新概念英語第二冊課文及翻譯

1、新概念英語第新概念英語第2冊課文- -人們會(huì)做任何事去看一場免費(fèi)的演出即使是壞的。當(dāng)喜劇節(jié)目的消息傳開后會(huì)在我們當(dāng)?shù)赜霸貉莩龅南鏖_后，我們都趕緊跑去觀看。我們必須排幾個(gè)小時(shí)的長隊(duì)去肯定已有好幾百人演出開始前。不幸的是，這次演出是我們所看過的最乏味的。那些沒能進(jìn)來的人不需要感到失望，因?yàn)楹芏鄳?yīng)該出場的專業(yè)演員都沒有來。我們聽到的唯一有趣的事情，晚上從廣告商開始時(shí)的方案。顯然他神經(jīng)十分緊張，他在麥克風(fēng)前局促不安地站了好幾分鐘.當(dāng)他打開他的嘴，每個(gè)人都大笑起來。我們都知道那位可憐的人應(yīng)該說什么，但他實(shí)際上說的是：“這是poo和Ee食鳥公司。好女士們，晚上好！”Whatsforsupper?晚餐吃

2、什么？FishandchipshasalwaysbeenafavouritedishinBritain,butastheoceanshavebeenoverfished,fishhasbecomemoreandmoreexpensive.Soitcom,esasasurprisetolearnthatgiantfishareterrifyingthediversonNorthSeaoilrigs.Oilrigshavetoberepairedfrequentlyanddivers,whooftenhavetoworkindarknessahundredfeetunderwater,havebe

3、enfrightenedoutoftheirwitsbygiantfishbumpingintothemastheywork.Nowtheyhavehadspecialcagesmadetoprotectthemfromthesemonsters.Thefisharenotsharksorkillerwhales,butfavouriteeatingvarietieslikecodandskatewhichgrowtounnaturalsizes,sometimesasmuchastwelvefeetinlength.Threefactorshavecausedthesefishtogrows

4、olarge:thewarmwaterroundthehotoilpipesunderthesea;theplentifulsupplyoffoodthrownoverboardbythecrewsontherigs;thetotalabsenceoffishingboatsaroundtheoilrigs.Asaresult,thefishjusteatandeatandgrowandgrowinthelovelywarmwater.Whoeatswho?魚和炸土豆片一直是英國人喜愛的一道菜，但是隨著海洋里的濫捕濫撈，魚已經(jīng)變得越來越昂貴。因此，胚胎作為一個(gè)驚喜地獲悉，巨魚潛水員北海石油鉆井

5、平臺(tái)上的。鉆井平臺(tái)需要經(jīng)常修理，潛水員，誰經(jīng)常有水下一百英尺黑暗中工作，嚇壞了的巨大的魚在工作時(shí)被撞到他們?，F(xiàn)在他們有了特制的籠子，用來保護(hù)他們免受大魚。這些魚并不是鯊魚或逆戟鯨，但人們喜愛的食用魚品種，如鱈魚和滑冰，長得出奇地大，有時(shí)長達(dá)十二英尺長。有三個(gè)因素造成這些魚長這么大的暖水：海底熱的輸油管道；扔下的大量的食物由鉆井平臺(tái)工作人員；絕對沒有漁船的石油鉆井平臺(tái)。因此，魚只吃呀吃在可愛的暖水。究竟誰吃誰呢？Threemeninabasket三人同籃ApilotnoticedaballoonwhichseemedtobemakingforaRoyalAirForceStationnearby

6、.Heinformedthestationatonce,butnoonetherewasabletoexplainthemystery.Theofficerinthecontroltowerwasveryangrywhenheheardthenews,becauseballoonscanbeagreatdangertoaircraft.Hesaidthatsomeonemightbespyingonthestationandthepilotwasorderedtokeeptrackofthestrangeobject.Thepilotmanagedtocircletheballoonforso

7、metime.Hecouldmakeoutthreemeninabasketunderitandoneofthemwasholdingapairofbinoculars.Whentheballoonwasoverthestation,thepilotsawoneofthementakingphotographs.Soonafterwards,theballoonbegantodescendanditlandednearanairfield.Thepolicewerecalledin,buttheycouldnotarrestanyone,forthebasketcontainedtwoMemb

8、ersofParliamentandtheCommandingOfficerofthestation!AstheCommandingOfficerexplained,later,onehalfofthestationdidnotknowwhattheotherhalfwasdoing!一個(gè)飛行員發(fā)現(xiàn)了一只氣球，它像是附近的一個(gè)皇家空軍基地。他馬上通知了基地，但那里的人沒有一個(gè)能解釋的謎?？刂扑系墓賳T得知這一消息后，非常氣憤，因?yàn)闅馇蛴锌赡芙o飛機(jī)造成極大的危險(xiǎn)。他說可能有人對基地進(jìn)行偵察和命令那個(gè)飛行員跟蹤那個(gè)奇怪的飛行物。飛行員設(shè)法繞著氣球轉(zhuǎn)了一段時(shí)間。他把籃子里有三個(gè)男人和一個(gè)拿著一副雙筒

