新概念青少版B课文
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Lesson 31
Dear Mum and Dad,
I’m you the . You can email me back on . I’ll call you next week, when I can use a phone.
My at Redstone was a bit . They asked me to do a lot of tick-box tests. Then we did some outdoor . They told me to lead someone up an easy . Then they asked me to lead a small group, in kayaks, on white water.
After that, the main was, ‘Where did you learn all these “ skills”. I said,
‘I grew up in “back country”. In Scotland, I sometimes skied to school.’ They liked that. Also, my time in the London Marathon was big news. Three hours or less is !
I met the top guy, Ed, and he asked me to start next week. Of course I said yes. I won’t be able to travel much in the US this time, but it’s great to have this chance. I’ll live free, too! Redstone will pay all my expenses.
Talk to you next week!
Love,
Paul
Lesson33
1.Have you heard from Paul? Yes,?he phoned us last night.
How are they getting on? They're both working.
2. Claire's got a job in Washington in a photo . And Paul's just started at Redstone Ranch. The most resort in the world!
What's it like?
3.It's very . There are nine swimming pools, and six of them are outdoors! There are ten gymnasiums, each for a different activity.
4. There are horses to ride, and rocks to climb, and kayaks on the river, lakes and forest ... It sounds wonderful!
5. And the guests there are very glamorous, too.
Paul says that he has never seen so many beautiful women in his life!
6. Ah! And what does Claire say about that?
I don't think he's told her! Anyway, I hope he hasn't!
Lesson 35
1.R: Dad! Have you asked mum yet ?
W: What about ?
R: Have you asked mum if I can start karate lessons ?
W: No,I haven’t . I’ll … Shh! She’s coming .
2K: What are you two whispering about ?
R: Oh,er, nothing ! I’m just going upstairs. See you later ,dad .
W:Yes , of course .
3.K:What’s the mystery? Is Robert all right ?
W: He’s fine . He just wants me to ask you something .
K: Why doesn’t he ask me himself ?
W: He’s afraid that you’ll say no .
4.K:Oh,dear ! What is it ,WilliAM ?
W: Robert wants to learn karate . He doesn’t know whether you’ll let him .
5.K: Oh, is that all ! You worried me .
W: Do you mean that you don’t mind ?
K: Of course I don’t mind ! Why would I mind ?
Karate’s a sport , isn’t it ?
6.W: It’s a martial art ! It’s about fighting !
K: All competitions are a kind of fighting . The martial arts are also about rules. Lesson 37
1.It was my life’s idea to come here . She said ,’You need a vacation.Leave it
to me ’. So I did . She made all the reservations . It was a big surprise .
2.Most people think that a vacation is about resting . You feel tired , so you
sleep ,you eat ,you sit . You rest . I used to think that ,too .
3.I used to sit by the pool all day ,and eat too much dinner every night .
The funny thing is ,on a vacation like that ,I didn’t get less tired .
4.At home ,I sit at a desk all day . At night ,I sit in front of the TV.
Maybe I eat too much dinner .So what’s the difference ? The only difference is the place .
5.This vacation is different . Every day is different , and every day is active . When I was a kid , I used to go out to play . I didn’t think about time .
6.It’s like that now . Now is enough !
Lesson 39
1.I had just got home the other night ,when my cousin ,Alice ,rang
the doorbell. Oh ,no ! I thought . What does she want ?
2.Alice always wants something. And it’s always somethingbig . A
few months ago,she asked me to move a piano .
3.For a moment ,I didn’t answer the door . But I had just parked the car
outside . Perhaps she had seen me .
4.So I invited her in and made some tea .
I’m getting married in April , she said . Congratulations !
I replied . And I waited .
5. We had already had two cups of tea , when she said, “I’d like to have a film of my wedding . Alan , have you ever made a home movie?”
No ,I haven’t . I said . And I don’t want to !
6Ah,well . she said . There’s always a first time .
I’m sure you’ll do it very well .
The sad thing is , I’m afraid I will .
Lesson 41
1.Our friends ,Judy and Mark ,have a country house outside Bodmin in south west
England . They love the wild open country around it, and they go there a lot .
