【正文】 【恒心】新概念英語(yǔ) 2 課文原文 ＆翻譯 (4972課 ) Lesson 49:The end of a dream Tired of sleeping on the floor, a young man in Teheran saved up for years to buy a real bed. For the first time in his life, he became the proud owner of a bed which had springs and a mattress. Because the weather was very hot, he carried the bed on to the roof of his house. He slept very well for the first two nights, but on the third night, a storm blew up. A gust of wind swept the bed off the roof and sent it crashing into the courtyard below. The young man did not wake up until the bed had struck the the bed was smashed to pieces, the man was miraculously unhurt. When he woke up, he was still on the mattress. Glancing at the bits of wood and metal that lay around him, the man sadly picked up the mattress and carried it into his house. After he had put it on the floor, he promptly went to sleep again. New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) 1 tired adj. 厭煩的 2 real adj. 真正的 3 owner n. 主人 4 spring n. 彈簧 5 mattress n. 床墊 6 gust n. 一陣風(fēng) 7 sweep v. 掃，刮 8 courtyard n. 院子 9 smash v. 碰碎，摔碎 10 miraculously adv. 奇跡般地 11 unhurt adj. 沒(méi)有受傷的 12 glance v. 掃視 13 promptly adv. 迅速地 參考譯文 德黑蘭的一個(gè)人年輕人由于對(duì)睡地板感到厭倦，于是積蓄多年買了一張真正的床。他平生第一次自豪地?fù)碛辛艘粡埣扔袕椈捎謳Т矇|的床。由于天氣很熱，他便把床搬到了他的屋頂上。頭兩天晚上，他睡得非常好。但第三天晚上起了風(fēng)暴。一陣大風(fēng)把床從屋頂上刮了下來(lái)，把它摔碎在下面的 院子里。那年輕人直到床撞到地上才醒了過(guò)來(lái)。盡管床摔成了碎片，但年輕人卻奇跡地沒(méi)有受傷。他醒來(lái)時(shí)，仍然躺在床墊上。年輕人看了一眼周圍的碎木片和碎金屬片，傷心地?fù)炱鹆舜矇|，把它拿進(jìn)了屋。他把床墊往地板上一放，很快又睡著了。 Lesson 50:Taken for a ride乘車兜風(fēng) First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Why did the writer not get off the bus at Woodford Green? I love travelling in the country, but I don39。t like losing my way. I went on an excursion recently, but my trip took me longer than I expected. ‘Iˊm going to Woodford Green,39。 I said to the conductor as I got on the bus, ‘but I donˊt know where it is.39。 ‘I39。ll tell you where to get off.39。 answered the conductor. I sat in the front of the bus to get a good view of the countryside. After some time, the bus stopped. Looking round, I realized with a shock that I was the only passenger left on the bus. ‘You39。ll have to get off here,39。 the conductor said. ‘This is as far as we go.39。 ‘Is this Woodford Green?39。 I asked. ‘Oh dear,39。 said the conductor suddenly. ‘I fot to put you off.39。 ‘It doesn39。t matter,39。 I said. ‘I39。ll get off here.39。 ‘We39。re going back now,39。 said the conductor. ‘Well, in that case, I prefer to stay on the bus,39。 I answered. New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) 1 ride n. 旅行 2 excursion n. 遠(yuǎn)足 3 conductor n. 售票員 4 view n. 景色 參考譯文 我喜歡在鄉(xiāng)間旅行，但卻不愿意迷路。最近我作了一次短途旅行，但這次旅行所花費(fèi)的時(shí)間比我預(yù)計(jì)的要長(zhǎng)。 “我要去伍德福德草地，”我一上車就對(duì)售票員說(shuō)，“但我不知道它在那兒。” “我來(lái)告 訴您在哪兒下車，”售票員回答說(shuō)。 我坐在汽車的前部，以便飽覽農(nóng)村風(fēng)光。過(guò)了一些時(shí)候，車停了。我環(huán)視了一下身旁，驚奇地發(fā)現(xiàn)車?yán)锞椭皇Ｎ乙粋€(gè)乘客了。 “您得在這里下車，”售票員說(shuō)，“我們的車就到此為止了。” “這里是伍德福德草地嗎？”我問(wèn)道。 “哎呀，”售票員突然說(shuō)，“我忘了讓您下車了。” “沒(méi)關(guān)系，”我說(shuō)，“我就在這兒下吧?！? “我們現(xiàn)在要返回去，”售票員說(shuō)。 “好吧，既然如此，我還是留在車上吧?！蔽一卮鹫f(shuō)。 