英语-新概念-第二册

 新概念英语（全四册）

• 新概念英语第一册‌‌： 

  • ‌文章长度‌：第一单元约100词，第二单元约140词，第三单元约160词，第四单元约180词‌。
  • ‌句子数量‌：由于每篇文章的具体句子数量未直接给出，但可以根据词数推算，第一单元大约有10句左右，第二单元大约有14句，以此类推‌。

• ‌新概念英语第二册：

  • ‌文章长度‌：第一单元约100词，第二单元约140词，第三单元约160词，第四单元约180词‌。
  • ‌句子数量‌：同样可以根据词数推算，第一单元大约有10句，第二单元大约有14句，以此类推‌。

• ‌新概念英语第三册：

  • ‌文章长度‌：第一单元约250词，第二单元约350词，第三单元约530词‌。
  • ‌句子数量‌：由于具体句子数量未直接给出，但可以根据词数推算，第一单元大约有25句，第二单元大约有35句，第三单元大约有53句。

• ‌新概念英语第四册‌：

  • ‌文章长度‌：第一单元约250~300词，第二单元约250~300词，第三单元约300~350词，第四单元约350~400词，第五单元约400~500词，第六单元约550~700词‌。

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新概念英语第二册是在新概念英语第一册全面技能训练的基础上，由浅入深，进一步在语法、口语、阅读、写作技能方面进行大信息量的全面培训，通过对关键句型的分析、词汇基本用法的讲解、摘要写作及作文练习中的串联造句、书信格式与题材的逐步介绍，将使学习者真正能用听、说、读、写来实践英语。

对于大多数学习英语的人来说，全面学通第二册，可以说是真正的“登堂入室”了，离开流利掌握英语已经非常接近了！大家加油！

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•  Lesson 1：A private conversation（私人谈话）

笔记：这是一个很幽默的小段子，非常有趣。。从语法上来看，主要是要领会和学习一般过去时，整个段子都在讲上星期我去看戏的故事，所以偶很多句子都是典型的一般过去时，学习时要留意。

新概念英语－课文

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!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

1 go to the theatre，去看戏。
2 got angry，生气。
3 turn round，转身，也可用turn around。
4 pay attention，注意。
5 I could not bear it．我无法忍受。
6 none of your business，不关你的事。

新概念英语－翻译

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， 大声地说着话。我非常生气，因为我听不见演员在说什么。 我回过头去怒视着那一男一女，他们却毫不理会。 最后， 我忍不住了， 又一次回过头去， 生气地说：“我一个字也听不见了！” “不关你的事，” 那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话！”

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• Lesson 2：Breakfast or lunch?（早餐还是午餐？）

笔记：注意一般现在时和一般过去时以及现在完成时和现在进行时在文中的应用。

新概念英语－课文

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 o'clock!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

on Sundays，指每个星期日。星期几的前面用介词on。
What a day！多么糟糕的天气！这是一个感叹句，完整的句子应该是What a day it is！
I'm coming to see you．在这句话中现在进行时用来表示近期按计划或安排要进行的动作。
Dear me！天哪！这也是一个感叹句。

新概念英语－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！”

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• Lesson 3：Please send me a card（请给我寄一张明信片）

笔记：这是一篇买椟还珠的故事，主人公去国外旅行，却因为一直想着给朋友邮寄明信片而没能很好地享受假期，现在人也一样，为了买手信，为了拍照以证明到此一游，而忘记了旅行的初心。。回到英语学习，请大家继续要留意时态问题，此外，还有2个特别有意思的语法点需要留心，一个是friendly，注意这是一个以-ly结尾的形容词，不是副词，英语中还有一些形容词也是用-ly结尾的，这个要注意积累，这里有一篇《以-ly 结尾的形容词》，可以参考一下，另外一个是短语make a big decision，做了一个重大的决定，make decison, decision making是常用的商务短语，上班族要会哈，哪天你老板板着脸很不好意思的对你说他做了一个艰难的决定--made a tough decision--你懂的。

新概念英语－课文

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums 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 cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. 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!

新概念英语－单词和短语

a few words，几句话。
lent me a book中，lent是“借出”的意思。我们常说lend sb．sth．或lend sth．to sb．。borrow是“借入”的意思，常用的结构是borrow sth．或borrow sth．from sb。

新概念英语－翻译

明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。去年夏天，我去了意大利。我参观了博物馆，还去了公园。一位好客的服务员教了我几句意大利语，之后还借给我一本书。我读了几行，但一个字也不懂。我每天都想着明信片的事。假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定。我早早起了床，买来了37张明信片。我在房间里关了整整一天。然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！

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• Lesson 4：An exciting trip（激动人心的旅行）

笔记：

• 回到英语学习，还是要注意时态，现在完成时，一般现在时，正在进行时，一般将来时这篇文章都有，好好琢磨一下吧。
• 此外，注意最后那句话，he is finding this trip very exciting，这句话是主谓宾补结构，这点要了解，
• exciting是很常用的词汇，工作时发言好些人喜欢用这个词。exciting是激动人心的，令人激动的意思，excited是激动的意思，比如， An exciting trip，令人激动的旅行，让人兴奋的旅行，激动人心的旅行，excited people，激动的人们，兴奋的人们。
• 类似的，interesting，令人感兴趣的，有趣的，interested 感兴趣的。这些词汇之间的差异需要用例句来体会，大家可以自己百度查一下

新概念英语－课文

I 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 bought 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.

新概念英语－单词和短语

1 He has been there for six months. 他在那儿已经住了6个月了。
2 a great number of…, 许多…，用于修饰复数可数名词。
3 in the centre of…, 在……中部。

新概念英语－翻译

我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。他在那儿已经住了6个月了。蒂姆是个工程师，正在为一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久还将到达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。

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• Lesson 5：No wrong numbers（无错号之虞）

笔记：

• 文中的garage是说汽修厂、汽修店那种之类对外进行服务的地方，而garage还有一个意思是车库，车库可是一个神奇的地方，流传最广的说法是Steve Jobs cofounded Apple in his parents' garage in 1976， 乔布斯和他的朋友在其父母的车库里合伙创立了苹果公司。。
• cover是一个常用的词
• 此外，这里又有一个private私人的与第一课呼应，免得大家忘记这个词了
• service也是常用商务词汇。

新概念英语－课文

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 cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinburst 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 one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private 'telephone' service.

新概念英语－单词和短语

1 from Silbury：介词from作“距……”“离……”讲，常与away连用。如： It is far (away) from here. 离这里很远。
2 up to now (=up till now), 到现在为止；作时间状语，句子的时态多用现在完成时。
3 a great many, 许多的，其中great表示数量很大；只能同可数名词的复数连用。

新概念英语－翻译

詹姆斯·斯科特先生在锡尔伯里有一个汽车修理部，现在他刚在平赫斯特买了另一个汽车修理部。平赫斯特离锡尔伯里只有5英里，但詹姆斯·斯科特先生未能为他新的汽车修理部搞到一部电话机，所以他买了12只鸽子。昨天，一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里。这只鸟只用了3分钟就飞完了全程。到目前为止，斯科特先生从一个汽车修理部向另一个发送了大量索取备件的信件和其他紧急函件。就这样，他开始了自己的私人“电话”业务。

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• Lesson 6： Percy Buttons（珀西・巴克斯）

笔记：

• 总是要求大家注意时态，因为这是英语一个重要的语法特点，英语通过动词的不同形态来表达时态。
• a glass of beer, a piece of cheese，这种记住就好了，深究语法就是所谓不可数名词的量的表达方式了

新概念英语－课文

I 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 piece 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.

新概念英语－单词和短语

beggar n. 乞丐
food n. 食物
pocket n. 衣服口袋
call v. 拜访，光顾

新概念英语－翻译

我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。昨天一个乞丐来敲我的门，问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。作为回报，那乞丐头顶地倒立起来，嘴里还唱着歌。我给了他一顿饭。他把食物吃完，又喝了酒。然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了。后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况。大家都认识他，他叫珀西.巴顿斯。他每月对这条街上的每户人家光顾一次，总是请求给他一顿饭和一杯啤酒。

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• Lesson 7：Too late（为时太晚）

新概念英语－课文

The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police 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 at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!

新概念英语－单词和短语

1 detectives were waiting at the airport all morning, 侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。句中的动词时态是过去进行时。过去进行时常用来表示过去某时正在进行的情况或动作。本课课文中有4个句子使用了过去进行时。参看第1册第117-119等课中的例句。
2 keep guard, 守卫。
3 to their surprise,使他们吃惊的是。

新概念英语－翻译

飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹。数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石。当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则守候在停机坪上。有两个人把包裹拿下飞机，进了海关。这时两个侦探把住门口，另外两个侦探打开了包裹。令他们吃惊的是，那珍贵的包裹里面装的全是石头和沙子！

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• Lesson 8：The best and the worst（最好的和最差的）

新概念英语－课文

Joe 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 Frith's garden is larger than Joe's. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables, but Joe's garden 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!

新概念英语－单词和短语

competition n. 比赛，竞赛
neat adj. 整齐的，整洁的
path n. 小路，小径
wooden adj. 木头的
pool n. 水池

新概念英语－翻译

乔.桑德斯拥有我们镇上最漂亮的花园。几乎每个人都参加每年举办的“最佳花园竞赛”，而每次都是乔获胜。

比尔.弗里斯的花园比乔的花园大，他比乔也更为勤奋，种植的花卉和蔬菜也更多，但乔的花园更富有情趣。他修筑了一条条整洁的小路，并在一个池塘上架了一座小木桥。

我也喜欢花园，但我却不愿意辛勤劳动。每年的花园竞赛我也参加，但总因是镇上最劣的花园而获得一个小奖！

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• Lesson 9：A cold welcome（冷遇）

新概念英语－课文

On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town 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 minutes' time.

Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock has stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened.

Suddenly someone shouted, ‘It's 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 moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

新概念英语－单词和短语

Town Hall , 市政厅，地方政府办公之处。
a large crowd of…，一大群……。
in twenty minutes'time, 20分钟之后。

新概念英语－翻译

星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。那是一年的最后一天 ，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。再过20分钟，大钟将敲响12下 。

15分钟过去了，而就在11点55分时，大钟停了。那根巨大的分针不动了。我们等啊等啊， 可情况没有变化。

突然有人喊道：“已经12点零2分了！那钟已经停了！”我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。那座大钟不愿意迎接新年。此时，大家已经笑了起来，同时唱起了歌。

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• Lesson 10：Not for jazz（不适于演奏爵士乐）

新概念英语－课文

We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was brought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we were not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.

新概念英语－单词和短语

jazz n.爵士音乐
musical a.音乐的
instrument n.器具
call vt.叫做
clavichord n.击弦古钢琴
Germany n.德国
keep vt.保存
living-room n.客厅
belong vi.属于
recently ad.最近
damage vt.损坏
play vt.弹奏
key n.琴键
strike vt.敲
hard ad.重重地
string n.弦
break vt.弄断
shock vt.震惊
touch vt.碰 allow vt.允许
repair vt.修理

新概念英语－翻译

我们有一件古老的乐器,叫击弦古钢琴.它是1681年德国制造的, 我们这架钢琴放在客厅里.我们家拥有它很长时间了,这件乐器是许多年前我祖父买来的.最近它被一位客人弄坏了,她用它弹奏爵士乐! 她按键太猛,把两根弦按断了.我父亲为之震怒. 现在他不允许我们再碰它.父亲的一位朋友正在修理这件古老的乐器.

• Lesson 11：One good turn deserves another（礼尚往来）

新概念英语－课文

I was having dinner at a restaurant whenTony Steele came in. Tony worked in a lawyer's 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 &2. To my surprise, he gave me the money immediately. 'I have never borrowed any money from you,' Harry said,'so now you can pay for my dinner!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

One good turn deserves another.这是句谚语，意思是对于别人的善意或帮助应作相应的回报。
gets a good salary.有一份很高的薪水。
never pays it back.从不归还。

新概念英语－翻译

我正在一家饭馆吃饭，托尼.斯蒂尔走了进来。托尼曾在又家律师事务所工作，而现在正在一家银行上班，他的薪水很高，但他却总是向朋友借钱，并且从来不还。托尼看见了我，就走过来和我坐到一张桌子前。他从未向我借过钱，但他吃饭时，我提出向他借20英镑。令我惊奇的是，他立刻把钱给了我。“我还未向你借过钱。”托尼说道，“所以现在你可以替我付饭钱了！”

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• Lesson 12：Goodbye and good luck（再见，一路顺风）

新概念英语－课文

Our neighbour, Captain Charles Alison, will sail from Portsmouth tomorrow. We shall meet him at the harbour early in the morning. He will be in his small boat, Topsail.Topsail is a famous little boat. It has sailed across the Atlantic many times. Captain Alison will set out at eight o'clock so we shall have plenty of time. We shall see his boat and then we shall say goodbye to him. He will be away for two months. We are very proud of him. He will take part in an important race across the Atlantic.

新概念英语－单词和短语

Captain Charles Alison.查尔斯.艾利森船长
the Atlantic 大西洋，全称为'the Atlantic Ocean'.

新概念英语－翻译

我们的邻居查尔斯.艾利森船长明天就要从扑次茅斯启航了。明天一大早我们将在码头为他送行。他将乘坐他的‘涛波赛'号小艇。“涛波赛”号是艘有名的小艇，他已经多次横渡大西洋。艾利森船长将于8点钟启航，因此我们有充裕的时间。我们将参观他的船，然后和他告别。他要离开两个月，我们真为他感到自豪，他将参加一次重大的横渡大西洋的比赛。

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• Lesson 13：The Greenwood Boys（绿林少年）

新概念英语－课文

The Greenwood Boys are a group of popular singers. At present, they are visiting all parts of the country. They will be arriving here tomorrow. They will be coming by train and most of the young people in the town will be meeting them at the station. Tomorrow evening they will be singing at the Workers' Club. The Greenwood Boys 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 is always the same on these occasions.

新概念英语－单词和短语

all parts of the country,全国各地。
will be arriving,将要到达。 这句话中是时态被称作将来进行时，用来表示最近的将来正在进行的动作或说话人设想已经安排好的事情。
by train,乘火车（来），因此类推，我们可以说by air,by sea,by bus 等。
as usual,和往常一样。
keep order,维持秩序。

新概念英语－翻译

“绿色少年”是一个流行歌曲演唱团。目前他们正在全国各地巡回演出 ，明天就要到达此地。他们将乘火车来，镇上的大部分青年人将到车站迎接他们 。明晚他们将在工人俱乐部演出。“绿色少年”准备在此逗留5天。 在此期间，他们将演出5场。同往常一样 ，警察的日子不好，他们将设法维持秩序。每逢这种场合，情况都这样。

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• Lesson 14：Do you speak English?（你会讲英语吗？）

新概念英语－课文

I had an amusing experience last year. After I had left a small village 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 into the car, I said good morning to him in French and he replied in the same language. 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 town, when the young man suddenly said, very slowly, 'Do you speak English?' As I soon learnt, he was English himself!

新概念英语－单词和短语

I drove on the next town.我继续是驶往下一个城镇。 句中的副词 on 有“继续地”，“不停顿地”意思。
on the way,在途中。
ask for a lift,要求搭车。
apart form,除了……以外。
As I soon learnt,he was English himself!我很快就知道，他自己就是个英国人。

新概念英语－翻译

去年我有过一次有趣的经历。在离开法国南部的一个小村庄后， 我继续驶往下一个城镇。途中，一个青年人向我招手。我把车停下， 他向我提出要求搭车。他一上车，我就用法语向他问好， 他也同样用法语回答我。除了个别几个单词外，我根本不会法语。旅途中我们谁也没讲话。就要到达那个镇时，那青年突然开了口， 慢慢地说道“你会讲英语吗？” 我很快了解到，他自己就是个英国人！

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• Lesson 15：Good news（佳音）

新概念英语－课文

The secretary told me that Mr Harms worth would see me. I felt very nervous when I went into his office. He did not look up from his desk when I entered. After I had sat down, he said that business was very bad. He told me that the firm 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.'Don't interrupt,' he Said. Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra £100 a year!

新概念英语－单词和短语

secretary n. 秘书
nervous adj. 精神紧张的
afford v. 负担得起
weak adj. 弱的
interrupt v. 插话，打断

新概念英语－翻译

秘书告诉我说哈姆斯沃斯先生要见我。我走进他的办公室，感到非常紧张。我进去的时候，他连头也没抬。待我坐下后，他说生意非常不景气。 他还告诉我，公司支付不起这么庞大的工资开支，有20个人已经离去。 我知道这次该轮到我了。
“哈姆斯沃斯先生，”我无力地说。
“不要打断我的话，”他说。
然后他微笑了一下告诉我说，我每年将得到1,000 英镑的额外收入。

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• Lesson 16：A polite request（彬彬有礼的要求）

新概念英语－课文

If you park your car in the wrong place, a traffic policeman will 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 holiday in Sweden,I found this note on my car:' Sir, we welcome you to our city. This is a "No Parking" area. You will enjoy your stay here if you pay attention to our street signs. This note is only a reminder.' If you receive a request like this, you can-not fail to obey it!

新概念英语－单词和短语

park v. 停放（汽车）
traffic n. 交通
ticket) n. 交通违规罚款单
note n. 便条
area n. 地段
sign n. 指示牌
reminder n. 提示
fail v. 无视，忘记
obey v. 服从

新概念英语－翻译

一旦你把汽车停错了地方，交通警很快就会发现。如果他没给你罚单就放你走了，算你走运。然而，情况并不都是这样，交通警有时也很客气。有一次在瑞典度假，我发现我的车上有这样一个字条：“先生，欢迎您光临我们的城市。此处是‘禁止停车'区。如果您对我们街上的标牌稍加注意，您在此会过得很愉快的。谨此提请注意。”如果你收到这样的恳求，你是不会不遵照执行的！

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• Lesson 17：Always young（青春常驻）

新概念英语－课文

My aunt Jennifer is an actress. She must be at least thirty-five years old. In spite of this, she often appears on 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 long black stockings. Last year in another play, she had to wear short socks and a bright, orange-coloured dress. If anyone ever asks her how old she is, she always answers, 'Darling, it must be terrible to be grown up!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

appear v. 登场，扮演
stage n. 舞台
bright adj. 鲜艳的
stocking n. （女用）长筒袜
sock n. 短袜

新概念英语－翻译

我的姑姑詹妮弗是位演员，她至少也有35岁了。尽管如此，她却常在舞台上扮演小姑娘。詹妮弗很快又要参加一个新剧的演出。这一次，她将扮演一个17岁的少女。演出时她必须穿一条鲜红色的裙子和黑色的长筒袜。去年在演另一个剧时，她不得不穿短袜和一件鲜艳的橘红色的衣服。一旦有人问起她有多大年纪，她总是回答：“亲爱的，长成大人真可怕啊！”

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• Lesson 18：He often does this!（他经常干这种事！）

新概念英语－课文

After I had had lunch at a village pub, I looked for my bag. I had left it on a chair beside the door and now it wasn't there! As I was looking for it, the landlord came in.
'Did you have a good meal?" he asked.
'Yes, thank you,' I answered, 'but I can't pay the bill. I haven't got my bag.'
The landlord smiled and immediately went out. In a few minutes he returned with my bag and gave it back to me.
'I'm very sorry,' he said. 'My dog had taken in into the garden. He often does this!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

pub n. 小酒店
landlord n. 店主
bill n. 帐单

新概念英语－翻译

我在一家乡村小酒店吃过午饭后，就找我的提包。我曾把它放在门边的椅子上，可这会儿不见了！当我正在寻找时，酒店老板走了进来。
“您吃得好吗？”他问。
“很好，谢谢。”我回答，“但我付不了帐，我的提包没有了。”
酒店老板笑了笑，马上走了出去。一会儿工夫他拿着我的提包回来了，把它还给了我。
“实在抱歉，”他说，“我的狗把它弄到花园里去了，他常干这种事！”

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• Lesson 19：Sold out（票已售完）

新概念英语－课文

'The play may begin at any moment,' I said.
'It may have begun already,' Susan answered.
I hurried to the ticket office. 'May I have two tickets please?' I asked.
'I'm sorry, we've sold out,' the girl said.
'What a pity!' Susan exclaimed.
Just then, a man hurried to the ticket office.
'Can I return these two tickets?' he asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said.
I went back to the ticket office at once.
'Could I have those two tickets please?' I asked.
'Certainly,' the girl said, 'but they're for next Wednesday's performance. Do you still want them?'
'I might as well have them,' I said sadly.

新概念英语－单词和短语

hurry v. 匆忙
ticket office 售票处
pity n. 令人遗憾的事
exclaim v. 大声说
return v. 退回
sadly adv. 悲哀地，丧气地

新概念英语－翻译

“剧马上就要开演了，”我说。
“也许已经开演了呢，”苏珊回答说。
我匆匆赶到售票处，问：“我可以买两张票吗？”
“对不起，票已售完。”那位姑娘说。
“真可惜！”苏珊大声说。
正在这时，一个男子匆匆奔向售票处。
“我可以退掉这两张票吗？”他问。
“当然可以，”那姑娘说。
我马上又回到售票处。
“我可以买那两张票吗？”我问。
“当然可以，不过这两张票是下星期三的，您是否还要呢？”
“我还是买下的好，”我垂头丧气地说。

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• Lesson 20：One man in a boat（独坐孤舟）

新概念英语－课文

Fishing is my favourite sport. I often fish for hours without catching anything. But this does not worry me. Some fishermen are unlucky. Instead of catching fish, they catch old boots and rubbish. I am even less lucky. I never catch anything -- not even old boots. After having spent whole mornings on the river, I always go home with an empty bag. 'You must give up fishing!' my friends say. 'It's a waste of time.' But they don't realize one important thing. I'm not really interested in fishing. I am only interested in sitting in a boat and doing nothing at all!

新概念英语－单词和短语

catch v. 抓到
fisherman n. 钓鱼人，渔民
boot n. 靴子
waste n. 浪费
realize v. 意识到

新概念英语－翻译

钓鱼是我特别喜爱的一项运动。我经常一钓数小时却一无所获，但我从不为此烦恼。有些垂钓者就是不走运，他们往往鱼钓不到，却钓上来些旧靴子和垃圾。我的运气甚至还不及他们。我什么东西也未钓到过 -- 就连旧靴子也没有。我总是在河上呆上整整一上午，然后空着袋子回家。“你可别再钓鱼了！”我的朋友们说，“这是浪费时间。”然而他们没有认识到重要的一点，我并不是真的对钓鱼有兴趣，我感兴趣的只是独坐孤舟，无所事事！

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• Lesson 21：Mad or not?（是不是疯了？）

新概念英语－课文

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.

