完整版新概念英语第2册课文word版.docx

1、完整版新概念英语第2册课文word版Less on 1 A private con versati on 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 manand a young womanwere sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very an gry. I could not hear the actors. I turned

2、round. I looked at the manand the womanangrily. Theydid not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it.I turned round again. 1 cant hear a word!1 I said an grily.1 Ifs none of your bus in ess/ the young man said rudely. This is a private con versati on!.Lesson 2 Breakfast or lun ch? 早餐还是午餐？I

3、t was Sun day. I n ever get up early on Sun days. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.Last Sun day I got up very late. I looked out of the win dow.It was dark outside.What a day!1 I thought. Its raining aga in. Just the n, the teleph one rang. It was my aunt Lucy? Tve just arrived by train/ she

4、 said. Tm coming to see you/ But rm still hav ing breakfast/ I said.What are you doing ? she asked. Im hav ing breakfast/ I repeated.Dear me/ she said. fDo you always get up so late ? Ifs one oclock!”Less on 3 Please send me a card 请给 我寄张明信片 Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to

5、Italy. I visited museums and sat in public garde ns. A friendly waiter taught mea few words of Italian. Then he lent mea 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

6、 day I made a big decisi on. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a sin gle card !Lesson 4 An excit ing trip激 动人心的旅行I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has bee n there for six mon ths. Tim is an eng

7、in eer. He is worki ng 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 w川 soon visit Darwi n. From there, he will fly to Perth.My brother has n e

8、ver bee n abroad before, so he is finding this trip very excit ing.Less on 5 No wrong nu mbers 无 错号 之虞Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought ano ther garage in Pin hurst. Pin hurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannot get a teleph one for his new garage, so

9、 he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first messagefrom Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distanee in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urge nt messagesfrom one garage to the other. In this way, he has be

10、g un his own private teleph one service.Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 珀西巴顿斯I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Y esterday a beggar knocked at mydoor. He asked mefor a meal and a glass of beer. I n retur n for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food a

11、nd drank the beer. Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a n eighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His nameis Percy Buttons. Hecalls at every house in the street once a mon th and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚The plane was I a

12、te and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diam ond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, some on ehad told the police that thieves would try to steal the diam on ds. Whenthe plane arrived, someof the detectives were waiting in side the main

13、 build ing while others were wait ing on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the pla ne and carriedit in to the Customs House. While two detectives were keep ing guard at the door, two others ope ned the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!Less on 8 The b

14、est and the worst 最好的和最差的Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody en ters for The Nicest Garde n Competiti on each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith*s garden is largerthan Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joes garden i

15、s more interesting. Hehas made n eat paths and has built a woode n bridge over a pool.I like garde ns too, but I do not like hard work. Every yearI en ter for the garde n competiti on too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!Less on 9 A cold welcome 冷遇On Wedn esday eve n

16、ing, we went to the Tow n 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 minu tes1 time. Fiftee n minu tes passed and the n, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. Wewaited an

17、d waited, but nothing happe ned. Sudde nly some one shouted, Ifs 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 mome nt everybody bega n to laugh and sing.Less on 10 Not for jazz 不适于演奏爵士 乐We have an old musica

18、l 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 ourfamily for a long time. The instrument was bought by my gran dfather many years ago. Rece ntly it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She st

19、ruck the keystoo hard and two of the stri ngs were broke n. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a frie nd of my fathers.Less on 11 One good tur n deserves ano ther 礼尚 往来 I was hav ing dinner at a restaura nt whe n Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a

20、 lawyers office years ago, but he is now work ing at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows moneyfrom his friends and never pays it back. Harry saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has n ever borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me&2. To mysurprise,

21、 he gave methe mon eyimmediately.I have never borrowed any money from you/ Harry said, *so now you can pay for my dinn er!Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再见，一路顺风Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. Weshall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. Hewill be

22、in his small boat, Topsail.Tapsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atla nticmany times. Captain Alison will set out at eight oclock so we shall have pienty of time. Weshall see his boat and then we shall say goodbye to him. He will be away for two mon ths. We are very proud of him.

23、 He will take part in an importa nt race across the Atla ntic.Lesson 13 The Gree nwood Boys 绿林少年The Gree nwoodBoys are a group of popular sin gers. At prese nt, they are visit ing all parts of the coun try. They w川 be arriving here tomorrow. They will be coming by train and most of the young people

24、in the tow n will be meet ing them at the stati on.Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers* Club. The GreenwoodBoys 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 i

25、s always the same on these occasi ons.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 v川age 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 int

26、o the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same Ian guage. 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 tow n, whe n the young man sudde nly said, very slowly, fDo you speak En glish?1 As I soon l

27、ear nt, he was En glish himself!Less on 15 Good n ews 佳音The secretary told me that Mr. Harmsworth would see me. I felt very n ervous whe n. I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk whe n I en tered. After I had sat dow n, he said that bus in ess was very bad. He told methat the firm

28、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. fD on*t in terrupt/ heSaid. 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 th

29、e wrong place, a traffic policemanwill soon find it. You will be very lucky if he lets you go without a ticket. However, this does not always happen.Traffic police are sometimes very polite. During a holidayin Sweden, I found this note on my car:1 Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a “No Parki

30、ng area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay atte nti on to our street sig ns. This note is only a reminder? If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it!Less on 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,

31、she often appearson 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 longblack stock in gs. Last year in ano ther play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, oran ge-c

32、oloured dress. If anyone ever asked her how old she is, she always answers, *My dear, it must be terrible to be grow n up!lesso n18 He ofte n 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 was nt there ! As I was looking for it, the inn-keeper camein. *Did you have a good meal ? he asked. Yes, thank you/ I answered, fbut I can*t pay the bill. I have n*t got my bag/ The inn-keeper smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he retur ned with my bag and gave