新概念英語第2冊30課課文

1. 新概念第2冊 33--40課的課文

Lesson 33 Out of the darkness
沖出黑暗
Why was the girl in hospital?
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.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
darkness n.explain v.coast n.storm n.towards prep.rock n.shore n.
cliff n.struggle v.參考譯文
幾乎過了一個星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發，遇上了風暴。天將黑時，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳進了海里。她在海里游 了整整一夜才游到岸邊。在那段時間里，她遊了8英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有燈光，知道自己已經接近岸邊了，因為那燈光是在高高的峭壁上。到達岸邊後， 姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。她所記得的就是這些。第二天她醒來時，發現自己躺在醫院里。
Lesson 34 Quick work
破案「神速」
How long had the police taken to find his bicycle?
Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore. 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. Dan 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 Dan was a boy of fifteen!
Lesson 35 Stop thief!
捉賊！
How did Roy stop the thieves?
Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has 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 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.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
regret v. 後悔far adv. 非常act v. 行動s fright n. 害怕battered adj. 撞壞的shortly adv. 很快，不久
afterwards adv. 以後
羅伊.特雷頓原是開出租汽車的，然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽車，也並不為此而感到後悔。他發覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。最近，當他正開車在凱特福德 街上行駛時，看到有兩個小偷從一家商店裡沖出來，奔向等在那裡的一輛汽車，其中一個提著一隻裝滿鈔票的提包。羅伊行動迅速，開車直沖竊賊而去。拿錢的那個 小偷嚇得把提包都扔了。當那兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的後尾上。當那輛被撞壞的車開走後，羅伊停下車，給警察掛了電話。 小偷的車損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。沒過多久，警察就截住了那輛車，兩個小偷都被抓住了。
station n. （警察）局
most adv. 相當，非常
Lesson 36 Across the Channel
橫渡海峽
What is Debbie going to try to do?
Debbie 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. Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed. Debbie'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. Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food. Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
record n. 記錄train v. 訓練anxiously adv. 焦急地intend v. 打算solid adj. 固體的，硬的
參考譯文
黛比.哈特准備明天橫渡英吉利海峽。她打算早上5點鍾從法國海岸出發。黛比只有11歲，她希望創一項新的世界紀錄。她是一個游泳能手，很多人認為她一定能 成功。黛比的父親將乘一條小船同她一道出發。哈特先生訓練她的女兒已經多年了，明天他將焦急地注視著女兒游過這段漫長的距離到達英國。黛比計劃每兩小時休 息一下。她將喝些飲料，但不吃固體食物。黛比的大部分同學將在英國海岸等候她。他們當中還會有黛比的母親，她本人還是個姑娘時，也曾橫渡過英吉利海峽！
