1、新概念英语第二册1Lesson 1 A private conversation AAAALast 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 lo
2、oked 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 cant hear a word! I said angrily. Its none of your business, the young man said rudely. This is a private conversation!.Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? AAAAAAAIt was Sunday. I
3、 never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside. What a day! I thought. Its raining again. Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. Ive just arrived by train, she said. Im coming to se
4、e you. But Im still having breakfast, I said.What are you doing ? she asked. Im having breakfast, I repeated.Dear me, she said. Do you always get up so late ? Its one oclock!Lesson 3 Please send me a card AAAAAAAAA Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums/A
5、AA/ and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a 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 day I made a big de
6、cision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card !AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA语AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA新概念英语第二册2AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA37AAAAAAAAAAA
7、AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALesson 4 An exciting trip AAAAAAAI have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bou
8、ght an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.AAAAAAAAAAAAATimAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA6AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
9、AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAlice Springs,AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAADarwin,AAAAAAAPerth.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALesson 5 No wrong numbers AAAAA Mr James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr Scott c
10、annot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from on
11、e garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.Mr James Scott AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA新AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA5英AAAAAMr ScottAAAAAAAAAAA新AAAAAAAAA12AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA第AAAAAAAAA3AAAAAAAAAAAAScottAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA新概念英
12、语第二册3Lesson 6 Percy Buttons AAAAAI have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door. He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer. Then he put a pie
13、ce of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him. Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
14、AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPercy Buttons.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALesson 7 Too late AAAA The plane was late and detectives/dtektvzAA/ were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the p
15、olice that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping guard gA:
16、d AAat the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious pres AAAparcel was full of stones and sand!AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA新概念英语第二册4Less
17、on 8 The best and the worst AAAAAAAJoe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for The Nicest Garden Competition each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Friths garden is larger than Joes. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joes g
18、arden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!Joe SandersAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
19、AAAAAAAAAJoeAAAAAAAAABill Frith AAAAAJoeAAAABillAAJoe AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJoeAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAALesson 9 A cold welcome AAOn Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gather
20、ed under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted, Its two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopp
21、ed! I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment everybody began to laugh and sing.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA12AAAA12AA55AAAAAAA11A55AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA12A2AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA新AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Lesson
22、 10 Not for jazz AAAAAAAAWe have an old musical instrument/AA/. It is called a clavichord(AA). It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord /AAAAA/is kept in the living-room. It has belong to our family for a long time. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years 新概念英语第二册5ago. Recently
23、it was damaged /AA/by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings /A/were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my fathers.AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA1681AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
24、AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA Lesson 11 One good turn deserves/AA/ another AAAAI was having dinner at a restaurant when Harry Steele came in. Harry worked in a lawyers office years ago, but he is now working at a bank. He gets a good salary, but he always borrows money from his friends and never pays it back. Harry saw me and came and sat at the same table. He has never borrowed money from me. While he was eating, I asked him to lend me I repeated my question