2.About a year ago,Judy told me she had seen a puma in the garden .A puma ,in
England ! I listened to her politely , but I really believed that she had seen
a very big cat .
https://www.360docs.net/doc/7014595621.html,st weekend ,they had invited us to go with them to Bodmin. It was a six-hour
jouney , and when we arrived , I wanted to stretch my legs . I went out in to the quiet garden . Then I saw it ,straight in front of me . It started at me for a moment ,with big yellow eyes .Then it turned ,jumped onto the wall , and disappeared .
4. I went into the house and said to the others . “I’ve just seen a puma in
the garden .” My wife replied , “There are some very big cats around these days. ”
5. Judy smiled. “There are indeed !” she said .
Lesson 43 Does anyone still knit?
Polly: Do you know where I can buy knitting needles, Annie?
Annie: No, I’m afraid shops like that have disappe sared these days.
Maybe people don’t knit any more.
Polly: I knit! I’m knitting something for my niece’s new baby! Or I
will knit something for her, if I can find the right needles!
Annie: Have you tried Janner’s?
Polly: Yes, I have! I had a mad conversation with the Sales Assistant
yesterday.
Annie: What happened?
Polly: I asked her where I could find knitting needles. She said they didn’t have any. I said that I always used to buy knitting
needles in the first floor, next to Ladies’ Fa shions.
Polly: She said that Janner’s had closed that department years ago.
She said, ‘We don’t sell knitting needles now. Nobody asks
for them any more.’
Polly: I said, ‘You’re mistaken. I’m here, and I’m still asking for them!’
Lesson 45 Whose mistake?
1.It had been a long day. The judges had chosen fourteen sculptures for the exhibi tion. They wanted a fifteenth, and they wanted to go home.
They looked at two more pieces. One was a man’s head. They didn’t like it. The o ther was a square, modern piece. The judges chose the modern
piece. Then they went home.
2.The next day, the artist received a letter. It said that the judges had chosen his sculpture. But when he went to see the exhibition, he couldn’t see his sculpture anywhere. ‘Where can it be?’ he said. ‘It must be here!’
3. At last, he saw something with his name on it. It was the square base
of his sculpture. But the top p art, the head, wasn’t there.
‘It must have been a mistake!’ he said.
4.The judges insisted it hadn’t been a mistake. They liked the base on its own, b ut they thought the head was awful.
Lesson 47 No laughing allowed
Claire: Craig and I were in trouble at work today, Paul.
Paul: Why was that?
Claire: We laughed in the library. It’s against the rules.
Paul: What happened?
Claire: While we were entering data in the system, Craig started to
laugh. When I looked at his screen, I started to laugh, too.
We couldn’t stop.
Claire: We were both still laughing when the Librarian came in. he
asked us what was so funny. That set us off again.
Claire: It was a story about an artist in California. He was camping
in the desert when he decided to chain his legs together.
Paul: Why?
Claire: He wanted to draw them like that.
Claire: Then, while he was working on the drawing, he lost the key.
There he was in the desert, with a chain around his legs. He
hopped for twelve hours to the nearest town. And he took the
drawing with him.
Claire: It was a pretty good drawing of two legs with a chain around
them. Unfortunately, the Librarian didn’t see the joke!
Lesson 49
How important is appearance ? If your hair isn’t right ,do you feel unhappy all day ?
Of course ,we all feel good when we look good, and sometimes we don’t like the way we look . It starts early in life . When little girls dress up in their mother’s clothes , and look at themselves in the mirror , they are learning about themselves , they will become happier adults. This is nothing new .
Some women really hate their appearance , and many boys and men worry about their body image ,too .A quarter of all boys age from five to twelve said in a survey , that they would like to be more handsome . In California ,46% of plastic surgery operations are now on men .50% of these are to make the men thinner . 33% are to give them a better nose . 15% are to make them look younger .
How do you feel about yourself ? And how much does it matter ?
Lesson 51 Daisy gives some advice
1. D: Nina tells me you want to make a home movie ,Alan .
A; I have a cousin who wants me to . I don’t know where to begin .
2. A: Can you give me any advice ?
D: I’ll be happy to . A: Do you mind if I take notes ,Daisy
D: Of course not .
