1、新概念第二册课文默写本Lesson 25 Do the English speak English? 英国人讲的是英语吗?I arrived in London at last.我终于到了伦敦。The railway station was big, black and dark.火车站很大，又黑又暗。I did not know the way to my hotel,我不知道去饭店的路该怎么走，so I asked a porter.于是向一个搬运工打听。I not only spoke English very carefully,我的英语讲得不但非常认真，but very clearl
2、y as well.而且咬字也非常清楚。The porter,however,could not understand me;然而搬运工却不明白我的话。I repeated my question several times and at last he understood.我把问话重复了很多遍。他终于听懂了。He answered me,他回答了，but he spoke neither slowly nor clearly.但他讲得既不慢也不清楚。I am a foreigner,I said.“我是个外国人”，我说。Then he spoke slowly,于是他说得慢了，but I
3、could not understand him.可我还是听不懂。My teacher never spoke English like that!我的老师从来不那样讲英语！The porter and I looked at each other and smiled.我和搬运工相视一笑。Then he said something and I understood it.接着，他说了点什么，这回我听懂了。Youll soon learn English!he said.“您会很快学会英语的！”他说。I wonder.In England,each man speaks a differen
4、t language.我感到奇怪。在英国，人们各自说着一种不同的语言。The English understand each other,英国人之间相互听得懂，but I dont understand them!可我却不懂他们的话！Do they speak English?他们说的是英语吗？Lesson 26 The best art critics 最佳美术评论家I am an art student and I paint a lot of pictures.我是个学艺术的学生，画了很多画。Many people pretend that they understand modern
5、art.有很多人装成很懂现代艺术的样子，They always tell you what a picture is about.总是告诉你一幅画的“意思”是什么。Of course,many pictures are not about anything.当然，有很多画是什么“意思”也没有的。They are just pretty patterns.它们就是些好看的图案，We like them in the same way that we like pretty curtain material.我们喜爱它们就像我们喜欢漂亮的窗帘布一样。I think that young child
6、ren often appreciate modern pictures better than anyone else.我觉得小孩子们往往比任何人都更能欣赏现代绘画，They notice more.他们观察到的东西更多。My sister is only seven,我的妹妹只有7岁，but she always tells me whether my pictures are good or not.但她总能说出我的画是好还是坏。She came into my room yesterday.昨天她到我房里来了。What are you doing?she asked.“你在干什么呢？”
7、她问。Im hanging this picture on the wall,“我正把这幅画挂到墙上去。”I answered.Its a new one.Do you like it? 我回答说，“这是幅新画，你喜欢吗？”She looked at it critically for a moment.她用挑剔的目光看了一会儿。Its all right,she said,“还可以吧。”她说，but isnt it upside down?“不过，是不是挂倒了？”I looked at it again.我再次看了看画。She was right!It was!她说对了！是挂倒了！Lesso
8、n 27 A wet night 雨夜Late in the afternoon,傍晚时分，the boys put up their tent in the middle of a field.孩子们在田野中央搭起了帐篷。As soon as this was done,这件事刚刚做完，they cooked a meal over an open fire.他们就在篝火上烧起了饭。They were all hungry and the food smelled good.他们全都饿了，饭菜散发出阵阵香味。After a wonderful meal,他们美美地吃了一顿饭后，they to
9、ld stories and sang songs by the campfire.就围在营火旁讲起了故事，唱起了歌。But some time later it began to rain.但过了一阵子，天下起雨来，The boys felt tired so they put out the fire and crept into their tent.于是他们扑灭了篝火，钻进了帐篷。Their sleeping bags were warm and comfortable,睡袋既暖和又舒服，so they all slept soundly.所以，他们都睡得很香。In the middl
10、e of the night,午夜前后，two boys woke up and began shouting.有两个孩子醒了，大声叫了起来。The tent was full of water!原来帐篷里到处都是水！They all leapt out of their sleeping bags and hurried outside.他们全都跳出睡袋，跑到外面。It was raining heavily and they found that a stream had formed in the field.雨下得很大，他们发现地上已经形成了一条小溪。The stream wound
11、its way across the field and then flowed right under their tent!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！Lesson 28 No parking 禁止停车Jasper White is one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths.贾斯珀怀特是少有的相信古代神话的人之一。He has just bought a new house in the city,他刚在城里买下一所新房子，but ever since he moved in,但自从搬进去后，h
12、e has had trouble with cars and their owners.就和汽车及车主们发生了摩擦。when he returns home at night,当他夜里回到家时，he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate.总是发现有人把车停在他家大门外。Because of this,为此，he has not been able to get his own car into his garage even once.他甚至一次也没能把自己的车开进车库。Jasper has put up No
13、 Parking signs outside his gate,贾斯珀曾把几块“禁止停车”的牌子挂在大门外边，but these have not had any effect.但没有任何效果。Now he has put an ugly stone head over the gate.现在他把一个丑陋的石雕头像放在了大门上边，It is one of the ugliest faces I have ever seen.这是我见过的最丑陋的头像之一。I asked him what it was and he told me that it was Medusa, the Gorgon.我
14、问他那是什么?他告诉我那是蛇发女怪美杜莎。Jasper hopes that she will turn cars and their owners to stone.贾斯珀希望她把汽车和车主们都变成石头。But none of them has been turned to stone yet!但到目前为止还没有一个人变成石头呢！Lesson 29 Taxi! 出租汽车Captain Ben Fawcett has bought an unusual taxi and has begun a new service.Ben Fawcett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。
15、The taxi is a small Swiss aeroplane called a Pilatus Porter.这辆“出租汽车”是一架小型瑞士飞机，叫“Pilatus Porter”号。This wonderful plane can carry seven passengers.这架奇妙的飞机可以载7名乘客。The most surprising thing about it,最令人惊奇的是，however, is that it can land anywhere:它能够在任何地方降落：on snow,water,or even on a ploughed field.雪地上，水面