Lesson 37 The Olympic Games
奧林匹克運動會
When was the last time this country hosted the Olympic Games?
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 new Olympic-standard 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 fantastic 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.
immense adj. 巨大的stadium n. 露天體育場standard n. 標准fantastic adj. 巨大的參考譯文
4年以後，奧林匹克運動會將在我們國家舉行。由於將有大批的人到我們國家來，所以政府准備建造一些新的飯店、一個大型體育場和一個新的奧運會標准游泳池。 他們還將修築一些新的道路和一條鐵路專線。奧運會就在首都市郊舉辦，整個地區將被稱作「奧林匹克城」。工人們將在今年年底前把新路鋪好；到明年年底，他們 將把新體育場建成。這些巨大的現代化建築是由庫爾特.岡特設計的。大家都將急切地注視著新建築的建成。我們都非常激動，盼望著奧運會的到來，因為在這個國 家裡還從未舉辦過奧運會。
Lesson 38 Everything except the weather
唯獨沒有考慮到天氣
Why did Harrison sell his house so quickly?
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 house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was 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.
Mediterranean n. 地中海continually adv. 不斷地bitterly adv. 刺骨地sunshine n. 陽光
我的老朋友哈里森在回到英國以前曾多年居住在地中海地區。過去他常幻想退休後到英國，並計劃在鄉間安頓下來。他剛一回到英國便買下了一幢房子住了進去。但 緊接著他就開始抱怨那裡的天氣了。因為即使那時仍為夏季，但雨總是下個不停，而且常常冷得厲害。在陽光下生活了那麼多年的哈里森對此感到驚奇。他的舉動就 好像他從未在英國生活過一樣。最後，他再也忍受不住，還沒等安頓下來就賣掉了房子，離開了這個國家。他多年來的幻想從此破滅。哈里森把每件事情都考慮到 了，唯獨沒想到天氣。
Lesson 39 Am I all right?
我是否痊癒？
Why did Mr. Gilbert telephone Dr. Millington?
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 hosptial for another two weeks. Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.'
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
operation n. 手術following adj. 下一個inquire v. 詢問，打聽certain adj. 某個relative n. 親戚
當約翰.吉爾伯特住院的時候，他問醫生他的手術是否成功，但醫生拒絕告訴他。第二天，這位病人要了一部床頭電話。當房裡只剩他一個人時，他掛通了醫院的交 換台，要求與米靈頓醫生講話。當這位醫生接過電話時，吉爾伯特先生說他想詢問一個病人的情況，是一位名叫約翰.吉爾伯特的先生。他問吉爾伯特先生的手術中 否成功，醫生告訴他手術很成功。然後他又問吉爾伯特先生什麼時候可以回家，醫生說他在醫院還必須再住上兩個星期。之後，米靈頓醫生問打電話的人是否是病人 的親屬。「不是，」病人回答說，「我就是約翰.吉爾伯特先生。」
Lesson 40 Food and talk
進餐與交談
Was Mrs. Rumbold a good companion at dinner?
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 "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will 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!"
hostess n. 女主人unsmiling adj. 不笑的，嚴肅的tight adj. 緊身的fix v. 凝視globe n. 地球
despair n. 絕望
在上星期的一次宴會上，女主人安排我坐在蘭伯爾德夫人的身旁。蘭伯爾德夫人是一位身材高大、表情嚴肅的女人，穿一件緊身的黑衣服。當我在她身旁坐下來的時候，她甚至連頭都沒有抬一下。她的眼睛盯著自己的盤子，不一會兒就忙著吃起來了。我試圖找個話題和她聊聊。
「一出新劇要來『環球劇場』上演了，」我說，「您去看嗎？」
「不，」她回答。
「您今年去國外度假嗎？」我又問。
「不，」她回答。
「您就呆在英國嗎？」我問。
「不，」她回答。
失望之中我問她飯是否吃得滿意。
「年輕人，」她回答說，「如果你多吃點，少說點，我們兩個都會吃得好的！」

