新概念英语2短文

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!'. （第一课）It was Sunday. I never get up early onSundays. I sometimes stay in bed untillunch time. Last Sunday I got up verylate. I looked out of the window. It wasdark outside. 'What a day!' I thought.'It's raining again.' Just then, the tele-phone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.' I'vejust arrived by train,' she said. 'I'mcoming to see you.''But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.'What are you doing ?' she asked.' I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you alwaysget up so late ? It's one o'clock!''（第二课）Postcards always spoil my holidays. Lastsummer, I went to Italy. I visitedmuseums and sat in public gardens. Afriendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. 'Then he lent me a book. I readis few lines, but I did not understand aword. Every day I thought about post-cards. My holidays passed quickly, but Idid not send any cards to my friends. Onthe last day I made a big decision. I gotup early and bought thirty-seven cardsI spent the whole day in my room, but Idid not write a single card !（第三课)I have just received a letter from mybrother, Tim. He is in Australia.He hasbeen there for six months. Tim is anengineer. He is working for a big firmand he has already visited a great numberof different places in Australia. He hasjust bought an Australian car and hasgone to Alice Springs, a small town in thecentre of Australia. He will soon visitDarwin. From there, he will fly to Perth.My brother has never been abroad be-fore, so he is finding this trip very exciting（第四课）Mr James Scott has a garage in Silburyand now he has just bought anothergarage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only fivemiles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannotget a telephone for his new garage, so hehas just bought twelve pigeons. Yester-day, a pigeon carried the first messagefrom Pinhurst to Silbury. The birdcovered the distance in three minutes.Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a greatmany requests for spare parts and otherurgent messages from one garage to theother. In this way, he has begun his ownprivate telephone service. （第五课） I have just moved to a house in BridgeStreet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at mydoor. He asked me for a meal and a glassof beer. In return for this, the beggarstood on his head and sang songs. I gavehim a meal. He ate the food and drankthe beer. Then he put a piece of cheesein his pocket and went away. Later aneighbour told me about him. Everybodyknows him. His name is Percy Buttons.He calls at every house in the street oncea month and always asks for a meal and aglass of beer.（第六课）The plane was late and detectives werewaiting at the airport all morning. Theywere expecting a valuable parcel of dia-mond from South Africa. A few hoursearlier, someone had told the police thatthieves would try to steal the diamonds.When the plane arrived,some of the de-tectives were waiting inside the mainbuilding while others were waiting on theairfield. Two men took the parcel offthe plane and carried it into the CustomsHouse. While two detectives were keep-ing guard at the door, two others openedthe parcel. To their surprise, the preciousparcel was full of stones and sand!（第七课）Joe Sanders has the most beautiful gardenin our town. Nearly everybody enters for'The Nicest Garden Competition' eachyear, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith'sgarden is larger than Joe's. Bill worksharder than Joe and grows more flowersand vegetables, but Joe's garden is moreinteresting. He has made neat paths andhas built a wooden bridge over a pool. Ilike gardens too, but I do not like hardwork. Every year I enter for the gardencompetition too, and I always win a littleprize for the worst garden in the town!（第八课）On Wednesday evening, we went to theTown Hall. It was the last day of the yearand a large crowd of people had gatheredunder the Town Hall clock.It wouldstrike twelve in twenty minutes' time.Fifteen minutes passed and then, at fiveto twelve, the clock stopped. The bigminute hand did not move. We waitedand waited, but nothing happened. Sud-denly someone shouted, 'It's two minutespast twelve! The clock has stopped!' Ilooked at my watch. It was true. The bigclock refused to welcome the New Year.At that moment everybody began tolaugh and sing.（第九课）We have an old musical instrument. It iscalled a clavichord. It was made in Ger-many in 1681. Our clavichord is kept inthe living-room. It has belong to ourfamily for a long time. The instrumentwas bought by my grandfather manyyears ago. Recently it was damaged by avisitor. She tried to play jazz on it! Shestruck the keys too hard and two of thestrings were broken. My father wasshocked. Now we are not allowed to touchit. It is being repaired by a friend of myfather's. （第十课）