I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use.

Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane.

I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.

新概念英语－单词和短语

mad adj. 发疯
reason n. 原因
sum n. 量
determined adj. 坚定的，下决心的

新概念英语－翻译

飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。

我住在一个机场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。机场是许多年前建的 ，但由于某种原因当时未能启用。 然而去年机场开始使用了。

有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去， 我是少数留下来的人中的一个。 有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒。

他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿 。大家都说我肯定是疯了， 也许他们说的是对的。

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• Lesson 22：A glass envelope（玻璃信封）

新概念英语－课文

My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling across the Channel and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle. She threw the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten months later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other regularly now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

新概念英语－单词和短语

dream v. 做梦，梦想
age n. 年龄
channel n. 海峡
throw v. 扔，抛

新概念英语－翻译

我的女儿简从未想过会接到荷兰一位同龄姑娘的来信。去年，当我们横渡英吉利海峡时，简把写有她姓名和住址的一张纸条装进了一只瓶子，又将瓶子扔进了大海。此后她就再没去想那只瓶子。但10个月以后，她收到了荷兰一位姑娘的来信。现在这两位姑娘定期通信了。然而她们还是决定利用邮局。这样会稍微多花点钱，但肯定是快得多了。

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• Lesson 23：A new house（新居）

新概念英语－课文

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.

新概念英语－单词和短语

complete v. 完成
modern adj. 新式的，与以往不同的
strange adj. 奇怪的
district n. 地区

新概念英语－翻译

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利亚。在信中她说她明年将到英国来。如果她来了，她会感到非常惊奇了。我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了，是在5个月以前竣工的。我在信中告诉她，她可以和我们住在一起。这栋房子里有许多房间，还有一个漂亮的花园。它是一栋非常现代化的住宅，因此在有些人看来很古怪。它肯定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅。

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• Lesson 24：It could be worse（不幸中之万幸）

新概念英语－课文

I entered the hotel manager's office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset. 'I left the money in my room,' I said, 'and it's not there now.' The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 'Everyone's losing money these days,' he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50. 'I found this outside this gentleman's room,' she said. 'Well,' I said to the manager, 'there is still some honesty in this world!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

manager n. 经理
upset adj. 不安
sympathetic adj. 表示同情的
complain v. 抱怨
wicked adj. 很坏的，邪恶的
contain v. 包含，内装
honesty n. 诚实

新概念英语－翻译

我走进饭店经理的办公室，坐了下来。我刚刚丢了50英镑， 感到非常烦恼。“我把钱放在房间里，”我说，“可现在没有了。”经理深表同情，但却无能为力。“ 现在大家都在丢钱，”他说。他开始抱怨起这个邪恶的世道来， 却被一阵敲门声打断了。一个姑娘走了进来，把一个信封放在了他桌上。 它里面装着50英镑。“这是我在这位先生的房门外捡到的，”她说。“是啊，”我对那位经理说，“这世界上还是有诚实可言的！”

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• Lesson 25：Do the English speak English?（英国人讲的是英语吗？）

新概念英语－课文

I arrived in London at last. The railway station was big, black and dark. I did not know the way to my hotel, so I asked a porter.

I not only spoke English very carefully, but very clearly as well. The porter, however, could not understand me. I repeated my question several times and at last he understood. he answered me, but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.

'I am a foreigner,' I said.
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
My teacher never spoke English like that!

The porter and I looked at each other and smiled. Then he said something and I understood it. 'You'll soon learn English!' he said.
I wonder. In England, each person speaks a different language. The English understand each other, but I don't understand them! Do they speak English?

新概念英语－单词和短语

railway n. 铁路
porter n. 搬运工
several quantifier 几个
foreigner n. 外国人
wonder v. 感到奇怪

新概念英语－翻译

我终于到了伦敦。火车站很大，又黑又暗。我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走， 于是向一个搬运工打听。

我的英语讲得不但非常认真，而且咬字也非常清楚。 然而搬运工却不明白我的话。我把问话重复了很多遍。 他终于听懂了。他回答了，但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。

“我是个外国人，”我说。
于是他说得慢了，可我还是听不懂。
我的老师从来不那样讲英语！

我和搬运工相视一笑。 接着，他说了点什么，这回我听懂了。“您会很快学会英语的！”他说。
我感到奇怪。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。 英国人之间相互听得懂，可我却不懂他们的话！他们说的是英语吗？

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• Lesson 26：The best art critics（最佳美术评论家）

新概念英语－课文

I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures. Many people pretend that they understand modern art. They always tell you what a picture is 'about'. Of course, many pictures are not 'about' anything. They are just pretty patterns. We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material. I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else. They notice more. My sister is only seven, but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not. She came into my room yesterday.

'What are you doing?' she asked.
'I'm hanging this picture on the wall,' I answered. 'It's a new one. Do you like it?'
She looked at it critically for a moment. 'It's all right,' she said, 'but isn't it upside down?'
I looked at it again. She was right! It was!

新概念英语－单词和短语

art n. 艺术
critic n. 评论家
paint v. 画
pretend v. 假装
pattern n. 图案
curtain n. 窗帘，幕布
material n. 材料
appreciate v. 鉴赏
notice v. 注意到
whether conj. 是否
hang v. 悬挂，吊
critically adv. 批评地
upside down 上下颠倒地

新概念英语－翻译

我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子， 总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。当然， 有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。它们就是些好看的图案， 我们喜爱它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。 我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画， 他们观察到的东西更多。我的妹妹只有7岁，但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。昨天她到我房里来了。

"你在做什么？"她问。
"我正在把画挂在墙上” 我回答到。“这是一副新画，喜欢吗？”
她带着批评的眼光看了一会儿， “挺好的”，她说，“不过是不是挂反了？“
我再看了一下，她说的对，的确是挂反了！

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• Lesson 27：A wet night（雨夜）

新概念英语－课文

Late in the afternoon, the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field. As soon as this was done, they cooked a meal over an open fire. They were all hungry and the food smelled good. After a wonderful meal, they told stories and sang songs by the campfire. But some time later it began to rain. The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent. Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable, so they all slept soundly. In the middle of the night, two boys woke up and began shouting. The tent was full of water! They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside. It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field. The stream wound its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!

新概念英语－单词和短语

tent n. 帐篷
field n. 田地，田野
smell v. 闻起来
wonderful adj. 极好的
campfire n. 营火，篝火
creep v. 爬行
sleeping bag 睡袋
comfortable adj. 舒适的，安逸的
soundly adv. 香甜地
leap v. 跳跃，跳起
heavily adv. 大量地
stream n. 小溪
form v. 形成
wind v. 蜿蜒
right adv. 正好

新概念英语－翻译

傍晚时分，孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。这件事刚刚做完，他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味。他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌。但过了一阵子。天下起雨来，于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷。睡袋既暖和又舒服，所以，他们都睡得很香。午夜前后，有两个孩子醒了，大声叫了起来。原来帐篷里到处都是水！他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪。那小溪弯弯曲曲穿过田野，然后正好从他们的帐篷底下流过去。

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• Lesson 28：No parking（禁止停车）

新概念英语－课文

Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.

he has just bought a new house in the city, but ever since he moved in, he has had trouble with cars and their owners.

When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate. Because of this, he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.

Jasper has put up 'No Parking' signs outside his gate, but these have not had any effect.

Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen. I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon. jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone. But none of them has been turned to stone yet!

新概念英语－单词和短语

rare adj. 罕见的
ancient adj. 古代的，古老的
myth n. 神话故事
trouble n. 麻烦
effect n. 结果，效果
Medusa n. 美杜莎（古希腊神话中3位蛇发女怪这一）
Gorgon n. （古希腊神话中的）3位蛇发女怪这一（凡见其貌者都会变成石头）

新概念英语－翻译

贾斯珀.怀特是少有的相信古代神话的人之一。

他刚在城里买下一所新房子，但自从搬进去后， 就和汽车及车主们发生了磨擦。

当他夜里回到家时， 总是发现有人把车停在他家大门外。为此， 他甚至一次也没能把自己的车开进车库。

贾斯珀曾把几块“禁止停车”的牌子挂在大门外边，但没有任何效果。

现在他把一个丑陋的石雕头像放在了大门上边，这是我见过的最丑陋的头像之一。我问他那是什么？他告诉我那是蛇发女怪美杜莎。贾斯珀希望她把汽车和车主们都变成石头。但到目前为止还没有一个变成石头呢！

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• Lesson 29：Taxi!（出租汽车！）

新概念英语－课文

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'. This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.

The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field.

Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains. Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.

Once he landed on the roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.

Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman. The man wanted to fly to Rockall, a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean, but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.

新概念英语－单词和短语

taxi n. 出租车
land v. 降落、着陆
plough v. 耕
lonely adj. 单独的
Welsh adj. 威尔士的
roof n. 房顶
block n. 栋
flat n. 公寓
desert v.废弃的，荒芜的

新概念英语－翻译

本.弗西特机长买了一辆不同寻常的出租汽车，并开始了一项新的业务。这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机，叫“皮勒特斯.波特“Pilatus Porter号，这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客。

然而，最令人惊奇的是它能够在任何地方降落：雪地上，水面上，甚至刚耕过的田里。

弗西特机长的第一名乘客是位医生， 他从伯明翰飞往威尔士山区一个偏僻的村庄。从那时开始， 弗西特机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方。

一次，他把飞机降落在了一栋公寓楼的屋顶上； 还有一次，降落在了一个废弃的停车场上。

弗西特机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪要求。这个人想要飞往大西洋上的一个孤岛 -- 罗卡尔岛，弗西特机长之所以不送他去，是因为那段飞行太危险了。

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• Lesson 30：Football or polo?（足球还是水球？）

新概念英语－课文

The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home. I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons.

It was warm last Sunday, so I went and sat on the river bank as usual. Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river.

Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat. Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat, but he did not hear them.

The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water. I turned to look at the children, but there weren't any in sight: they had all run away!

The man laughed when he realized what had happened. He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.

新概念英语－单词和短语

polo n. 水球
Wayle n. 威尔（河名）
cut v. 穿过
row v. 划（船）
kick v. 踢
towards prep. 朝，向
nearly adv. 几乎
sight n. 眼界，视域

新概念英语－翻译

威尔河是横穿过我家附近公园的一条小河。我喜欢在天气晴朗的下午到河边坐坐。

上星期日天气很暖和。于是我和往常一样，又去河边坐着。河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有些人正在划船。

突然，一个孩子狠狠地踢了一脚球，球便向着一只划过来的小船飞去。岸上的一些人对着小船上的人高喊，但他没有听见。

球重重地打在他身上，使他差点儿落入水中。我转过头去看那些孩子，但一个也不见，全都跑了！

当那个人明白了发生的事情时，笑了起来。他大声叫着那些孩子，把球扔回到岸上。

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• Lesson 31：Success story（成功者的故事）

新概念英语－课文

Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.

Before he retired, Frank was the head of a very large business company, but as a boy he used to work in a small shop. It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.

He saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own. In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time he had two helpers. In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed seven hundred and twenty-eight people.

Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success. He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in. She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle!

新概念英语－单词和短语

retire v. 退休
company n. 公司
bicycle n. 自行车
save v. 积蓄
workshop n. 车间
helper n. 帮手，助手
employ v. 雇佣
grandson n. 孙子

新概念英语－翻译

昨天下午弗兰克.霍金斯向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。

在退休前，弗兰克是一家非常大的商业公司的经理，但他小时候却在一家小铺里做工。他那时的工作是修理自行车，并且通常是一天工作14个小时。

他靠多年积蓄，于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子。20多岁的时候，弗兰克曾生产飞机零配件。那时他有两个帮手。几年之后，小铺子已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂。

弗兰克回想着他早年的艰难经历和走过的漫长的成功之路，微笑了。他正笑着的时候门开了，他的妻子走了进来。她叫他去修理孙子的自行车。

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• Lesson 32：Shopping made easy（购物变得很方便）

新概念英语－课文

People are not so honest as they once were. The temptation to steal is greater than ever before -- especially in large shops.

A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday mornings. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her.

The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop without paying.

When she was arrested, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her daughter. The girl 'gave' her mother a free dress once a week!

新概念英语－单词和短语

once adv. 曾经，以前
temptation n. 诱惑
article n. 物品，东西
wrap v. 包裹
simply adv. 仅仅
arrest v. 逮捕

新概念英语－翻译

人们不再像以前那样诚实了。偷窃的诱惑力比以往任何时候都更强烈--特别是在大的商店里。

一名侦探最近注意上了一位穿着讲究的妇女，她总是在星期一上午进入一家大商场。有一个星期一，当这位妇女走进这家商场时，里面的人比往常少，因此，侦探比较容易监视她。

这位妇女先是买了几样小商品。过了一会儿，她又选了商场里最昂贵的一件衣服，把它递给了售货员。那售货员以最快的速度为她包好了衣服。然后，那妇女拿过包就走出了商场，根本没有付钱。

她被逮捕后。侦探发现原来那售货员是她的女儿。那姑娘每星期“送”她母亲一件免费的衣服！

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• Lesson 33：Out of the darkness（冲出黑暗）

新概念英语－课文

Nearly a week passed before the girl was able to explain what had happened to her.

One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm. Towards evening, the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea. Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water. During that time she covered a distance of eight miles.

Early next morning, she saw a light ahead. She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs. On arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up the cliff towards the light she had seen. That was all she remembered.

When she woke up a day later, she found herself in hospital.

新概念英语－单词和短语

darkness n. 黑暗
explain v. 解释
coast n. 海岸
storm n. 风暴
towards prep. 朝向
rock n. 岩石
shore n. 岸边
light n. 光
ahead adv. 在前面
cliff n. 悬崖
struggle v. 挣扎
hospital n.医院

新概念英语－翻译

几乎过了一个星期，那姑娘才能讲述自己的遭遇。

一天下午，她乘小船从海岸出发，遇上了风暴。天将黑时，小船撞在了一块礁石上，姑娘跳进了海里。她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸边。在那段时间里，她游了8英里。

第二天凌晨，她看到前方有灯光，知道自己已经接近岸边了，因为那灯光是在高高的峭壁上。到达岸边后，姑娘朝着她看到的灯光方向挣扎着往峭壁上爬去。她所记得的就是这些。

第二天她醒来时，发现自己躺在医院里。

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• Lesson 34：Quick work（破案 “神速”）

新概念英语－课文

Dan Robinson has been worried all week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Dan wondered why he was wanted by the police, but he went to the station yesterday and now he is not worried anymore.

At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train.

Dan was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Dan was a boy of fifteen!

新概念英语－单词和短语

station n. （警察）局
most adv. 相当，非常

新概念英语－翻译

丹.鲁宾逊焦虑了整整一个星期。上星期二他收到当地警察局的一封信，要他到警察局去一趟。丹奇怪警察为什么找他，但昨天还是去了，结果他不再担心了。

在警察局里，一位面带笑容的警察告诉他，他的自行车找到了。那位警察对他说，那辆自行车是5天前在400英里外的一个小村里发现的，现在正用火车给他运回家来。

丹听到这个消息后，惊奇万分，但又感到非常好笑，因为他从未指望那辆自行车还能找到。这是20年前丹还是一个15岁的孩子时被人偷走的！

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• Lesson 35：Stop thief!（捉贼！）

新概念英语－课文

Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it. He is finding his new work far more exciting.

When he was driving along Catford Street recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a shop and run towards a waiting car. One of them was carrying a bag full of money.

Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. The one with the money got such a fright that he dropped the bag. As the thieves were trying to get away in their car, Roy drove his bus into the back of it. While the battered car was moving away, Roy stopped his bus and telephoned the police. The thieves' car was badly damaged and easy to recognize. Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.

新概念英语－单词和短语

while n. 一段时间
regret v. 后悔
far adv. 非常
rush v. 冲
act v. 行动
straight adv. 径直
fright n. 害怕
battered adj. 撞坏的
shortly adv. 很快，不久
afterwards adv. 以后

新概念英语－翻译

罗伊.特雷顿原是开出租汽车的，然而就在前不久，他开上了公共汽车，也并不为此而感到后悔。他发觉自己的新工作令人兴奋得多。

最近，当他正开车在凯特福德街上行驶时，看到有两个小偷从一家商店里冲出来，奔向等在那里的一辆汽车，其中一个提着一只装满钞票的提包。

罗伊行动迅速，开车直冲窃贼而去。 拿钱的那个小偷吓得把提包都扔了。 当那两个小偷企图乘车逃跑时， 罗伊驾驶他的公共汽车撞在了那辆车的后尾上。 当那辆被撞坏的车开走后， 罗伊停下车，给警察挂了电话。小偷的车损坏严重，很容易辨认。没过多久，警察就截住了那辆车，两个小偷都被抓住了。

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• Lesson 36：Across the Channel（横渡英吉利海峡）

新概念英语－课文

Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.

She is going to set out from the French coast at five o'clock in the morning. Debbie is only eleven years old and she hopes to set up a new world record. She is a strong swimmer and many people feel that she is sure to succeed.

Debbie's father will set out with her in a small boat. Mr. Hart has trained his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distance to England.

Debbie intends to take short rests every two hours. She will have something to drink but she will not eat any solid food.

Most of Debbie's school friends will be waiting for her on the English coast. Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

新概念英语－单词和短语

record n. 记录
strong adj. 强壮的
swimmer n. 游泳运动员
succeed v. 成功
train v. 训练
anxiously adv. 焦急地
intend v. 打算
solid adj. 固体的，硬的

新概念英语－翻译

黛比.哈特准备明天横渡英吉利海峡。

她打算早上5点钟从法国海岸出发。黛比只有11岁，她希望创一项新的世界纪录。

黛比的父亲将乘一条小船同她一道出发。哈特先生训练她的女儿已经多年了，明天他将焦急地注视着女儿游过这段漫长的距离到达英国。

黛比计划每两小时休息一下。她将喝些饮料，但不吃固体食物。

黛比的大部分同学将在英国海岸等候她。他们当中还会有黛比的母亲，她本人还是个姑娘时，也曾横渡过英吉利海峡！

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• Lesson 37：The Olympic Games（奥林匹克运动会）

新概念英语－课文

The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time.

As a great many people will be visiting the country, the government will be building new hotels, an immense stadium, and a new Olympic-standard swimming pool. They will also be building new roads and a special railway line.

The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. By the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium.

The fantastic modern buildings have been designed by Kurt Gunter. Everybody will be watching anxiously as the new buildings go up. We are all very excited and are looking forward to the Olympic Games because they have never been held before in this country.

新概念英语－单词和短语

Olympic adj. 奥林匹克的
hold v. 召开
government n. 政府
immense adj. 巨大的
stadium n. 露天体育场
standard n. 标准
capital n. 首都
fantastic adj. 巨大的
design v. 设计

新概念英语－翻译

4年以后，奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行。

由于将有大批的人到我们国家来，所以政府准备建造一些新的饭店、一个大型体育场和一个新的奥运会标准游泳池。他们还将修筑一些新的道路和一条铁路专线。

奥运会就在首都市郊举办，整个地区将被称作“奥林匹克城”。工人们将在今年年底前把新路铺好；到明年年底，他们将把新体育场建成。

这些巨大的现代化建筑是由库尔特.冈特设计的。大家都将急切地注视着新建筑的建成。我们都非常激动，盼望着奥运会的到来，因为在这个国家里还从未举办过奥运会。

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• Lesson 38：Everything except the weather（唯独没有考虑到天气）

新概念英语－课文

My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the Mediterranean for many years before he returned to England. He had often dreamed of retiring in England and had planned to settle down in the country.

He had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there. Almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it rained continually and it was often bitterly cold.

After so many years of sunshine, Harrison got a shock. He acted as if he had never lived in England before. In the end, it was more than he could bear. He had hardly had time to settle down when he sold the house and left the country.

The dream he had had for so many years ended there. Harrison had thought of everything except the weather.

新概念英语－单词和短语

except prep. 除了
Mediterranean n. 地中海
complain v. 抱怨
continually adv. 不断地
bitterly adv. 刺骨地
sunshine n. 阳光

新概念英语－翻译

我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住在地中海地区。过去他常幻想退休后到英国，并计划在乡间安顿下来。

他刚一回到英国便买下了一幢房子住了进去。但紧接着他就开始抱怨那里的天气了。因为即使那时仍为夏季，但雨总是下个不停，而且常常冷得厉害。

在阳光下生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇。他的举动就好像他从未在英国生活过一样。最后，他再也忍受不住，还没等安顿下来就卖掉了房子，离开了这个国家。

他多年来的幻想从此破灭。哈里森把每件事情都考虑到了，唯独没想到天气。

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• Lesson 39：Am I all right?（我是否痊愈？）

新概念英语－课文

While John Gilbert was in hospital, he asked his doctor to tell him whether his operation had been successful, but the doctor refused to do so.

The following day, the patient asked for a bedside telephone. When he was alone, he telephoned the hospital exchange and asked for Doctor Millington.

When the doctor answered the phone, Mr. Gilbert said he was inquiring about a certain patient, a Mr. John Gilbert.

He asked if Mr. Gilbert's operation had been successful and the doctor told him that it had been. He then asked when Mr. Gilbert would be allowed to go home and the doctor told him that he would have to stay in hosptial for another two weeks.

Then Dr. Millington asked the caller if he was a relative of the patient. 'No,' the patient answered, 'I am Mr. John Gilbert.'

新概念英语－单词和短语

operation n. 手术
successful adj. 成功的
following adj. 下一个
patient n. 病人
alone adj. 独自的
exchange n. （电话的）交换台
inquire v. 询问，打听
certain adj. 某个
caller n. 打电话的人
relative n. 亲戚

新概念英语－翻译

当约翰.吉尔伯特住院的时候，他问医生他的手术是否成功，但医生拒绝告诉他。

第二天，这位病人要了一部床头电话。当房里只剩他一个人时，他挂通了医院的交换台，要求与米灵顿医生讲话。

当这位医生接过电话时，吉尔伯特先生说他想询问一个病人的情况，是一位名叫约翰.吉尔伯特的先生。

他问吉尔伯特先生的手术中否成功，医生告诉他手术很成功。然后他又问吉尔伯特先生什么时候可以回家，医生说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期。

之后，米灵顿医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属。“不是，”病人回答说，“我就是约翰.吉尔伯特先生。”

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• Lesson 40：Food and talk（进餐与交谈）

新概念英语－课文

Last week at a dinner party, the hostess asked me to sit next to Mrs. Rumbold.
Mrs. Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady in a tight black dress. She did not even look up when I took my seat beside her. Her eyes were fixed on her plate and in a short time, she was busy eating. I tried to make conversation.