9、望遠(yuǎn)鏡。當(dāng)氣球飛臨車站，飛行員看見有一個(gè)人在照片。此后不久，氣球開始降落，并在一個(gè)機(jī)場附近著陸。警察被召來了，但他們卻不能逮捕任何人，因?yàn)榭鹄锸莻€(gè)國會(huì)議員和基地指揮官！正如指揮官后來解釋，基地的這半邊不知道另一半的人在做！Askingfortrouble自找麻煩ItmusthavebeenabouttwointhemorningwhenIreturnedhome.Itriedtowakeupmywifebyringingthedoorbell,butshewasfastasleep,soIgotaladderfromtheshedinthegarden,putitagainstthewall,

10、andbeganclimbingtowardsthebedroomwindow.Iwasalmosttherewhenasarcasticvoicebelowsaid,Idontthinkthewindowsneedcleaningatthistimeofthenight.IlookeddownandnearlyfellofftheladderwhenIsawapoliceman.IimmediatelyregrettedansweringinthewayIdid,butIsaid,Ienjoycleaningwindowsatnight.SodoI,answeredthepolicemani

11、nthesametone.Excusemyinterruptingyou.Ihatetointerruptamanwhenhesbusyworking,butwouldyoumindcomingwithmetothestation?Well,Idprefertostayhere,Isaid.Yousee.Iveforgottenmykey.Yourwhat?hecalled.Mykey,Ishouted.Fortunately,theshoutingwokeupmywifewhoopenedthewindowjustasthepolicemanhadstartedtoclimbtowardsm

12、e.我回到家時(shí)，肯定已是凌晨兩點(diǎn)左右。我試圖喚醒我的妻子，按響了門鈴，但她睡得很熟，所以我有一個(gè)梯子，從花園的棚子里，把它靠在墻邊，開始向臥室的窗口爬去。我?guī)缀鯖]有時(shí)的口吻說，“我看不必在晚上的這個(gè)時(shí)候擦窗戶。我低頭一看，差點(diǎn)從梯子上掉下來時(shí)，我看到一個(gè)警察。我立刻后悔我做了這樣的回答，我說，“我喜歡在夜里擦窗子?！薄拔乙彩堑模本煊猛瑯拥穆曊{(diào)回答?！闭?jiān)徫掖驍嗄愕脑?。我恨打斷一個(gè)人當(dāng)他忙著干活，但請您跟我到車站嗎？”嗯，我更愿意呆在這兒，”我說?！蹦闱?。我忘記帶我的鑰匙了?！薄笆裁?？”他稱?！蔽业蔫€匙，”我喊道。幸運(yùn)的是，這喊聲驚醒了我的妻子打開窗子就在警察開始向我爬來。Anoblegi

13、ft崇高的禮物Oneofthemostfamousmonumentsintheworld,theStatueofLiberty,waspresentedtotheUnitedStatesofAmericainthenineteenthcenturybythepeopleofFrance.Thegreatstatue,whichwasdesignedbythesculptorAugusteBartholdi,tooktenyearstocomplete.Theactualfigurewasmadeofcoppersupportedbyametalframeworkwhichhadbeenespe

14、ciallyconstructedbyEiffel.BeforeitcouldbetransportedtotheUnitedStates,asitehadtobefoundforitandapedestalhadtobebuilt.ThesitechosenwasanislandattheentranceofNewYorkHarbour.By1884,astatuewhichwas151feettallhadbeenerectedinParis.Thefollowingyear,itwastakentopiecesandsenttoAmerica.BytheendofOctober1886,

15、thestatuehadbeenputtogetheragainanditwasofficiallypresentedtotheAmericanpeoplebyBartholdi.Eversincethen,thegreatmonumenthasbeenasymboloflibertyforthemillionsofpeoplewhohavepassedthroughNewYorkHarbourtomaketheirhomesinAmerica.一個(gè)世界上最著名的紀(jì)念碑，自由女神像，是美國的美國在第十九世紀(jì)時(shí)由法國人民。這座巨大的雕像，這是雕刻而設(shè)計(jì)的，花了十年時(shí)間完成。實(shí)際的數(shù)字是由金屬框架

16、支撐的銅，這是由艾菲爾特制的。在它被運(yùn)往美國，一個(gè)網(wǎng)站已被發(fā)現(xiàn)，必須建造一個(gè)基座。地點(diǎn)選在一個(gè)島在紐約港的入口處。1884，一個(gè)高度達(dá)151英尺的雕像被豎立在巴黎。一年后，它被碎片送往美國。十月年底的1886，這座雕像被重新組裝起來，正式贈(zèng)送給美國人民由巴索爾。從此，偉大的紀(jì)念碑就一直是自由的象征的數(shù)百萬人通過紐約港進(jìn)入美國的家園。Futurechampions未來的冠軍Experimentshaveprovedthatchildrencanbeinstructedinswimmingataveryearlyage.AtaspecialswimmingpoolinLosAngeles,chil

