Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was 昨天下午Frank Hawkins向我讲述了他年轻时
telling me about his expcriences as a 的经历.在退休前,Frank Hawkins是一家非常大的商
young man. Frank is now the head of a
very large business company, but as a 业公司的经理,但他小时侯却在一家小铺里做工.他
boy he used to work in a small shop. It
was his job to repair bicycles and at that那时的工作是修理自行车,并且通常是一天工作
time he used to work fourteen hours a14个小时.他靠多年积蓄,于1958年买下了自己的
day. He saved money for years and in
1938 he bought a small work-shop of his一个小铺子.20多岁的时候,Frank Hawkins曾生产
own. During the war Frank used to make飞机零配件.那时他有两个帮手.几年之后,小铺子
spare parts for aeroplanes. At that time 已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂.
he had two helpers. By the end of the
war, the small work-shop had become a
large factory which employed seven hun-
dred and twenty-eight people. Frank Frank Hawkins回想着他早年的艰难经历
smiled when he remembered his hard 和走过的漫长的成功之路,微笑了.
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 son's bicycle!
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. 第32课 Shopping made easy 购物变得很方便
People are not so honest as they once 人们不再象以前那样诚实了.偷窃的诱惑力比以往
were. The temptation to steal is greater 任何时候都更强烈-特别是在大的商店里.一名
than ever before--especially in large
shops. A detective recently watched a侦探最近注意上了一位穿着讲究的妇女,因此,侦探
well-dressed woman who always went
into a large store on Monday mornings.比较容易监视她.这位妇女是买了几样小商品.过了
One Monday, there were fewer people in
the shop than usual when the woman一会儿,她又选了商场里最昂贵的一件衣服,把它递
came in, so it was easier for the detective给了售货员.那售货员以最快的速度为她包好了
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衣服.然后那妇女拿过包就走出了商场,根本没有
the parcel and walked out of the shop付钱.她被逮捕后,侦探们发现那售货员是她的女儿
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 !
那姑娘每星期"送"她母亲一件免费的衣服!! Lesson 33 Out of the darkness冲出黑暗
Nearly a week passed before the girl was 几乎过了一个星期,那姑娘才能讲述自己的
able to explain what had happened to her.遭遇.一天下午,她乘小船从海岸出发,遇上了
One afternoon she set out from the coast风暴.天将黑时,小船撞在了一 块礁石上,姑娘
in a small boat and was caught in a storm.跳进了海里.她在海上游了整整一夜才游到岸边
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 在那段时间里,她游了8英里.第2天凌晨,她看到
time she covered a distance of eight miles.
Early next morning, she saw a light ahead.前方有灯光,知道自己已经接近岸边了,因为那
She knew she was near the shore because灯光是在高高的峭壁上.到达岸边后,姑娘朝着
the light was high up on the cliffs. On
arriving at the shore, the girl struggled up她看到的灯光方向挣扎着往上爬去.她所记得的
the cliff towards the light she had seen.
That was all she remembered. When she就是这些,第2天她醒来时,发现自己躺在医院里
woke up a day later, she found herself in
hospital. 第34课 Quick work 破案"神速"
Ted Robinson has been worried all the 意: Ted Robinson 焦虑了整整一个星期.上星期
week. Last Tuesday he received a letter 二他收到当地警察局的一封信,要他 到警察局去
from the local police. In the letter he was 一趟Ted Robinson 怪警察为什么找他,但昨天还
asked to call at the station. Ted wondered 是去了,结果他不再担心了.在警察局里,一位
why he was wanted by the police, but he
went to the station yesterday and now he 面代笑容的警察告诉他,他的自行车找到了.