'A new play is coming to "The Globe" soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it?'
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays abroad this year?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
'Will you be staying in England?' I asked.
'No,' she answered.
In despair, I asked her whether she was enjoying her dinner.
'Young man,' she answered, 'if you ate more and talked less, we would both enjoy our dinner!"

新概念英语－单词和短语

hostess n. 女主人
unsmiling adj. 不笑的，严肃的
tight adj. 紧身的
fix v. 凝视
globe n. 地球
despair n. 绝望

新概念英语－翻译

在上星期的一次宴会上，女主人安排我坐在兰伯尔德夫人的身旁。
兰伯尔德夫人是一位身材高大、表情严肃的女人，穿一件紧身的黑衣服。当我在她身旁坐下来的时候，她甚至连头都没有抬一下。她的眼睛盯着自己的盘子，不一会儿就忙着吃起来了。我试图找个话题和她聊聊。

“一出新剧要来‘环球剧场'上演了，”我说，“您去看吗？”
“不，”她回答。
“您今年去国外度假吗？”我又问。
“不，”她回答。
“您就呆在英国吗？”我问。
“不，”她回答。
失望之中我问她饭是否吃得满意。
“年轻人，”她回答说，“如果你多吃点，少说点，我们两个都会吃得好的！”

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• Lesson 41：Do you call that a hat?（你把那个叫帽子吗？）

新概念英语－课文

'Do you call that a hat?' I said to my wife.
'You needn't be so rude about it,' my wife answered as she looked at herself in the mirror.
I sat down on one of those modern chairs with holes in it and waited. We had been in the hat shop for half an hour and my wife was still in front of the mirror.
'We mustn't buy things we don't need,' I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying it almost at once.
'You needn't have said that,' my wife answered. 'I needn't remind you of that terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
'I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can never have too many ties.'
'And a woman can't have too many hats,' she answered.
Ten minutes later we walked out of the shop together. My wife was wearing a hat that looked like a lighthouse!

新概念英语－单词和短语

rude adj. 无礼的
mirror n. 镜子
hole n. 孔
remark v. 评说
remind v. 提醒
lighthouse n. 灯塔

新概念英语－翻译

“你把那个叫帽子吗？”我对妻子说。
“你说话没必要这样不客气，”我的妻子边回答边照着镜子。
我坐在一个新式的满是网眼儿的椅子上，等待着。我们在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了，而我的妻子仍在镜子面前。
“我们不应该买我们不需要的东西，”我突然发表意见说，但马上又后悔说了这话。
“你没必要这么说，”我妻子回答说，“我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带。”
“我觉得它好看，”我说，“男人有多少领带也不会嫌多。”
“女人有多少帽子也不嫌多。”她回答。
10分钟以后，我们一道走出了商店。我妻子戴着一顶像灯塔一样的帽子。

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• Lesson 42：Not very musical（并非很懂音乐）

新概念英语－课文

As we had had a long walk through one of the markets of old Delhi, we stopped at a square to have a rest. After a time, we noticed a snake charmer with two large baskets at the other side of the square, so we went to have a look at him.

As soon as he saw us, he picked up a long pipe which was covered with coins and opened one of the baskets. When he began to play a tune, we had our first glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe.

We were very much surprised when the snake charmer suddenly began to play jazz and modern pop songs. The snake, however, continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between Indian music and jazz!

新概念英语－单词和短语

musical adj. 精通音乐的
market n. 市场，集市
snake charmer 玩蛇者（通常借音乐控制）
pipe n. （吹奏的）管乐器
tune n. 曲调
glimpse n. 一瞥
snake n. 蛇
movement n. 动作
continue v. 继续
dance v. 跳舞
obviously adv. 显然
difference n. 差别
Indian adj. 印度的

新概念英语－翻译

当我们穿过旧德里的市场时走了很长一段路，我们在一个广场上停下来休息。过了一会儿，我们注意到广场的那一边有一个带着两个大筐的耍蛇人，于是就走过去看看。

他一见我们，就拿起了一个长长的上面镶有硬币的管乐器，并掀开了一个筐的盖子。当他开始吹奏一支曲子时，我们才第一次看到那条蛇。它从筐里探出身子，随着乐器的摆动而扭动。

当耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士乐和现代流行乐曲时，我们感到非常惊奇。然而那蛇却还是缓慢地“舞动”着。显然，它分辨不出印度音乐和爵士乐！

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• Lesson 43：Over the South Pole（飞越南极）

新概念英语－课文

In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the American explorer, R.E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole for the first time.

Though, at first, Byrd and his men were able to take a great many photographs of the mountains that lay below, they soon ran into serious trouble.

At one point, it seemed certain that their plane would crash. It could only get over the mountains if it rose to 10,000 feet.

Byrd at once ordered his men to throw out two heavy food sacks. The plane was then able to rise and it cleared the mountains by 400 feet.

Byrd now knew that he would be able to reach the South Pole which was 300 miles away, for there were no more mountains in sight. The aircraft was able to fly over the endless white plains without difficulty.

新概念英语－单词和短语

pole n. （地球的）极
flight n. 飞行
explorer n. 探险家
lie v. 处于
serious adj. 严重的
point n. 地点
seem v. 似乎
crash v. 坠毁
sack n. 袋子
clear v. 越过
aircraft n. 飞机
endless adj. 无尽的
plain n. 平原

新概念英语－翻译

美国探险家 R.E. 伯德在飞越北极3年之后，于1929年第一次飞越了南极。

虽然开始时伯德和他的助手们拍下了飞机下面连绵群山的大量照片，但他们很快就陷入了困境。

在有个地方，飞机似乎肯定要坠毁了。只有在飞至10,000英尺的高度时，它才能飞过这些山头。

伯德马上命令他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉，于是飞机可以上升了，它在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去。

伯德这时知道他能够顺利飞抵300英里以外的南极了，因为前面再没有山了。飞机可以毫无困难地飞过这片茫茫无际的白色原野！

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• Lesson 44：Through the forest（穿过森林）

新概念英语－课文

Mrs. Anne Sterling did not think of the risk she was taking when she ran through a forest after two men.

They had rushed up to her while she was having a picnic at the edge of a forest with her children and tried to steal her handbag. In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.

Mrs. Sterling got so angry that she ran after them. She was soon out of breath, but she continued to run.

When she caught up with them, she saw that they had sat down and were going through the contents of the bag, so she ran straight at them. The men got such a fright that they dropped the bag and ran away.

'The strap needs mending,' said Mrs. Sterling later, 'but they did not steal anything.'

新概念英语－单词和短语

forest n. 森林
risk n. 危险，冒险
picnic n. 野餐
edge n. 边缘
strap n. 带，皮带
possession n. 所有
breath n. 呼吸
contents n. （常用复数）内有的物品
mend v. 修理

新概念英语－翻译

安.斯特林夫人在穿过森林追赶两个男人时，她并没有考虑到所冒的风险。

刚才，当她和孩子们正在森林边上野餐的时候，这两个人冲到她跟前，企图抢走她的手提包。在争抢中，手提包的带断了，包落入这两个人手里，他们拔腿跑进了树林。

斯特林夫人非常气愤，向着他们追了过去。只追了一会儿便上气不接下气了，但她还是继续追赶。

当她赶上他们时，发现他们已经坐了下来，正翻着包里的东西。于是她直冲过去。这两个人吓了一跳，扔下提包逃跑了。

“这提包带需要修理，”斯特林夫人事后说道，“不过他们什么也没偷走。”

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• Lesson 45：A clear conscience（问心无愧）

新概念英语－课文

The whole village soon learnt that a large sum of money had been lost. Sam Benton, the local butcher, had lost his wallet while taking his savings to the post office. Sam was sure that the wallet must have been found by one of the villagers, but it was not returned to him.

Three months passed, and then one morning, Sam found his wallet outside his front door. It had been wrapped up in newspaper and it contained half the money he had lost, together with a note which said: 'A thief, yes, but only 50 per cent a thief!'

Two months later, some more money was sent to Sam with another note: 'Only 25 per cent a thief now!' In time, all Sam's money was paid back in this way. The last note said: 'I am 100 per cent honest now!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

clear adj. 无罪的，不亏心的
conscience n. 良心，道德心
wallet n. 皮夹，钱夹
savings n. 存款
villager n. 村民
per cent 百分之......

新概念英语－翻译

整个村子很快知道，有一大笔钱丢失了。当地的屠户萨姆.本顿在把存款送往邮局的途中把钱包丢了。萨姆确信那钱包一定是被某个村民捡到了，可是却不见有人来送还给他。

3个月过去了，后来在一天早晨，萨姆在自己的大门外发现了他的钱包。钱包是用报纸包着的，里面有他丢失的钱的一半，而且还附着一张纸条，上面写着：“一个小偷，是的，但只是一个50%的小偷！”

又过了两个月，又有一些钱送还给了萨姆，又附了一张字条：“这回只是25%的小偷了！”很快，萨姆全部的钱都用同样的方式还了回来。最后的那张字条上写道：“我现在是一个100%的诚实人了！”

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• Lesson 46：Expensive and uncomfortable（既昂贵又受罪）

新概念英语－课文

When a plane from London arrived at Sydney airport, workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes which contained clothing. No one could account for the fact that one of the boxes was extremely heavy.

It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open up the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was lying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods. He was so surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away.

After he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left London. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had been confined to the wooden box for over eighteen hours. The man was ordered to pay $3,500 for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is $2,000!

新概念英语－单词和短语

unload v. 卸（货）
wooden adj. 木制的
extremely adv. 非常，极其
occur v. 发生
astonish v. 使惊讶
pile n. 堆
woollen n. 羊毛的
goods n. （常用复数）货物，商品
discover v. 发现
admit v. 承认
confine v. 关在（一个狭小的空间里）
normal adj. 正常的，通常的

新概念英语－翻译

当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉尼机场时，工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱。其中有只箱子特别重，可谁也弄不清是怎么回事。

突然一个工人想到打开箱子看看。看到的情景使吃惊，箱内有一个人正躺在一堆毛织品之上。他由于被人发现而感到非常吃惊，甚至都没有企图逃跑。

此人被逮捕后，承认他是在飞机离开伦敦前躲进箱里的。他经历了一次漫长而又难受的旅程，因为他在那木箱里闷了18个多小时。此人被责令交付旅费3,500英镑，而正常票价是2,000英镑！

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• Lesson 47：A thirsty ghost（嗜酒的鬼魂）

新概念英语－课文

A public house which was recently bought by Mr.Ian Thompson is up for sale. Mr.Thompson is going to sell it because it is haunted.

He told me that he could not go to sleep one night because he heard a strange noise coming from the bar.

The next morning, he found that the doors had been blocked by chairs and the furniture had been moved. Though Mr.Thompson had turned the lights off before he went to bed, they were on in the morning. He also said that he had found five empty whisky bottles which the ghost must have drunk the night before.

When I suggested that some villagers must have come in for a free drink, Mr.Thompson shook his head. The villagers have told him that they will not accept the pub even if he gives it away.

新概念英语－单词和短语

thirsty adj. 贪杯的
ghost n. 鬼魂
haunt v. （鬼）来访，闹鬼
block v. 堵
furniture n. 家具
whisky n. 威士忌酒
suggest v. 暗示
shake v. 摇动
accept v. 接受

新概念英语－翻译

伊恩.汤普森先生最近才买的一个小酒店现在又要卖出去。汤普森先生之所以想卖它，是因为那里常闹鬼。

他告诉我有天夜里他怎么也睡不着，因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声。

第二天早上，他发现酒吧间的门被椅子堵上了，家具也被挪动过。虽然汤普森临睡觉时把灯关了，但早晨灯却都亮着。他还说他发现了5只空的威士忌瓶子，肯定是鬼魂昨天晚上喝的。

当我暗示说一定是村里有些人来喝不花钱的酒时，汤普森先生摇了摇头。村里的人已经告诉他，即使他把小酒店白送人，他们也不要。

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• Lesson 48：Did you want to tell me something?（你想对我说什么吗？）

新概念英语－课文

Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer.

My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cotton wool.

He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.

Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.

新概念英语－单词和短语

pull v. 拔
cotton wool 药棉
collect v. 搜集
collection n. 收藏品，收集品
nod v. 点头
meanwhile adv. 同时

新概念英语－翻译

牙科医生们总是在你无法作出回答的时候向你提出问题。

我的牙科医生刚刚给我拔掉了一颗牙，叫我休息一会儿。我想说点什么，但我嘴里塞满了药棉。

他知道我收集火柴盒，于是问我收藏的米柴盒是否在增加。接着他又问我的兄弟近来如何，问我是否喜欢伦敦的新工作。作为对这些问题的回答，我不是点头，就是发出奇怪的声音。

与此同时，我的舌头正在忙着寻找刚拔掉的那颗牙的伤口。我突然非常着急起来，但却什么也说不出来。当那位牙医最后将药棉从我嘴中取出时，我总算有可能告诉他，他拔错了牙。

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• Lesson 49：The end of a dream（美梦告终）

新概念英语－课文

Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress.

Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below.

The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the ground. Although the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt.

When he woke up, he was still on the mattress. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again.

新概念英语－单词和短语

tired adj. 厌烦的
real adj. 真正的
owner n. 主人
spring n. 弹簧
mattress n. 床垫
gust n. 一阵风
sweep v. 扫，刮
courtyard n. 院子
smash v. 碰碎，摔碎
miraculously adv. 奇迹般地
unhurt adj. 没有受伤的
glance v. 扫视
promptly adv. 迅速地

新概念英语－翻译

德黑兰的一个人年轻人由于对睡地板感到厌倦，于是积蓄多年买了一张真正的床。他平生第一次自豪地拥有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床。

由于天气很热，他便把床搬到了他的屋顶上。头两天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了风暴。一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来，把它摔碎在下面的院子里。

那年轻人直到床撞到地上才醒了过来。尽管床摔成了碎片，但年轻人却奇迹地没有受伤。

他醒来时，仍然躺在床垫上。年轻人看了一眼周围的碎木片和碎金属片，伤心地捡起了床垫，把它拿进了屋。他把床垫往地板上一放，很快又睡着了。

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• Lesson 50：Taken for a ride（乘车兜风）

新概念英语－课文

I love travelling in the country, but I don't like losing my way.
I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected.
'I'm going to Woodford Green,' I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, 'but I don't know where it is.'
'I'll tell you where to get off.' answered the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus.
'You'll have to get off here,' the conductor said. 'This is as far as we go.'
'Is this Woodford Green?' I asked.
'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly. 'I forgot to put you off.'
'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.'
'We're going back now,' said the conductor.
'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.

新概念英语－单词和短语

ride n. 旅行
excursion n. 远足
conductor n. 售票员
view n. 景色

新概念英语－翻译

我喜欢在乡间旅行，但却不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但这次旅行所花费的时间比我预计的要长。
“我要去伍德福德草地，”我一上车就对售票员说，“但我不知道它在那儿。”
“我来告诉您在哪儿下车，”售票员回答说。
我坐在汽车的前部，以便饱览农村风光。过了一些时候，车停了。我环视了一下身旁，惊奇地发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了。
“您得在这里下车，”售票员说，“我们的车就到此为止了。”
“这里是伍德福德草地吗？”我问道。
“哎呀，”售票员突然说，“我忘了让您下车了。”
“没关系，”我说，“我就在这儿下吧。”
“我们现在要返回去，”售票员说。
“好吧，既然如此，我还是留在车上吧。”我回答说。

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• Lesson 51：Reward of virtue（对美德的奖赏）

新概念英语－课文

My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet.

He began his diet a week ago.First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets.

Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever.

He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk.

He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

新概念英语－单词和短语

reward n. 报偿
virtue n. 美德
diet n. 节食
forbid v. 禁止
hurriedly adv. 匆忙地
embarrass v. 使尴尬
guiltily adv. 内疚地
strict adj. 严格的
reward v. 给奖赏
occasionally adv. 偶尔地

新概念英语－翻译

我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近来情况变得越发糟糕，以致他决定节食。

他是一星期前开始节食的。首先，他开列了一张长长的单子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。这张单子上的大多数食物都是休喜欢吃的：黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。

昨天我去看望了他。我按响了门铃，当看到休仍和往常一样胖时，我并不感到惊奇

他把我领进屋，慌忙把一个大包藏到了桌子下面。显然他感到很尴尬。当我问他正干什么时，他内疚地笑了，然后把那个大包拿到了桌上。

他解释说，他的饮食控制得太严格了，以致不得不偶尔奖赏自己一下。接着他给我看了包里的东西。里面装了5大块巧克力和3袋糖果！

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• Lesson 52：A pretty carpet（漂亮的地毯）

新概念英语－课文

We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room.

A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. 'This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,' she said. She gazed at it for some time then added, 'You don't need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

temporarily adv. 暂时地
inch n. 英寸（度量单位）
space n. 空间
actually adv. 实际上

新概念英语－翻译

我们刚刚搬进一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一个上午。我试图把我的新房间收拾整齐，但这并不容易，因为我有1,000多本书。更糟糕的是房间还非常小，所以我暂时把书放在了地板上。这会儿，书把地板的每一点空隙都占据了， 我实际上是踩着这些书进出房间的。

几分钟前，我妹妹帮我把一个旧书橱抬上了楼。她走进我的房间 ，当她看到地板上的那些书时，大吃一惊。“这是我见过的最漂亮的地毯，”她说。她盯着“地毯”看了一会儿 ，又说：“你根本用不着书橱，空闲时你可以坐在这儿读地毯！”

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• Lesson 53：Hot snake（触电的蛇）

新概念英语－课文

At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away.

Yesterday the firemen examined the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.

This morning, however, a firemen accidentally discovered the cause. He noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery.

The explanation was simple but very unusual. A bird had snatched up the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires. The snake then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.

新概念英语－单词和短语

hot adj. 带电的，充电的
fireman n. 消防队员
cause v. 引起； n. 原因
examine v. 检查
accidentally adv. 意外地，偶然地
remains n. 尸体，残骸
wire n. 电线
volt n. 伏特（电压单位）
power line 电力线
solve v. 解决
mystery n. 谜
snatch v. 抓住
spark n. 电火花

新概念英语－翻译

消防队员们终于扑灭了加利福尼亚的一场森林大火。从那时起，他们一直试图找出起火的原因。森林火灾时常由破碎的玻璃或人们随手扔掉的香烟头引起。

昨天，消防队员仔细查看了地面，但未能发现碎玻璃。他们还十分肯定火灾也不是由烟头引起的。

然而今天上午，一个消防队员偶然发现了起火的原因。他发现了缠绕在16,000伏高压线上的一条死蛇。就这样，他解开了起火之谜。

解释很简单，却异乎寻常。一只鸟把蛇从地上抓起来，然后把它扔到了电线上。于是蛇就缠住了几根电线。当它这样做时，把火花送到了地面，这些火花立刻引起了一场大火。

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• Lesson 54：Sticky fingers（黏糊的手指）

新概念英语－课文

After breakfast, I sent the children to school and then I went to the shops. It was still early when I returned home. The children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quiet.

So I decided to make some meat pies. In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry. At exactly that moment, the telephone rang. Nothing could have been more annoying.

I picked up the receiver between two sticky fingers and was dismayed when I recognized the voice of Helen Bates. It took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later.

At last I hung up the receiver. What a mess! There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the doorknobs. I had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the doorbell rang loud enough to wake the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered letter!

新概念英语－单词和短语

sticky adj. 粘的
finger n. 手指
pie n. 馅饼
mix v. 混合，拌和
pastry n. 面糊
annoying adj. 恼人的
receiver n. 电话的话筒
dismay v. 失望，泄气
recognize v. 认出，听出
persuade v. 说服，劝说
mess n. 乱七八糟
doorknob n. 门把手
sign v. 签字
register v. 挂号邮寄

新概念英语－翻译

早饭后，我送孩子们上学，然后就去了商店。我回到家时，时间还早。孩子们在上学，我丈夫在上班，家里清静得很。

于是我决定做些肉馅饼。不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。恰恰在此时，电话铃响了。没有什么能比这更烦人了。

我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了话筒。当听出是海伦.贝茨的声音时，非常丧气。我用了10分钟的时间才说服她过会儿再来电话。

我终于挂上了话筒。真是糟糕透了！我的手指上、电话机上以及门的把手上，都沾上了面糊。我刚回到厨房，门铃又响了起来，响声足以把死人唤醒。这次是邮递员，他要我签收一封挂号信！

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• Lesson 55：Not a gold mine（并非金矿）

新概念英语－课文

Dreams of finding lost treasure almost came true recently. A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented and it has been used to detect gold which has been buried in the ground.

The machine was used in a cave near the seashore where -- it is said -- pirates used to hide gold. The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it.

Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. The leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.

Very excited, the party dug a hole two feel deep. They finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. The party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk. In spite of this, many people are confident that 'The Revealer' may reveal something of value fairly soon.

新概念英语－单词和短语

gold n. 金子
mine n. 矿
treasure n. 财宝
revealer n. 探测器
invent v. 发明
detect v. 探测
bury v. 埋藏
cave n. 山洞
seashore n. 海岸
pirate n. 海盗
arm v. 武装
soil n. 泥土
entrance n. 入口
finally adv. 最后
worthless adj. 毫无价值的
thoroughly adv. 彻底地
trunk n. 行李箱
confident adj. 有信心的
value n. 价值

新概念英语－翻译

最近，找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实。一种叫“探宝器”的新机器已经发明出来，并被人们用来探测地下埋藏的金子。

在靠近海边的一个据说过去海盗常在里面藏金子的岩洞里，这种机器被派上了用场。海盗们过去常把金子埋藏在那个洞里，可后来却没能取走。

一支用这种新机器装备起来的探宝队进入了这个岩洞，希望找到埋藏着的金子。当这个队的队长正在检查洞口附近的土壤时，那台机器显示出它的下面埋有金子。

队员们异常激动，就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑 ，但最后找到的是一枚几乎一钱不值的小金币 。队员们接着又把整个洞彻底搜寻了一遍 ，但除了一只空铁皮箱外什么也没找到 。尽管如此，很多人仍然相信“探宝器”很快就会探出值钱的东西来。

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• Lesson 56：Faster than sound!（比声音还快！）

新概念英语－课文

Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.