3.A: So what’s the first thing ?
D: The first thing is always the story . The best movies are the ones which tell
a story .
4. D: Talk to the aunt who made the dress ,and the friend who introduced the bride and groom…A: Thanks , I’ve got that .
5. D; Lend the camera to a child . Children see things differently. Next , keep both eyes open . You want one eye on the screen ,and the other eye on the action .
6. J: Nina ! Let me take that for you .
N; thanks ,Jack . Dinner’s ready ,everybody ! Lights! Dinner ! Action.
Lesson 53 Jonno!
Robert: Look at that man over there. Isn’t he a singer or
something? I know! He’s in that picture that you put on
your ceiling!
Lucy: It’s Jonno! My favourite singer!
Robert: Quick, Lucy! Go and ask him for his autograph!
Lucy: Oh, no! I can’t! I’m too shy! Can you ask him for me,
Robert?
Robert: Oh, all right.
Robert: Excuse me, sir. Aren’t you Jonno, the famous singer?
Jonno: That’s right!
Robert: I really liked the last album that you made!
Jonno: Thank you.
Robert: Can I have you autograph, please?
Jonno: Certainly. Where do you want me to sign?
Robert: Here, on the magazine, please! Thank you!
Robert: Here you are, Lucy. You’ll keep this magazine now for ever,
I suppose!
Lucy: Of course! It’s got Jonno’s autograph on it!
Robert: To tell you the truth, Lucy, I don’t even know the name of
his latest song!
lesson55 M business
Some US scientists have shown that ms can be quite clever with money.
In one study, the ms are given silver ‘coins’, and are taught to use them as mon ey.
They get the idea very fast. The ms can ‘buy’ pieces of apple or pieces of banan a.
When a piece of apple costs the same as a piece of banana,
the ms buy each fruit the same number of times.
But when the apple pieces go ‘on sale’, the ms lose interest in banana.
They choose apple, because they get more fruit for the same money.
When pieces of cucumber were offered as well, one group of ms did something intere sting.
They didn’t eat the cucumber pieces.
They saw that the cucumber pieces were the same size as their silver coins.
They hid the silver coins and tried to use the cucumber pieces as money.
The scientists are very interested, but they are also getting a bit worried.
They have discovered that the ms can become enthusiastic gamblers, too!
Lesson 57
1.D: What’s the highest price that you’ve ever been charged for a bottle of
water ?
K:Oh, I don’t know . Some bottled waters are as expensive as petrol .
2.D:Some of them are as expensive as fine wine . K:When I think of all the
oil that has been used to make all those plastic bottles …. D:And all
the oil that has been used to carry them around the world …!
3.K: And all the billions of empty bottles……
D: ….that will be put into the garbage….
K: ..it doesn’t make sense ! The sad thing is , the tap water in this country is pretty good .
4.D: It’s the same in the States . Sometimes the water doesn’t taste good ,
but it’s always safe .
K: So what are we going to do about it ?
5.D: You tell me ! What do you say in a fine restaurant , when they ask you ,
“Do you want sparking water , or still , madam ? “
K: You say , Tap water will be fine , thank you .
6. D: Do you ? I’m proud of you , Karen ! Here comes the waiter . I’m leaving
it to you.
Lesson 59 We all need to play more
Kelly: Hi, Carol! Did you go to the yoga class yesterday?
Carol: No, I missed it.
Kelly: So did I. The weather was so nice. I decided to go on the
morning hike.
Carol: How was that?
Kelly: It was good. We went over the other side of the lake.
Carol: Did they walk fast?
Kelly: Not too fast, but it was fast enough for me. I’m not very
fit.
Carol: Neither am I. Maybe I’ll try the hike tomorrow.
Kelly: Do you get much exercise at home?
Carol: I go to a dance class once a week. But it’s not enough. How
about you?
Kelly: I walk to the bus every day. That’s not enough, either.
Carol: I ask myself how I can get more exercise in my ordinary
life. But I don’t have any good ideas. Do you?
Kelly: No,I don't, but my husband, Jed, does. He says adults don’t
find time to play. He says we all need to play more. The
trouble is, most of us don’t know how!