is not worried any more. At the station, 那位警察对他说,那辆自行车是5天前在400英里
he was told by a smiling policeman that
his bicycle had been found. Five days
ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle
was pinged up in a small village four hun- 外的一个村庄里发现的,现在正用火车给他运回
dred miles away. It is now being sent to 家来.Ted Robinson 听到这个消息后,惊奇万分,但
his home by train. Ted was most sur-
prised when he heard the news. He was 又感到非常好笑,因为他从未指望那辆自行车还
amused too, because he never expected能找到.这是20年前Ted Robinson 还是一个15岁
the bicycle to be found. It was stolen
twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen !的孩子时被人偷走的! Lesson 35 Stop thief!抓贼
Rov Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short Rov Trenton原是开出租汽车的,然而就在前
while ago, however, he became a bus- 不久,他开上了公共汽车,也并不为此而感到后悔
driver and he was not regretted it. He is
finding his new work far more exciting. 他发觉自己的新工作令人兴奋得多.最近,当他开
When he was driving along Catford Street车在凯特福得街上行驶时,看到有两个小偷从
recently, he saw two thieves rush out of a一家商店里冲出来,奔向等在那里的一 辆汽车
shop and run towards a waiting car. One
of them was carrying a bag full of money.其中一个提着一只装满钞票的提包.Rov Trenton
Roy acted quickly and drove the bus 行动迅速,开车直冲窃贼而去.拿钱的那个小偷吓得
straight at the thieves. The one with the把提包都扔了.当小偷企图乘车逃跑时,Rov 驾驶
money got such a fright that he dropped他的公共汽车撞在了那辆车的后尾上.
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 当那辆车被装坏的车开走后,Rov 下了车,给
moving away, Roy stopped his bus and 警察挂了电话.小偷的车损坏严重,容易辨认.
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.没过多久,警察就截住了那辆车,两个小偷都被抓走了. 第36课Across the Channel!横渡海峡
Erna Hart is going to swim across th意:Erna Hart 准备明天横渡英吉利海峡.她打算早上5
English Channel tomorrow. She is going点从法国海岸出发.Erna Hart 只有11岁,她希望
to set out from the French coast at five
o'clock in the morning. Erna is only tour-创一项新的世界纪录.他是一个游泳能手,很多人
teen years old and she hopes lo set up a认为她一 定能成功.Erna Hart 的父亲将乘一条小
new world record. She is a strong swim-
mer and many people feel that she is sure船同她一道出发.哈特先生训练他的女儿已经
to succeed. Erna's father will set out with多年了.明天他将焦急的注视着女儿游过这段
her in a small boat. Mr Hart has trained 漫长的距离到达英国.Erna Hart 计划每2小时休息
his daughter for years. Tomorrow he will一下.她将喝些饮料,但不吃固体食物.Erna Hart
be watching her anxiously as she swims
the long distance to England. Erna in-的大部分同学将在英国等候她.他们当中还会有
tends to take short rests every two hours. Erna Hart 的母亲,她本人 还是个姑娘时
She will have something to drink but she
will not eat any solid food. Most of Erna's
school friends will be waiting for her on
the English coast. Among them will be Erna't mother, who swam the Channel
herself when she was a girl. 也曾横渡过英吉利海峡. Lesson 37 The Olymplc Games 奥林匹克运动会
The Olympic Games will be held in our 4年以后,奥林匹克运动会将在我们国家举行.由于
country in four years' time. As a great 将有大批的人到我们国家来,所以政府准备建造一
many people will be visiting the country, 些新的饭店,一个大型体育场和一个新的奥林匹
the government will be building new
hotels, an immense stadium, and a fine 克标准游泳池.他们还将修筑一些新的道路和一条
new swimming pool. 'They will also be 铁路专线.奥运会就在首都市郊区举办,整个地区将
building new roads and a special railway-被称作"奥林匹克城".工人们将在今年年底前把新
line. The Games will be held just outside
the capital and the whole area will be
called 'Olympic City'. Workers will have路铺好,到明年年底,他们将把新体育场建成.这些
completed the new roads by the end of巨大的现代化建筑是由Kurt Gunter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
this year. By the end of next year, they
will have finished work on the new
stadium. The fine modern buildings have 国家里还从未举办过奥运会.
been designed by Kurt Gunter. Every
body 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. 第38课 Everything except the weather惟独没有考虑到天气
My old friend, Harrison, had lived in the 我的老朋友哈里森在回到英国以前曾多年居住
Mediterranean for many years before. he 在地中海地区.过去他常幻想退休后到英国,并
returned to England. He had often
dreamed of retiring in England and had 计划在乡间安顿下来.他刚一回到英国便买下了一撞房子住了进去.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,
planned to settle down in the country. He
had no sooner returned than he bought a
fine house and went to live there. Almost但雨总是下个不停,而且常常冷得厉害.在阳光下
immediately he began to complain about
the weather, for even though it was still生活了那么多年的哈里森对此感到惊奇.他的举动就好象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.哈里森把这件事情都考虑到了,惟独
summer, it rained continually and it was没想到天气.