One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part.

After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them! A few cars, however, completed the race.

The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour -- much faster than any of its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it.

The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.

新概念英语－单词和短语

sound n. 声音
excitement n. 激动，兴奋
handsome adj. 漂亮的；美观的
Rolls-Royce 罗尔斯--罗伊斯
Benz n. 奔驰
wheel n. 轮子
explosion n. 爆炸，轰响
course n. 跑道；行程
rival n. 对手
speed v. 疾驶
downhill adv. 下坡

新概念英语－翻译

旧式汽车的比赛每年举行一次。去年有很多汽车参加了这项比赛。比赛开始之前，人们异常激动。

最漂亮的汽车之一是罗尔斯--罗伊斯生产的银鬼汽车，而最不寻常的一辆则要属只有3只轮子的奔驰牌汽车了。该车造于1885年，是参赛车中最老的一辆。

在好一阵喧闹的爆炸声之后，比赛开始了。很多汽车在途中就抛了锚，而有些驾驶员花在汽车底下的时间比坐在汽车里面的时间还长。然而还是有几辆汽车跑完了全程。

获胜的那辆车达到了时速40英里--远远超过任何对手。它在接近终点时，冲下了山坡，驾驶员费了好大劲才把车停下来。

这次比赛使每个人都挺开心。它虽然与现代汽车比赛大不相同，但激动人心的程度并不亚于现代化汽车大赛。

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• Lesson 57：Can I help you, madam?（您要买什么，夫人？）

新概念英语－课文

A woman in jeans stood at the window of an expensive shop. Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window.

One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part.

She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other. After seeking out the rude assistant, she asked for the same dress.

Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time. With great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. As soon as she saw it, the woman said she did not like it.

She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.

新概念英语－单词和短语

madam n. （对妇女的尊称）太太，夫人
jeans n. 牛仔裤
hesitate v. 犹豫，迟缓
serve v. 接待（顾客）
scornfully adv. 轻蔑地
punish v. 惩罚
fur n. 裘皮
eager adj. 热切的，热情的

新概念英语－翻译

一位穿着牛仔裤的妇女站在一家高档商店的橱窗前。她虽然犹豫了片刻，但终于还是走进了商店，要求把陈列在橱窗里的一件衣服拿给她看。

接待她的售货员不喜欢她的那副打扮，轻蔑地看了她一眼后，便告诉她那件衣服已经卖出去了。这位妇女怒气冲冲地走出了商店，决定第二天教训一下那个售货员。

第二天上午，她又来到这家商店，穿了一件裘皮大衣，一只手拎着一只手提包，另一只手拿着一把长柄伞。找到那个无礼的售货员后，她还要看昨天的那件衣服。

那个售货员没有认出她是谁，这一回接待她的态度非常殷勤。费了好大劲儿，他爬进橱窗去取那件衣服。这位妇女对那件衣服只看一眼，就说不喜欢。

她开心地迫使那位售货员把橱窗里几乎所有的东西都拿了出来，最后才买下了她最先要看的那一件。

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• Lesson 58：A blessing in disguise?（是因祸得福吗？）

新概念英语－课文

The tiny village of Frinley is said to possess a 'cursed tree'. Because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper, the number of visitors to Frinley has now increased.

The tree was planted near the church fifty years ago, but it is only in recent years that it has gained an evil reputation. It is said that if anyone touches the tree, he will have bad luck; if he picks a leaf, he will die. Many villagers believe that the tree has already claimed a number of victims.

The vicar has been asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. He has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of income, as tourists have been coming from all parts of the country to see it.

In spite of all that has been said, the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree-trunk. So far, not one of them has been struck down by sudden death!

新概念英语－单词和短语

blessing n. 福分，福气
disguise n. 伪装
tiny adj. 极
blessing n. 福分，福气
disguise n. 伪装
tiny adj. 极小的
possess v. 拥有
cursed adj. 可恨的
increase v. 增加
plant v. 种植
church n. 教堂
evil adj. 坏的
reputation n. 名声
claim v. 以......为其后果
victim n. 受害者，牺牲品
vicar n. 教区牧师
source n. 来源
income n. 收入
trunk n. 树干

新概念英语－翻译

据说弗林利这个小村里有一棵“该诅咒的树”。就因为报上提到过这棵树，所以现在来弗林利参观的人越来越多。

该树是50年前栽在教堂附近的，但只是近几年才得到了一个坏名声。据说，谁要是触摸了这棵树，谁就会交上恶运；如果谁摘了一片树叶，谁就会死去。很多村民相信此树已经害了不少人。

人们曾请求教区的牧师叫人把树砍掉，但他直到现在也没有同意。他指出，由于人们从全国各地纷纷前来参观这棵树，它成了一个有用的财源。

尽管有上述种种说法，但游客们还是照常摘树叶和把他们的名字刻在树干上。然而到目前为止，还没有一个人暴死呢！

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• Lesson 59：In or out?（进来还是出去？）

新概念英语－课文

Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark. Every time he wanted to come into the garden he would bark until someone opened the gate.

As the neighbours complained of the noise, my husband spent weeks training him to press his paw on the latch to let himself in. Rex soon became an expert at opening the gate.

However, when I was going out shopping last week, I noticed him in the garden near the gate. This time he was barking so that someone would let him out ! Since then, he has developed another bad habit. As soon as he opens the gate from the outside, he comes into the garden and waits until the gate shuts. Then he sits and barks until someone lets him out. After this he immediately lets himself in and begins barking again.

Yesterday my husband removed the gate and Rex got so annoyed we have not seen him since.

新概念英语－单词和短语

bark v. 狗叫
press v. 按，压
paw n. 脚爪
latch n. 门闩
expert n. 专家
develop v. 养成
habit n. 习惯
remove v. 拆掉，取下

新概念英语－翻译

我家的狗雷克斯，过去常坐在大门外面叫。每当它想到花园里来时，便汪汪叫个不停，直到有人把门打开。

由于邻居们对狗叫很有意见，所以我丈夫花了几个星期的时间训练它用脚爪按住门闩把自己放进来。雷克斯很快成了开门的专家。

然而上星期我正要出去买东西时，发现它正呆在花园里边靠门的地方。这次它叫着让人把它放出去！从那以后，它养成了另外一种坏习惯。它从外面把门一打开，就走进花园，等着门自动关上。这之后他就坐下汪汪叫起来，直到有人来把它放出去。出去之后，它又马上把自己放进来，接着再开始叫。

昨天，我丈夫把门卸了下来，雷克斯很生气，此后我们便再也没有见到它。

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• Lesson 60：The future（占卜未来）

新概念英语－课文

At a village fair, I decided to visit a fortune-teller called Madam Bellinsky. I went into her tent and she told me to sit down. After I had given her some money,she looked into a crystal ball and said: 'A relation of yours is coming to see you. She will be arriving this evening and intends to stay for a few days. The moment you leave this tent, you will get a big surprise. A woman you know well will rush towards you. She will speak to you and then she will lead you away from this place. That is all.'

As soon as I went outside, I forgot all about Madam Bellinsky because my wife hurried towards me. 'Where have you been hiding ?' she asked impatiently. 'Your sister will be here in less than an hour and we must be at the station to meet her. We are late already.' As she walked away, I followed her out of the fair.

新概念英语－单词和短语

future n. 未来，前途
fair n. 集市
fortune-teller n. 算命人
crystal n. 水晶
relation n. 亲属
impatiently adv. 不耐烦地

新概念英语－翻译

在一个乡村集市上 ，我决定去拜访一位称作别林斯夫人的算命人 。我走进她的帐篷 ，她叫我坐下 。我给了她一些钱后 ，她便查看着一个水晶球说道：“您的一个亲戚就要来看您了。她将于今天傍晚到达，并准备住上几天。您一走出这个帐篷，就会大吃一惊。一 位您很熟悉的女人将向您冲来 。她会对您说点什么，然后带您离开这个地方 。就是这些。”

我一走出帐篷 ，就把别林斯基夫人给算卦的事忘得一干二净了,因为我的妻子正匆匆向我跑来。 “你躲到哪儿去了？”她不耐烦地问，“ 再有不到一个小时你姐姐就要到这儿了， 我们得去车站接她。现在就已经晚了。”当她走开时，我也跟着她出了集市。

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• Lesson 61：Trouble with the Hubble（哈勃望远镜的困境）

新概念英语－课文

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.

新概念英语－单词和短语

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

新概念英语－翻译

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

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• Lesson 62：After the fire（大火之后）

新概念英语－课文

Firemen had been fighting the forest for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.

A short time before, great trees had covered the countryside for miles around. Now, smoke still rose up from the warm ground over the desolate hills. .

Winter was coming on and the hills threatened the surrounding villages with destruction, for heavy rain would not only wash away the soil but would cause serious floods as well.

When the fire had at last been put out, the forest authorities ordered several tons of a special type of grass-seed which would grow quickly. The seed was sprayed over the ground in huge quantities by aeroplanes.

The planes had been planting seed for nearly a month when it began to rain. By then, however, in many places the grass had already taken root.

In place of the great trees which had been growing there for centuries patches of green had begun to appear in the blackened soil.

新概念英语－单词和短语

control n. 控制
smoke n. 烟
desolate adj. 荒凉的
threaten v. 威胁
surrounding adj. 周围的
destruction n. 破坏，毁灭
flood n. 洪水，水灾
authority n. （常用复数）当局
grass-seed n. 草籽
spray v. 喷撒
quantity n. 量
root n. 根
century n. 世纪
patch n. 小片
blacken v. 变黑，发暗

新概念英语－翻译

消防队员们同那场森林大火搏斗了将近3个星期才最后把火势控制住。

就在不久之前，参天大树还覆盖着方圆数英里的土地。而现在，发热的地面上仍然升腾着烟雾，弥漫在荒凉的山丘上。

冬季即将来临，这些山丘对周围的村庄具有毁灭性的威胁，因为大雨不仅会冲走土壤，而且还会引起严重的水灾。

在大火最后被扑灭后，森林管理当局订购了好几吨一种生长迅速的特殊类型的草籽。飞机把这种草籽大量地撒播在地上。

飞机撒播近一个月后，开始下起雨来。然而到那时，很多地方的草已经生了根。

一片片的绿草开始出现在这片烧焦的土地上，代替了多少世纪以来一直生长在那里的参天大树。

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• Lesson 63：She was not amused（她并不觉得好笑）

新概念英语－课文

Jeremy Hampden has a large circle of friends and is very popular at parties. Everybody admires him for his great sense of humour -- everybody, that is, except his six-year-old daughter, Jenny.

Recently, one of Jeremy's closest friends asked him to make a speech at a wedding reception. This is the sort of thing that Jeremy loves. He prepared the speech carefully and went to the wedding with Jenny.

he had included a large number of funny stories in the speech and, of course, it was a great success. As soon as he had finished, Jenny told him she wanted to go home. Jeremy was a little disappointed by this but he did as his daughter asked.

On the way home, he asked Jenny if she had enjoyed the speech. To his surprise, she said she hadn't. Jeremy asked her why this was so and she told him that she did not like to see so many people laughing at him!

新概念英语－单词和短语

circle n. 圈子
admire v. 赞美，钦佩
close adj. 亲密的
wedding n. 婚礼
reception n. 招待会
sort n. 种类

新概念英语－翻译

杰里米.汉普登交际甚广，是各种聚会上深受大家欢迎的人。人人都钦佩他那绝妙的幽默感 -- 人人，就是说，除他6岁的女儿珍妮之外的每一个人。

最近，杰里米的一个最亲密的朋友请他在一个婚礼上祝词。这正是杰里米喜欢做的事情。他认真准备了讲稿，带着珍妮一道去参加了婚礼。

他的祝词里面加进了大量逗人的故事，自然大获成功。他刚一讲完，珍妮就对他说她要回家。这不免使杰里米有点扫兴，但他还是按照女儿的要求做了。

在回家的路上，他问珍妮是否喜欢他的祝词。使他吃惊的是，她说她不喜欢。杰里米问他为何不喜欢，她说她不愿意看到那么多的人嘲笑他！

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• Lesson 64：The Channel Tunnel（英吉利海峡隧道）

新概念英语－课文

In 1858, a French engineer, Aime Thome de Gamond, arrived in England with a plan for a twenty-one-mile tunnel under the English Channel. He said that it would be possible to build a platform in the centre of the Channel. This platform would serve as a port and a railway station. The tunnel would be well-ventilated if tall chimneys were built above sea level.

In 1860, a better plan was put forward by an Englishman, William Low. He suggested that a double railway-tunnel should be built. This would solve the problem of ventilation, for if a train entered this tunnel, it would draw in fresh air behind it.

Forty-two years later a tunnel was actually begun. If, at the time, the British had not feared invasion, it would have been completed.

The world had to wait almost another 100 years for the Channel Tunnel. It was officially opened on March 7,1994, finally connecting Britain to the European continent.

新概念英语－单词和短语

tunnel n. 隧道
port n. 港口
ventilate v. 通风
chimney n. 烟囱
sea level 海平面
double adj. 双的
ventilation n. 通风
fear v. 害怕
invasion n. 入侵，侵略
officially adv. 正式地
connect v. 连接
European adj. 欧洲的
continent n. 大陆

新概念英语－翻译

1858年，一位名叫埃梅.托梅.德.干蒙的法国工程师带着建造一条长21英里、穿越英吉利海陕的隧道计划到了英国。他说，可以在隧道中央建造一座平台， 这座平台将用作码头和火车站。如果再建些伸出海面的高大的烟囱状通风管 ， 隧道就具备了良好的通风条件。

1860年，一位名叫威廉.洛的英国人提出了一项更好的计划。他提议建一条双轨隧道，这样就解决了通风问题。因为如果有列火车开进隧道，它就把新鲜空气随之抽进了隧道。

42年以后，隧道实际已经开始建了。如果不是因为那时英国人害怕入侵，隧道早已建成了。

世界不得不再等将近100年才看到海峡隧道竣工。它于1994年3月7日正式开通，将英国与欧洲大陆连到了一起。

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• Lesson 65：Jumbo versus the police（小象对警察）

新概念英语－课文

Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, decided to take some presents to a children's hospital.

Dressed up as Father Christmas and accompanied by a 'guard of honour' of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city riding a baby elephant called Jumbo.

He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy and told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding up the traffic.

Though Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteen policemen had to push very hard to get him off the main street. The police had a difficult time, but they were most amused.

'Jumbo must weigh a few tons,' said a policeman afterwards, 'so it was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him. Of course, we should arrest him, but as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.'

新概念英语－单词和短语

versus prep. ...对....，通常是拿2个东西来对比、比赛。。
Christmas n. 圣诞节
circus n. 马戏团
present n. 礼物
accompany v. 陪同
approach v. 对着什么..去
ought modal verb. 应该
weigh v. 重
fortunate adj. 幸运

新概念英语－翻译

去年圣诞节，马戏团老板吉米.盖茨决定送些礼物给儿童医院。

他打扮成圣诞老人，在由6个漂亮姑娘组成的“仪仗队”的陪同下，骑上一头名叫江伯的小象，沿着城里的主要街道出发了。

他本该知道警察绝不会允许这类事情发生。一个警察走过来告诉吉米，他应该走一条小路，因为江泊阻碍了交通。

虽然吉米同意马上就走，但江伯却拒绝移动。15个警察不得不用很大的力气把它推离主要街道。警察虽然吃了苦头，但他们还是感到很有趣。

“江伯一定有好几吨重，”一个警察事后这样说，“值得庆幸的是它没让我们抬它走。当然，我们应该逮捕它，但由于它一贯表现很好，这次我们饶了它。”

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• Lesson 66：Sweet as honey!（像蜜一样甜！）

新概念英语－课文

In 1963 a Lancaster bomber crashed on Wallis Island, a remote place in the South Pacific, a long way west of Samoa.

The plane wasn't too badly damaged, but over the years, the crash was forgotten and the wreck remained undisturbed.

Then in 1989, twenty-six years after the crash, the plane was accidentally rediscovered in an aerial survey of the island. By this time, a Lancaster bomber in reasonable condition was rare and worth rescuing.

The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France. Now a group of enthusiasts are going to have the plane restored. It has four Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, but the group will need to have only three of them rebuilt.

Imagine their surprise and delight when they broke open the packing cases and found that the fourth engine was sweet as honey -- still in perfect condition. A colony of bees had turned the engine into a hive and it was totally preserved in beeswax!

新概念英语－单词和短语

Lancaster n. 兰开斯特
bomber n. 轰炸机
remote adj. 偏僻的
Pacific n. 太平洋
damage v. 毁坏
wreck n. 残骸
rediscover v. 重新发现
aerial adj. 航空的
survey n. 调查
rescue v. 营救
package v. 把......打包
enthusiast n. 热心人
restore v. 修复
imagine v. 想像
packing case 包装箱
colony n. 群
bee n. 蜂
hive n. 蜂房
preserve v. 保护
beeswax n. 蜂蜡

新概念英语－翻译

1963年，一架兰开斯特轰炸机在瓦立斯岛毁。那是南太洋中一个很偏僻的小岛，位于萨摩亚群岛以西，距离群岛还有很长一段距离。

飞机损坏的程度并不严重，但是，多年来这起飞机失事已被遗忘， 飞机残骸也没受到破坏。

于是，到了1989年，飞机失事26年后， 在对小岛的一次航空勘查中那架飞机被意外地发现了。 到了那个时候，状况良好的兰开斯特轰炸机实属罕见，值得抢救。

法国政府让人把飞机包装起来，一部分一部分地搬回法国。一群热心人计划修复这架飞机。该飞机装装配有4台罗尔斯-罗伊斯的默林发动机，但是他们只需要修复其中的3台。

想一想他们所感受到的惊奇和兴奋 —— 当他们拆开包装箱时，他们发现第4台发动机就像蜂蜜一样甜 —— 发动机完好无损。一群蜜蜂把发动机当作了蜂房，发动机在蜂蜡中被完整地保存了下来。

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• Lesson 67：Volcanoes（火山）

新概念英语－课文

Haroun Tazieff, the Polish scientist, has spent his lifetime studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. In 1948, he went to Lake Kivu in the Congo to observe a new volcano which he later named Kituro.

Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. Though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay near the volcano for very long.

He noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him. It threatened to surround him completely, but Tazieff managed to escape just in time.

He waited until the volcano became quiet and he was able to return two days later. This time, he managed to climb into the mouth of Kituro so that he could take photographs and measure temperatures.

Tazieff has often risked his life in this way. He has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive.

新概念英语－单词和短语

volcano n. 火山
active adj. 活动的
Kivu n. 基伍湖
Congo n. 刚果
Kituro n. 基图罗
erupt v. （火山）喷发
violently adv. 猛烈地，剧烈地
manage v. 设法
brilliant adj. 精彩的
liquid adj. 液态的
escape v. 逃脱
alive adj. 活着的

新概念英语－翻译

波兰科学家哈罗恩.塔捷耶夫花了毕生的精力来研究世界各地的活火山和探洞。1948年他去了刚果的基伍湖，对一座后来被他命名为基图罗的新火山进行观察。

当火山正在猛烈地喷发时，塔捷耶夫有办法把帐篷搭在离它非常近的地方。尽管他设法拍了一些十分精彩的照片，但他却不能在火山附近停留太长的时间。

他发现有一股岩浆正向他流过来，眼看就要将他团团围住，但塔捷耶夫还是设法及时逃离了。

他等到火山平静下来，两天以后又返回去。这次他设法爬进了基图罗火山口，以便能拍摄照片和测试温度。

塔捷耶夫经常冒这样的生命危险。他能告诉我们的有关活火山的情况比任何在世的人都要多。

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• Lesson 68：Persistent（纠缠不休）

新概念英语－课文

I crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. It was no use pretending that I had not seen him, so I waved to him. I never enjoy meeting Nigel Dykes. He never has anything to do. No matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. I had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning.

'Hello, Nigel,' I said. 'Fancy meeting you here!'
'Hi, Elizabeth,' Nigel answered. 'I was just wondering how to spend the morning -- until I saw you. You're not busy doing anything, are you?'
'No, not at all,' I answered. 'I'm going to...'
'Would you mind my coming with you?' he asked, before I had finished speaking.
'Not at all,' I lied, 'but I'm going to the dentist.'
'Then I'll come with you,' he answered. 'There's always plenty to read in the waiting room!

新概念英语－单词和短语

persistent adj. 坚持的，固执的
avoid v. 避开
insist v. 坚持做

新概念英语－翻译

我穿过马路以便避开他，但他看到我并朝我跑过来。若再装作没看见他已是没有用了，我只好向他招手。我就怕遇到奈杰尔.戴克斯。他从来都是无事可做，不管你多忙，他总是坚持要跟你去。我得想办法不让他整个上午缠着我。

“你好，奈杰尔，想不到在这儿见到你。”我说。
“你好，伊丽莎白，”奈杰尔回答说，“我正不知道怎么消磨这一上午呢，正好见到好。你不忙，是吗？”
“不，不忙，我打算去......”我回答。
“我跟你一道去行吗？”没等我说完话他就问道。
“没关系，但我准备去牙医那里。”我说了个谎。
“那我也跟你去，候诊室里总有很多东西可供阅读！”他回答。

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• Lesson 69：But not murder!（并非谋杀！）

新概念英语－课文

I was being tested for a driving licence for the third time. I had been asked to drive in heavy traffic and had done so successfully.

After having been instructed to drive out of town, I began to acquire confidence. Sure that I had passed, I was almost beginning to enjoy my test.

The examiner must have been pleased with my performance, for he smiled and said. 'Just one more thing, Mr.Eames. Let us suppose that a child suddenly crosses the road in front of you. As soon as I tap on the window, you must stop within five feet.'

I continued driving and after some time, the examiner tapped loudly, Though the sound could be heard clearly, it took me a long time to react. I suddenly pressed the brake pedal and we were both thrown forward.