17、drenbecomeexpertatholdingtheirbreathunderwaterevenbeforetheycanwalk.Babiesoftwomonthsolddonotappeartobereluctanttoenterthewater.Itisnotlongbeforetheyaresoaccustomedtoswimmingthattheycanpickupweightsfromthefloorofthepool.Agamethatisverypopularwiththeseyoungswimmersistheunderwatertricyclerace.Tricycle

18、sarelineduponthefloorofthepoolsevenfeetunderwater.Thechildrencompeteagainsteachothertoreachtheotherendofthepool.Manypedaltheirtricycles,butmostofthemprefertopushordragthem.Somechildrencancoverthewholelengthofthepoolwithoutcomingupforbreathevenonce.WhethertheywilleverbecomefutureOlympicchampions,only

19、timewill,tell.Meanwhile,theyshouldencouragethoseamonguswhocannotswimfiveyardsbeforetheyaregaspingforair.實(shí)驗(yàn)證明，兒童可以在很小的年齡。在一個(gè)特別的游泳池在洛杉機(jī)，孩子們已經(jīng)能熟練地在水下憋氣甚至在會(huì)走路之前。2個(gè)月寶寶不顯得不愿意入水。這是前不久便適應(yīng)了游泳，他們可以拿起重量從池底。非常喜愛的一種游戲是水下三輪車這些年輕的游泳比賽。三輪車列隊(duì)于池底的水下七英尺。孩子們互相競爭，達(dá)到游泳池的另一端。很多孩子用腳蹬車，但他們最喜歡的推或拉。有些孩子能夠覆蓋整個(gè)池的長度沒有露出水面換氣。他們能否

20、成為未來的奧林匹克冠軍，只有時(shí)間會(huì)，告訴。與此同時(shí)，他們對我們中的那些游不到五碼就氣喘吁吁的。Afantasy純屬虛構(gòu)WhentheAmbassadororEscalopiareturnedhomeforlunch,hiswifegotashock.Helookedpaleandhisclotheswereinafrightfulstate.Whathashappened?sheasked.Howdidyourclothesgetintosuchamess?Afireextinguisher,mydear,answeredtheAmbassadordrily.Universitystudent

21、ssettheEmbassyonfirethismorning.Goodheavens!exclaimedhiswife.Andwherewereyouatthetime?Iwasinmyofficeasusual,answeredtheAmbassador.Thefirebrokeoutinthebasement.Iwentdownimmediately,ofcourse,andthatfool,Horst,aimedafireextinguisheratme.HethoughtIwasonfire.Imustdefinitelygetthatfellowposted.TheAmbassad

22、orswifewentonaskingquestions,whenshesuddenlynoticedabigholeinherhusbandshat.Andhowcanyouexplainthat?sheasked.Oh,that,saidtheAmbassador.Someonefiredashotthroughmyofficewindow.Accurate,dontyouthink?Fortunately,Iwasntwearingitatthetime.IfIhadbeen,Iwouldnothavebeenabletogethomeforlunch.當(dāng)艾斯卡羅比亞國的大使回到家吃午飯

23、時(shí)，他的妻子大吃一驚。他面色蒼白，衣服弄得一團(tuán)糟?！卑l(fā)生了什么事？”她問?！蹦愕囊路趺磁靡粓F(tuán)糟？”滅火器弄的，我親愛的，”大使冷冷地回答。”今天上午大學(xué)生們放火點(diǎn)著了大使館?！薄疤彀?！”他的夫人驚叫。”那你當(dāng)時(shí)在什么地方？”我在我的辦公室，像往常一樣，”大使回答說?！钡叵率抑嘶?。我馬上下去了，當(dāng)然，和那個(gè)傻瓜，霍斯特把滅火器對準(zhǔn)了我。他以為我身上著火了。我一定要把那個(gè)家伙貼。”大使夫人繼續(xù)提出問題，她突然發(fā)現(xiàn)她丈夫的帽子上有個(gè)洞?！蹦闳绾谓忉屇兀俊彼龁??！迸叮莻€(gè)，”大使說?！蹦橙宋肄k公室窗戶開了一槍。精確的，你不覺得嗎？幸運(yùn)的是，當(dāng)時(shí)我沒戴著它。如果我有，我不能回家吃午飯?！盩hedeadreturn亡靈返鄉(xiāng),AFestivalfortheDeadisheldonceayearinJapan.Thisfestivalisacheerfuloccasion,foronthisday,thedeadaresaidtoreturntotheirhomesandtheyarewelcomedbytheliving.Astheyareexpectedtobehungryaftertheirlongjourney,foodislaidoutforthem.Specially-ma