2. 我想要新概念第二冊課文23到30課

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 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.
昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在奈及利亞。在信中她說她明年將到英國來。如果她來了，她會感到非常驚奇了。我們現在住在鄉間的一棟漂亮的新住宅里。這棟房子在我姐姐離開之前就已動工了，是在5個月以前竣工的。我在信中告訴她，她可以和我們住在一起。這棟房子里有許多房間，還有一個漂亮的花園。它是一棟非常現代化的住宅，因此在有些人看來很古怪。它肯定是這個地區唯一的一棟現代化住宅。

Lesson24 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 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!』
我走進飯店經理的辦公室，坐了下來。我剛剛丟了50英鎊，感到非常煩惱。「我把錢放在房間里，」我說，「可現在沒有了。」經理深表同情，但卻無能為力。「現在大家都在丟錢，」他說。他開始抱怨起這個邪惡的世道來，卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了。一個姑娘走了進來，把一個信封放在了他桌上。它裡面裝著50英鎊。「這是我在這位先生的房門外撿到的，」她說。「是啊，」我對那位經理說，「這世界上還是有誠實可言的！」

Lesson25 Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？
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 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?
我終於到了倫敦。火車站很大，又黑又暗。我不知道去飯店的路該怎麼走，於是向一個搬運工打聽。我的英語講得不但非常認真，而且咬字也非常清楚。然而搬運工卻不明白我的話。我把問話重復了很多遍。他終於聽懂了。他回答了，但他講得既不慢也不清楚。「我是個外國人，」我說。於是他說得慢了，可我還是聽不懂。我的老師從來不那樣講英語！我和搬運工相視一笑。接著，他說了點什麼，這回我聽懂了。「您會很快學會英語的！」他說。我感到奇怪。在英國，人們各自說著一種不同的語言。英國人之間相互聽得懂，可我卻不懂他們的話！他們說的是英語嗎？

lesson26 The best art critics 最佳美術評論家
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, 'but isn't it upside-down ?' I looked at it again. She was right! It was!
我是個學藝術的學生，畫了很多畫。有很多人裝成很懂現代藝術的樣子，總是告訴你一幅畫的「意思」是什麼。當然，有很多畫是什麼「意思」也沒有的。它們就是些好看的圖案，我們喜愛它們就像我們喜歡漂亮的窗簾布一樣。我覺得小孩子們往往比任何人都更能欣賞現代繪畫，他們觀察到的東西更多。我的妹妹只有7歲，但她總能說出我的畫是好還是壞。昨天她到我房裡來了。
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.
傍晚時分，孩子們在田野中央搭起了帳篷。這件事剛剛做完，他們就在篝火上燒起了飯。他們全都餓了，飯菜散發出陣陣香味。他們美美地吃了一頓飯後，就圍在營火旁講起了故事，唱起了歌。但過了一陣子。天下起雨來，於是他們撲滅了篝火，鑽進了帳篷。睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他們都睡得很香。午夜前後，有兩個孩子醒了，大聲叫了起來。原來帳篷里到處都是水！他們全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。雨下得很大，他們發現地上已經形成了一條小溪。那小溪彎彎曲曲穿過田野，然後正好從他們的帳篷底下流過去。

Lesson28 No parking 禁止停車
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. 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 Mesa, the Gorgon. Jasper hopes that she will turn motorists to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!
賈斯珀.懷特是少有的相信古代神話的人之一。他剛在城裡買下一所新房子，但自從搬進去後，就和汽車及車主們發生了磨擦。當他夜裡回到家時，總是發現有人把車停在他家大門外。為此，他甚至一次也沒能把自己的車開進車庫。賈斯珀曾把幾塊「禁止停車」的牌子掛在大門外邊，但沒有任何效果。現在他把一個醜陋的石雕頭像放在了大門上邊，這是我見過的最醜陋的頭像之一。我問他那是什麼？他告訴我那是蛇發女怪美杜莎。賈斯珀希望她把汽車和車主們都變成石頭。但到目前為止還沒有一個變成石頭呢！

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 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 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.
本.弗西特機長買了一輛不同尋常的出租汽車，並開始了一項新的業務。這輛「出租汽車」是一架小型瑞士飛機，叫「皮勒特斯.波特「號。這架奇妙的飛機可以載7名乘客。然而，最令人驚奇的是它能夠在任何地方降落：雪地上，水面上，甚至剛耕過的田裡。弗西特機長的第一名乘客是位醫生，他從伯明翰飛往威爾士山區一個偏僻的村莊。從那時開始，弗西特機長已經載送乘客到過許多不尋常的地方。一次，他把飛機降落在了一棟公寓樓的屋頂上；還有一次，降落在了一個廢棄的停車場上。弗西特機長剛剛拒絕了一位商人的奇怪要求。這個人想要飛往大西洋上的一個孤島 -- 羅卡爾島，弗西特機長之所以不送他去，是因為那段飛行太危險了。