The examiner looked at me sadly. 'Mr.Eames,' he said, in a mournful voice, 'you have just killed that child!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

murder n. 谋杀
instruct v. 命令，指示
acquire v. 取得，获得
confidence n. 信心
examiner n. 主考人
suppose v. 假设
tap v. 轻敲
react v. 反应
brake n. 刹车
pedal n. 踏板
mournful adj. 悲哀的

新概念英语－翻译

我第3次接受驾驶执照考试。按照要求在车辆拥挤的路上驾驶，我圆满地完成了。

在接到把车开出城的指令后，我开始有了信心。确信我已通过考试，所以我几乎开始喜欢起这次考试。

主考人对我的驾驶想必是满意的，因为他微笑着说：“埃姆斯先生，只剩1项了。让我们假设一个小孩子突然在你前面穿过马路。我一敲车窗，你必须把车停在5英尺之内。”

我继续往前开着。过了一会儿，主考人砰砰地敲了起来。虽然声音听得很清楚，但我过了好一会儿才作出反应。我突然用力踩紧刹车踏板，结果我俩的身体

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• Lesson 70：Red for danger（危险的红色）

新概念英语－课文

During a bullfight, a drunk suddenly wandered into the middle of the ring. The crowd began to shout, but the drunk was unaware of the danger.

The bull was busy with the matador at the time, but it suddenly caught sight of the drunk who was shouting rude remarks and waving a red cap. Apparently sensitive to criticism, the bull forgot all about the matador and charged at the drunk.

The crowd suddenly grew quiet. The drunk, however, seemed quite sure of himself. When the bull got close to him, he clumsily stepped aside to let it pass. The crowd broke into cheers and the drunk bowed. By this time, however, three men had come into the ring and they quickly dragged the drunk to safety.

Even the bull seemed to feel sorry for him, for it looked on sympathetically until the drunk was out of the way before once more turning its attention to the matador.

新概念英语－单词和短语

bullfight n. 斗牛
drunk n. 醉汉
wander v. 溜达，乱走
ring n. 圆形竞技场地
unaware adj. 不知道的，未觉察的
bull n. 公牛
matador n. 斗牛士
remark n. 评论；言语
apparently adv. 明显地
sensitive adj. 敏感的
criticism n. 批评
charge v. 冲上去
clumsily adv. 笨拙地
bow v. 鞠躬
safety n. 安全地带
sympathetically adv. 同情地

新概念英语－翻译

在一次斗牛时，一个醉汉突然溜达到斗牛场中间，人们开始大叫起来，但醉汉却没有意识到危险。

当时那公牛正忙于对付斗牛士，但突然它看见了醉汉， 只见他正大声说着粗鲁的话，手里挥动着一顶红帽子。对挑衅显然非常敏感的公牛完全撇开斗牛士，直奔醉汉而来。

观众突然静了下来，可 这醉汉像是很有把握似的。当公牛逼近他时，他踉跄地住旁边一闪，牛扑空了。观众欢呼起来，醉汉向人们鞠躬致谢。然而，此时已有3个人进入斗牛场，迅速把醉汉拉到安全的地方。

好像连牛也在为他感到遗憾，因为它一直同情地看着醉汉，直到他的背影消逝，才重新将注意力转向斗牛士。

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• Lesson 71：A famous clock（一个著名的大钟）

新概念英语－课文

When you visit London,one of the first things you will see is Big Ben , the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.

Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.

It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.

Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

新概念英语－单词和短语

parliament n. 议会，国会
erect v. 建起
accurate adj. 准确的
official n. 官员，行政人员
Greenwich n. 格林尼治
observatory n. 天文台
check v. 检查
microphone n. 扩音器，麦克风
tower n. 塔

新概念英语－翻译

当你游览伦敦时，首先看到的东西之一就是"大笨钟"，即那座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著名大钟。如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话，这座大钟永远也不会建造。

"大笨钟"得名于本杰明.霍尔爵士，因为当建造新的国会大厦时，他负责建造大钟。

此钟不仅外型巨大，而且走时也非常准确。格林尼治天文台的官员们每天两次派人矫正此钟。当大钟打点的时候，你可以从英国广播公司的广播中听到，因为钟塔上接了麦克风。

"大笨钟"很少出差错。然而有一次，它却把时间报错。在钟塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶挂在了一根指针上，把钟弄慢了！

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• Lesson 72：A car called Bluebird（“蓝鸟” 汽车）

新概念英语－课文

The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been specially built for him. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500-horsepower engine.

After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour. However, a few days later, he was told that a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 miles per hour.

新概念英语－单词和短语

racing n. 竞赛
per prep. 每
Utah n. 犹他（美国州名）
horsepower n. 马力
burst v. 爆裂
average adj. 平均的
footstep n. 足迹

新概念英语－翻译

杰出的赛车选手马尔科姆.坎贝尔爵士是第一个以每小时超过300英里的速度驾车的人。他于1935年9月在犹他州的邦纳维尔盐滩创造了一项新的世界纪录。

他驾驶的“蓝鸟”牌汽车是专门为他制造的。它的车身长30英尺，有一个2,500 马力的发动机。尽管坎贝尔达到了每小时超过304英里的速度，但他很难把汽车控制住，因为在开始的行程中爆了一只轮胎。

比赛结束后，坎贝尔非常失望地得知他的平均时速是299英里。然而，几天之后，有人告诉他说弄错了。他的平均时速实际是301英里。

从那时以来，赛车选手已达到每小时600英里的速度。很多年之后，马尔科姆爵士的儿子唐纳德踏着父亲的足迹，也创造了一项世界纪录。同他父亲一样，他也驾驶着一辆名叫“蓝鸟”的汽车。

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• Lesson 73：The record - holder（记录保持者）

新概念英语－课文

Children who play truant from school are unimaginative. A quiet day's fishing, or eight hours in a cinema seeing the same film over and over again, is usually as far as they get.

They have all been put to shame by a boy who, while playing truant, travelled 1,600 miles.

He hitchhiked to Dover and, towards evening, went into a boat to find somewhere to sleep. When he woke up next morning, he discovered that the boat had, in the meantime, travelled to Calais. No one noticed the boy as he crept off. From there, he hitchhiked to Paris in a lorry. The driver gave him a few biscuits and a cup of coffee and left him just outside the city. The next car the boy stopped did not take him into the centre of Paris as he hoped it would, but to Perpignan on the French-Spanish border.

There he was picked up by a policeman and sent back to England by the local authorities. He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school.

新概念英语－单词和短语

record-holder 纪录保持者
truant n. 逃学的孩子
unimaginative adj. 缺乏想像力的
shame n. 惭愧，羞耻
hitchhike v. 搭便车旅行
meantime n. 其间
lorry n. 卡车
border n. 边界
evade v. 逃避，逃离

新概念英语－翻译

逃学的孩子们都缺乏想像力。他们通常能够做到的，至多也就是安静地钓上一天鱼，或在电影院里坐上8个小时，一遍遍地看同一部电影。

而有那么一个小男孩，他在逃学期间旅行了1,600英里，从而使上述所有逃学的孩子们都相形见绌了。

他搭便车到了多佛，天快黑时钻进了一条船，想找个地方睡觉。第二天早上他醒来时，发现船在这段时间已经到了加。当男孩从船里爬出来时，谁也没有发现他。从那里他又搭上卡车到了巴黎。司机给了他几块饼干和一杯咖啡，就把他丢在了城外。男孩截住的下一辆车，没有像他希望的那样把他带到巴黎市中心，而是把他带到了法国和西班牙边界上的佩皮尼昂。

他在那儿被一个警察抓住了，之后被当局送回了英国。他无疑为成千上万梦想逃避上学的孩子们创造了一项纪录。

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• Lesson 74：Out of the limelight（舞台之外）

新概念英语－课文

An ancient bus stopped by a dry river bed and a party of famous actors and actresses got off. Dressed in dark glasses and old clothes, they had taken special precautions so that no one should recognize them. But as they soon discovered, disguises can sometimes be too perfect.

'This is a wonderful place for a picnic,' said Gloria Gleam.
'It couldn't be better, Gloria,' Brinksley Meers agreed. 'No newspaper men, no film fans! Why don't we come more often?'

Meanwhile, two other actors, Rockwall Slinger and Merlin Greeves, had carried two large food baskets to a shady spot under some trees. When they had all made themselves comfortable, a stranger appeared. He looked very angry.

'Now you get out of here, all of you!' he shouted. 'I'm sheriff here. Do you see that notice? It says "No Camping" -- in case you can't read!'
'Look, sheriff,' said Rockwall, 'don't be too hard on us. I'm Rockwall Slinger and this is Merlin Greeves.'
'Oh, is it?' said the sheriff with a sneer. 'Well, I'm Brinksley Meers, and my other name is Gloria Gleam. Now you get out of here fast!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

limelight n. 舞台灯光
precaution n. 预防措施
fan n. 狂热者，迷
shady adj. 遮荫的
sheriff n. 司法长官
notice n. 告示
sneer n. 冷笑

新概念英语－翻译

一辆古旧的汽车停在一条干涸的河床边，一群著名男女演员下了车。他们戴着墨镜，穿着旧衣裳，特别小心以防别人认出他们。但他们很快就发觉，化装的效果有时过分完美了。

“在这个地方野餐简直太妙了，”格格利亚.格利姆说。
“是再好不过的了，格格利亚。”布林克斯利.米尔斯表示同意，“没有记者，没有影迷！我们为什么不经常来这里呢？”

此时，另外两位演员，罗克沃尔.斯林格和默林.格里夫斯，已经把两个大食品篮子提到了一片树荫下。当他们都已安排舒适时，一个陌生人出现了。他看上去非常气愤。

“你们都从这里走开，全都走开！”他大叫着，“我是这里的司法长官。你们看到那个布告牌了吗？上面写着‘禁止野营’－－除非你们不识字！”
“好了，好了，司法官，”罗克沃尔说，“别使我们难堪。我是罗克沃尔.斯林格，这位是默林.格里夫斯。”
“噢，是吗？”那位司法长官冷笑一声说道，“好，我就是布林克斯利.米尔斯。我还有一个名字叫格格利亚.格利姆。现在你们赶快滚吧！”

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• Lesson 75：SOS（呼救信号）

新概念英语－课文

When a light passenger plane flew off course some time ago, it crashed in the mountains and its pilot was killed. The only passengers, a young woman and her two baby daughters, were unhurt.

It was the middle of winter. Snow lay thick on the ground. The woman knew that the nearest village was miles away.

When it grew dark, she turned a suitcase into a bed and put the children inside it, covering them with all the clothes she could find.

During the night, it got terribly cold. The woman kept as near as she could to the children and even tried to get into the case herself, but it was too small.

Early next morning, she heard planes passing overhead and wondered how she could send a signal. Then she had an idea. She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow.

Fortunately, a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town. It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash.

新概念英语－单词和短语

thick adj. 厚的
signal n. 信号
stamp v. 跺，踩
helicopter n. 直升飞机
scene n. 现场
survivor n. 幸存者

新概念英语－翻译

不久前，一架轻型客机偏离了航线，在山区坠毁，飞行员丧生。机上仅有的乘客，一位年轻的妇女和她的两个女婴却平安无事。

此时正值隆冬季节，地上积着厚厚的雪。这位妇女知道，即使最近的村庄也有数英里远。

天黑下来的时候，她把提箱当作小床，把两个孩子放了进去，又把所有能找到的衣服都盖在了孩子们身上。

夜里，天冷得厉害。这位妇女尽可能地靠近孩子，甚至自己也想钻进箱子里去，只是箱子太小了。

第二天一大早，她听到头顶上有飞机飞过，但不知道怎样才能发个信号。后来她有了一个主意。她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”这3个字母。

幸运得很，一位飞行员看到这个信号，用无线电给最近的城镇发了报。不久，一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场，来搭救这几个幸存者。

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• Lesson 76：April Fools' Day（愚人节）

新概念英语－课文

'To end our special news bulletin,' said the voice of the television announcer, 'we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria. Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years. Two of the leading growers, Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante, tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual. Here you can see two workers who, between them, have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks. The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains. On the right, you can see Mrs. Brabante herself. She has been helping her husband for thirty years now. Mrs. Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is processed. This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest: the famous Calabrian macaroni-eating competition! Signor Fratelli, the present champion, has won it every year since 1991. And that ends our special bulletin for today, Thursday, April lst. We're now going back to the studio.'

新概念英语－单词和短语

fool n. 傻瓜
bulletin n. 新闻简报
announcer n. （电视、电台）播音员
macaroni n. 通心面，空心面条
leading adj. 主要的
grower n. 种植者
splendid adj. 极好的
stalk n. 梗
gather v. 收庄稼
thresh v. 打（庄稼）
process v. 加工
Signor n. （意大利语）先生
present adj. 目前的
champion n. 冠军
studio n. 播音室

新概念英语－翻译

“作为我们专题新闻节目的结尾，”电视广播员说，“我们现在到克拉布利亚的通心粉田里。通心粉在这个地区已经种植了600多年了。两个主要种植者，朱塞皮.莫尔道瓦和里卡多.布拉班特告诉我，他们一直期待着今年获得一个大丰收，收割工作比往年开始要早些。这里您可以看到两个工人，他们协力割下了3车金黄色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奋战，要赶在9月的雨季之前把今年的庄稼收获上来，打完场。在屏幕的右侧，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，她已经帮了她的丈夫30年了。布拉班特太太现在正和负责通心粉加工的当地加工厂的经理交谈。这最后一个镜头向您展示了收获之后将发生的事情：著名的克拉布利亚人吃通心粉大赛！目前的冠军弗拉特里先生，自1991年以来，年年获胜。今 天 -- 4月1日，星期四--的专题新闻节目到此结束。现在我们回到电视演播室。”

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• Lesson 77：A successful operation（一例成功的手术）

新概念英语－课文

The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B.C. has just had an operation. The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes. As there were strange marks on the X-ray plates taken of the mummy, doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease. The only way to do this was to operate. The operation, which lasted for over four hours, proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin. The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory. They also found something which the X-ray plates did not show: a small wax figure of the god Duamutef. This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy. The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died. They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open, but fortunately this has not happened. The mummy successfully survived the operation.

新概念英语－单词和短语

mummy n. 木乃伊
Egyptian adj. 埃及的
temple n. 庙
mark n. 斑点
plate n. （照相）底片
disease n. 疾病
last v. 持续
prove v. 显示出
resin n. 树脂
skin n. 皮肤
section n. 切片
figure n. （人的）体形；人像
normally adv. 通常地
survive v. 幸免于

新概念英语－翻译

死于公元前800年的一位埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一次手术。 这是曾在底比斯神殿里当过歌手的赛潘姆特的木乃伊。 由于在给这个木乃伊拍摄的X光片子上有点奇怪的斑点，所以，医生们一直试图搞清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。搞清的唯一办法就是手术。手术持续了4个多小时，非常难做，因为皮肤上覆盖着一层硬硬的树脂。 医生们从木乃伊身上取下一个切片，送去化验。他们还发现了X光片所没有显示的东西：一个蜡制的杜瓦木特夫神小塑像。 这种牛头人身的神像通常被放在木乃伊体内。 医生们至今还未确定这位妇女的死因。 他们曾担心在把木乃伊切开后，它会散成碎片， 但幸运得很，这种情况并未发生。这具木乃伊成功地经受了这次手术。

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• Lesson 78：The last one?（最后一支吗？）

新概念英语－课文

After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves. I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette.

For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time, my wife suffered terribly. I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking: a bad temper and an enormous appetite.

My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars. They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket.

After seven days of this I went to a party. Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable. When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette, it was more than I could bear. I took one guiltily, lit it and smoked with satisfaction.

My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more. Anyway, as Brian pointed out, it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking. He himself has done it lots of times!

新概念英语－单词和短语

entitle v. 以......为名
calm v. 使镇定
nerve n. 神经
concentration n. 集中，专心
suffer v. 受苦，受害
symptom n. 症状
temper n. 脾气
appetite n. 胃口，食欲
produce v. 拿出
urge v. 力劝，怂恿
satisfaction n. 满意，满足
delighted adj. 欣喜的

新概念英语－翻译

读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一枝香烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟。因为我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。

整整一个星期我根本没有吸烟。在此期间，我妻子吃尽了苦头。我具备了戒烟者通常表现出来的所有症状：脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。

我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。每当我从口袋里掏出一包糖果时，他们都毫不掩饰地表现出他们对此感到非常好笑。

这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝我接受一枝香烟时，我再也忍不住了。我内疚地接过一枝点上，心满意足地抽起来。

一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。不管怎么说，正如布赖恩指出的那样，戒烟是世界上最容易的事情，他自己就已戒了很多次了！

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• Lesson 79：By air（乘飞机）

新概念英语－课文

I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy. My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.

A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience. I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.

After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height, when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.

While we were waiting to land, a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down. Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.

Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board. The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane. After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly. Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.

新概念英语－单词和短语

parent n. 父（母）亲
flight attendant 空中乘务员
frightened adj. 害怕，担惊
curious adj. 急于了解，好奇的
bomb n. 炸弹
plant v. 安放

新概念英语－翻译

我在幼年的时候，曾多次乘飞机旅行。我的父母曾经住在南美洲，所以假期里我常从欧洲乘飞机到他们那里。

我总是由一位空中乘务员照管，从未遇到过不愉快的经历。我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只是有一次把我吓坏了。

起飞之后，我们在城市上空低低地飞行，然后慢慢爬高。这时飞机突然调转头来，飞回了机场。

在我们等待降落时，一位空中乘务员告诉我们要保持镇静，待飞机一着陆，就马上不声不响地离开飞机。飞机上的人都很着急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。

后来我们才得知，飞机上坐了一位非常重要的人物。有人报告警察，说飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。我们降落之后，飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。幸运的是，什么也没有找到。5个小时后，我们又起飞了。

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• Lesson 80：The Crystal Palace（水晶宫）

新概念英语－课文

Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteeth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.

The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.

It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world. There was also a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer.

Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.

Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936..

新概念英语－单词和短语

palace n. 宫殿
extraordinary adj. 不平常的，非凡的
exhibition n. 展览
iron n. 铁
various adj. 各种各样的
machinery n. 机器
display n. 展览
steam n. 蒸汽
profit n. 利润
college n. 学院

新概念英语－翻译

19世纪最不寻常的建筑也许要数水晶宫了，它是为1851年的“世界博览会”而建在海德公园的。

这座水晶宫不同于世界上所有的其他建筑，因为它是用钢和玻璃建成的。

它是有史以来最高大的建筑物之一，因此，人们从各个国家纷纷前来参观。 大量的商品从世界各地运送到了博览会，参展的还有很多机器， 其中最奇妙的是内史密斯的蒸汽锤。

尽管在当时旅行不像现在这么容易，但汽船还是把成千上万的参观者从欧洲大陆送过了英吉利海峡。一到英国，火车就把他们送到了水晶宫。参观的人数总共是600万。博览会的赢利用来建造博物馆和高等学校。

后来，“水晶宫”被移到了伦敦南部。在1936年被焚毁之前，它一直是世界上最著名的建筑物之一。

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• Lesson 81：Escape（脱逃）

新概念英语－课文

When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the bushes. Working rapidly in the darkness, he soon changed into the dead man's clothes.

Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp.

He could hear shouting in the camp itself. Lights were blazing and men were running here and there: they had just discovered that a prisoner had escaped.

At that moment, a large black car with four officers inside it, stopped at the camp gates. The officers got out and the prisoner stood to attention and saluted as they passed.

When they had gone, the driver of the car came towards him. The man obviously wanted to talk. He was rather elderly with grey hair and clear blue eyes.

The prisoner felt sorry for him, but there was nothing else he could do. As the man came near, the prisoner knocked him to the ground with a sharp blow. Then, jumping into the car, he drove off as quickly as he could.

新概念英语－单词和短语

prisoner n. 囚犯
bush n. 灌木丛
rapidly adv. 迅速地
uniform n. 制服
rifle n. 来福枪，步枪
shoulder n. 肩
march v. 行进
boldly adv. 大胆地
blaze v. 闪耀
salute v. 行礼
elderly adj. 上了年纪的
grey adj. 灰白的
sharp adj. 猛烈的
blow n. 打击

新概念英语－翻译

那个战俘杀死卫兵以后，迅速地把尸体拖进了灌木丛。他在黑暗中忙活了一阵儿，很快就换上了死者的衣服。

现在他身穿蓝军装，肩扛步枪，在军营门前大胆地来回走看。

他听得军营里面的喧闹声。那里灯米通明，人们在东奔西跑：他们刚刚发现有一个俘虏跑了。

正在此时，一辆黑色大轿车在军营门口停了下来。里面坐了4个军官。军官们下了车，战俘立正站好，并在他们从他面前经过时敬了礼。

他们走后，汽车司机向他走来，这人显然是想聊天。他上了年纪，有着灰白的头发和明亮的蓝眼睛。

战俘为他感到惋惜，但却没有别的选择。当这个人走近时，战俘一拳把他打倒在地，然后跳进车里，以最快的速度把车开走了。

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• Lesson 82：Monster or fish?（是妖还是鱼？）

新概念英语－课文

Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea. Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish.

Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore, but they are rarely caught out at sea. Some time ago, however, a peculiar fish was caught near Madagascar.

A small fishing boat was carried miles out to sea by the powerful fish as it pulled on the line. Realizing that this was no ordinary fish, the fisherman made every effort not to damage it in any way.

When it was eventually brought to shore, it was found to be over thirteen feet long. It had a head like a horse, big blue eyes, shining silver skin, and a bright red tail.

The fish, which has since been sent to a museum where it is being examined by a scientist, is called an oarfish. Such creatures have rarely been seen alive by man as they live at a depth of six hundred feet.

新概念英语－单词和短语

monster n. 怪物
sailor n. 海员
sight v. 见到
creature n. 动物 ，生物
peculiar adj. 奇怪的，不寻常的
shining adj. 闪闪发光的
oarfish n. 桨鱼

新概念英语－翻译

渔夫和水手们有时声称自己看到过海里的妖怪。 虽然人们常常对水手们讲的故事付诸一笑， 但现在看来，人们有时看到的这些“妖怪”很多不过是些奇怪的鱼。

一些异常的生物偶尔会被冲到岸上来，但它们在海上却极少能被捕到。 然而不久前，在马达加斯加附近的海里却捕到了一条奇怪的鱼。

一条小渔船被一条咬住钩的强壮的大鱼拖到了几英里以外的海面上。 那位渔民意识到这根本不是一条普通的鱼，于是千方百计不让它受到丝毫伤害。

当终于把它弄上岸后，人们发现它身长超过了13英尺。 它长着一个像马

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• Lesson 83：After the elections（大选之后）

新概念英语－课文

The former Prime Minister, Mr. Wentworth Lane, was defeated in the recent elections. He is now retiring from political life and has gone abroad.

