disappear是什么意思新概念英语第册课文word版

2021年1月26日发(作者：dalton)
新概念英语第二册


Lesson 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
young
man
said
rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'.

Lesson 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 lunch time.
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
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.

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'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late ? It's
one o'clock!''


Lesson 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. 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 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 !

Lesson 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
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.

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My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding
this trip very exciting.


Lesson 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.


Lesson 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 pocket and
went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody
knows
him.
His
name
is
Percy
Buttons.
He
calls
at
every
house

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in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and
a glass of beer.

Lesson 7 Too late
为时
太
晚


The
plane
was
late
and
detectives
were
waiting
at
the
airport
all
morning.
They
were
expecting
a
valuable
parcel
of
diamond
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, two others opened the parcel. To their
surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

Lesson 8 The best and the worst
最好的和最差的

Joe
Sanders
has
the
most
beautiful
garden
in
our
town.
Nearly
everybody enters for 'The Nicest Garden Competition' each
year,
but
Joe
wins
every
time.
Bill
Frith's
garden
is
larger
than
Joe's.
Bill
works
harder
than
Joe
and
grows
more
flowers
and
vegetables,
but
Joe's
garden
is
more
interesting.
He
has
made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool.

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I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year
I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a
little prize for the worst garden in the town!

Lesson 9 A cold welcome
冷遇

On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the
last
day
of
the
year
and
a
large
crowd
of
people
had
gathered
under
the
Town
Hall
clock.
It
would
strike
twelve
in
twenty
minutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to
twelve,
the
clock
stopped.
The
big
minute
hand
did
not
move.
We
waited
and
waited,
but
nothing
happened.
Suddenly
someone
shouted,
'It's
two
minutes
past
twelve!
The
clock
has
stopped!' I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock
refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment everybody
began to laugh and sing.


Lesson 10 Not for jazz
不适于演奏爵士
乐

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.
It
has
belong
to
our
family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my
grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a

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visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys
too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was
shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being
repaired by a friend of my father's.


Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another
礼尚
往
来

I was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came
in. Harry worked in a lawyer's office years ago, but he is
now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always
borrows
money
from
his
friends
and
never
pays
it
back.
Harry
saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never
borrowed
money
from
me.
While
he
was
eating,
I
asked
him
to
lend
me
&2.
To
my
surprise,
he
gave
me
the
money
immediately.
'I
have
never
borrowed
any
money
from
you,'
Harry
said,
'so
now you can pay for my dinner!'

Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck
再
见
，一路
顺风

Our
ncighbour,
Captain
Charles
Alison,
will
sail
from
Portsmouth
tomorrow.
We
shall
meet
him
at
the
harbour
early
in
the
morning.
He
will
be
in
his
small
boat,
l
is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic
many
times.
Captain
Alison
will
set
out
at
eight
o'clock
so

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we
shall
have
plenty
of
time.
We
shall
see
his
boat
and
then
we
shall
say
good-bye
to
him.
He
will
be
away
for
two
months.
We are very proud of him. He will
take part in an important
race across the Atlantic.


Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys
绿
林少年

The
Greenwood
Boys
are
a
group
of
popular
singers.
At
present,
they are visiting all parts of the country. They will be
arriving
here
tomorrow.
They
will
be
coming
by
train
and
most
of the young
people in the town will be meeting them at the station.
Tomorrow
evening
they
will
be
singing
at
the
Workers'
Club.
The
Greenwood
Boys
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 occasions.


Lesson 14 Do you speak English?
你会讲
英
语吗
？

I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a
small
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, I

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said
good
morning
to
him
in
French
and
he
replied
in
the
same
language. 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 town, when the young man suddenly said, very
slowly, 'Do you speak English?' As I soon learnt, he was
English himself!


Lesson 15 Good news
佳音


The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I
felt very nervous when. I went into his office. He did not
look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down,
he
said
that
business
was
very
bad.
He
told
me
that
the
firm
could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people
had
already
left.
I
knew
that
my
turn
had
come.
'Mr.
Harmsworth,' I said in a weak voice. 'Don't interrupt,' he
Said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra
&100 a year!