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. 第39 课 Am I all right 我是否痊愈
While John Gilbert was in hospital, he 当John Gilbert 住院的时候,他问医生他的手术是否
asked his doctor to tell him whether his成功,但医生拒绝告诉他.第2天这位病人要了一部
operation had been successful, but the床头电话.当方里只剩他一个人的时,他挂通了医院的交换台,要求与Millington医生讲话.当这位医生接过电话时,Gilbert先生说他想询问一个
doctor refused to do so. The following
day, the patient asked for a bedside tele-
phone. When he was alone, he telephoned
the hospital exchange and asked for Doc-
tor Millington. When the doctor answered
the phone, Mr Gilbert said he was in-病人的情,是一位叫Gilbert的先生.他问Gilbert先生的手术是否成功,医生告诉他手术很成功.然后他又问Gilbert先生什么时候可以回家,医生
quiring 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说他在医院还必须再住上两个星期.之后,Millington
he would have to stay in hospital for an-医生问打电话的人是否是病人的亲属."不是"病人
other 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.'回答说,"我就是 John Gilbert先生" 第40课 Food and talk进餐和交谈
Last week at a dinner-party, the hostess 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
asked me to sit next to Mrs Rumbold.
Mrs Rumbold was a large, unsmiling lady
in a tight black dress. She did not even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.
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" "一出新剧要来'环球剧场'上演了"我说"您去看吗?"
soon,' I said. 'Will you be seeing it ?' 不,她回答.
' No,' she answered.
'Will you be spending your holidays您今年去国外度假吗?我又问
abroad this year ?' I asked.不,她回答
' No,' she answered.
' Will you be staying in England?' I您呆在英国吗?我问
asked.
' No,' she answered.不,她回答
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 !'失望之中我问她饭是否吃地满意."年轻人"她回答,"如果你多吃点,少说点,我们两个都会吃得好的" Lesson 41 Do you call that a hat ?你把那个叫帽子吗?
'Do you call that a hat ?' I said to my 你把那个叫帽子吗?我对妻子说
wife.
'You needn't be so rude about it,' my 你说话没必要这样不客气,我的妻子边回答边照着镜子
wife answered as she looked at herself in
the mirror.
I sat down on one of those modern我坐在一个新式的满是网眼儿的椅子上,等待着.我们
chairs with holes in it and waited. We had在这家帽店已经呆了半个小时了,而我的妻子
been in the hat shop for half an hour and仍在镜子前面.
my wife was still in front of the mirror.
' We mustn't buy things we don't need,'我们不应该买我们不需要的东西,我突然发表意见
I remarked suddenly. I regretted saying说,但马上又后悔说了这话.
it almost at once.
'You needn't have said that,' my wife你没必要这样说,我的妻子回答说,我也不必提醒你昨天买的那条糟糕透了的领带.
answered.' I need not remind you of that
terrible tie you bought yesterday.'
' I find it beautiful,' I said. 'A man can我觉得它好看,我说,男人有多少领带也不会嫌多.