My friend, Patrick, has always been a fanatical opponent of Mr. Lane's Radical Progressive Party. After the elections, Patrick went to the former Prime Minister's house. When he asked if Mr. Lane lived there, the policeman on duty told him that since his defeat, the ex-Prime Minister had gone abroad.

On the following day, Patrick went to the house again. The same policeman was just walking slowly past the entrance, when Patrick asked the same question. Though a little suspicious this time, the policeman gave him the same answer.

The day after, Patrick went to the house once more and asked exactly the same question. This time, the policeman lost his temper. 'I told you yesterday and the day before yesterday,' he shouted, 'Mr. Lane was defeated in the elections. He has retired from political life and gone to live abroad!"

I know,' answered Patrick, 'but I love to hear you say it!'

新概念英语－单词和短语

election n. 选举
former adj. 从前的
defeat v. 打败
fanatical adj. 狂热的
opponent n. 反对者，对手
radical adj. 激进的
progressive adj. 进步的
ex- prefix （前缀，用于名词前）前......
suspicious adj. 怀疑的

新概念英语－翻译

前首相温特沃兹.莱恩先生在最近的大选中被击败。他现在退出了政界，到国外去了。

我的朋友帕特里克一直是莱恩先生的激进党的强烈反对者。大选结束后，帕特里克来到了前首相的住处。当他询问莱恩先生是否住在那里时，值班的警察告诉他这位前首相落选后出国去了。

第二天，帕特里克再次来到首相的住处。昨天的那位警察正从门口慢慢走过，帕特里克上前问了和昨天同样的问题。虽然那位警察这次有点疑心，但还是对他作了同样的回答。

第三天，帕特里克又去了，提出了同前两天完全一样的问题。这一次警察火了。“我昨天和前天都告诉过您了，”他大叫着，“莱恩先生在大选中被击败了，他已经退出了政界去国外了！”

“这我都知道，”帕特里克说，“可我就是喜欢听你说出来！”

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• Lesson 84：On strike（罢工）

新概念英语－课文

Busmen have decided to go on strike next week. The strike is due to begin on Tuesday. No one knows how long it will last.

The busmen have stated that the strike will continue until general agreement is reached about pay and working conditions. Most people believe that the strike will last for at least a week.

Many owners of private cars are going to offer 'free rides' to people on their way to work. This will relieve pressure on the trains to some extent.

Meanwhile, a number of university students have volunteered to drive buses while the strike lasts. All the students are expert drivers, but before they drive any of the buses, they will have to pass a special test. The students are going to take the test in two days' time.

Even so, people are going to find it difficult to get to work. But so far, the public has expressed its gratitude to the students in letters to the Press. Only one or two people have objected that the students will drive too fast!

新概念英语－单词和短语

strike n. 罢工
busman n. 公共汽车司机
state v. 正式提出，宣布
agreement n. 协议
relieve v. 减轻
pressure n. 压力，麻烦
extent n. 程度
volunteer v. 自动提出，自愿
gratitude n. 感激
Press n. 新闻界
object v. 不赞成，反对

新概念英语－翻译

公共汽车司机决定下星期罢工。罢工定于星期二开始，谁也不知道会持续多久。

司机们声称此次罢工将一直持续到就工资和工作条件问题达成全面协议的时候为止。多数人认为此次罢工至少会持续一个星期。

很多私人汽车的车主正准备为乘车上班的人们提供“免费乘车”的服务，这将在某种程度上减轻对火车的压力。

与此同时，有一部分大学生自愿在罢工期间驾驶公共汽车。所有的学生都是开车的能手，但在驾驶公共汽车之前，他们必须通过一项专门测验。学生们准备在两天后就接受测验。

即使这样，人们仍会感到上班有困难。但到目前为止，公众已经向新闻界写信表达他们对学生们的感激之情了。只有一两个人提出反对意见，说学生们会把车开得太快！

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• Lesson 85：Never too old to learn（活到老学到老）

新概念英语－课文

I have just received a letter from my old school, informing me that my former headmaster, Mr. Stuart Page, will be retiring next week. Pupils of the school, old and new, will be sending him a present to mark the occasion.

All those who have contributed towards the gift will sign their names in a large album which will be sent to the headmaster's home. We shall all remember Mr. Page for his patience and understanding and for the kindly encouragement he gave us when we went so unwillingly to school.

A great many former pupils will be attending a farewell dinner in his honour next Thursday. It is a curious coincidence that the day before his retirement, Mr. Page will have been teaching for a total of forty years.

After he has retired, he will devote himself to gardening. For him, this will be an entirely new hobby. But this does not matter, for, as he has often remarked, one is never too old to learn.

新概念英语－单词和短语

inform v. 告诉，通知
headmaster n. 校长
contribute v. 捐助，援助
gift n. 礼物，赠品
album n. 签名簿，相册
patience n. 耐心
encouragement n. 鼓励
farewell n. 告别
honour n. 敬意
coincidence n. 巧合
total n. 总数
devote v. 致力于
gardening n. 园艺
hobby n. 爱好，嗜好

新概念英语－翻译

我刚刚收到母校的一封信，通知我说以前的校长斯图亚特.佩奇先生下星期就退休了。为了纪念这个日子，学校的学生——无论老同学还是新同学——将送他一件礼物。

所有凑钱买此礼品的人都将自己的名字签在一本大签名簿上，签名簿将被送到校长的家里。 我们不会忘记佩奇先生对我们既有耐心又充满理解， 也不会忘记在我们不愿去上学时他给予我们的亲切鼓励。

很多老同学都准备参加下星期四为他举行的告别宴会。佩奇先生退休的前一天正好是他执教满40年的日子，这真是奇妙的巧合。

他退休后，将致力于园艺。对于他来说，这将是一种全新的爱好。但这没有关系，因为正如他常说的那样，人要活到老学到老

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• Lesson 86：Out of control（失控）

新概念英语－课文

As the man tried to swing the speedboat round, the steering wheel came away in his hands. He waved desperately to his companion, who had been water skiing for the last fifteen minutes.

Both men had hardly had time to realize what was happening when they were thrown violently into the sea. The speedboat had struck a buoy, but it continued to move very quickly across the water.

Both men had just begun to swim towards the shore, when they noticed with dismay that the speedboat was moving in a circle. It now came straight towards them at tremendous speed.

In less than a minute, it roared past them only a few feet away. After it had passed, they swam on as quickly as they could because they knew that the boat would soon return.

They had just had enough time to swim out of danger when the boat again completed a circle. On this occasion, however, it had slowed down considerably. The petrol had nearly all been used up.

Before long, the noise dropped completely and the boat began to drift gently across the water.

新概念英语－单词和短语

swing v. 转向
speedboat n. 快艇
desperately adv. 绝望地
companion n. 同伙，伙伴
water ski （由快艇牵引水橇）滑水
buoy n. 浮标
dismay n. 沮丧
tremendous adj. 巨大的
petrol n. 汽油
drift v. 漂动，漂流
gently adv. 缓慢地，轻轻地

新概念英语－翻译

当那人试图让快艇转弯时，方向盘脱手了。他绝望地向他的伙伴挥手，他的伙伴在过去的15分钟里一直在滑水。

他们两个还没来得及意识到究竟发生了什么事情，就被猛地抛入了海里。 快艇撞上了一个浮标，但它仍在水面上快速行驶着。

两个人刚开始向岸边游去，就突然惊愕地发现快艇正在转着圈行驶， 它现在正以惊人的速度直冲他们驶来。

不到1分钟的工夫，它从离他们只有几英尺远的地方呼啸着驶了过去。 快艇过去之后， 他们以最快的速度向前游去， 因为他们知道快艇马上就要转回来。

他们刚刚来得及游出危险区， 快艇就又转完了一圈。然而这一次它的速度慢多了。汽油几乎已经用光。没过多久，噪音便彻底消失，快艇开始在水面上慢悠悠地漂流。

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• Lesson 87：A perfect alibi（极好的不在犯罪现场的证据）

新概念英语－课文

'At the time the murder was committed, I was travelling on the 8 o'clock train to London,' said the man.
'Do you always catch such an early train?' asked the inspector.
'Of course I do,' answered the man. 'I must be at work at 10 o'clock. My employer will confirm that I was there on time.'
'Would a later train get you to work on time?' asked the inspector.
'I suppose it would, but I never catch a later train.'
'At what time did you arrive at the station?'
'At ten to eight. I bought a paper and waited for the train.'
'And you didn't notice anything unusual?'
'Of course not.'
'I suggest,' said the inspector, 'that you are not telling the truth. I suggest that you did not catch the 8 o'clock train, but that you caught the 8.25 which would still get you to work on time. You see, on the morning of the murder, the 8 o'clock train did not run at all. It broke down at Ferngreen station and was taken off the line.'

新概念英语－单词和短语

alibi n. 不在犯罪现场
commit v. 犯（罪、错）
inspector n. 探长
employer n. 雇主
confirm v. 确认，证实
suggest v. 提醒
truth n. 真相

新概念英语－翻译

“在凶杀发生的时候，我正坐在8点钟开往伦敦的火车上。”那人说。
“您总是赶这样早的火车？”探长问。
“当然是的，”那人回答。“我必须在10点钟上班，我的雇主会证明我是按时到了那儿的。”
“晚一点儿的车也能送您按时上班吗？”
“我认为可以，但我从来不乘晚一点儿的车。”
“您几点钟到的火车站？”
“7点50分。我买了张报纸，等着车来。”
“您没有注意到有什么异常情况发生吗？”
“当然没有。”
“我提醒您，”探长说，“您讲的不是实话。您乘的不是8点钟的火车，而是8点25分的，这次车同样能使您按时上班。您看，在凶杀发生的那天早晨，8点钟的那次车根本没有发。它在芬格林车站出了故障而被取消了。”

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• Lesson 88：Trapped in a mine（困在矿井里）

新概念英语－课文

Six men have been trapped in a mine for seventeen hours. If they are not brought to the surface soon they may lose their lives. However, rescue operations are proving difficult.

If explosives are used, vibrations will cause the roof of the mine to collapse. Rescue workers are therefore drilling a hole on the north side of the mine. They intend to bring the men up in a special capsule.

Meanwhile, a microphone, which was lowered into the mine two hours ago, has enabled the men to keep in touch with their closest relatives. Though they are running out of food and drink, the men are cheerful and confident that they will get out soon.

They have been told that rescue operations are progressing smoothly. If they knew how difficult it was to drill through the hard rock, they would lose heart.

新概念英语－单词和短语

trap v. 陷入，使陷于困境
surface n. 地面，表面
explosive n. 炸药
vibration n. 震动
collapse v. 坍塌
drill v. 钻孔
capsule n. 容器
layer n. 层
beneath prep. 在......之下
lower v. 放下，降低
progress v. 进展，进行
smoothly adv. 顺利地

新概念英语－翻译

6个人被困在矿井里已有17个小时了。如果不把他们尽快救到地面上来，他们就有可能丧生。然而，事实证明营救工作非常困难。

如果用炸药爆破，震动会引起矿顶塌落。因此，营救人员在矿井的北侧钻了一个洞。他们准备用一种特制的容器把这6个人救上来。

如果不是因为土壤下面有一层坚硬的岩石，他们的营救工作仅用几个小时就可以完成了。实际情况是，他们已连续钻了16个小时了，但离钻透还早着呢。

与此同时，两个小时以前放下井去的一只麦克风使井下的人可以与其亲属保持联系。虽然他们的食物和饮料都快消耗尽了，但这些人的心情很好，坚信他们很快就会出去。

他们一直被告知营救工作进行得非常顺利。如果他们知道了钻透那坚硬的岩石有多么困难，他们会丧失信心的。

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Lesson 89 A Slip of the Tongue

A Slip of the Tongue
Who made the only funny joke that evening, and why?

People will do anything to see a free show—even if it is a bad one. 
When the news got round that a variety show would be presented at our local cinema by the P. and U. Bird Seed Company, we all rushed to see it. 
We had to queue for hours to get in and there must have been several hundred people present just before the show began. 
Unfortunately, the show was one of the dullest we have ever seen. 
Those who failed to get in need not have felt disappointed, as many of the artists who should have appeared did not come.
The only funny things we heard that evening came from the advertiser at the beginning of the programme. 
He was obviously very nervous and for some minutes stood awkwardly before the microphone. 
As soon as he opened his mouth, everyone burst out laughing. 
We all know what the poor man should have said, but what he actually said was: "This is the Poo and Ee Seed Bird Company. Good ladies, evening and gentlemen!"

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人们总要想尽办法去看不花钱的演出——哪怕是拙劣的演出。当“皮尤”鸟食公司将在我们当地影院演出时，喜剧节目的消息传开后，我们都赶紧跑去观看。我们不得不排了好几个小时才进得场去。在演出开始前场内肯定已有好几百人了。不幸的是，这次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了。那些没能进到场内的人没有必要感到失望，因为很多应该出场的专业演员都没有来。那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是节目开始时那个报幕员的开场白。他显然非常紧张，局促不安地在麦克风前站了好几分钟。但他刚一开口说话，人们便哄堂大笑起来。我们都明白那个可怜的人应该说些什么，而他实际说的却是：“这是‘浦伊’鸟食公司，好女士们，晚上和先生们！”

喜剧节目的消息传开后，我们都赶紧跑去观看。我们不得不排了好几个小时才进得场去。在演出开始前场内肯定已有好几百人了。不幸的是，这次演出是我们看过的最乏味的演出了。那些没能进到场内的人没有必要感到失望，因为很多应该出场的专业演员都没有来。那天晚上唯一有趣的事情是节目开始时那个报幕员的开场白。他显然非常紧张，局促不安地在麦克风前站了好几分钟。但他刚一开口说话，人们便哄堂大笑起来。我们都明白那个可怜的人应该说些什么，而他实际说的却是：“这是‘浦伊’鸟食公司，好女士们，晚上和先生们！”

 

the dullest 可以起名词作用 表示一类东西 相当于特指的复数名词. 等于the dullest shows

awkwardly | 美/ˈɔːkwərd/ Derived Words 派生词 awkward
    1.making you feel embarrassed so that you are not sure what to do or say 使人尴尬的；令人难堪的
        There was an awkwardly long silence.
        有很长一段时间陷入了难堪的沉默
    2.difficult to deal with,do or use 难对付的；难处理的;难用的;
        Don't ask awkward questions.
        不要问不好回答的问题。
        Please don't be awkward about letting him come.
        关于让他来这事请你不要作梗。
    3.not convenient    不方便的
        Have I come at an awkward time?
        我来得不是时候吧？
    4.not moving in an easy way; not comfortable    （动作）笨拙的；不舒适的
        He tried to dance, but he was too clumsy and awkward.
        他试着跳舞，但是太笨拙，太别扭。
        I must have slept in an awkward position─I'm aching all over.
        我肯定睡的姿势不舒适——我全身疼痛。

advertiser  美/ˈædvərtaɪzər/    a person or company that advertises
广告商；广告人员；广告公司；登广告者

There must have been several hundred people present.
句子结构分析：
    There must have been
    There be 句型，表示“有”。
    must have been 是情态动词 must 的完成时形式，表示对过去情况的肯定推测，意思是“一定已经”。
    several hundred 是数量词，表示“几百”。
    present
    形容词，表示“在场的”，修饰 people，作后置定语。

Open your mouth 张开嘴

Lesson 90 What's for supper? 晚餐吃什么？

What kind of fish are they?

Fish and chips has always been a favourite dish in Britain, but as the oceans have been overfished, fish has become more and more expensive.
So it comes as a surprise to learn that giant fish are terrifying the divers on North Sea oil rigs.
Oil rigs have to be repaired frequently and divers, who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, 
    have been frightened out of their wits by giant fish bumping into them as they work.
Now they have had special cages made to protect them from these monsters.
The fish are not sharks or killer whales, but favourite eating varieties like cod and skate which grow to unnatural sizes, sometimes as much as twelve feet in length.
Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large:
    the warm water round the hot oil pipes under the sea;
    the plentiful supply of food thrown overboard by the crews on the rigs;
    the total absence of fishing boats around the oil rigs.
As a result, the fish just eat and eat and grow and grow in the lovely warm water.
Who eats who?
参考译文

油煎鱼加炸土豆片一直是英国人喜爱的一道菜，
但是随着海洋里的滥捕滥捞，鱼已经变得越来越昂贵。
因此，听说北海石油钻井平台上的潜水员受到巨型鱼类的恐吓，确实很让人吃惊。
钻井平台需要经常修理，潜水员常常要在水面100英尺以下摸黑工作，他们曾在工作时被撞到他们身上的大鱼吓得惊慌失措。
现在他们有了特制的笼子，用来保护他们免受大鱼的侵袭。这些鱼并不是鲨鱼或逆戟鲸，
而是深受人们喜爱的食用鱼品种，如鳕鱼和鳐鱼，只不过它们长得出奇地大，有时长达12英尺。
这些鱼能长得这么大是由3个因素造成的：海底热的输油管道附近的温暖的海水；
钻井平台工作人员抛到海里充足的食物；钻井平台周围根本没有捕鱼船只。
结果是，这些鱼就在可爱的温暖的水流中吃呀吃，长呀长。究竟谁吃谁呢?
New words and expressions 生词和短语

chip (1.1) /tʃɪp/ n. 煎土豆片
shark (1.8) /ʃɑːk/ n. 鲨鱼
overfish (1.2) /ˌəʊvəˈfɪʃ/ v. 过度捕捞
whale (1.9) /weɪl/ n.鲸
giant (1.3) /ˈdʒaɪənt/ adj. 巨大的
variety (1.9) /vaˈraɪəti/ n. 品种
terrify (1.4) /ˈterɪfaɪ/ v. 使惊吓,使恐怖
    [动词+名词短语] 使恐惧；使十分害怕；使惊吓
    to make sb feel extremely frightened
    Flying terrifies her.
    她害怕坐飞机。
cod (1.9) /kɒd/ n.鳕鱼
diver (1.4) /ˈdaɪvər/ n. 潜水员
skate (1.9) /skeɪt/ n. 鳐
oil rig (1.4) /ˈɔɪl rɪɡ/ 石油钻塔
factor (1.10) /ˈfæktər/ n. 因素
wit (1.6) /wɪt/ n. (复数) 理智，头脑
crew (1.11) /kruː/ n. 全体工作人员
cage (1.7) /keɪdʒ/ n. 笼
twelve  美[twelv]
overboard   美/ˈoʊvərbɔːrd/从船上落下    over the side of a boat or a ship into the water
    to fall/jump overboard 
    从船上落入 / 跳入水中
    Huge waves washed him overboard.
    巨浪把他冲下甲板卷入海中。

killer whales : A killer whale is a type of black and white whale.
frighten
    使惊吓；使惊恐
    to make sb suddenly feel afraid
    [动词+名词短语] Sorry, I didn't mean to frighten you.
    对不起，我没有吓唬你的意思。
    She's not easily frightened.
    她不是轻易能吓倒的。
    [单独使用的动词] She doesn't frighten easily (= it is not easy to make her afraid) .
    她不是轻易能吓倒的。
bump
    [单独使用的动词] ~ against/into sb/sth
    （无意地）碰，撞
    to hit sb/sth by accident

    In the dark I bumped into a chair.
    我在黑暗中撞上了一把椅子。
    The car bumped against the kerb.
    汽车撞上了路缘。
variety
    [单数名词] ~ (of sth)
    （同一事物的）不同种类，多种式样
    several different sorts of the same thing

    There is a wide variety of patterns to choose from.
    有种类繁多的图案可供选择。
    He resigned for a variety of reasons.
    他由于种种原因辞职了。
    This tool can be used in a variety of ways.
    这一工具有多种用途。
    I was impressed by the variety of dishes on offer.
    所供应的菜肴之丰盛让我心动。

    2.    [不可数名词] 变化；多样化；多变性
    the quality of not being the same or not doing the same thing all the time

    同义词：diversity
    We all need variety in our diet.
    我们都需要饮食多样化。
    We want more variety in our work.
    我们希望我们的工作多变点儿花样。

    3.    [可数名词] ~ (of sth)
    （植物、语言等的）变种，变体；异体；品种
    a type of a thing, for example a plant or language, that is different from the others in the same general group

    Apples come in a great many varieties.
    苹果的品种繁多。
    a rare variety of orchid
    兰花的稀有品种
    different varieties of English
    各类英语
    My cooking is of the ‘quick and simple’ variety.
    我做饭菜属于既快捷又简单的那一类。

Notes on the text 课文注释

fish and chips, 煎鱼加炸土豆片。这是英国的一种家常菜，被看作是一盘菜，因此要用单数动词。
North Sea, 北海。
they have had special cages made: 这是现在完成时态，表示他们已经完成了制作特殊笼子的动作，并且这个动作对现在有影响或相关性。
who often have to work in darkness a hundred feet under water, (潜水员) 常常要在水面100英尺以下摸黑工作（的人员）。这是一个非限定性定语从句，对主句中的名词divers进行补充说明，因此这个从句与主句用逗号隔开。
be frightened out of their wits, 吓昏了，被吓得惊慌失措。
favourite eating varieties, 受人们喜爱的食用的品种。
as a result, 结果是。
Three factors have caused these fish to grow so large:  因果表达
the oceans have been overfished 过度捕捞这个事情横跨了两个时间段：过去和现在，而不仅仅是过去的事情
 

Lesson 91 Three men in a basket 三人同篮

A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby. 
He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery. 
The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft. 
He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object. 
The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time. He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars. 
When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs. 
Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield. 
The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone, for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station!
As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!