Lesson 16 A polite request
彬彬有
礼
的要求

If
you
park
your
car
in
the
wrong
place,
a
traffic
policeman
will soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go
without a ticket. However, this does not always happen.

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Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holiday
in
Sweden,
I
found
this
note
on
my
car:'
Sir,
we
welcome
you
to
our
city.
This
is
a

Parking
area.
You
will
enjoy
your
stay
here
if
you
pay
attention
to
our
street
signs.
This
note
is
only
a
reminder.'
If
you
receive
a
request
like
this,
you
cannot fail to obey it!

Lesson 17 Always young
青
年常
驻

My
aunt
Jennifer
is
an
actress.
She
must
be
at
least
thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears
on
the
stage
as
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 dress
and long
black
stockings.
Last
year
in
another
play,
she
had
to
wear
short socks and a bright, orange- coloured dress. If anyone
ever
asked
her
how
old
she
is,
she
always
answers,
'My
dear,
it must be terrible to be grown up!'


lesson18 He often does this!

他
经
常干
这种
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 wasn't
there
!
As
I
was
looking
for
it,
the
inn-keeper
came
in.
'Did

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you
have
a
good
meal
?'
he
asked.
'Yes,
thank
you,'
I
answered,
'but
I
can't
pay
the
bill.
I
haven't
got
my
bag.'
The
inn-keeper
smiled
and
immediately
went
out.
In
a
few
minutes
he returned with my bag and gave it back to me. 'I'm very
sorry,' he said ' My dog had taken it into the garden. He
often does this.'


Lesson19 Sold out
票已售完

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.
'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.
'I hurried to the ticket-office. 'May I have two tickets
please ?' I asked.
'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.
'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.
Just then, a man hurried to the ticket-office.
'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said.
'Could I have those two tickets please ?' I asked.
'Certainly,
'the
girl
said,
'but
they
are
for
next
Wednesday's performance.
'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.



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Lesson20 One man in a boat
独
坐孤舟

Fishing
is
my
favourite
sport.
I
often
fish
for
hours
without
catching
anything.
But
this
does
not
worry
me.
Some
fishermen
are
unlucky.
Instead
of
catching
fish,
they
catch
old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch
anything-not
even
old
boots.
After
having
spent
whole
mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag.
'You must give up fishing!' my friends say.' It's a waste
of time.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm
not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in
sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all !


Lesson21 Mad or not?
是不是
疯
了？

Aeroplanes
are
slowly
driving
me
mad.
I
live
near
an
airport
and passing planes can be heard night 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
hundred people must have been driven away from their homes
by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I
think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.
I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I

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am
determined
to
stay
here.
Everybody
says
I
must
be
mad
and
they are probably right.

Lesson22 A glass envelope
玻璃信封

My
daughter,
Jane,
never
dreamed
of
receiving
a
letter
from
a
girl
of
her
own
age
in
Holland.
Last
year,
we
were
travelling
across
the
Channel
and
Jane
put
a
piece
of
paper
with
her
name
and
address
on
it
into
a
bottle.
She
threw
the
bottle
into
the
sea.
She
never
thought
of
it
again,
but
ten
months
later,
she
received
a
letter
from
a
girl
in
Holland.
Both
girls
write
to
each
other
regularly
now.
However,
they
have decided to use the post-office. Letters will cost a
litt1e more, but they will certainly travel faster.


Lesson23 A new house
新居

I
had
a
letter
from
my
sister
yesterday.
She
lives
in
Nigeria.
In
her
letter,
she
said
that
she
would
come
to
England
next
year.
If
she
comes,
she
will
get
a
surprise.
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
months
ago.
In
my
letter,
I
told
her
that
she
could
stay
with
us.
The
house
has
many
large
rooms
and
there

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is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks
strange
to
some
people.
It
must
be
the
only
modern
house
in
the district.