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 !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.我妻子带着一顶象灯塔一样的帽子. 第42课 Not very musical 并非很懂音乐
As we had had a long walk through one 当我穿过旧得里的市场时走了很长一段路,
of the markets of Old Delhi, we stopped我们在一个广场上停下来休息.过了一会儿,我们
at a square to have a rest. After a time,
we noticed a snake-charmer with two注意到广场的那一边有一个人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
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掀开了一个筐的盖子.当他开始吹奏一支曲子时
pipe which was covered with coins and我们才第一次看到那条蛇.它从筐里探出身子,随着
opened one of the baskets. When he be-
gan to play a tune, we had our first
glimpse of the snake. It rose out of the
basket and began to follow the move- 乐器的摆动而扭动.当耍蛇人突然又吹奏起爵士乐
ments of the pipe.We were very much
surprised when the snake charmer sud-和现代流行乐曲时,我们感到非常惊奇.然而那蛇
denly began to play jazz tunes and popu-却还是缓慢的舞动着.显然,它分辨不出印度音乐
lar modern songs. The snake, however,和爵士乐.
continued to 'dance' slowly. It obviously could not tell the difference between
Indian music and jazz! Lesson 43 Over the South Pole 飞越南极
In 1929, three years after his flight over 美国探险家R·E·伯得在飞越北极3年之后,于1929年第一次飞越了南极.虽然开始时伯得和他的助手们拍下了飞机下面连绵群山的大量
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照片,但他们很快陷入了困境.在有个地方,飞机似乎肯定要坠落了.只有在飞至10000英尺的高度时,它才能飞过这些山头.伯得马上命令
a great many photographs of the moun-
tains that lay below, they soon ran into
serious trouble. At one point, it seemed他的助手们把两个沉重的食物袋扔掉,于是飞机可
certain that their plane would crash. It
could only get over the mountains if it
rose to 10,000 feet. Byrd at once ordered可以上升了,它在离山头400英尺的高度飞越了过去.伯得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.
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.飞机可以毫无困难的飞过这片茫茫无际的百色原野 第44课 Through the forest穿过森林
Mrs Anne Sterling did not think of the 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
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跟前,企图抢走她的手提包.在挣抢中,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.斯特林夫人非常生气,向着他们追了
and tried to steal her handbag. In the
struggle, the strap broke and, with the
bag in their possession, both men started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
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这两个人吓了一跳,仍下提包逃走了."这提包带
going through the contents of the bag, so需要修理"斯特林夫人事后说道,"不过他们什么也没偷走.
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.' Lesson 45 A clear conscience问心无愧
The whole village soon learnt that a large 整个村子很快知道,有一大比钱丢失了.当地是屠户萨姆·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被某个村民
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捡到了,可是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
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
contained half the money he had lost, to-
gether with a note which said: 'A thief,
yes, 'but only 5o per cent a thief!' Two
months later, some more money was sent又附着一张纸条"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.最后的那张字条写道"我现在是一个100%的诚实人了!"
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!' Lesson 46 Expensive and uncomfortable既昂贵又受罪
When a plane from London arrived at 当一架来自伦敦的飞机抵达悉泥机场时,工人们开始卸下装有服装的一批木箱就。其中有只箱子特别重,可谁也弄不清是怎么回事.突
Sydney airport, workers began to unload
a number of wooden boxes which con-
tained clothing. No one could account for
the fact that one of the boxes was ex-
tremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to然一个工人想到打开箱子看看.看到的情景使他吃惊,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
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 woollen goods. He was so surprised at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
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小时.此人被责令交付旅费3500英镑,而正常票价
confined to the wooden box for over ten是2000英镑!
hours. The man was ordered to pay &345 for the cost of the trip. The normal
price of a ticket is &230 ! 第47课 A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂
A public house which was recently bought 依恩·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
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睡不着,因为他听到酒吧里传来一阵奇怪的响声.第2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
next morning, he found that the doors
had been blocked by chairs and the furni-
ture had been moved. Though Mr
Thompson had turned the lights off be-灯关了,但早晨灯却都亮着.他还说他发现了5 只空的威士忌酒瓶子,这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
fore he went to bed, they were on in the
morning. He also said that he had found
five empty whisky bottles which the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.
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 inn even if he gives it away. 第48课 Did you want to tell me something?你想对我说什么吗?