参考译文
一个飞行员发现了一只气球，它像是正飞往附近的一个皇家空军基地。
他马上把情况报告了该基地，但那里的人没有一个能解释这到底是怎么回事。
控制塔上的官员得知这一消息后，非常气愤，因为气球有可能给飞机造成极大的危险。
他说可能有人正对基地进行侦察，因此命令那个飞行员跟踪那个奇怪的飞行物。
飞行员设法绕着气球飞了一阵。他看清了气球下面有3个人呆在一只筐里，其中一个举着望远镜。
当气球飞临基地上空时，飞行员看见有一个人在拍照。不久，气球开始降落，在一个停机坪附近着了陆。
警察被召来了，但他们却不能逮捕任何人，因为筐里是两名国会议员和一名基地的指挥官！
正如指挥官后来解释的那样，基地的这半边不知道那半边正在干什么！

New words and expressions 生词和短语
balloon (1.1) /baˈluːn/ n. 气球
track (1.6) /træk/ n. 轨迹，踪迹
royal (1.1) /ˈrɔɪəl/ adj. 皇家
binoculars (1.9) /bɪˈnɒkjʊləz/ n. 望远镜
spy (1.6) /spaɪ/ v. 侦察
Command 英/kəˈmɑːnd/    美/kəˈmænd/
    指挥，统率（陆军、海军等）
    to be in charge of a group of people in the army, navy, etc.
    [动词+名词短语] The troops were commanded by General Haig.
    这些部队由黑格将军统率。
aircraft 英/ˈeəkrɑːft/美/ˈerkræft/n.飞机；航空器

station 军事基地；驻军  a small base for the army or navy; the people living in it
make for，走向、飞向。
mystery
    N-COUNT 谜;神秘的事物;难懂的事物
    A mystery is something that is not understood or known about.
    The source of the gunshots still remains a mystery.
    枪炮声来自何处仍是个谜。
make out
    PHRASAL VERB （勉强地）辨认出，看出，听出
    If you make something out, you manage with difficulty to see or hear it.
    I could just make out a tall, pale, shadowy figure tramping through the undergrowth...
    我只依稀看见一个高个的模糊身影穿过了矮树丛。
keep track of
    To continue to be informed or know about someone/something  掌握...的动态
afterwards
    (especially 英国英语)
    北美英语 usually afterward
    以后；后来
    at a later time; after an event that has already been mentioned
    Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said.
    后来她后悔说了那些话。
    Let's go out now and eat afterwards.
    咱们现在出去，然后再吃饭。
    Shortly afterwards he met her again.
    不久之后，他又遇到了她。
descend 美/dɪˈsend/
    (formal)下来；下去；下降
    to come or go down from a higher to a lower level
    [单独使用的动词] The plane began to descend.
    飞机开始降落。
    The results, ranked in descending order (= from the highest to the lowest) are as follows:
    结果按递减顺序排列如下。
    [动词+名词短语] She descended the stairs slowly.
    她缓慢地走下楼梯。
    反义词：ascend
airfield 美/ˈerfiːld/   机场an area of flat ground where military or private planes can take off and land
were called in（被召来）
Parliament 美/ˈpɑːrləmənt/
    [可数名词, 可与单数或复数动词连用的单数名词] 议会；国会
    the group of people who are elected to make and change the laws of a country
    The German parliament is called the ‘Bundestag’.
    德国的议会称为Bundestag。

Notes on the text 课文注释
which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force Station nearby，好像正朝着附近的一个皇家空军机场的方向移动。这是定语从句。seem 后接不定式的进行式，是“似乎正在进行某事”的意思。make for，走向、飞向。
might be spying on ...，might + 不定式的进行时表示对正在进行的动作的推测。
keep track of，是“跟踪”的意思。
make out，看出，辨认出。

Lesson 92 Asking for trouble 自找麻烦

Why did the policeman ask the writer to come to the police station?

It must have been about two in the morning when I returned home. 
I tried to wake up my wife by ringing the doorbell, but she was fast asleep, so I got a ladder from the shed in the garden, put it against the wall, 
    and began climbing towards the bedroom window. 
I was almost there when a sarcastic voice below said, ‘I don’t think the windows need cleaning at this time of the night.’ 
I looked down and nearly fell off the ladder when I saw a policeman. 
I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, but I said, ‘I enjoy cleaning windows at night.’
‘So do I,’ answered the policeman in the same tone. 
‘Excuse my interrupting you. I hate to interrupt a man when he’s busy working, but would you mind coming with me to the station?’
‘Well, I’d prefer to stay here,’ I said. ‘You see, I’ve forgotten my key.’
‘Your what?’ he called.
‘My key,’ I shouted.
Fortunately, the shouting woke up my wife who opened the window just as the policeman had started to climb towards me.

New words and expressions 生词和短语
fast (1.2) /fɑːst/ adv. 熟（睡）
    Someone who is fast asleep is completely asleep.
    When he went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep.
    他5分钟后上楼时，她已睡熟。
sarcastic (1.5) 美/sɑːrˈkæstɪk/ adj. 讽刺的、讥笑的
    Someone who is sarcastic says or does the opposite of what they really mean in order to mock or insult someone.
    She poked(戳；捅，杵) fun at people's shortcomings with sarcastic remarks.
    她冷嘲热讽地拿别人的缺点开玩笑。
ladder (1.3) /ˈlædər/ n. 梯子
tone (1.10) /təʊn/ n. 语气、腔调
shed (1.3) /ʃed/ n. 棚子
ring    铃；钟 bell
3.（使）发出钟声，响起铃声  if you ring a bell or if a bell rings , it produces a sound
    [动词+名词短语] Someone was ringing the doorbell.
    有人在按门铃。
    [单独使用的动词] The church bells rang.
    教堂的钟声响了。
    Just ring for the nurse (= attract the nurse's attention by ringing a bell) if you need her.
    如果需要护士，按一下铃就行了。
home    adv.
居住地 where you live
1.到家；向家；在家to or at the place where you live
    Come on, it's time to go home .
    快点，该回家了。
    What time did you get home last night?
    你昨晚什么时间到家的？
    The trip has been exhausting and I'll be glad to be home .
    这个旅程令人疲惫不堪，要是能回家就好了。
    After a month, they went back home to America.
    一个月之后，他们返回了美国。
    It was a lovely day so I walked home.
    那天天气很好，所以我走路回家了。
    Anna will drive me home after work.

call    喊叫 shout
4.~ (sth) (out) | ~ (out) to sb (for sth)
to shout or say sth loudly to attract sb's attention 大声呼叫，大声说（以吸引注意力）
    [单独使用的动词] I thought I heard somebody calling.
    我仿佛听见有人在呼喊。
    She called out to her father for help.
    她向父亲大声呼救。
    [动词+名词短语] Did somebody call my name?
    有人叫我的名字吗？
    He called out a warning from the kitchen.
    他在厨房里大声发出警告。
    [动词+直接引语] ‘See you later!’ she called.
    “再见！”她叫道。

Notes on the text 课文注释
I don’t think, ‘I think’ 后接表示否定意思的宾语从句时，通常在主句中使用否定形式，但译成汉语时否定意义仍在宾语从句中。
I immediately regretted answering in the way I did, 我立刻后悔不该那样回答。在 regret 后面可接动名词，也可接动词不定式，但表示的意思不一样。
    接动名词是对已发生的事情表示后悔，而接动词不定式则是对现在要发生的事表示抱歉。
So do I. 我也是的。这是接前面一句话 “I enjoy cleaning windows at night.” 当前面一句话的谓语也适用于后一句时，
    可用 so（肯定）或 neither（否定）开头，然后倒装语序。
    语法结构：
    So + 助动词/情态动词/be动词 + 主语
    助动词（如 do, does, did）、情态动词（如 can, will）或 be动词 需与前句的时态和动词保持一致。
Excuse my interrupting you. 功能：礼貌打断的开场白，降低冒犯性。
    语法：Excuse + 动名词（my interrupting）：固定结构，请求原谅某行为。my：所有格强调“我”是动作发出者（更正式）。
but would you mind coming with me to the station?
    功能：通过 but 转折提出请求，弱化直接性。
    语法：Would you mind + doing...?：委婉请求的经典句型。
    coming with me：避免命令式（如 Come with me!），保持礼貌。

主语需与前句的主语不同（如：前句主语是 you，则回应用 I）。
参考译文
我回到家时，肯定已是凌晨两点左右了。我按响了门铃，试图唤醒我的妻子，但她睡得很熟。
于是，我从花园的小棚里搬来了一个梯子，把它靠在墙边，开始向卧室的窗口爬去。
快要爬到窗口时，下面一个人用讽刺的口吻说：“我看不必在夜里这个时候擦窗户吧。”我向下面看去。
当我看清是一个警察时，差一点儿从梯子上掉下去。我回答了他的话，但马上又后悔不该那样说，我是这样说的：“我喜欢在夜里擦窗户。”
“我也是的，”警察用同样的声调回答，“请原谅我打断了您。当一个人在忙着干活时，我是不愿意去打断他的，但请您跟我到警察局去一趟好吗？”
“可我更愿意呆在这儿，”我说，“您瞧，我忘带钥匙了。”
“什么？”他大声问。
“钥匙！”我喊道。
幸运得很，这喊声惊醒了我的妻子。就在警察开始向我爬上来时，她打开了窗子。

Lesson 93 A noble gift 崇高的礼物

Where was the Statue of Liberty made?

One of the most famous monuments in the world, the Statue of Liberty, was presented to the United States of America in the nineteenth century by the people of France.
The great statue, which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi, took ten years to complete.
The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework which had been especially constructed by Eiffel.
Before it could be transported to the United States, a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.
The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour.
By 1884, a statue which was 151 feet tall had been erected in Paris.
The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America.
By the end of October 1886, the statue had been put together again and it was officially presented to the American people by Bartholdi.
Ever since then, the great monument has been a symbol of liberty for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour to make their homes in America.

New words and expressions 生词和短语
monument    英/ˈmɒnjumənt/美/ˈmɑːnjumənt/
1.~ (to sb/sth) 纪念碑（或馆、堂、像等）
a building, column, statue, etc. built to remind people of a famous person or event
    A monument to him was erected in St Paul's Cathedral.
    在圣保罗大教堂为他修了一座纪念碑。
2.历史遗迹；有历史价值的建筑
a building that has special historical importance
    an ancient monument
    古迹
3.~ to sth  丰碑；永久的典范
a thing that remains as a good example of sb's qualities or of what they did
    These recordings are a monument to his talent as a pianist.
    这些录音是展现他钢琴家才华的不朽之作。

present 给 give
1.~ sb with sth | ~ sth (to sb) 把…交给；颁发；授予
to give sth to sb, especially formally at a ceremony
    The local MP will start the race and present the prizes.
    当地议员将鸣枪开赛，并颁发奖品。
    On his retirement, colleagues presented him with a set of golf clubs.
    在他退休之际，同事们赠给他一套高尔夫球杆。
    The sword was presented by the family to the museum.
    这家人把宝剑捐赠给了博物馆。
考虑的事 sth to be considered
2.~ sth (for sth) | ~ sth (to sb)   提出；提交
to show or offer sth for other people to look at or consider
    The committee will present its final report to Parliament in June.委员会将于六月向议会提交最后的报告。
    Eight options were presented for consideration.已提出八项备选方案供审议。
    Are you presenting a paper at the conference?你要在大会上宣读论文吗？

方式 sth in particular way
3.~ sth | ~ sth/sb/yourself as sth  （以某种方式）展现，显示，表现
to show or describe sth/sb in a particular way
    The company has decided it must present a more modern image.    公司已决定，必须展现出更加现代的形象。
    You need to present yourself better.    你需要更善于展示自己。

figure  英/ˈfɪɡə(r)/美/ˈfɪɡjər/
6.体形 shape of body    [可数名词] 身材；体形；（尤指）身段
the shape of the human body, especially a woman's body that is attractive
    She's always had a good figure.她一向体态秀美。
    I'm watching my figure (= trying not to get fat) .我一直注意保持身材。

transport

发音	音标	词性	重音位置	含义
TRAN-sport	/ˈtrænspɔːrt/	名词	第一音节	指“交通运输”或“运输工具”（如车辆、系统）。
tran-SPORT	/trænˈspɔːrt/	动词	第二音节	指“运输、运送”（动作）。

[动词+名词短语, usually + 副词/介词短语]
1.（用交通工具）运输，运送，输送
to take sth/sb from one place to another in a vehicle
    to transport goods/passengers   运送货物 / 旅客
2.（以自然方式）运输，输送，传播
to move sth somewhere by means of a natural process
同义词：carry
    The seeds are transported by the wind.  这些种子是由风传播的。
    Blood transports oxygen around the body.    血把氧气输送到全身。

site
1.（建筑物、城镇等的）地点，位置，建筑工地
a place where a building, town, etc. was, is or will be located
    the site of a sixteenth century abbey   一座十六世纪的修道院的旧址
    to work on a building/construction site 在建筑工地工作
    A site has been chosen for the new school. 已为新学校选了校址。
    All the materials are on site so that work can start immediately.
    所有材料都已运抵工地，可以立即开工。
2.现场；发生地；场所
a place where sth has happened or that is used for sth
    the site of the battle  战场
    an archaeological site 考古现场
    a camping/caravan site 营地；旅行拖车停车点

erect 美/ɪˈrekt/
[动词+名词短语] (formal)
1.建立；建造    to build sth
    The church was erected in 1582.此教堂建于1582年。
2.竖立；搭起
to put sth in position and make it stand vertical
同义词：put sth up
    Police had to erect barriers to keep crowds back.警察得设立路障来阻截人群。
    to erect a tent搭帐篷
3.创立；设立    to create or establish sth
    to erect trade barriers设置贸易壁垒

Take (verb):
"To remove or separate something from its place or structure."
Example: "They took the car engine to pieces."

Eiffel  /ˈaɪfəl/
Auguste Bartholdi [au'ɡu:st][ba:'θɔldi:] 
noble (title) /ˈnoʊbəl/ adj. 高尚的，壮丽的
copper (1.5) /ˈkɒpər/ n.美/ˈkɑːpər/ 铜；铜币；警察
monument (1.1) /ˈmɑːnjəmənt/ n. 念碑
support (1.5) /səˈpɔːrt/ v. 支持，支撑
statue (1.1) /ˈstætʃuː/ n. 像
framework (1.6) /ˈfreɪmwɜːrk/ n. 构架，框架
liberty (1.2) /ˈlɪbərti/ n. 自由
transport (1.7) /trænˈspɔːrt/ v. 送
present (1.2) /prɪˈzɛnt/ v. 送
site (1.7) /saɪt/ n. 地
sculptor (1.4) /ˈskʌlptər/ n. 雕刻家
pedestal (1.8) 美/ˈpedɪstl/ n. 底座
actual (1.5) /ˈæktʃuəl/ adj. 实际的，真实的

Notes on the text 课文注释
the Statue of Liberty 自由女神像
the site chosen = the site which was chosen，这里用过去分词作定语，与定语从句的作用相同。
take ... to pieces，把……拆卸开。
put ... together，把……装配起来。
make their homes in America，在美国安家落户。
    make: To create, establish, or achieve something through effort（通过努力创造、建立或达成）。
    近义词：build, create, establish
    make + 宾语（their homes）：表示“将某地变为家园”。

    in America：地点状语，指明“建立家园”的地点。
参考译文
世界上最著名的纪念碑之一的自由女神雕像是在19世纪时由法国人民赠送给美国的。
这座由雕刻家奥古斯特·巴索尔地设计的巨大雕像是用10年时间雕刻成的。
这座雕像的主体是用铜制成的，由艾菲尔特制的金属框架支撑着。
在雕像被运往美国之前，必须为它选好一块场地，同时必须建造一个基座。
场地选在了纽约港入口处的一个岛上。到1884年，一座高度达151英尺的雕像在巴黎竖立起来了。
第二年，它被拆成若干小块，运到美国。到1886年10月底，这座雕像被重新组装起来，由巴索尔地正式赠送给美国人民。
从那时起，这座伟大的纪念碑对通过纽约港进入美国定居的千百万人来说就一直是自由的象征。

Lesson 94 Future champions 未来的冠军

What kind of race do the children compete in?

Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early age.
At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become expert at holding their breath under water even before they can walk.
Babies of two months old do not appear to be reluctant to enter the water.
It is not long before they are so accustomed to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool.
A game that is very popular with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race.
Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool seven feet under water.
The children compete against each other to reach the other end of the pool.
Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or drag them.
Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once.
Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell.
Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.

New words and expressions 生词和短语
experiment  英/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/    美/ɪkˈsperɪmənt/
    [可数名词, 不可数名词]
    1.实验；试验
    a scientific test that is done in order to study what happens and to gain new knowledge
        to do/perform/conduct an experiment 做实验
        proved by experiment 经过实验证明
        laboratory experiments实验室实验
        Many people do not like the idea of experiments on animals.许多人不赞成在动物身上做试验。
    2.~ (in sth)尝试；实践
    a new activity, idea or method that you try out to see what happens or what effect it has
        the country's brief experiment in democracy这个国家对民主的短暂尝试
        I've never cooked this before so it's an experiment.我以前从未做过这种菜，所以这是一个尝试。
instruct (1.1) /ɪnˈstrʌkt/ v. 指导，传授
    [动词+名词短语] ~ sb (in sth)
    (formal)教授，传授（技能等）
    to teach sb sth, especially a practical skill
        All our staff have been instructed in sign language.
        我们的员工都接受过手语训练。
expert
    ~ (at/in/on sth) | ~ (at/in/on doing sth)
    专家；行家；能手    a person with special knowledge, skill or training in sth
        a computer/medical expert
        计算机 / 医学专家
        an expert in child psychology
        儿童心理学家
        an expert on modern literature
        现代文学研究专家
        He's an expert at getting his own way.
        他在如何达到自己的目的方面很在行。
        Don't ask me─I'm no expert!
        不要问我——我不是行家！
accustom
    VERB 使习惯（于）；使适应
    If you accustom yourself or another person to something, you make yourself or them become used to it.
        The team has accustomed itself to the pace of first division rugby...
        球队适应了英式橄榄球甲级联赛的节奏。
line
    形成行 form rows
    3. [often passive] ~ sth (with sth) 沿…形成行（或列、排）
    to form lines or rows along sth
        Crowds of people lined the streets to watch the race.
        人群站在街道两旁观看赛跑。
        The walls were lined with books.
        靠墙是一排排的图书。
        line up 短语动词 Phrasal Verbs
            排成一行；站队；排队（等候）
            to stand in a line or row; to form a queue/line
                Line up, children!
                孩子们，站成一排！
                Cars lined up waiting to board the ship.
                汽车排队等候上船。

tricycle (1.8) /ˈtraɪsɪkl/ n. 三轮车
Los Angeles (1.2-3) /lɒs ˈændʒəliːz/ 洛杉矶
compete (1.9) /kəmˈpiːt/ v. 比赛，对抗
    ~ (with/against sb) (for sth)
    竞争；对抗
    to try to be more successful or better than sb else who is trying to do the same as you
        [单独使用的动词] Several companies are competing for the contract.
        为得到那项合同，几家公司正在竞争。
        We can't compete with them on price.
        我们在价格上无法与他们竞争。
        Young children will usually compete for their mother's attention.
        小孩子通常都会在母亲面前争宠。
        Small traders cannot compete in the face of cheap foreign imports.
        面对廉价的外国进口商品，经营规模小的商人无法与之抗衡。
reluctant (1.5) /rɪˈlʌktənt/ adj. 强的，不愿意的
~ (to do sth)   不情愿的；勉强的
hesitating before doing sth because you do not want to do it or because you are not sure that it is the right thing to do
    reluctant agreement 勉强同意
    She was reluctant to admit she was wrong.   她不愿承认自己有错。
    He finally gave a reluctant smile.  他最后露出了一丝无可奈何的微笑。
    a reluctant hero (= a person who does not want to be called a hero)     不情愿做英雄的英雄
pedal
    1. [+ 副词/介词短语] 骑自行车
    to ride a bicycle somewhere
        [单独使用的动词] I saw her pedalling along the towpath. 我看见她在纤道上骑自行车。
        He jumped on his bike and pedalled off. 他跳上自行车就骑走了。
        [动词+名词短语] She pedalled her bicycle up the track. 她骑车上了小路。

    2. 踩踏板
    to turn or press the pedals on a bicycle or other machine
        [单独使用的动词] You'll have to pedal hard up this hill.
        走上坡时你必须用力蹬车。
        [动词+名词短语] She had been pedalling her exercise bike all morning.
    她整个上午都在蹬健身车。

yard (1.13) /jɑːd/ n. 码
weight (1.6) /weɪt/ n. 重物
gasp (1.13) /ɡæsp/ v. 喘气
    1. ~ (at sth)
    （尤指由于惊讶或疼痛而）喘气，喘息，倒抽气
    to take a quick deep breath with your mouth open, especially because you are surprised or in pain
        [单独使用的动词] She gasped at the wonderful view. 如此美景使她惊讶得屏住了呼吸。
        They gasped in astonishment at the news. 他们听到这消息惊讶得倒抽了一口气。
        [动词+直接引语] ‘What was that noise?’ he gasped. “那是什么声音？”他喘着气问。
    2. ~ (sth) (out) 透不过气；气喘吁吁地说
    to have difficulty breathing or speaking
        [单独使用的动词] He came to the surface of the water gasping for air. 他浮出水面急促地喘着气。
        [动词+名词短语] She managed to gasp out her name. 她终于气喘吁吁地说出了她的名字。
        [also 动词+直接引语] underwater (1.8) /ˌʌndəˈwɔːtə(r)/ adj. 水下的

ever 
    （用于否定句和疑问句，或与if连用的句子）在任何时候，从来
    used in negative sentences and questions, or sentences with if to mean ‘at any time’
    Nothing ever happens here.
    这儿从未发生过任何事。
    Don't you ever get tired?
    难道你从来不累吗？
    If you're ever in Miami, come and see us.
    你要是什么时候到了迈阿密，就来看看我们吧。

Notes on the text 课文注释
hold their breath 屏住呼吸。
be popular with ... 受……的欢迎，为……所喜爱。
compete against 与……竞争，与……抗衡。
come up for breath 上水面换气。
Whether they will ever become future Olympic champions, only time will tell. 他们将来是否能成为奥林匹克的冠军，这只能由时间来作出回答。以 whether 引导的从句是 tell 的宾语，把宾语放在句首是为了强调。
Babies of two months old:of 属于误加的，但被人们认可。去掉of 才是规范的表达.
    Babies two months old：形容词短语作定语。

the underwater tricycle race
    使用“the”在“the underwater tricycle race”中是因为这里指的是一个特定的、独一无二的事件或活动。在英语中，定冠词“the”用于指代已知的或特定的名词。
    在这个例子中，假设“水下三轮车比赛”是一个特定的、已经被提及或众所周知的活动，因此使用“the”来特指这个活动。
seven feet under water
    是一个介词短语，作为状语修饰谓语动词“are lined up”，表示动作发生的具体位置和程度。这种结构在英语中非常常见，用来描述动作发生的地点、深度、高度等
before they are gasping for air
    1. 突出“喘气”的即时性与过程性
    “are gasping”（现在进行时）表示在“游泳五码”这一动作的过程中，喘气的动作已经开始并正在进行。即使游泳的距离很短（五码），但这些人几乎立刻（或短时间内）就会开始喘气。
    一般现在时（gasp） 仅表示动作发生的事实，但进行时（are gasping）更强调“喘气”是游泳过程中必然伴随的、正在发生的状态，增强了描述的生动性。
    例句对比：
    They cannot swim five yards before they gasp for air.
    （一般现在时：陈述“游泳五码后喘气”这一事实。）
    They cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.
    （现在进行时：强调在游泳过程中，喘气已经开始，甚至可能还未游到五码。）

    2. 隐含“时间紧迫”或“能力不足”
    “before they are gasping” 暗示了一种“因果关系”：游泳的动作会迅速导致喘气。进行时态的使用突出了游泳能力的不足——这些人甚至无法完成五码的游泳，中途就会被迫停下来喘气。

    这种结构暗示了一种常态（每次尝试游泳都会如此），而非单次事件。

    3. 与“before”连用，强化时间关系
    “before + 现在进行时” 的搭配在英语中并不常见，但此处是一种修辞手法，旨在强调“喘气”的必然性和快速性。即使逻辑上“喘气”发生在“无法游泳五码”之后，但进行时模糊了时间界限，暗示两者几乎同时发生，甚至喘气可能先于动作完成。

    4. 与日常口语习惯的关联
    在口语中，现在进行时常用于描述即将发生或必然发生的动作，尤其是与身体反应相关的情景。例如：
    I’m starving!（我快饿死了！）
    （尽管尚未饿死，但用进行时强调“极度饥饿”的状态。）
    She’s crying before you even say a word.
    （你还没说话，她就哭了。）
    同样，“are gasping” 在此处并非严格描述“正在喘气”，而是暗示“只要尝试游泳，就一定会开始喘气”。

参考译文
实验证明，儿童在很小的时候就可以开始学习游泳。
在洛杉矶的一个特设的游泳池里，孩子们甚至在还没有学会走路时就已经能熟练地在水下屏住呼吸了。
两个月的婴儿并未显得不愿意入水。他们很快便适应了游泳，以致能捡起池底的物品。
这些幼小的游泳运动员非常喜爱的一种游戏是水下三轮车比赛。三轮车并排放在7英尺深的游泳池底上。
孩子们比赛看谁先到达游泳池的另一端。很多孩子用脚蹬车，但多数孩子更愿意推或拉着三轮车。
有些孩子能够跑完游泳池的全长而不用露出水面换气。他们将来是否能成为奥林匹克的冠军，这只能由时间来作出回答。
与此同时，他们对我们中的那些游不了5码就已喘不过气来的人应该是一种鼓舞。
 

Lesson 95 A fantasy 纯属虚构

Why was the Ambassador particularly lucky?

