新概念英语第2册课文.

　31?Success?story

　成功者的故事

　Yesterday?afternoon?Frank?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?bicycle?and?at?that?time?he?used?to?work?fourteen?hours?a?day.?He?saved?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?had?two?helpers.?In?a?few?years?the?small?workshop?had?become?a?large?factory?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?wife?came?in.?She?wanted?him?to?repair?their?grandson's?bicycle!

　32?Shopping?made?easy

　购物变得很方便

　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!?

　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.?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?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.?

　34?Quick?work

　破案“神速”

　Dan?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!

　35?Stop?thief!

　捉贼！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?them?was?carrying?a?bag?full?of?money.?Roy? acted?quickly?and?drove?the?bus?straight?at?the?thieves.?The?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?recognize.?Shortly?afterwards,?the?police?stopped?the?car?and?both?men?were?arrested.?

　36?Across?the?Channel

　横渡海峡

　Debbie?Hart?is?going?to?swim?across?the?English?Channel?tomorrow.?She?is?going?to?set?out?from?the?French?coast?at?fiveo'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?has?trained?his?daughter?for?years.?Tomorrow?he?will?be?watching?her?anxiously?as?she?swims?the?long?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?on?the?English?coast.?Among?them?will?be?Debbie's?mother,?who?swam?the?Channel?herself?when?she?was?a?girl.?

　37?The?Olympic?Games

　奥林匹克运动会

　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?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.?

　38?Everything?except?the?weather

　唯独没有考虑到天气

　My?old?friend,?Harrison,?had?lived?in?the?Mediterranean?for?many?years?before?he?returned?to?England.?He?had?often?dreamed?of?retiring?in?England?and?had?planned?to?settle?down?in?the?country.?He?had?no?sooner?returned?than?he?bought?a?house?and?went?to?live?there.?Almost?immediately?he?began?to?complain?about?the?weather,?for?even?though?it?was?still?summer,?it?rained?continually?and?it?was?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.?

　39?Am?I?all?right?

　我是否痊愈？

　While?John?Gilbert?was?in?hospital,?he?asked?his?doctor?to?tell?him?whether?his?operation?had?been?successful,?but?the?doctor?refused?to?do?so.?The?following?day,?the?patient?asked?for?a?bedside?telephone.?When?he?was?alone,?he?telephoned?the?hospital?exchange?and?asked?for?Doctor?Millington.?When?the?doctor?answered?the?phone,?Mr.?Gilbert?said?he?was?inquiring?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?he?would?have?to?stay?in?hosptial?for?another?two?weeks.?Then?Dr.?Millington?asked?the?caller?if?he?was a?relative?of?the?

　patient.?'No,'?the?patient?answered,?'I?am?Mr.?John?Gilber

　40?Food?and?talk

　进餐与交谈

　Last?week?at?a?dinner?party,?the?hostess?asked?me?to?sit?next?to?Mrs.?Rumbold.?Mrs.?Rumbold?was?a?large,?unsmiling?lady?in?a?tight?black?dress.?She?did?not?even?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"?soon,'?I?said.?'Will?you?be?seeing?it?'?

　'No,'?she?answered.?

　?'Will?you?be?spending?your?holidays?abroad?this?year?'?I?asked.?

　?'No,'?she?answered.?

　?Will?you?be?staying?in?England?'?I?asked.?

　'No,'?she?answered.?

　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!"?

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