新概念英语第二册96篇课文翻译(共76页).doc

精选优质文档-----倾情为你奉上NCE-2：最后另附有纯翻译部分Lesson1 A private conversation私人谈话Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat.上星期我去看戏我的座位很好，The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it.戏很有意思，但我却无法欣赏A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly.一青年男子与一青年女子坐在我的身后，大声地说着话I got very angry. I could not hear the actors.我非常生气，因为我听不见演员在说什么I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily.我回过头去怒视着那一男一女，They did not pay any attention.他们却毫不理会In the end ,I could not bear it.最后，我忍不住了，I turned round again.‘I can’t hear a word!’ I said angrily.又一次回过头去，生气地说：“我一个字也听不见了！”‘It’s none of your business,’ the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’“不关你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话！”Lesson2 Breakfast or lunch?早餐还是午餐？It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays.那是个星期天。

而在星期天我是从来不早起的I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.有时我要一直躺到吃午饭的时候Last Sunday I got up very late.上个星期天，我起得很晚I looked out of the window. It was dark outside.我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗‘What a day!’ I thought. ‘It’s raining again.’“鬼天气！”我想，“又下雨了Just then, the telephone rang.正在这时，铃响了It was my aunt Lucy.是我姑母露西打来的‘I’ve just arrived by train,’ she said. ‘I’m coming to see you.’“我刚下火车，”她说，“我这就来看你‘But I’m still having breakfast,’ I said.“但我还在吃早饭，”我说‘What are you doing?’ she asked.“你在干什么？”她问道‘I’m having breakfast,’ I repeated.“我正在吃早餐，”我又说了一遍。

‘Dear me,’ she said. ‘Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’clock！’“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗？现在已经1点钟了!”Lesson3 Please send me a card请给我寄一张明信片Postcards always spoil my holidays.明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁Last summer, I went to Italy.去年夏天，我去了意大利I visited museums and sat in public gardens.我参观了博物馆，还去了公园A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lend me a book.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I read a few lines , but I did not understand a word.我读了几行，但一个字也不懂Every day I thought about postcards.我每天都想着明信片的事My holidays passed quickly, but I did not send cards to my friends.假期过得真快，可我还没有给我的朋友们寄过一张明信片。

On the last day I made a big decision.到了最后一天，我作出了一项重大决定I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards.我早早起了床，买来了37张明信片I spent the whole day in my room, but I did not write a single card！我在房间里关了整整一天然而竟连一张明信片也没写成！Lesson4 An exciting trip激动人心的旅行I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.我刚刚收到我弟弟蒂姆的来信，He is in Australia. He has been there for six months.他正在澳大利亚他在那儿已经住了6个月了Tim is an engineer. He is woking for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.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。

He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.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He will soon visit Darwin. From there, he will fly to Perth.他不久还将到达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往珀斯My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.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Lesson5 No wrong numbers无错号之虞Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.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.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机，所以他买了12只鸽子。

Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury.昨天，一只鸽子把第一封信从平赫斯特带到锡尔伯里The bird covered the distance in three minutes.这只鸟只用了3分钟就飞完了全程Up to now ,Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages from one garage to the other.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In this way, he has begun his own private ‘telephone’ service.就这样，他开始自己的私人“”业务Lesson6 Percy Buttons珀西.巴顿斯I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.昨天一个乞丐敲我的门，He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer.问我要一顿饭和一杯啤酒。

In return for this, the beggar stood on his head and sang songs.作为回报，那乞丐头顶地倒立起来，嘴里还唱着歌I gave him a meal.He ate the food and drank the beer.我给了他一顿饭他把食物吃完，又喝了酒Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away.然后把一块乳酪装进衣袋里走了Later a neighbour told me about him.后来，一位邻居告诉了我他的情况Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons.大家都认识他，他叫珀西.巴顿斯He calls at every house in the street once a month and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.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Lesson7 Too late为时太晚The plane was late and detectives were waiting on the airport all morning.飞机误点了，侦探们在机场等了整整一上午。

They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.他们正期待从南非来的一个装着钻石的贵重包裹A few hours earlier, someone had told the police that thieves would try to steal the diamonds.数小时以前，有人向警方报告，说有人企图偷走这些钻石When the plane arrived, some of the detectives were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield.当飞机到达时，一些侦探等候在主楼内，另一些侦探则。