新概念英語第二冊課文

1 Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人談話私人談話 Last week I went to the theatre 上星期我去看戲 I had a very good seat 我的座位很好 The play was very interesting 戲很有意思 I did not enjoy it 但我卻無法欣賞 A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me 一青年男子與一青年女子坐在我的身后 They were talking loudly 大聲地說著話 I got very angry 我非常生氣 I could not hear the actors 因為我聽不見演員在說什么 I turned round 我回過頭 I looked at the man and the woman angrily 怒視著那一男一 女 They did not pay any attention 他們卻毫不理會 In the end I could not bear it 最后 我忍不住了 I turned round again 又一次回過頭去 I can t hear a word I said angrily 生氣地說 我一個字也聽不見了 It s none of your business the young man said rudely This is a private conversation 不關你的事 那男的毫不客氣地說 這是私人間的談話 2 Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch 早餐還是午餐 早餐還是午餐 It was Sunday 那是個星期天 I never get up early on Sundays 而在星期天我是從來不早起 的 I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time 有時我要一直躺到吃午飯的時候 Last Sunday I got up very late 上個星期天 我起得很晚 I looked out of the window 我望望窗外 It was dark outside 外面一片昏暗 What a day I thought 鬼天氣 我想 It s raining again 又下雨了 Just then the telephone rang 正在這時 電話鈴響了 It was my aunt Lucy 是我姑母露西打來的 I ve just arrived by train 我剛下火車 she said I m coming to see you 她說 我這就來看你 But I m still having breakfast 但我還在吃早飯 我說 I said What are you doing 你在干什么 她問道 she asked I m having breakfast I repeated 我正在吃早飯 我又說了一遍 Dear me she said 天啊 她說 Do you always get up so late 你總是起得這么晚嗎 It s one o clock 現在已經 1 點鐘了 3 Lesson 3 Please send me a card 請給我寄一張明信片請給我寄一張明信片 Postcards always spoil my holidays 明信片總攪得我假日不安寧 Last summer I went to Italy 去年夏天 我去了意大利 I visited museums and sat in public gardens 我參觀了博物館 還去了公園 A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian 一位好客的服務員教了我?guī)拙湟獯罄Z Then he lent me a book 之后還借給我一本書 I read a few lines 我讀了幾行 but I did not understand a word 但一個字也不懂 Every day I thought about postcards 我每天都想著明信片的事 My holidays passed quickly 假期過得真快 but I did not send any cards to my friends 可我還沒有給我的朋友們寄過一張明信片 On the last day 到了最后一天 I made a big decision 我作出了一項重大決定 I got up early and bought thirty seven cards 我早早起了床 買來了 37 張明信片 I spent the whole day in my room 我在房間里關了整整一天 4 but I did not write a single card 然而竟連一張明信片也沒寫成 Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激動人心的旅行激動人心的旅行 I have just received a letter from my brother Tim 我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信 He is in Australia 他正在澳大利亞 He has been there for six months 他在那兒已經住了 6 個月了 Tim is an engineer 蒂姆是個工程師 He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia 正在為一家大公司工作 并且已經去過澳大利亞的不少地方了 He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs 他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車 a small town in the centre of Australia 現在去了澳大利亞中部的小鎮(zhèn)艾利斯斯普林斯 He will soon visit Darwin 他不久還將到達爾文去 From there he will fly to Perth 從那里 他再飛往珀斯 My brother has never been abroad before 我弟弟以前從未出過國 5 so he is finding this trip very exciting 因此 他覺得這次旅行非常激動人心 Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 無錯號之虞無錯號之虞 Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury 詹姆斯 斯科特先生在錫爾伯里有一個汽車修理部 and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst 現在他剛在平赫斯特買了另一個汽車修理部 Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury 平赫斯特離錫爾伯里只有 5 英里 but Mr Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage 但詹姆斯 斯科特先生未能為他新的汽車修理部搞到一部電話機 so he has just bought twelve pigeons Yesterday 所以他買了 12 只鴿子 昨天 a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury 一只鴿子把第一封信從平赫斯特帶到錫爾伯里 The bird covered the distance in three minutes 這只鳥只用了 3 分鐘就飛完了全程 Up to now 到目前為止 Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts 6 and other urgent messages from one garage to the other 斯科特先生從一個汽車修理部向另一個發(fā)送了大量索取備件的信件和 其他緊急函件 In this way 就這樣 he has begun his own private telephone service 他開始了自己的私人 電話 業(yè)務 Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 珀西珀西 巴頓斯巴頓斯 I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street 我剛剛搬進了大橋街的一所房子 Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door 昨天一個乞丐來敲我的門 He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer 問我要一頓飯和一杯啤酒 In return for this 作為回報 the beggar stood on his head and sang songs 那乞丐頭頂地倒立起來 嘴里還唱著歌 I gave him a meal 我給了他一頓飯 He ate the food and drank the beer 他把食物吃完 又喝了酒 Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away 然后把一塊乳酪裝進衣袋里走了 Later a neighbor told me about him 后