Lesson24 It could be worse
不幸中之万幸

I
entered
the
hotel
manager's
office
and
sat
down.
I
had
just
lost
&50
and
I
felt
very
upset.'
I
left
the
money
in
my
room,'
I
said,
'and
it's
not
there
now.'
The
manager
was
sympathetic,
but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these
days,' he said. He started to complain about this wicked
world
but
was
interrupted
by
a
knock
at
the
door.
A
girl
came
in
and
put
an
envelope
on
his
desk.
It
contained
&5o.
'I
found
this
outside
this
gentleman's
room'
she
said.
'Well,'
I
said
to
the
manager,
'there
is
still
some
honesty
in
this
world
!'


lesson25 Do the English speak English?
英
国
人
讲
的是英
语
吗
？

I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big,
black
and
dark.
I
did
not
know
the
way
to
my
hotel,
so
I
asked
a
porter.
I
not
only
spoke
English
very
carefully,
but
very
clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand
me; I repeated my question several times and at last he

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understood.
He
answered
me,
but
he
spoke
neither
slowly
nor
clearly. 'I am a foreigner,' I said. Then he spoke slowly,
but I could
not
understand
him.
My teacher
never
spoke
English
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
man
speaks a different language. The English understand each
other,
but
I
don't
understand
them
!
Do
they
speak
English
?


lesson26 The best art critics
最佳美
术评论
家

I
am
an
art
student
and
I
paint
a
lot
of
pictures.
Many
people
pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell
you
what
a
picture
is
'about'.
Of
course,
many
pictures
arc
not
'about'
anything.
They
are
just
pretty
patterns.
We
like
them 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.
My
sister
is
only
seven,
but
she
always
tells
me
whether
my
pictures
are
good
or not. She came into my room yesterday. ' What are you
doing
?'
she
asked.
'
I'm
hanging
this
picture
on
the
wall,'
I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it ?' She looked
at it critically for a moment.' It's all right,' she said,

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'but isn't it upside-down ?' I looked at it again. She was
right! It was!

Lesson27 A wet night
雨夜

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the
middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a
meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food
smelt good. After a wonderful meal, 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 sleeping-bags were warm and
comfortable,
so
they
all
slept
soundly.
In
the
middle
of
the
night,
two
boys
woke
up
and
began
shouting.
The
tent
was
full
of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping-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 then flowed right under their tent!

Lesson28 No parking
禁止停
车

Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in
ancient myths. He has just bought a new house in the city,
but
ever
since
he
moved
in,
he
has
had
trouble
with
motorists.

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when
he
returns
home
at
night,
he
always
finds
that
someone
has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has
not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.
Jasper has put up' No Parking' signs 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 Medusa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn
motorists
to
stone.
But
none
of
them
has
been
turned
to
stone
yet!


Lesson29 Taxi!
出租汽
车
！

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 wonderful plane can carry seven
passengers.
The
most
surprising
thing
about
it,
however,
is
that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a
ploughed field. Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a
doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the
Welsh
mountains.
Since
then,
Captain
Fawcett
has
flown
passengers
to
many
unusual
places.
Once
he
landed
on
the
roof
of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in

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a deserted car park. Captain Fawcett has just refused a
strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly
to
Rockall,
a lonely island in
the
Atlantic Ocean, but
Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too
dangerous.


Lesson30 Football or polo?
足球
还
是水球？

The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near
my
home.
I
like
sitting
by
the
Wayle
on
fine
afternoons.
It
was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank
as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and
there were some people rowing on the river. Suddenly, one
of
the
children
kicked
a
ball
very
hard
and
it
went
towards
a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the
man in the boat, but he did not hear them. The ball struck
him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to
look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they
had
all
run
away!
The
man
laughed
when
he
realized
what
had
happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball
back to the bank.


Lesson31 Success story
成功者的故事


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新概念英语第二册


Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his
experiences as a
young man. Frank
is now the head of a very
large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a
small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that
time he used to work fourteen hours a day. He saved money
for
years
and
in
1938
he
bought
a
small
work-shop
of
his
own.
During
the
war
Frank
used
to
make
spare
parts
for
aeroplanes.
At that time he had two helpers. By the end of the war, the
small work-shop had become a large factory which employed
seven
hundred
and
twenty-eight
people.
Frank
smiled
when
he
remembered
his
hard
early
years
and
the
long
road
to
success.
He
was
still
smiling
when
the
door
opened
and
his
wife
came
in. She wanted him to repair their son's bicycle!