16、上，甚至刚耕过的田里。Captain Fawcetts first passenger was a doctor who flew from Birmingham to a lonely village in the Welsh mountains.Fawcett机长的第一名乘客是位医生，他从Birmingham飞往Welsh山区一个偏僻的村庄。Since then, Captain Fawcett has flown passengers to many unusual places.从那时开始，Fawcett机长已经载送乘客到过许多不寻常的地方。Once he landed on the
17、roof of a block of flats and on another occasion, he landed in a deserted car park.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。Captain Fawcett has just refused a strange request from a businessman.Fawcett机长刚刚拒绝了一位商人的奇怪请求。The man wanted to fly to Rockall,a lonely island in the Atlantic Ocean,这个人想要飞往大西洋上的
18、一个孤岛Rockall，but Captain Fawcett did not take him because the trip was too dangerous.Fawcett机长之所以不送他去，是因为那段飞行太危险了。Lesson 30 Football or polo? 足球还是水球?The Wayle is a small river that cuts across the park near my home.Wayle是横穿过我家附近公园的一条小河。I like sitting by the Wayle on fine afternoons.我喜欢在天气晴朗的下午到河边坐坐。I
19、t was warm last Sunday,上星期日天气很暖和。so I went and sat on the river bank as usual.于是我和往常一样，又去河边坐着。Some children were playing games on the bank and there were some people rowing on the river.河岸上有些孩子正在玩耍，河面上有些人正在划船。Suddenly, one of the children kicked a ball very hard and it went towards a passing boat.突然
20、，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。Some people on the bank called out to the man in the boat,岸上的一些人对着小船上的人高喊，but he did not hear them.但他没有听见。The ball struck him so hard that he nearly fell into the water.球重重地打在他身上，I turned to look at the children,使他差点儿落入水中。but there werent any in sight:they had all run aw
21、ay!我转过头去看那些孩子，但一个也不见，全都跑了！The man laughed when he realized what had happened.当那个人明白了发生的事情时，笑了起来。He called out to the children and threw the ball back to the bank.他大声叫着那些孩子，把球扔回到岸上。Lesson 31 Success story 成功者的故事Yesterday afternoon Frank Hawkins was telling me about his experiences as a young man.昨天下午
22、Frank Hawkins向我讲述了他年轻时的经历。Before he retired,在退休前，Frank was the head of a very large business company,Frank是一家非常大的商业公司的经理，but as a boy he used to work in a small shop.但他小时候却在一家小铺里做工。It was his job to repair bicycles and at that time he used to work fourteen hours a day.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。He
23、saved money for years and in 1958 he bought a small workshop of his own.他靠多年积蓄，于1958年买下了自己的一个小铺子。In his twenties Frank used to make spare parts for aeroplanes.20多岁的时候，Frank曾生产飞机零配件。At that time he had two helpers.那时他有两个帮手。In a few years the small workshop had become a large factory which employed se
24、ven hundred and twenty-eight people.几年之后，小铺子已经发展成了一个雇有728人的大工厂。Frank smiled when he remembered his hard early years and the long road to success.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。He was still smiling when the door opened and his wife came in.他正笑着的时候门开了，他的妻子走了进来。She wanted him to repair their grandsons b
25、icycle!她叫他去修理孙子的自行车。Lesson 32 Shopping made easy 购物变得很方便People are not so honest as they once were.人们不再像以前那样诚实了。The temptation to steal is greater than ever before-especially in large shops.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。A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large stor
26、e on Monday mornings.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。One Monday,there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in,有一个星期一，当这位妇女走进这家商场时，so it was easier for the detective to watch her.里面的人比往常少，因此，侦探比较容易监视她。The woman first bought a few small articles.这位妇女先是买了几样小商品。After a littl
27、e time,过了一会儿，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.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。Then the woman simply took the parcel and walked out of the shop 然后，那妇女拿过包就走出了商场，without paying.根本没有付钱。When s
28、he was arrested, the detective found out that the shop assistant was her daughter.她被逮捕后，侦探发现原来那售货员是她的女儿。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 able to explain what had happened to her.几乎过了一个星期，那
29、姑娘才能讲述自己的遭遇。One afternoon she set out from the coast in a small boat and was caught in a storm.一天下午，她乘小船从海岸出发，遇上了风暴。Towards evening,天将黑时，the boat struck a rock and the girl jumped into the sea.小船撞在了一块礁石上，姑娘跳进了海里。Then she swam to the shore after spending the whole night in the water.她在海里游了整整一夜才游到岸边。D
30、uring that time she covered a distance of eight miles.在那段时间里，她游了8英里。Early next morning,第二天凌晨，she saw a light ahead.她看到前方有灯光，She knew she was near the shore because the light was high up on the cliffs.知道自己已经接近岸边了，因为那灯光是在高高的峭壁上。On arriving at the shore,到达岸边后，the girl struggled up the cliff towards the
31、 light she had seen.姑娘朝着她看到的灯光方向挣扎着往峭壁上爬去。That was all she remembered.她所记得的就是这些。When she woke up a day later,第二天她醒来时，she found herself in hospital.发现自己已经躺在医院里。Lesson 34 Quick work 破案 “神速”Dan Robinson has been worried all week.Dan Robinson焦虑了整整一个星期。Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police.上星期二他收到当地警察局的一封信，
