoliterequest

Twentypeoplehadalreadyleft.Iknewthat彬彬有礼的要求

myturnhadcome.Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

'Mr.Harmsworth,1Isaidinaweakvoice.听录音，然后问答以下问题。

'Don'tinterrupt,1hesaid.Whatwasthepoliterequest?

ThenhesmiledandtoldmeIwouldIfyouparkyourcarinthewrongplace,a

receiveanextrathousandpoundsayear!trafficpolicemanwillsoonfindit.Youwillbe

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语veryluckyifheletsyougowithoutaticket.

secretaryn.秘书However,thisdoesnotalwayshappen.

nervousadj.精神紧张的Traffic

affordv.负担得起policearesometimesverypolite.Duringa

weakadj.弱的holidayinSweden,Ifoundthisnoteonmy

interruptv.插话，打断car：'sir,

参考译文wewelcomeyoutoourcity.Thisisa"No

秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。我走Parking"area.Youwillenjoyyourstayhere

进他的办公室，感到非常紧张。我进去的时候，ifyou

他连头也没payattentiontoourstreetsigns.Thisnoteis

抬。待我坐下后，他说生意非常不景气。他还告onlyareminder.1Ifyoureceivearequestlike

诉我，公司支付不起这么庞大的工资开支，有20this,youcannotfailtoobeyit!

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语howoldsheis?

parkv.停放（汽车）MyauntJenniferisanactress.Shemust

trafficn.交通beatleastthirty-fiveyearsold.Inspiteof

ticket）n.交通违规罚款单this,sheoftenappearsonthestageasa

noten.便条younggirl.Jenniferwillhavetotakepartina

arean.地段new

signn.指示牌playsoon.Thistime,shewillbeagirlof

remindern,提示seventeen.Intheplay,shemustappearina

failv.无视，忘记bright

obeyv.服从reddressandlongblackstockings.Lastyear

参考译文file：〃/DI/temp/book/新概念英语文本inanotherplay,shehadtowearshortsocks

TXT版/2册/16.TXT[2009/3/419：32：21]anda

一旦你把汽车停错「地方，交通警很快就会bright,orange-coloureddress.Ifanyone

发现。如果他没给你罚单就放你走了，算你走运。everasksherhowoldsheis,shealways

然而，情况answers,

井不都是这样,交通警有时也很客气。有一次在'Darling,itmustbeterribletobegrownup!1

瑞典度假，我发现我的车上有这样一个字条广先Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语

生，欢迎您appearv.登场扮演

光临我们的城市。此处是‘禁止停车'区°如果您对stagen.舞台

我们街k的标牌稍加注意，您隹此会过得很愉快brightadj.鲜艳的

的。谨此stockingn.（女用）长筒袜

提请注意/如果你收到这样的恳求，你是不会不sockn.短袜

遵照执行的！file：〃/DI/temp/book/新概念英语参考译文

文本TXT版/2册/17.TXT[2009/3/419：32：21]我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁

Lesson17尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹

Alwaysyoung妮弗很快乂要

青春常驻参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和

听录音，然后回答以下问题。黑色的长筒

Whydoesn'tAuntJennifertellanyone袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一

件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大我在一家乡村小酒店吃过午饭后，就找我的

年纪，她总是提包。我曾把它放在门边的椅子上，可这会儿不

回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”见了！当我正

file：〃/Dl/temp/book/新概念英语文本TXT版在寻找时，酒店老板走了进来。

/2册/18.TXTI2009/3/419：32：22]“您吃得好吗？”他问。

Lesson18“很好，谢谢「我回答，“但我付不了帐，我的

Heoftendoesthis!提包没有了Jfile：〃/DI/temp/book/新概念英语

他经常干这种事！文本TXT版/2册/18.TXT[2009/3/419：32：22J

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.酒店老板笑了笑，马上走了出去。一会儿工

听录音，然后回答以下问题。夫他拿着我的提包回来了，把它还给了我。

Whathadhappenedtothewriter'sbag?“实在抱歉，”他说，“我的狗把它弄到花园里

AfterIhadhadlunchatavillagepub,I去了，他常干这种事「file：〃/D|/temp/book/新

lookedformybag.Ihadleftitonachair概念英语文本TXT版/2ffiJ/19.TXT[2009/3/4

beside19：32：23]

thedoorandnowitwasn'tthere!AsIwasLesson19

lookingforit,thelandlordcamein.Soldout

'Didyouhaveagoodmeal?"heasked.票已售完

'Yes,thankyou,'Ianswered,'butIcan'tFirstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

paythebill.Ihaven'tgotmybag.*听录音，然后问答以下问题。

ThelandlordsmiledandimmediatelyWhenwillthewriterseetheplay?