Lesson32 Shopping made easy
购
物
变
得很方便

People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation
to steal is greater than ever before-- especially in large
shops.
A
detective
recently
watched
a
well-dressed
woman
who
always
went
into
a
large
store
on
Monday
mornings.
One
Monday,
there
were
fewer
people
in
the
shop
than
usual
when
the
woman
came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her.
The
woman
first
bought
a
few
small
articles.
After
a
little

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time,
she
chose
one
of
the
most
expensive
dresses
in
the
shop
and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as
quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel
and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was
arrested, the detective found out that the shop-assistant
was her daughter. The girl' gave' her mother a free dress
once a week !

lesson33 Out of the darkness
冲出黑暗

Nearly
a
week
passed
before
the
girl
was
able
to
explain
what
had
happened
to
her.
One
afternoon
she
set
out
from
the
coast
in
a
small
boat
and
was
caught
in
a
storm.
Towards
evening,
the
boat
struck
a
rock
and
the
girl
jumped
into
the
sea.
Then
she
swam
to
the
shore
after
spending
the
whole
night
in
the
water.
During
that
time
she
covered
a
distance
of
eight
miles.
Early
next
morning,
she
saw
a
light
ahead.
She
knew
she
was
near
the
shore
because
the
light
was
high
up
on
the
cliffs.
On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff
towards
the
light
she
had
seen.
That
was
all
she
remembered.
When
she
woke
up
a
day
later,
she
found
herself
in
hospital.

Lesson34 Quick work
破案“神速”


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新概念英语第二册


Ted
Robinson
has
been
worried
all
the
week.
Last
Tuesday
he
received a letter from the local police. In the letter he
was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was
wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday
and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he was
told
by
a
smiling
policeman
that
his
bicycle
had
been
found.
Five
days
ago,
the
policeman
told
him,
the
bicycle
was
picked
up
in
a
small
village
four
hundred
miles
away.
It
is
now
being
sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he
heard
the
news.
He
was
amused
too,
because
he
never
expected
the
bicycle
to
be
found.
It
was
stolen
twenty
years
ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen !

Lesson35 Stop thief!
捉
贼
！

Rov
Trenton
used
to
drive
a
taxi.
A
short
while
ago,
however,
he became a bus-driver and he was not regretted it. He is
finding
his
new
work
far
more
exciting.
When
he
was
driving
along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out
of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was
carrying a bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove
the
bus
straight
at
the
thieves.
The
one
with
the
money
got
such a fright that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were

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trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the
back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy
stopped
his
bus
and
telephoned
the
police.
The
thieves'
car
was
badly
damaged
and
easy
to
recognize.
Shortly
afterwards,
the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.

Lesson36 Across the Channel
横
渡海
峡

Erna
Hart
is
going
to
swim
across
the
English
Channel
tomorrow. She is going to set out from the French coast at
five
o'clock
in
the
morning.
Erna
is
only
fourteen
years
old
and she hopes lo set up a new world record. She is a strong
swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.
Erna's
father
will
set
out
with
her
in
a
small
boat.
Mr
Hart
has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be
watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to
England. Erna intends to take short rests every two hours.
She will have something to drink but she will not eat any
solid food. Most of Erna's school friends will be waiting
for her on the English coast. Among them will be Erna's
mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

Lesson37 The Olympic Games
奥
林匹克
运动会


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新概念英语第二册


The
Olympic
Games
will
be
held
in
our
country
in
four
years'
time. As a great many people will be visiting the country,
the
government
will
be
building
new
hotels,
an
immense
stadium, and a fine new swimming pool. 'They will also be
building new roads and a special railway-line. The Games
will
be
held
just
outside
the
capital
and
the
whole
area
will
be called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the
new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year,
they will have finished work on the new stadium. The fine
modern
buildings
have
been
designed
by
Kurt
Gunter.
Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings
go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to
the Olympic Games because they have never been held before
in this country.

