新概念二(1~10).pdf

Lesson 1 A private conversationLast week I went to the theatre.I had a very good seat.The playwas very interesting.I did not enjoy it.A young man and a youngwoman were sitting behind me.They were talking loudly.I got veryangry.I could not hear the actors.I turned round.I looked at the manand the woman angrily.They did not pay any attention.In the end,Icould not bear it.I turned round again.I cant hear a word!I saidangrily.Its none of your business,the young man said rudely.Thisis a private conversation!Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?It was Sunday.I never get up early on Sundays.I sometimes stay inbed until lunchtime.Last Sunday I got up very late.I looked out ofthe window.It was dark outside.What a day!I thought.Its rainingagain.Just then,the telephone rang.It was my aunt Lucy.Ive justarrived by train,she said.Tm coming to see you.But Im stillhaving breakfast,I said.What are you doing?she asked.Tmhaving breakfast,I repeated.Dear me,she said.Do you always getup so late?Its one oclock!Lesson 3 Please send me a cardPostcards always spoil my holidays.Last summer,I went to Italy.Ivisited museums and sat in public gardens.A friendly waiter taughtme a few words of Italian.Then he lent me a book.I read a few lines,but I did not understand a word.Everyday 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 boughtthirty-seven cards.I spent the whole day in my room,but I did notwrite a single card!Lesson 4 An exciting tripI 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 workingfor a big firm and he has already visited a great number of differentplaces in Australia.He has just bought an Australian car and hasgone to Alice springs,a small town in the centre of Australia.Hewill soon visit Darwin.From there,he will fly to Perth.My brotherhas never been abroad before,so he is fending this trip very exciting.Lesson 5 No wrong numbersMr.James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just boughtanother garage in Pinhurst.Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury,but Mr.Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,so he hasjust bought twelve pigeons.Yesterday,a pigeon carried the firstmessage from Pinhurst to Silbury.The bird covered the distance inthree minutes.Up to now,Mr.Scott has sent a great many requestsfor spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to theother.In this way,he has begun his own private telephone service.Lesson 6 Percy ButtonsI have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.Yesterday a beggarknocked at my door.He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.Inreturn for this,the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.I gavehim a meal.He ate the food and drank the beer.Then he put a pieceof cheese in his pocket and went away.Later a neighbour told meabout him.Everybody knows him.His name is Percy Buttons.Hecalls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for ameal and a glass of beer.Lesson 7 Too lateThe plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport allmorning.They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds fromSouth Africa.A few hours earlier,someone had told the police thatthieves would try to steal the diamonds.When the plane arrived,some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building whileothers were waiting on the airfield.Two men took the parcel off theplane and carried it into the Customs House.While two detectiveswere keeping guard at the door,two others opened the parcel.Totheir surprise,the precious parcel was full of stones and sand!Lesson 8 The best and the worstJoe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town.Nearlyeverybody enters for The Nicest Garden Competition each year,butJoe wins every time.Bill Friths garden is larger than Joes.Billworks harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables,butJoes garden is more interesting.He has made neat paths and hasbuilt a wooden bridge over a pool.I like gardens too,but I do notlike 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!Lesson 9 A cold welcomeOn Wednesday evening,we went to the Town Hall.It was the lastday of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under theTown Hall clock.It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time.Fifteen minutes passed and then,at five to twelve,the clock stopped.The big minute hand did not move.We waited and waited,butnothing happened.Suddenly someone shouted.Its two minutes pasttwelve!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.Lesson 10 Not for jazzWe have an old musical instrument.It is called a clavichord.It wasmade in Germany in 1681.Our clavichord is kept in the living room.It has belonged to our family for a long time.The instmment wasbought by my grandfather many years ago.Recently it was damage。