《新概念英语》第二册第2课 Breakfast or lunch 早餐还是午餐?【课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why was the writer's aunt surprised?Breakfast or lunch?It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. What a day! I thought. It’s raining again. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I’ve just arrived by train,' she said. 'I‘m coming to see you.''But I’m still having breakfast,' I said.'What are you doing?' she asked.'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It‘s one oclock!'【课文翻译】那是个星期天，而在星期天我是从来不早起的，有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。上个星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。“鬼天气!”我想，“又下雨了。”正在这时，电话铃响了。是我姑母露西打来的。“我刚下火车，”她说，“我这就来看你。”“但我还在吃早饭，”我说。“你在干什么?”她问道。“我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗?现在已经1点钟了!”【生词和短语】until prep. 直到outside adv. 外面ring v. (铃、电话等)响aunt n. 姑，姨，婶，舅母repeat v. 重复

《新概念英语》第二册第2课 Breakfast or lunch 早餐还是午餐?【课文】First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。Why was the writer's aunt surprised?Breakfast or lunch?It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. What a day! I thought. It’s raining again. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. 'I’ve just arrived by train,' she said. 'I‘m coming to see you.''But I’m still having breakfast,' I said.'What are you doing?' she asked.'I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you always get up so late? It‘s one oclock!'【课文翻译】那是个星期天，而在星期天我是从来不早起的，有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候。上个星期天，我起得很晚。我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。“鬼天气!”我想，“又下雨了。”正在这时，电话铃响了。是我姑母露西打来的。“我刚下火车，”她说，“我这就来看你。”“但我还在吃早饭，”我说。“你在干什么?”她问道。“我正在吃早饭，”我又说了一遍。“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗?现在已经1点钟了!”【生词和短语】until prep. 直到outside adv. 外面ring v. (铃、电话等)响aunt n. 姑，姨，婶，舅母repeat v. 重复

Lesson1:A private conversation 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!'. 译文:上星期我去看戏。我的座位很好，戏很有意思，但我却无法欣赏。一青年男子与一青年女子坐在我的身后，大声的说话。我非常生气，因为我听不见演员在说什么。我回过头去怒视那一男一女，他们却毫不理会。最后，我忍不住了，又一次回过头去，生气的说：“我一个字也听不见了！” “不管你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话！”

Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble哈勃望远镜的困境First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。What is the special importance of a telescope in space?The Hubble telescope was launched into space by NASA on April 20,1990 at a cost of over a billion dollars. Right from the start there was trouble with the Hubble. The pictures it sent us were very disappointing because its main mirror was faulty! NASA is now going to put the telescope right, so it will soon be sending up four astronauts to repair it. The shuttle Endeavour will be taking the astronauts to the Hubble. A robot-arm from the Endeavour will grab the telescope and hold it while the astronauts make the necessary repairs. Of course, the Hubble is above the earth's atmosphere, so it will soon be sending us the clearest pictures of the stars and distant galaxies that we have ever seen. The Hubble will tell us a great deal about the age and size of the universe. By the time you read this, the Hubble's eagle eye will have sent us thousands and thousands of wonderful pictures.New words and expressions 生词和短语Hubble n. 哈勃telescope n. 望远镜launch v. 发射space n. 空间NASA n.(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 国家航空和航天局billion n. 10亿faulty adj. 有错误的astronaut n. 宇航员shuttle n. 航天飞机Endeavour n. “奋进”号robot-arm n. 机器手grab v. 抓atmosphere n. 大气层distant adj. 遥远的galaxy n. 星系universe n. 宇宙eagle eye 鹰眼参考译文哈勃望远镜于1990年4月20日由国家航空航天局发射升空，耗资10多亿美元。从最开始哈勃望远镜就有问题。它传送给我们的图像很令人失望，因为它的主要镜子有误差。国家航天局准备纠正这一错误，为此将把4名宇航员送入太空修复望远镜。“奋进”号航天飞机将把宇航员送上哈勃。当宇航员进行必要的修复工作时，“奋进”号上的一只机器手将抓住望远镜并托住它。当然，哈勃位于地球的大气层之外，因此，它很快就会给我们传送我们所见到过的、有关行星和远距离星系的最清晰的照片。哈勃将告诉我们有关宇宙的年龄和大小的许多事情。等到你读到这篇文章时，敏锐的哈勃望远镜已经为我们送来了成千上万张精彩的照片。