Lesson38
Everything
except
the
weather
惟
独没
有考
虑
到天
气

My
old
friend,
Harrison,
had
lived
in
the
Mediterranean
for
many
years before he
returned to England. He had
often
dreamed
of
retiring
in
England
and
had
planned
to
settle
down
in the country. He had no sooner returned than he bought a
fine house and went to live there. Almost immediately he
began
to
complain
about
the
weather,
for
even
though
it
was

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still
summer,
it
rained
continually
and
it
was
often
bitterly
cold.
After
so
many
years
of
sunshine,
Harrison
got
a
shock.
He
acted
as
if
he
had
never
lived
in
England
before.
In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly
had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the
country.
The
dream
he
had
had
for
so
many
years
ended
there.
Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.


Lesson39 Am I all right?
我是否痊愈？

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to
tell
him
whether
his
operation
had
been
successful,
but
the
doctor
refused
to
do
so.
The
following
day,
the
patient
asked
for
a
bedside telephone.
When
he
was
alone,
he
telephoned
the
hospital
exchange
and
asked
for
Doctor
Millington.
When
the
doctor
answered
the
phone,
Mr
Gilbert
said
he
was
inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr John Gilbert. He
asked
if
Mr
Gilbert's
operation
had
been
successful
and
the
doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr
Gilbert
would
be
allowed
to
go
home
and
the
doctor
told
him
that
he
would
have
to
stay
in
hospital
for
another
two
weeks.
Then
Dr
Millington
asked
the
caller
if
he
was
a
relative
of

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the patient.' No,'
the
patient answered,' I am
Mr John
Gilbert.'



Lesson40 Food and talk
进
餐
与
交
谈

Last
week
at
a
dinner-party,
the
hostess
asked
me
to
sit
next
to Mrs Rumbold. Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in
a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took
my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in
a
short
time,
she
was
busy
eating.
I
tried
to
make
conversation.
' A new play is coming to
you
be
seeing
it
?'
'
No,'
she
answered.
'Will
you
be
spending
your
holidays
abroad
this
year
?'
I
asked.
'
No,'
she
answered.
' Will you be staying in England?' I asked. ' No,' she
answered.
In
despair,
I
asked
her
whether
she
was
enjoying
her
dinner.
'
Young
man,'
she
answered,'
if
you
ate
more
and
talked
less,
we would both enjoy our dinner !'

lesson41 Do you call that a hat?
你
把那
个
叫帽子
吗
？


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新概念英语第二册


'Do you call that a hat ?' I said to my wife. 'You needn't
be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at
herself in the mirror. I sat down on one of those modern
chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat
shop
for
half
an
hour
and
my
wife
was
still
in
front
of
the
mirror.
'
We
mustn't
buy
things
we
don't
need,'
I
remarked
suddenly.
I regretted saying it almost at once.
'You
needn't
have
said
that,'
my
wife
answered.'
I
need
not
remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
' I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too
many ties.'
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
Ten
minutes
later
we
walked
out
of
the
shop
together.
My
wife
was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse !

Lesson42 Not very musical
并
非很
懂
音
乐

As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of Old
Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time,
we noticed a snake-charmer with two large baskets at the
other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him.
As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was

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新概念英语第二册


covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he
began
to
play
a
tune,
we
had
our
first
glimpse
of
the
snake.
It
rose
out
of
the
basket
and
began
to
follow
the
movements
of the pipe. We were very much surprised when the snake
charmer suddenly began to play jazz tunes and modern pop
songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It
obviously
could
not
tell
the
difference
between
Indian
music
and jazz!


Lesson43 Over the South Pole
飞
越南
极

In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole,
the American explorer, R. E. Byrd, successfully flew over
the South Pole for the first time. Though, at first, Byrd
and his men were able to take a great many photographs of
the mountains that lay below, they soon ran into serious
trouble. At one point, it seemed certain that their plane
would
crash.
It
could
only
get
over
the
mountains
if
it
rose
to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out
two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to rise and
it
cleared
the
mountains
by
400
feet.
Byrd
now
knew
that
he
would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles
away,
for
there
were
no
more
mountains
in
sight.
The
aircraft

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新概念英语第二册


was
able
to
fly
over
the
endless
white
plains
without
difficulty.