wentout.Inafewminuteshereturnedwith'Theplaymaybeginatanymoment,'I

mybagandsaid.

gaveitbacktome.'Itmayhavebegunalready/Susan

'I'mverysorry,'hesaid.'Mydoghadanswered.

takeninintothegarden.Heoftendoesthis!'Ihurriedtotheticketoffice.rMayIhave

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语twoticketsplease?1Iasked.

pubn.小酒店Tmsorry,we'vesoldout,1thegirlsaid.

landlordn.店主'Whatapity!1Susanexclaimed.

billn.帐单Justthen,amanhurriedtotheticket

参考译文office.

'CanIreturnthesetwotickets?'he我马上又回到售票处

asked.“我可以买那两张票吗？"我问。

'Certainly/thegirlsaid.“当然可以，不过这两张票是卜.星期三的，您

Iwentbacktotheticketofficeatonce.是否还要呢？”

'CouldIhavethosetwoticketsplease?1I“我还是买下的好，”我垂头丧气地说。

asked.file：〃/DI/temp/book/新概念英语文本TXT版

'Certainly/thegirlsaid,'butthey'refor/2W20.TXTE2009/3/419：32：23]

nextWednesday'sperformance.DoyoustillLesson20

wantOnemaninaboat

them?'独坐孤舟

'Imightaswellhavethem/Isaidsadly.Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语听录音，然后回答以下问题。

hurryv.匆忙Whyisfishingthewriter'sfavourite

ticketoffice售票处sport?

pityn.令人遗憾的事Fishingismyfavouritesport.Ioftenfish

exclaimv.大声说file：〃/D|/temp/book/新概forhourswithoutcatchinganything.Butthis

念英语文本TXT版/2册/19.TXT[2009/3/4doesnotworryme.Somefishermenare

19：32：23]unlucky.Insteadofcatchingfish,theycatch

returnv.退回oldboots

sadlyadv.悲哀地，丧气地andrubbish.Iamevenlesslucky.Inever

参考译文catchanything-notevenoldboots.After

“剧马上就要开演了，"我说。having

“也许已经开演了呢，”苏珊回答说。spentwholemorningsontheriver,Ialways

我匆匆赶到售票处，问：“我可以买两张票gohomewithanemptybag.'Youmustgive

吗？”up

“对不起，票已售完。”那位姑娘说。fishing!,myfriendssay.'It'sawasteoftime.1

“真可惜F苏珊大声说。Buttheydon'trealizeoneimportantthing.

正在这时,一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。Pmnotreallyinterestedinfishing.Iamonly

“我可以退抻这两张票吗？"他问。interestedinsittinginaboatanddoing

“当然可以,”那姑娘说。nothingatall!

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语Aeroplanesareslowlydrivingmemad.I

catchv.抓到livenearanairportandpassingplanescanbe

fishermann.钓鱼人，渔民heard

bootn.靴了•nightandday.Theairportwasbuiltyears

wasten.浪费ago,butforsomereasonitcouldnotbeused

realizev.意识到then.

参考译文Lastyear,however,itcameintouse.Overa

钓鱼是我特别喜爱的一项运动。我经常一钓hundredpeoplemusthavebeendrivenaway

数小时却一无所获，但我从不为此烦恼。有些垂from

钓者就是不走theirhomesbythenoise.Iamoneofthefew

运，他们往往鱼钓不到，却钓上来些旧靴子和垃peopleleft.SometimesIthinkthishousewill

圾。我的运气甚至还不及他们。我什么东西也未be

钓到过一就file：〃/D|/temp/book/新概念英语knockeddownbyapassingplane.Ihave

文本TXT版/2册/2O.TXT[2OO9/3/419：32：23]beenofferedalargesumofmoneytogo

连旧靴了•也没有。我总是在河上呆上整整一上午，away,butIam

然后空着袋子问家。“你可别再钓鱼厂厂我的朋友determinedtostayhere.EverybodysaysI

们mustbemadandtheyareprobablyright.