When the Ambassador of Escalopia returned home for lunch, his wife got a shock. 
He looked pale and his clothes were in a frightful state.
‘What has happened?’ she asked. ‘How did your clothes get into such a mess?’
‘A fire extinguisher, my dear,’ answered the Ambassador drily.
University students set the Embassy on fire this morning.
‘Good heavens!’ exclaimed his wife. ‘And where were you at the time?’
‘I was in my office as usual,’ answered the Ambassador. 
‘The fire broke out in the basement. I went down immediately, of course, and that fool, Horst, aimed a fire extinguisher at me. 
He thought I was on fire. 
I must definitely get that fellow posted.’
The Ambassador’s wife went on asking questions, when she suddenly noticed a big hole in her husband’s hat.
‘And how can you explain that?’ she asked.
‘Oh, that,’ said the Ambassador.
 ‘Someone fired a shot through my office window. Accurate, don’t you think? 
 Fortunately, I wasn’t wearing it at the time. 
 If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch.’

New words and expressions 生词和短语
fantasy (title) /'fæntəsi/ n. 幻想故事
embassy (1.7) /'embasi/ n. 大使馆
ambassador (1.1) /æmˈbæsədər/ n. 大使
heaven (1.8) /ˈhevn/ n. 天，天堂
Escalopia (1.1) /eskəˈləʊpiə/ n. 艾斯卡罗比亚（虚构的国名）
basement (1.10) /ˈbeɪsmənt/ n. 地下室
definitely (1.12) /ˈdefɪnɪtli/ adv. 肯定地
post (1.12) /pəʊst/ v. 派任

    JOBS AND PLACES 工作和地点
    1.N-COUNT 职位;职务
    A post in a company or organization is a job or official position in it, usually one that involves responsibility.
        She had earlier resigned her post as President Menem's assistant...
        她早些时候辞去了梅内姆总统助理一职。
    2.VERB 委派;派驻
    If you are posted somewhere, you are sent there by the organization that you work for and usually work there for several years.
        After training she was posted to Brixton...
        培训结束后她被派往布里克斯顿。

    3.N-COUNT 岗位；哨位
    You can use post to refer to the place where a soldier, guard, or other person has been told to remain and to do his or her job.
        Quick men, back to your post!
        迅速返回各自岗位！

    4.VERB 使驻守；布置…站岗
    If a soldier, guard, or other person is posted somewhere, they are told to stand there, in order to supervise an activity or guard a place.
        Police have now been posted outside all temples...
        现在所有神殿外都已安排警察站岗。

frightful (1.2) /ˈfraɪtfəl/ adj. 可怕的，令人吃惊的
    1.ADJ-GRADED 讨厌的;令人不快的;可怕的
    Frightful means very bad or unpleasant.
        My father was unable to talk about the war, it was so frightful.
        我父亲没法谈论那场战争，那太可怕了。
    2.ADJ 非常的;极度的
    Frightful is used to emphasize the extent or degree of something, usually something bad.
        He got himself into a frightful muddle...
        他把自己卷进了一个不可收拾的乱摊子。
fire extinguisher (1.6) /ˈfaɪər ɪkˈstɪŋgwɪʃər/ 灭火器
drily (1.6) /ˈdraɪli/ adv. 冷淡地，枯燥无味地
    17.ADJ-GRADED 冷淡的;淡然的;不动感情的;冷冰冰的
    If you describe a voice as dry, you mean that it is cold or dull, and does not express any emotions.
    When he crept back to his desk, he heard the dry voice of Father Laurence.
    当他轻手轻脚地回到读经台时,他听到了劳伦斯神父冷冰冰的声音。
    Derived Words 派生词    drily
    'Possible,' I said drily, 'but not likely'.
    “也许,”我冷冷地说,“但可能性不大。”
shot (1.16) /ʃɒt/ n. 子弹

    用枪炮 with gun
    1.[可数名词] ~ (at sb/sth)
    射击；开枪（或炮）；枪（或炮）声
    the act of firing a gun; the sound this makes

        The man fired several shots from his pistol.
        那个男人用手枪开了几枪。
        Someone took a shot at the car.
        有人朝轿车开枪。
        We heard some shots in the distance.
        我们听见远处有几声枪响。
    子弹 bullets
        [可数名词]
        【不规则形式】复数名词 shot
        （旧时用大炮发射的石质或金属的）弹丸
        a large stone or metal ball that was shot from a cannon or large gun in the past

        small metal balls that are shot ,many at a time  from a shotgun

exclaim
    1.VERB （由于激动、震惊、愤怒等）突然呼喊，惊叫，大声喊
    Writers sometimes use exclaim to show that someone is speaking suddenly, loudly, or emphatically, often because they are excited, shocked, or angry.
        'He went back to the lab', Iris exclaimed impatiently...
        “他回实验室去了，”艾里斯不耐烦地大声说。

Notes on the text 课文注释
get into such a mess 搞得这样糟。
set on fire 放火。
Good heavens! 天哪！

        heavens
        1.N-PROPER 天堂;天国
        In some religions, heaven is said to be the place where God lives, where good people go when they die, and where everyone is always happy. It is usually imagined as being high up in the sky.
            I believed that when I died I would go to heaven and see God.
            我相信自己死后会升入天堂，见到上帝。
        2.N-UNCOUNT 极乐（之地）；天堂般美好（的世界）
        You can use heaven to refer to a place or situation that you like very much.
            We went touring in Wales and Ireland. It was heaven...
            我们去了威尔士和爱尔兰旅游。那里真是人间仙境。
The fire broke out in the basement. 下室突然着火。
aim at 用……瞄准。
get that fellow posted 把那个家伙派走。post 可以与 letter, parcel 等名词连用，表示“寄”。如果把 post 与人连用时，仅指把人“派往”政府的一个新职位。
Accurate, don't you think? 准，是不是？这个句子可以理解成：Don't you think it was accurate?
If I had been, I would not have been able to get home for lunch. 如果真戴着它，我现在就不能回家来吃午饭了。这是表示与过去的事实不相符合的虚拟语气结构。If I had been 后面省略了 wearing my hat。
set...on fire
    "Set" 的本义
    "Set" 是一个多义词，常见含义包括“放置、设置、安排”等。
    在 "set...on fire" 中，"set" 表示“使某物处于某种状态”，具体为“使某物着火”。
    "Set...on fire" 的整体意义
    短语意为“点燃、放火焚烧”，强调故意或主动使某物燃烧。
    例句：
    The protesters set the building on fire.（抗议者放火烧了那栋楼。）
    The candle set the curtains on fire.（蜡烛点燃了窗帘。）

How did your clothes get into such a mess?

    一、句子结构分析
    句子主干
    "How did your clothes get into...?"（你的衣服怎么会弄成……？）
    "How" 引导疑问句，询问原因或过程。
    "get into" 表示“进入某种状态”。
    关键短语
    "such a mess"（如此混乱）
    "such a" 用于强调程度，修饰名词 "mess"。
    "mess" 是核心名词，表示“混乱、脏乱”的状态。

    二、"mess"** 的含义与用法**
    基本含义
    "Mess" 作为名词，主要有以下含义：
    脏乱、不整洁（指物理状态）：
    例句：Your room is a mess!（你的房间真乱！）
    混乱、麻烦（指抽象状态）：
    例句：The project is in a mess.（这个项目一团糟。）
    困境、麻烦事：
    例句：He got himself into a mess.（他惹上了麻烦。）

    可数性
    "Mess" 通常作可数名词，常用单数形式 "a mess"。
    例句：She made a mess in the kitchen.（她把厨房弄得一团糟。）

    常见搭配
    "make a mess"（弄乱、搞糟）
    例句：The kids made a mess while playing.（孩子们玩的时候弄得一团糟。）
    "clean up the mess"（清理混乱）
    例句：I had to clean up the mess after the party.（派对结束后，我不得不清理现场。）
    "in a mess"（处于混乱状态）
    例句：My life is in a mess right now.（我的生活现在一团糟。）

    三、"such a mess"** 的含义与用法**
    强调程度
    "Such a" 用于加强语气，表示“如此、这么”。
    "such a mess" 意为“如此混乱”，强调混乱的程度。
    例句：How did the kitchen get into such a mess?（厨房怎么会这么乱？）
    情感色彩
    "Such a mess" 通常带有负面情感，表达不满、惊讶或无奈。
    例句：I can't believe you left the house in such a mess!（我真不敢相信你把房子弄得这么乱！）

    替代表达
    "such a mess" 可替换为 "so messy"（如此脏乱），但语法结构不同：
    "such a mess" 修饰名词（mess）。
    "so messy" 修饰形容词（messy）。

    例句：
    Your room is such a mess!
    Your room is so messy!

在英语直接引语的引述结构中，主语和动词的顺序会根据主语是代词还是名词而有所不同。以下是详细的解析：

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一、基本规则

1. 当代词作主语时（如 she, he, they）：

   • 正常语序：主语 + 动词

     • 例："Help me," she said.（“帮帮我。”她说。）

     • 例："Where are you?" he asked.（“你在哪儿？”他问。）

2. 当名词作主语时（如 the Ambassador, John, the teacher）：

   • 倒装语序：动词 + 主语

     • 例："I agree," said the Ambassador.（“我同意。”大使说道。）

     • 例："Let's go," replied Mary.（“我们走吧。”玛丽答道。）

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二、原句分析

1. "And how can you explain that?" she asked.

   • 主语 "she" 是代词，使用正常语序 "she asked"。

2. "Oh, that," said the Ambassador.

   • 主语 "the Ambassador" 是名词短语，使用倒装语序 "said the Ambassador"。

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三、规则背后的原因

1. 流畅性与节奏

   • 代词（如 she/he）较短，放在动词前更自然；

   • 名词短语（如 the Ambassador）较长，倒装后避免句子头重脚轻。

   • 对比：

     • 正常语序："Yes," the Ambassador said.（可接受，但稍显拖沓）

     • 倒装语序："Yes," said the Ambassador.（更简洁流畅）

2. 文学与正式文体的习惯

   • 倒装结构（动词 + 名词主语）常见于书面语和文学作品中，增强语言的表现力。

   • 例："It is time," declared the King.（“时候到了。”国王宣布道。）

3. 例外情况

   • 若名词主语非常简短（如单字人名），偶尔也可用正常语序：

     • "Wait," John said.（“等等。”约翰说。）

   • 若需强调主语，正常语序更合适：

     • "This is mine," the CEO insisted.（“这是我的。”CEO 坚持道。）

参考译文

当艾斯卡罗比亚国的大使回到家吃午饭时，把他的夫人吓了一跳。
他面色苍白，衣服也搞得不成样子。
“发生了什么事？”她问，“你的衣服怎么搞得一塌糊涂？”
“灭火器弄的，亲爱的，”大使冷冷地回答，“今天上午大学生们放火点着了大使馆。”
“天啊！”他的夫人惊叫，“那你当时在什么地方？”
“我和往常一样，在办公室里，”大使回答说。“地下室突然着火，我当然马上下去了。
但那个傻瓜霍斯特把灭火器对准了我。他认为是我着火了。我一定要把那个家伙打发走。”
大使夫人继续提出问题，她突然又发现丈夫的帽子上有个洞。
“那么你对那又作何解释呢？”她问。
“那个嘛，”大使说，“有人向我办公室窗户开了一枪。
真够准的，是不是？幸亏我当时没戴帽子。如果真戴着它，我现在就不能回家来吃午饭了。”

Lesson 96 The dead return 亡灵返乡

What happens to the lanterns at the end of the festival?

A Festival for the Dead is held once a year in Japan.
This festival is a cheerful occasion, for on this day, the dead are said to return to their homes and they are welcomed by the living.
As they are expected to be hungry after their long journey, food is laid out for them.
Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to help the dead to find their way.
All night long, people dance and sing.
In the early morning, the food that had been laid out for the dead is thrown into a river or into the sea as it is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it.
In towns that are near the sea, the tiny lanterns which had been hung in the streets the night before, are placed into the water when the festival is over.
Thousands of lanterns slowly drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world.
This is a moving spectacle, for crowds of people stand on the shore watching the lanterns drifting away until they can be seen no more.

New words and expressions 生词和短语
festival (1.1) /ˈfestɪvl/ n. 节日
spectacle (1.11) /ˈspektək(ə)l/ n. 景象，壮观，场面
lantern (1.5) /ˈlæntən/ n. 灯笼
cheerful    英/ˈtʃɪəfl/ 美/ˈtʃɪrfl/
    1.(感到)快乐的；高兴的；兴高采烈的    happy, and showing it by the way that you behave
        You're not your usual cheerful self today.  你今天不像往常那么快快乐乐的。
        a cheerful smile/voice  欢快的微笑 / 说话声
    2.令人愉快的    giving you a feeling of happiness
        a bright, cheerful restaurant   明亮宜人的餐馆
        a chatty, cheerful letter   一封令人愉快的拉家常的信
lay 【不规则形式】laid laid
    放下；展开 put down/spread
    1.[usually + 副词/介词短语] （尤指轻轻地或小心地）放置，安放，搁
    to put sb/sth in a particular position, especially when it is done gently or carefully
        [动词+名词短语] She laid the baby down gently on the bed.她把婴儿轻轻地放在床上。
        He laid a hand on my arm.他把手搭在我的胳膊上。
        The horse laid back its ears.那匹马把耳朵往后竖着。
        Relatives laid wreaths on the grave.死者亲属在墓前献了花圈。
        [动词+名词短语+形容词] The cloth should be laid flat.布应展开平放。
            laid out
                1.PHRASAL VERB （整齐地）铺开，展开，摊开
                If you lay out a group of things, you spread them out and arrange them neatly, for example so that they can all be seen clearly.
                Grace laid out the knives and forks at the lunch-table...   格雷丝把刀叉摆放在午餐桌上。
drift
    缓缓流动 move slowly
    1.[动词 usually + 副词/介词短语] 漂流；漂移；飘
    to move along smoothly and slowly in water or air
        Clouds drifted across the sky.朵朵浮云在空中飘过。
        The empty boat drifted out to sea.空船向海上漂去。

    2.[动词+ 副词/介词短语] 缓缓移动；缓慢行走
    to move or go somewhere slowly
        The crowd drifted away from the scene of the accident.人群渐渐从事故现场散去。
        Her gaze drifted around the room.她用目光缓缓扫视了一下室内。

expect
    预料；预期；预计
    to think or believe that sth will happen or that sb will do sth
        [动词+名词短语] We are expecting a rise in food prices this month.  我们预计这个月食物价格会上涨。
        Don't expect sympathy from me!休想得到我的同情！
        That's not the sort of behaviour I expect of you!我不敢相信你竟有那样的行为！
        [动词+带to的不定式] You can't expect to learn a foreign language in a few months.不要指望在几个月内就能学会一门外语。
        I looked back, half expecting to see someone following me.我回过头去，想着可能看到有人跟着我。
        [动词+名词短语+带to的不定式] House prices are expected to rise sharply.预计房价会急剧上涨。
        I didn't expect him to become a successful writer.我没想到他会成为一个成功的作家。
        Do you really expect me to believe you?你真以为我会相信你吗？
        [动词 (+ that从句)] Many people were expecting (that) the peace talks would break down.许多人预料和平谈判会破裂。
        [动词+名词短语+that从句] It is expected that the report will suggest some major reforms.预计这个报告会提出一些重大的改革。

Notes on the text 课文注释
the dead are said to return to their homes. 据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来。the dead, 死人。定冠词用在某些形容词之后，可以用来表示某类人。
lay out, 摆开，展示，摆设。
all night long, 整夜。
the other world, 另一个世界，即阴间。
All night long 短语结构,短语类型：副词短语（Adverbial Phrase）
    语法功能：在句子中通常作状语，修饰动词或整个句子，表示动作发生的时间长度。
    结构：All（限定词） + Night（名词） + Long（副词）
    整体结构为“限定词 + 名词 + 副词”，构成一个完整的副词短语。
It is considered unlucky for anyone living to eat it.
    句子结构：
    It is considered unlucky（主句）：形式主语 It + 谓语 is considered + 表语 unlucky。
    for anyone living to eat it（不定式复合结构）：
    for anyone living：介词短语，表示动作的逻辑主语（“任何活着的人”）。
    to eat it：不定式短语，表示逻辑主语的动作（“吃它”）。
    整体结构可还原为：
    To eat it is considered unlucky for anyone living.
    （为避免头重脚轻，用 It 作形式主语，将不定式后置。）
They can be seen no more.
    副词短语 "no more"：
    表示动作或状态的终止，带有 永久性 和 终结性。
    类似表达：They are gone forever. / They have disappeared completely.

维度	no more	not
核心含义	终止、耗尽、不复存在	单纯否定
修饰名词	直接修饰（无需 any/many）	需搭配 any/much/many 等
修饰动词	句尾，强调动作终止	紧跟助动词/情态动词
情感色彩	隐含遗憾、强调彻底性	中性
典型结构	no more than / no more... than	not only... but also / not... at all
文体倾向	正式、文学	通用、口语

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经典例句强化

1. No more lies! The truth must come out. （强调彻底停止）

2. This is not a game; it’s a matter of life and death. （单纯否定）

3. The ancient city stands no more; only ruins remain. （隐含消亡的惋惜）

4. I do not accept your apology, not now, not ever. （双重否定加强语气）

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• no more 可引导倒装句，增强语气：

  • 例：No more shall we suffer in silence! （我们不会再默默忍受！）

• not 需搭配其他词实现倒装：

  • 例：Not once did he apologize. （他一次都没道歉）

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that had been laid out for the dead
    定语从句,修饰主语: "that had been laid out for the dead"
    关系代词: "that"（指代 "the food"）
    谓语: "had been laid out"（过去完成时被动语态，表示动作发生在主句动作之前）
    目的状语: "for the dead"（为死者准备）
It is considered unlucky
    对应主动语态: People consider it unlucky...

句型	语义差异	例句
It is considered + adj	强调客观共识或传统观念	It is considered rude to interrupt.
It is thought + adj	侧重群体或普遍看法，语气稍弱	It is thought impossible to survive.
It is said + adj	引用传言或非正式说法	It is said dangerous to go there at night.

the night before
    含义：指某个特定事件或时间点的“前一天晚上”，需结合上下文明确所指。
    功能：强调过去某个时间点之前的夜晚。
        She couldn’t sleep the night before the interview.（面试前一晚她睡不着。）
        They met the night before the wedding.（他们在婚礼前一晚见面了。）

短语	依赖上下文	自然程度	常见场景
the night before	必须明确所指事件	高频自然	叙事、回忆、计划描述
the night before today	无需额外语境（但冗余）	低频不自然	几乎不用，可能出现在非母语者表达中

watching the lanterns drifting away 现在分词短语伴随状语
    逻辑主语: "crowds of people"
    动词结构: "watch + 宾语 + 现在分词"（表示动作的持续性）
    例句: She stood there watching the birds flying.

参考译文
日本每年过一次“亡灵节”。
这个节日是个欢乐的日子，因为在这一天，据说死去的人要回到他们的家里来，活着的人则对他们表示欢迎。
因为预料到他们在经过长途旅行之后会感到饥饿，所以为他们摆放好了食品。
特制的灯笼挂在各家的门外，为的是帮助亡灵看清道路。整个夜晚人们载歌载舞。
一大早，人们便把为死者摆放的食品扔进河中或海里，因为人们认为活着的人吃了这些东西是不吉利的。
在靠海的城镇中，头天夜里挂在大街小巷的小灯笼在节后就放在了水里。
成千上万只灯笼慢慢漂向大海，指引着亡灵返回另一个世界。
这是一个感人的场面，人们成群地伫立在海岸上，注视着灯笼远去，直到再也看不见为止。