Lesson44 Through the forest
穿
过
森林

Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking
when
she
ran
through
a
forest
after
two
men.
They
had
rushed
up
to
her
while
she
was
having
a
picnic
at
the
edge
of
a
forest
with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the
struggle,
the
strap
broke
and,
with
the
bag
in
their
possession,
both
men
started
running
through
the
trees.
Mrs
Sterling
got
so
angry
that
she
ran
after
them.
She
was
soon
out
of
breath,
but
she
continued
to
run.
When
she
caught
up
with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going
through
the
contents
of
the
bag,
so
she
ran
straight
at
them.
The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran
away.
'The
strap
needs mending,'
said
Mrs
Sterling
later,
'but they did not steal anything.'

Lesson45 A clear conscience
问
心无愧

The
whole
village
soon
learnt
that
a
large
sum
of
money
had
been
lost.
Sam
Benton,
the
local
butcher,
had
lost
his
wallet

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新概念英语第二册


while taking his savings to the post-office. Sam was sure
that
the
wallet
must
have
been
found
by
one
of
the
villagers,
but
it
was
not
returned
to
him.
Three
months
passed,
and
then
one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door.
It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half
the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 'A
thief,
yes,
'but
only
5o
per
cent
a
thief!'
Two
months
later,
some
more
money
was
sent
to
Sam
with
another
note:'
Only
25
per
cent
a
thief
now!'
In
time,
all
Sam's
money
was
paid
back
in this way. The last note said:' I am 100 per cent honest
now!'

lesson46 Expensive and uncomfortable
既昂贵
又受罪

When
a
plane
from
London
arrived
at
Sydney
airport,
workers
began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained
clothing.
No
one
could
account
for
the
fact
that
one
of
the
boxes was extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of
the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what
he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of
woollen
goods.
He
was
so
surprised
at
being
discovered
that
he did not even try to run away. After he was arrested, the
man
admitted
hiding
in
the
box
before
the
plane
left
London.

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新概念英语第二册


He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been
confined to the wooden box for over ten hours. The man was
ordered
to
pay
&345
for
the
cost
of
the
trip.
The
normal
price
of a ticket is &230 !

Lesson47 A thirsty ghost
嗜酒的鬼魂

A
public
house
which
was
recently
bought
by
Mr
Ian
Thompson
is up for sale. Mr Thompson is going to sell it because it
is
haunted.
He
told
me
that
he
could
not
go
to
sleep
one
night
because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar. The
next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by
chairs
and
the
furniture
had
been
moved.
Though
Mr
Thompson
had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were
on
in
the
morning.
He
also
said
that
he
had
found
five
empty
whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night
before.
When
I
suggested
that
some
villagers
must
have
come
in
for
a
free
drink,
Mr
Thompson
shook
his
head.
The
villagers have told him that they will not accept the inn
even if he gives it away.

Lesson48 Did you want to tell me something?
你
想
对
我
说
什
么吗
？


29
新概念英语第二册


Dentists
always
ask
questions
when
it
is
impossible
for
you
to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth
and
had
told
me
to
rest
for
a
while.
I
tried
to
say
something,
but my mouth was full of cotton-wool. He knew I collected
birds'
eggs
and
asked
me
whether
my
collection
was
growing.
He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my
new job in London. In answer to these questions I either
nodded
or
made
strange
noises.
Meanwhile,
my
tongue
was
busy
searching
out
the
hole
where
the
tooth
had
been.
I
suddenly
felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the
dentist
at
last
removed
the
cotton-wool
from
my
mouth,
I
was
able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

Lesson49 The end of a dream
美
梦
告
终

Tired
of
sleeping
on
the
floor,
a
young
man
in
Teheran
saved
up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his
life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs
and
a
mattress.
Because
the
weather
was
very
hot,
he
carried
the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for
the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew
up. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it
crashing
into
the
courtyard
below.
The
young
man
did
not
wake

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新概念英语第二册


up
until
the
bed
had
struck
the
ground.
Although
the
bed
was
smashed
to
pieces,
the
man
was
miraculously
unhurt.
When
he
woke
up,
he
was
still
on
the
mattress.
Glancing
at
the
bits
of
wood
and
metal
that
lay
around
him,
the
man
sadly
picked
up
the
mattress
and
carried
it
into
his
house.
After
he had
put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.