说,“这是浪费时间,然而他们没有认识到重要的Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语

一点，我并不是真的对钓鱼有兴趣，我感兴趣的madadj.发疯

只是独坐reasonn.原因

孤舟，无所事事！file：〃/D|/temp/book/新概念sumn.量

英语文本TXT版/2册/2LTXTI2009/3/4determinedadj.坚定的，卜决心的

19：32：24]参考译文

Lesson21飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。我住在一个机场附

Madornot?近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。机场是许多年前建

是不是疯了的，但由于某

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.种原因当时未能启用。然而去年机场开始使用了。

听录音，然后回答以下问题°有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去，我

Whydopeoplethinkthewriterismad?是少数招卜

来的人中的一个。行时我觉得这房子就要被一架

飞过的飞机撞倒。他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我dreamv.做梦，梦想

搬走，但我决agen.年龄

定留在这儿。大家都说我肯定是疯L也许他们channeln.海峡

说的是对的。file：〃/Dl/temp/book/新概念英语throwv.扔，抛

文本TXT版/2册/22.TXT[2009/3/419：32：25]参考译攵

Lesson22我的女儿简从未想过会接到荷兰一位同龄姑

Aglassenvelope娘的来信。去年，当我们横渡英吉利海峡时，简

玻璃信封把写有她姓名

Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.和住址的一张纸条装进了一只瓶子，又将瓶子扔

听录音，然后回答以下问题。进了大海。此后她就再没去想那只瓶了一。但10个

HowdidJanereceivealetterfroma月以后，她收

stranger?到了荷兰一位姑娘的来信。现在这两位姑娘定期

Mydaughter,Jane,neverdreamedof通信了。然而她们还是决定利用邮局。这样会稍

receivingaletterfromagirlofherownage微多花点钱，

in但肯定是快得多了。file：〃/DI/temp/book/新概

Holland.Lastyear,weweretravellingacross念英语文本TXT版/2册/23.TXT[2009/3版

theChannelandJaneputapieceofpaper19：32：25]

withherLesson23

nameandaddressonitintoabottle.SheAnewhouse

threwthebottleintothesea.Shenever新居

thoughtofitFirstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

again,buttenmonthslater,shereceiveda听录音，然后回答以卜问题.

letterfromagirlinHolland.BothgirlswriteWhyisthenewhousespecial?

toIhadaletterfrommysisteryesterday.

eachotherregularlynow.However,theyShelivesinNigeria.Inherletter,shesaid

havedecidedtousethepostoffice.Lettersthat

willcostashewouldcometoEnglandnextyear.Ifshe

littlemore,buttheywillcertainlytravelcomes,shewillgetasurprise.Wearenow

faster.livingin

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语abeautifulnewhouseinthecountry.Workon

ithadbegunbeforemysisterleft.ThehouseIfcouldbeworse

was不幸中之万幸

completedfivemonthsago.Inmyletter,IFirstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.

toldherthatshecouldstaywithus.The听录音，然后回答以下问题。

househasHadthewriter'smoneybeenstolen?

manylargeroomsandthereisalovelyIenteredthehotelmanager'sofficeand

garden.Itisaverymodernhouse,soitlookssatdown.Ihadjustlost$50andIfeltvery

strangetoupset.*1leftthemoneyinmyroom/Isaid,

somepeople.Itmustbetheonlymodern'andit'snottherenow.1Themanagerwas

houseinthedistrict.sympathetic,buthecoulddonothing.

Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语'Everyone'slosingmoneythesedays,1he

completev.完成said.Hestarted

modernadj.新式的，与以往不同的tocomplainaboutthiswickedworldbutwas

strangeadj.奇怪的interruptedbyaknockatthedoor.Agirl

districtn.地区camein

参考译文andputanenvelopeonhisdesk.Itcontained

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利$50.'Ifoundthisoutsidethisgentleman's

亚.在信中她说她明年将到英国来，如果她来r,room,'

她会感到非shesaid.'Well,'Isaidtothemanager,*there

常惊奇了。我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住isstillsomehonestyinthisworld!'

宅里。这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了，Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语

是在5个月以managern,经工里

前竣工的。我在信中告诉她，她可以和我们住在upsetadj.不安

一起。这栋房子里有许多房间，还有一个漂亮的sympatheticadj.表示同情的

花园。它是一complainv.抱怨

栋非常现代化的住宅，因此在有些人看来很古怪。wickedadj.很坏的，邪恶的

它肯定是这个地区唯一的--栋现代化住宅。containv.包含，内装

file：/〃D|/temp/book/新概念英语文本TXT版honestyn.诚实

/2册/24.TXT[2009/3/419：32：26]参考译文

Lesson24我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。我刚

刚丢了50英镑，感到非常烦恼。"删钱放在房间severaltimesand

里，"我file：〃/D|/temp/book/新概念英语文本atlastheu