Dentists always ask questions when it is 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
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嘴里塞满了药棉.他知道我收集火柴盒,于是问我收藏的火柴盒是否在增加.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.
of cotton-wool. He knew I collected
birds' eggs 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.当那位牙科医生最后将药棉从我的
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嘴中取住时,我总算有可能告诉他,他拔错了牙.
cotton-wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the
wrong tooth. 我在学呀
呵呵 Lesson 49 The end of adream 美梦告终
Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young 德黑兰的一个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用有了一张既有弹簧又带床垫的床.
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. Be-
cause the weather was very hot, he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3天晚上起了暴风.一阵大风把床从屋顶上刮了下来,把它摔碎在
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,但年轻人却奇迹般地没有受伤.他醒来时,仍躺在床垫上.年轻
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 un-
hurt. When he woke up, he was still on人看了一眼周围 的碎木片和碎金属片,伤心的捡起
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.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.
lesson 50
lesson 50 Taken for a ride乘车兜风I love travelling in the country, but I 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.
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 我要去伍得福得草地,我一上车就对售票员说
to the conductor as I got on the bus,' but但我不知道它在哪.
I don't know where it is.'
' I'll tell you where to get off,' answered我来告诉你在哪下车,售票员回答说.
the conductor.
I sat in the front of the bus to get a good我坐在汽车的前部,以便饱览农村风光.过了一会儿,车停了.我环视了一下身旁,惊奇的发现车里就只剩我一个乘客了.
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 con-您得在这里下车,售票员说,我们的车就到此为止了.
doctor said. 'This is as far as we go.'
' Is this Woodford Green ?' I asked.这里是伍得福得草地吗,我问道
'Oh dear,' said the conductor suddenly.' I forgot to put you off.'
'It doesn't matter,' I said. 'I'll get off here.'哎呀,售票员突然说,我忘了让您下车了.没关系我说,我就在这儿下车吧.
'We are going back now,' said the conductor.
'Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,' I answered.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. Lesson 51 Reward for virtue 对美德的奖赏
My friend, Herbert, has always been fat, 我的朋友休一直很胖,但是近来情况变得越发糟糕,以至他决定节食.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
but things got so bad recently that he de-
cided 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 for-
bidden. The list included most of the列了所有禁吃的食物.这张单子上的大多数食物是休喜欢吃的:黄油、土豆、米饭、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果.昨天我去看望他.我按响了
things Herbert 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
Herbert was still as fat as ever. He led me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底下.显然他很尴尬.当我问他正干什么
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时,他内疚地笑了,然后把哪个大包拿到了桌子上.
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!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块巧克力和3袋糖果! Lesson 52 A pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯
We have just moved into a new house and 我们刚刚搬进一所新房子,我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一上午.我试图把我的新房间收拾整齐,但着并不容易,因为我有1000多本书.更糟糕的是房间还
I have been working hard all morning. I
have ten trying to get my new room in
order. This has not been easy because I非常小,所以我暂时把书放在地板上.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
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
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着书橱,空闲时你可以做在这儿读地毯.
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!' Lesson 53 Hot snake 触电的蛇
At last firemen have put out a big forest 消防队员们终于扑灭了一场加利福尼亚的森林大火.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
fire in California. Since then, they have
been trying to find out how the fire began.
Forest fire are often caused by broken
glass or by cigarette ends which people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
carelessly throw away. Yesterday the fire-
men examined the ground carefully, but
were not able to find any broken glass.
They were also quite sure that a cigarette起火的原因.他发现了缠在16000伏高压线上的一条死蛇.就这样,他揭开了起火之迷.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
end did not start the fire. This morning,
however, a fireman accidentally dis-
covered 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.
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. Lesson 54 Sticky fingers 粘糊的手指
After breakfast, I sent the children to 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
school and then I went to market. 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 tarts for tea. In a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.没有什么能比这更麻烦 了.我用两个沾满面糊的手指捏起了
short time I was busy mixing butter and
flour and my hands were soon covered
with sticky pastry. At exactly that mo-
ment, the telephone rang. Nothing could
have been more annoying. I picked up the
receiver between two sticky fingers and话筒.当我听出是海伦·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
was dismayed when I recognized the
voice of Mrs Bates. It took me ten minutes
to persuade her to ring back later. At last
I hung up the receiver. What a mess!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,铃声足以把死人唤醒.这次是邮递员,他要我签收一封挂号信!