Lesson50 Taken for a ride
乘
车
兜
风

I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing
my way. I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took
me
longer
than
I
expected. '
I'm
going
to
Woodford
Green,'
I said to the conductor as I got on the bus,' but I don't
know
where
it
is.'
'
I'll
tell
you
where
to
get
off,'
answered
the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the
countryside.
After
some
time,
the
bus
stopped.
Looking
round,
I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left
on the bus.
' You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This
is as far as we go.' ' Is this Woodford Green ?' I asked.
'Oh
dear,'
said
the
conductor
suddenly.'
I
forgot
to
put
you
off.'
'It
doesn't
matter,'
I
said.
'I'll
get
off
here.'
'We

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新概念英语第二册


are
going
back
now,'
said
the
conductor.
'Well,
in
that
case,
I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.

Lesson51 Reward for virtue
对
美德的
奖赏

My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, but things got so
bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his
diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of
all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most
of the things Herbert loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer,
milk, chocolate, and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit.
I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert
was
still
as
fat
as
ever.
He
led
me
into
his
room
and
hurriedly
hid
a
large
parcel
under
his
desk.
It
was
obvious
that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was
doing,
he
smiled
guiltily
and
then
put
the
parcel
on
the
desk.
He
explained
that
his
diet
was
so
strict
that
he
had
to
reward
himself
occasionally.
Then
he
showed
me
the
contents
of
the
parcel.
It
contained
five
large
bars
of
chocolate
and
three
bags of sweets!


Lesson52 A pretty carpet
漂亮的地毯


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We have just moved into a new house and I have been working
hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in
order.
This
has
not
been
easy
because
I
own
over
a
thousand
books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so
I
have
temporarily
put
my
books
on
the
floor.
At
the
moment,
they
cover
every
inch
of
floor
space
and
I
actually
have
to
walk
on
them
to
get
in
or
out
of
the
room.
A
short
while
ago,
my sister helped
me to carry one of my old bookcases up the
stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when
she
saw
all
those
books
on
the
floor.
'This
is
the
prettiest
carpet
I
have
ever
seen,'
she
said.
She
gazed
at
it
for
some
time then added, 'You don't need bookcases at all. You can
sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!'

Lesson53 Hot snake
触电
的蛇

At
last
firemen
have
put
out
a
big
forest
fire
in
California.
Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire
began. Forest fire are often caused by broken glass or by
cigarette
ends
which
people
carelessly
throw
away.
Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but
were
not
able
to
find
any
broken
glass.
They
were
also
quite
sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This

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morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the
cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound
round
the
electric
wires
of
a
16,000-volt
power
line.
In
this
way, he was able to solve the mystery. The explanation was
simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake
from
the
ground
and
then
dropped
it
on
to
the
wires.
The
snake
then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent
sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a
fire.

Lesson54 Sticky fingers
粘糊的手指

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I
went
to
market.
It
was
still
early
when
I
returned
home.
The
children
were
at
school,
my
husband
was
at
work
and
the
house
was
quiet.
So
I
decided
to
make
some
tarts
for
tea.
In
a
short
time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were
soon
covered
with
sticky
pastry.
At
exactly
that
moment,
the
telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying. I
picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was
dismayed when I recognized the voice of Mrs Bates. It took
me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. At last
I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my

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fingers, on the telephone, and on the door-knobs. I had no
sooner
got
back
to
the
kitchen
than
the
door-bell
rang
loud
enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and
he wanted me to sign for a registered letter !

Lesson55 Not a gold mine
并
非金
矿

Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently.
A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and
it
has
been
used
to
detect
gold
which
has
been
buried
in
the
ground. The machine was used in a cave near the seashore
where--it is said--pirates used to hide gold. The pirates
would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect
it.
Armed
with
the
new
machine,
a
search
party
went
into
the
cave
hoping
to
find
buried
treasure.
The
leader
of
the
party
was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when
the
machine
showed
that
there
was
gold
under
the
ground.
Very
excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. They finally
found
a
small
gold
coin
which
was
almost
worthless.
The
party
then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find
anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many
people
are
confident
that
'The
Revealer'
may
reveal
something of value fairly soon.

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