NEC2 25-

2017-03-22 20:33:25 NEC2 Lesson25


I arrived in London at last.
The railway station was big, black and dark.
I did not know the way to the my hotel, so I asked to 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.
We The port 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.
They The English can understand each other, but I don't understand them.

Do they speak English?

2017-03-24 21:12:18 NEC2 Lesson 21 【REVIEW】

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad.
I live never 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.

2017-03-25 19:17:30 NEC2 LESSON26

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 the pictures them in the same way that we likethe pretty curtain materials.
I think that young children often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.
They notice more.
My sister is only seven,but she could 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 pictures on the wall,' I answered,'It's a new one, do you like it?"
She looked at the picture it critically for a moment.
'It's all right, but isn't it upside down?'
I looked it again.
She was right. It was!

2017-03-26 21:24:06 NEC2 LESSON27

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 are 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.
The 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.

2017-04-02 19:11:22 NEC2 LESSON28

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. 
when he returns home at night, he always found 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!

2017-04-02 19:23:31 NEC2 LESSON 29

Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service. 
The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Platus Pilatus Porter'. 
This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers. 
The most surprising thing about it, however, is that it can land on anywhere: on snow, water, or even on a ploughed field. 
Captain Fawcett's first passenger was a doctor who flew from Bermingham 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 adeserted 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.

2017-04-03 20:06:23 NEC2 LESSON 30

The Wayle(大写) 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 the man in the boat but he did not hear them.

The ball struck him very so hard that he nearly fell into the river.

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.

2017-04-03 20:16:09 NEC2 LESSON31

Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkings 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 save 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 has had two helpers.

In a few years the small work shop has had become a large factorythat 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 wifi came in.

She wanted him to repair their grandson's bicycle.

2017-04-05 NEC2 LESSON32

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!

2017-04-07 NEC2 LESSON33

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 that 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. 

2017-04-07 NEC2 LESSON34

Dan Robinsun 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! 

2017-04-07 NEC2 LESSON 25 [REVIEW]

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 to 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 still can't 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 can't don't understand them! Do they speak English? 

2017-04-09 LESSON 32 [REVIEW]

People are not so honest as they once were. 

The temption temptation to steal is greater than ever before, especially in largestore 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! 

2017-04-09 LESSON 35

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 the thieves them was carrying a bag full of money. Roy acted quickly and drove the bus straight at the thieves. 

The thief 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 recognized. 

Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested. 

2017-04-10 LESSON 36

Debbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel(专有地名大写) 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(姓氏大写) has trained his daughter for years.

Tomorrow he will be watching her anxiously as she swims the long distant 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 in on the English coast.

Among them will be Debbie's mother, who swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.

2017-04-12 LESSON 37

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 Ganter 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.