新概念英语2课文10

Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it. I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily. 'It's none of your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'. （第一课）It was Sunday. I never get up early onSundays. I sometimes stay in bed untillunch time. Last Sunday I got up verylate. I looked out of the window. It wasdark outside. 'What a day!' I thought.'It's raining again.' Just then, the tele-phone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.' I'vejust arrived by train,' she said. 'I'mcoming to see you.''But I'm still having breakfast,' I said.'What are you doing ?' she asked.' I'm having breakfast,' I repeated.'Dear me,' she said. 'Do you alwaysget up so late ? It's one o'clock!''（第二课）Postcards always spoil my holidays. Lastsummer, I went to Italy. I visitedmuseums and sat in public gardens. Afriendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. 'Then he lent me a book. I readis few lines, but I did not understand aword. Every day I thought about post-cards. My holidays passed quickly, but Idid not send any cards to my friends. Onthe last day I made a big decision. I gotup early and bought thirty-seven cardsI spent the whole day in my room, but Idid not write a single card !（第三课)I have just received a letter from mybrother, Tim. He is in Australia.He hasbeen there for six months. Tim is anengineer. He is working for a big firmand he has already visited a great numberof different places in Australia. He hasjust bought an Australian car and hasgone to Alice Springs, a small town in thecentre of Australia. He will soon visitDarwin. From there, he will fly to Perth.My brother has never been abroad be-fore, so he is finding this trip very exciting（第四课）Mr James Scott has a garage in Silburyand now he has just bought anothergarage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only fivemiles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannotget a telephone for his new garage, so hehas just bought twelve pigeons. Yester-day, a pigeon carried the first messagefrom Pinhurst to Silbury. The birdcovered the distance in three minutes.Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a greatmany requests for spare parts and otherurgent messages from one garage to theother. In this way, he has begun his ownprivate telephone service. （第五课） I have just moved to a house in BridgeStreet. Yesterday a beggar knocked at mydoor. He asked me for a meal and a glassof beer. In return for this, the beggarstood on his head and sang songs. I gavehim a meal. He ate the food and drankthe beer. Then he put a piece of cheesein his pocket and went away. Later aneighbour told me about him. Everybodyknows him. His name is Percy Buttons.He calls at every house in the street oncea month and always asks for a meal and aglass of beer.（第六课）The plane was late and detectives werewaiting at the airport all morning. Theywere expecting a valuable parcel of dia-mond from South Africa. A few hoursearlier, someone had told the police thatthieves would try to steal the diamonds.When the plane arrived,some of the de-tectives were waiting inside the mainbuilding while others were waiting on theairfield. Two men took the parcel offthe plane and carried it into the CustomsHouse. While two detectives were keep-ing guard at the door, two others openedthe parcel. To their surprise, the preciousparcel was full of stones and sand!（第七课）Joe Sanders has the most beautiful gardenin our town. Nearly everybody enters for'The Nicest Garden Competition' eachyear, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith'sgarden is larger than Joe's. Bill worksharder than Joe and grows more flowersand vegetables, but Joe's garden is moreinteresting. He has made neat paths andhas built a wooden bridge over a pool. Ilike gardens too, but I do not like hardwork. Every year I enter for the gardencompetition too, and I always win a littleprize for the worst garden in the town!（第八课）On Wednesday evening, we went to theTown Hall. It was the last day of the yearand a large crowd of people had gatheredunder the Town Hall clock.It wouldstrike twelve in twenty minutes' time.Fifteen minutes passed and then, at fiveto twelve, the clock stopped. The bigminute hand did not move. We waitedand waited, but nothing happened. Sud-denly someone shouted, 'It's two minutespast twelve! The clock has stopped!' Ilooked at my watch. It was true. The bigclock refused to welcome the New Year.At that moment everybody began tolaugh and sing.（第九课）We have an old musical instrument. It iscalled a clavichord. It was made in Ger-many in 1681. Our clavichord is kept inthe living-room. It has belong to ourfamily for a long time. The instrumentwas bought by my grandfather manyyears ago. Recently it was damaged by avisitor. She tried to play jazz on it! Shestruck the keys too hard and two of thestrings were broken. My father wasshocked. Now we are not allowed to touchit. It is being repaired by a friend of myfather's. （第十课）

Lesson 10—Not For Jazz 课文内容： Not For Jazz We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681. Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time. The instrument was brought by my grandfather many years ago. Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we were not allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's. 参考译文： 我们有一件古老的乐器,叫击弦古钢琴.它是1681年德国制造的, 我们这架钢琴放在客厅里.我们家拥有它很长时间了,这件乐器是许多年前我祖父买来的.最近它被一位客人弄坏了,她用它弹奏爵士乐! 她按键太猛,把两根弦按断了.我父亲为之震怒. 现在他不允许我们再碰它.父亲的一位朋友正在修理这件古老的乐器. 词汇： jazz n.爵士音乐 musical a.音乐的 instrument n.器具 call vt.叫做 clavichord n.击弦古钢琴 Germany n.德国 keep vt.保存 living-room n.客厅 belong vi.属于 recently ad.最近 damage vt.损坏 play vt.弹奏 key n.琴键 strike vt.敲 hard ad.重重地 string n.弦 break vt.弄断 shock vt.震惊 touch vt.碰 allow vt.允许 repair vt.修理

Lesson1:A private conversation Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting. I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end, I could not bear it.I turned round again. 'I can't hear a word!' I said angrily. 'It's none of your business,' the young man said rudely. 'This is a private conversation!'. 译文:上星期我去看戏。我的座位很好，戏很有意思，但我却无法欣赏。一青年男子与一青年女子坐在我的身后，大声的说话。我非常生气，因为我听不见演员在说什么。我回过头去怒视那一男一女，他们却毫不理会。最后，我忍不住了，又一次回过头去，生气的说：“我一个字也听不见了！” “不管你的事，”那男的毫不客气地说，“这是私人间的谈话！”