Lesson30 Football or polo? 足球還是水球？
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.
威爾河是橫穿過我家附近公園的一條小河。我喜歡在天氣晴朗的下午到河邊坐坐。上星期日天氣很暖和。於是我和往常一樣，又去河邊坐著。河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有些人正在劃船。突然，一個孩子狠狠地踢了一腳球，球便向著一隻劃過來的小船飛去。岸上的一些人對著小船上的人高喊，但他沒有聽見。球重重地打在他身上，使他差點兒落入水中。我轉過頭去看那些孩子，但一個也不見，全都跑了！當那個人明白了發生的事情時，笑了起來。他大聲叫著那些孩子，把球扔回到岸上。

3. 新概念第2冊20—30課原文

Lesson 20: One man in a boat獨坐孤舟

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
Why is fishing the writer's favourite sport?

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!

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

catch v. 抓到
fisherman n. 釣魚人，漁民
boot n. 靴子
waste n. 浪費
realize v. 意識到

Lesson 21 Mad or not? 是不是瘋了

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
Why do people think the writer is mad?

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, 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 am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

mad adj. 發瘋
reason n. 原因
sum n. 量
determined adj. 堅定的，下決心的

Lesson 22:A glass envelope 玻璃信封

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
How did Jane receive a letter from a stranger?

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 little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

dream v. 做夢，夢想
age n. 年齡
channel n. 海峽
throw v. 扔，拋

Lesson 23: A new house 新居

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
Why is the new house special?

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 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.

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

complete v. 完成
modern adj. 新式的，與以往不同的
strange adj. 奇怪的
district n. 地區

Lesson 24: If could be worse 不幸中之萬幸

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
Had the writer's money been stolen?

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 $50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

manager n. 經理
upset adj. 不安
sympathetic adj. 表示同情的
complain v. 抱怨
wicked adj. 很壞的，邪惡的
contain v. 包含，內裝
honesty n. 誠實

Lesson 25:Do the English speak English? 英國人講的是英語嗎？

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
Why does the writer not understand the porter?

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 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 person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

railway n. 鐵路
porter n. 搬運工
several quantifier 幾個
foreigner n. 外國人
wonder v. 感到奇怪

Lesson 26:The best art critics 最佳藝術評論家
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
Who is the student's best critic?

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

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

art n. 藝術
critic n. 評論家
paint v. 畫
pretend v. 假裝
pattern n. 圖案
curtain n. 窗簾，幕布
material n. 材料
appreciate v. 鑒賞
notice v. 注意到
whether conj. 是否
hang v. 懸掛，吊
critically adv. 批評地
upside down 上下顛倒地

Lesson 27:A wet night 雨夜

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
What happened to the boys in the night?

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 smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put 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!

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

tent n. 帳篷
field n. 田地，田野
smell v. 聞起來
wonderful adj. 極好的
campfire n. 營火，篝火
creep v. 爬行
sleeping bag 睡袋
comfortable adj. 舒適的，安逸的
soundly adv. 香甜地
leap v. 跳躍，跳起
heavily adv. 大量地
stream n. 小溪
form v. 形成
wind v. 蜿蜒
right adv. 正好

Lesson 28:No parking 禁止停車

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
What is Jasper White's problem?

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 cars and their owners. 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 Mesa, the Gorgon. jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

rare adj. 罕見的
ancient adj. 古代的，古老的
myth n. 神話故事
trouble n. 麻煩
effect n. 結果，效果
Mesa n. 美杜莎（古希臘神話中3位蛇發女怪這一）
Gorgon n. （古希臘神話中的）3位蛇發女怪這一（凡見其貌者都會變成石頭）

Lesson 29:Taxi! 出租汽車

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
Does Captain Fawcett think any trip is too dangerous?

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 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.

Lesson 30:Football or polo? 足球還是水球？

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然後回答以下問題。
What happened to the man in the boat?

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.