There was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the door-knobs. I had
no sooner got back to the kitchen than the door-bell rang loud enough to wake
the dead. This time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for a registered
letter ! 非常感谢楼主那么累，可是书上不是有翻译吗？ now i am studying 新概念英语1
那没书的人就没翻译了呀
Lesson Not a gold mine 并非金矿Dreams of finding lost treasure almost 最近,找到失踪宝藏的梦想差一点儿变成现实.一种"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
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岩洞里,可后来却没能取走.一支用这种新机器装备起来的探
was used in a cave near the sea-shore
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藏着金子.队员们异常激动
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,就地挖了一个两英尺深的坑,但最后找到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
feet 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.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. Lesson 56 Faster than sound !比声音还快!
Once a year a race is held for old cars. A 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.
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
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.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,
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驾驶员费了好大劲才把车停下来.这次比赛使每个人都很
the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave every-
one a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no
less exciting.开心.它虽然与现代汽车比赛大有不同,但激动人心的程度并不亚于现代汽车大赛 hahaha. good idea.
hehe
Lesson 57 Can I help you,madam?您要买什么,夫人?A woman in blue jeans stood at the win- 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,要求把陈列在橱窗前的一件衣服拿给她看.接待
dow 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. The assistant who served her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2天教训一下那个
did not like the way she was dressed.
Glancing at her scornfully, he told her
that the dress was sold. The woman
walked out of the shop angrily and de-
cided to punish the assistant next day.
She returned to the shop the following售货员.第2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
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,她爬进橱窗去取那件衣服.这位妇女对那件衣服只看了一
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.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全部都拿了出来,最后才买下了她最先要看的那一件. Lesson 58 A blessing in disguise?是因祸得福吗?
The tiny village of Frinley is said to 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.该是户是50年前载在教堂附近的,但知识近几年才得到了一个坏名声.据说,谁要是触摸了这棵树,谁就会交上厄运;如果谁摘了一片树
possess a 'cursed tree'. Because the tree
was mentioned in a newspaper, the num-
ber of visitors to Frinley has now in-
creased. The tree was planted near a
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交人把树砍掉,但他一直到现在也没有同意.他指出,由于人们从全国
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 num-
ber 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 is a useful source of income as tour-
ists have been coming from all parts of各地纷纷前来参观这棵树,它成了一个有用的财源.尽管
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!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!
joke?
it seems not to be a joke！ Lesson 59 In or out ?进来还是出去?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.
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,所以我丈夫话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.这之后它就坐下汪汪叫起来,直到有人把它放出去.出去之后,它又马上把自己放进来,接着再开始叫.昨天,我丈夫把大门卸了下来,雷克斯很生气,此后我们便再也没有见到它. Lesson 60The future 扑算未来
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.
在一个乡村集市上,我决定去拜访一位称作别林斯基夫人的算命人.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.您一走出帐篷,就会大吃一惊.一位您很熟的女人将向您冲来.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我算卦的事忘得一干二净了,因为我的妻子正匆匆向我跑来."您躲到哪儿去了?"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.
just translate by myself.It's bad I think!
I went to the theater last week.Fortunately I got a good seat,and the play was interesting.But I could't enjoy it because of the young couple behind me.They always spoke loudly.Then I got angry as I couldn't got the actor's words.I turned back,watching them with anger.Nothing changed.Finally I couldn't bear to turn back again,saying angrily:"I can't hear one word!"
"There's no business of you!It's a personal talk!" 由于我要上学,后面的课文以后在翻译. [quote]原帖由 [i]wanghjtom[/i] 于 2006-8-22 10:31 AM 发表
I went to the theater last week.Fortunately I got a good seat,and the play was interesting.But I could't enjoy it because of the young couple behind me.They always spoke loudly.Then I got angry as ... [/quote]
这是新概念2第1 课吗?
不用这么累吧？》
买本新概念2不就得了吗？而且这里不是有翻译吗？页:
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