Lesson 51:Reward for virtue 對(duì)美德的獎(jiǎng)賞 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 Why did Hugh39。s diet not work? My friend, Hugh, has always been fat, but things got so bad recently that he decided to go on a diet. He began his diet a week ago. First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden. The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate。 and sweets. Yesterday I paid him a visit. I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Hugh was still as fat as ever. He led me into his room and hurriedly hid a large parcel under his desk. It was obvious that he was very embarrassed. When I asked him what he was doing, he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk. He explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally. Then he showed me the contents of the parcel. It contained five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets! New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) 1 reward n. 報(bào)償 2 virtue n. 美德 3 diet n. 節(jié)食 4 forbid v. 禁止 5 hurriedly adv. 匆忙地 6 embarrass v. 使尷尬 7 guiltily adv. 內(nèi)疚地 8 strict adj. 嚴(yán)格的 9 reward v. 給獎(jiǎng)賞 10 occasionally adv. 偶爾地 參考譯文 我的朋友休一直很胖，但是近來(lái)情況變得越發(fā)糟糕，以致他決定節(jié)食。他是一星期前開始節(jié)食的。首先，他開列了一張長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的單子，上面列了所有禁吃的食物。這張單子上的大多數(shù)食物都是休喜歡吃的：黃油、土豆、米飯、啤酒、牛奶、巧克力和糖果。昨天我去看望了他。我按響了門鈴，當(dāng)看到休仍和往常一樣胖時(shí)，我并不感到驚奇。他把我領(lǐng)進(jìn)屋，慌 忙把一個(gè)大包藏到了桌子下面。顯然他感到很尷尬。當(dāng)我問(wèn)他正干什么時(shí)，他內(nèi)疚地笑了，然后把那個(gè)大包拿到了桌上。他解釋說(shuō)，他的飲食控制得太嚴(yán)格了，以致不得不偶爾獎(jiǎng)賞自己一下。接著他給我看了包里的東西。里面裝了 5大塊巧克力和 3袋糖果！ Lesson 52: A pretty carpet 漂亮的地毯 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 What is the writer39。s carpet made of? We have just moved into a new house and I have been working hard all morning. I have been trying to get my new room in order. This has not been easy because I own over a thousand books. To make matters worse, the room is rather small, so I have temporarily put my books on the floor. At the moment, they cover every inch of floor space and I actually have to walk on them to get in or out of the room. A short while ago, my sister helped me to carry one of my old bookcases up the stairs. She went into my room and got a big surprise when she saw all those books on the floor. ‘This is the prettiest carpet I have ever seen,39。 she said. She gazed at it for some time then added,‘You don39。t need bookcases at all. You can sit here in your spare time and read the carpet!39。 New words and expressions 生詞和短語(yǔ) 1 temporarily adv. 暫時(shí)地 2 inch n. 英寸（度量單位） 3 space n. 空間 4 actually adv. 實(shí)際上 參考譯文 我們剛剛搬進(jìn)一所新房子，我辛辛苦苦地干了整整一個(gè)上午。我試圖把我的新房間收拾整齊，但這并不容易，因?yàn)槲矣?1,000多本書。更糟糕的是房間還非常小，所以我暫時(shí)把書放在了地板上。這會(huì)兒，書把地板的每一點(diǎn)空隙都占據(jù)了，我實(shí)際上是踩著這些書進(jìn)出房間的。幾分鐘前，我妹妹幫我把一個(gè)舊書櫥抬上了樓。她走進(jìn)我的房間，當(dāng)她看到地板 上的那些書時(shí)，大吃一驚?！斑@是我見過(guò)的最漂亮的地毯，”她說(shuō)。她盯著“地毯”看了一會(huì)兒，又說(shuō)：“你根本用不著書櫥，空閑時(shí)你可以坐在這兒讀地毯！” Lesson 53:Hot snake 觸電的蛇 First listen and then answer the question. 聽錄音，然后回答以下問(wèn)題。 What caused the fire? At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been