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

polo n. 水球
Wayle n. 威爾（河名）
cut v. 穿過
row v. 劃（船）
kick v. 踢
towards prep. 朝，向
nearly adv. 幾乎
sight n. 眼界，視域

4. 誰能告訴我《新概念英語》第二冊第30~33課的課文內容

30
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 child-
ren 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 to-
wards 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.

31
Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was
telling me about his expcriences 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 hun-
dred 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!

32
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 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 !

33
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.

5. 新概念英語第二冊1-30課文章及聽力

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Lesson 32
Shopping made easy

購物變得很方便
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 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!

參考譯文

人們不再像以前那樣誠實了。偷竊的誘惑力比以往任何時候都更強烈 -- 特別是在大的商店裡。一名偵探最近注意上了一位穿著講究的婦女，她總是在星期一上午進入一家大商場。有一個星期一，當這位婦女走進這家商場時，裡面的人比往常少，因此，偵探比較容易監視她。這位婦女先是買了幾樣小商品。過了一會兒，她又選了商場里最昂貴的一件衣服，把它遞給了售貨員。那售貨員以最快的速度為她包好了衣服。然後，那婦女拿過包就走出了商場，根本沒有付錢。她被逮捕後。偵探發現原來那售貨員是她的女兒。那姑娘每星期「送」她母親一件免費的衣服！

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Lesson 33
Out of the darkness

沖出黑暗

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.

參考譯文

幾乎過了一個星期，那姑娘才能講述自己的遭遇。一天下午，她乘小船從海岸出發，遇上了風暴。天將黑時，小船撞在了一塊礁石上，姑娘跳進了海里。她在海里遊了整整一夜才游到岸邊。在那段時間里，她遊了8英里。第二天凌晨，她看到前方有燈光，知道自己已經接近岸邊了，因為那燈光是在高高的峭壁上。到達岸邊後，姑娘朝著她看到的燈光方向掙扎著往峭壁上爬去。她所記得的就是這些。第二天她醒來時，發現自己躺在醫院里。

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Lesson 34
Quick work

破案「神速」

Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore. 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. Dan 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 Dan was a boy of fifteen!

參考譯文

丹.魯賓遜焦慮了整整一個星期。上星期二他收到當地警察局的一封信，要他到警察局去一趟。丹奇怪警察為什麼找他，但昨天還是去了，結果他一再擔心了。在警察局裡，一位面帶笑容的警察告訴他，他的自行車找到了。那位警察對他說，那輛自行車是5天前在400英里外的一個小村裡發現的，現在正用火車給他運回家來。丹聽到這個消息後，驚奇萬分，但又感到非常好笑，因為他從未指望那輛自行車還能找到。這是20年前丹還是一個15歲的孩子時被人偷走的！

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Lesson 35
Stop thief!

捉賊！

Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has 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 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.

參考譯文

羅伊.特雷頓原是開出租汽車的，然而就在前不久，他開上了公共汽車，也並不為此而感到後悔。他發覺自己的新工作令人興奮得多。最近，當他正開車在凱特福德街上行駛時，看到有兩個小偷從一家商店裡沖出來，奔向等在那裡的一輛汽車，其中一個提著一隻裝滿鈔票的提包。羅伊行動迅速，開車直沖竊賊而去。拿錢的那個小偷嚇得把提包都扔了。當那兩個小偷企圖乘車逃跑時，羅伊駕駛他的公共汽車撞在了那輛車的後尾上。當那輛被撞壞的車開走後，羅伊停下車，給警察掛了電話。小偷的車損壞嚴重，很容易辨認。沒過多久，警察就截住了那輛車，兩個小偷都被抓住了。

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呵呵，但願有幫到你～～

7. 新概念英語第二冊30課，急急！

call out to sb. 意思是對某人大聲喊
call out 大聲喊，作用等於一個不及物動詞，因此不能直接接賓語，需要藉助介詞to.
不知這樣解釋，懂了沒有？

8. 新概念英語第二冊第30課文章速配

What happened to the man in the boat?
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