新概念英语第三册第四课_lesson_4_the_double_life_of_Alfred_Bloggs_艾尔弗雷德._布洛格斯的双重生活 2

新概念英语第三册摘要写作Lesson 1 A puma at large 逃遁的美洲狮The reports received by London Zoo that a puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London were similar in nature. A woman picking blackberries saw it first, but the puma moved from place to place,leaving a trail of dead deer and small animals. Paw prints and puma fur were found as well. ‘Cat-like noises’were heard at night and the animal was seen up a tree. Now experts were convinced that the animal really was a puma.79 wordsLesson 2 Thirteen equals one 十三等于一At one o'clock in the morning, the church clock striking the hours woke the vicar up as it struck thirteen times. The vicar went into the clock tower, taking a torch with him. He saw Bill Wilkins, the local grocer there and Bill explained he was trying to repair the clock but hadn't succeeded because at one o'clock it struck thirteen times. However, the vicar was pleased the bell was working and offered the grocer a cap of tea. 79 wordsLesson 3 An unknown goddess 无名女神Archaeologists found clay fragments in an ancient temple. These represented the fifteen statues of goddesses which hadonce been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains from the fifteenth century . while its head was found among remains from the fifth century . When the Unit 1 Lesson 3 fragments were reconstructed, they turned out to be a goddess which stood three feet high. Her hands rested on her hips and she was wearing a full-length skirt. Her identity is unknown.80 wordsLesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活When he got married, Alfred Bloggs told his wife he worked for the Corporation. Though he dressed in a smart black suit every morning, he changed into overalls at work and spent the day working as a dustman. Then he took a shower and changed back into his suit at night. This lasted for two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. His wife will never learn the truth because her husband will be an office worker in future. 80 wordsLesson 5 The facts 确切数字Though the journalist immediately set out to get the facts after receiving instructions from his editor, he did not send them at once. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, so he sent three faxes, finally threatening to fire the journalist. When the last fax was unanswered, the article waspublished in its original form. The journalist sent the editor a fax a week later explaining he had been imprisoned after counting the steps and measuring the height of the wall. 80 wordsLesson 6 Smash-and grab 砸橱窗抢劫A large car entered an arcade near Piccadilly and stopped outside a jeweller's. Two thieves got out and smashed the shop window. The owner of the shop was upstairs at the time, so he threw furniture at thethieves hitting one of them with a heavy statue. The raid lasted only three minutes and the thieves drove away. Running after them, the owner threw ashtrays and vases, but the thieves got away, stealing thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.79 wordsLesson 7 Mutilated ladies 残钞鉴别组John Butlin runs a successful furniture business and after a very good day, he put his wallet containing ￡3,000 into the microwave oven for safekeeping. Then he and his fianc6e, Jane, went horse-riding, after which Jane cooked their dinner in the microwave oven only to find to their dismay that the money had been destroyed. John went to see his bank manager who sent the remains to the Mutilated Ladies department who identified the remains and returned the money. 79 wordsLesson 8 A famous monastery 着名的修道院The St. Bernard's Pass is visited by thousands of people in summer, who cross the Pass in cars. Because there are so many people about, the dogs are kept in a special enclosure. As the temperature in winter falls to -30°, there are few visitors, so the monks prefer this season. The dogs are also free to wander outside their enclosure. Parties of young skiers regularly visit the monastery in winter, during Christmas and Easter when they are warmly welcomed.80 wordsLesson 9 Flying cats 飞猫The New York Animal Medical Centre recently made a study of 132 cats. All these cats had one thing in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight had died from shock or injuries. One cat,Sabrina, had fallen 32 storeys but only suffered from a broken tooth. When falling at speeds up to 60 miles per hour, cats stretch out their legs which increases their air－resistance and reduces the shock of impact on hitting the ground. 79 wordsLesson 10 The loss of the Titanic “泰坦尼克“号的沉没The Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic when an iceberg was spotted by a lookout. After the alarm was given, the ship turned sharply and sailed alongside it. Suddenly, a faint noise was heard from below, so thecaptain went down to investigate, only to find that five of the sixteen compartments had been flooded. On hearing the order to abandon ship, people jumped overboard, but 1,500 drowned because there were not enough lifeboats. 79 words Lesson 11 Not guilty 无罪Though the writer had nothing to declare, the Customs Officer made him unlock his case. Searching the case carefully, the Officer found a small bottle, which he thought was perfume. The writer told the Customs Officer that it was hair gel, which he had made himself. As the Officer did not believe this, the writer encouraged him to try it. The unpleasant smell convinced him the writer was telling the truth, so he let him pass through Customs. 70 wordsLesson 12 Life on a desert island 荒岛生活As the two men's boat was damaged, they were taking it to Miami when on the way it began to sink. After loading a rubber dinghy with food, matches and beer, the two men rowed a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There they collected rainwater in the dinghy and caught fish and lobster with a spear gun. For five days, they‘ate like kings’ until they were rescued by a passing tanker. 80 words Lesson 13 ‘It’s only me’ “是我,别害怕”Mrs. Richards had dressed up as a ghost and was just going into the dining room when there was a knock on the door. Thinking it was the baker, she hid in the storeroom under the stairs. She heard footsteps in the hall and then the man from the Electricity Board opened the storeroom door. Though she said ‘It's only me’, he got a bad fright. When she walked towards him, he fled, slamming the front door behind him. 79 words Lesson 14 A noble gangster 贵族歹徒After Sir John Hawkwood settled near Florence six hundred years ago, he hired soldiers to the princes of city-states in times of war. In times of peace he threatened to destroy a city-state unless protection money was paid. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. Sir John was eighty when he died and the Florentines not only gave him a state funeral but had a picture painted of him, dedicated to his memory. 79 wordsLesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble 五十便士的麻烦George was going to the sweet shop when he lost fifty pence down a drain. After removing his jacket, he put his arm through the drain cover. He couldn't find his money and couldn't get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter. She failed to free him, but two firemen succeeded with a special type of grease. Thesweet shop owner presented George with a large box of chocolates. 80 wordsLesson 16 Mary had a little lamb 玛丽有一头小羔羊When Dimitri came home, Mary told him that her white lamb had been stolen. On learning that his neighbour, Aleko, had acquired a lamb, Dimitri went to Aleko's house and accused him of stealing it. When Aleko showed his lamb, Dimitri saw it was black, so he apologized. After staying in Aleko's house for a while because it had begun to rain, Dimitri got a surprise outside when he found the lamb was almost white. It had been dyed black 80 wordsLesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world 世界上最长的吊桥The Verrazano Bridge, which joins Brooklyn to Staten Island, has a span of 4,260 feet. Its two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on platforms made of steel and concrete, extending over 100 feet under the sea and rising nearly 700 feet above the surface of the water. The bridge is suspended from four huge cables, each of which contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It is not only very strong, but simple and elegant as well. 80 wordsLesson 18 Electric currents in modern art 现代艺术中的电流On entering the art gallery, the writer saw a notice which forbade people to touch the exhibits because they were dangerous. The exhibition consisted of pieces of moving a wall, the writer saw long thin wires attached to metal spheres which attracted and repelled each other. In the centre of the hall were tall structures containing coloured lights which went on and off. Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and off. 79 wordsLesson 19 A very dear cat 一只贵重的宝贝猫Mrs. Ramsay received an anonymous letter three days after her cat's writer of the letter demaded ￡1,000 for the return of the cat,and warned she would never see him again if she went to the had to put the money in a cardboard box and leave it outside her door. After drawing ￡1,000 from her band,she acted on the kidnapper's money disappeared the following morning,and Rastus returned at seven o'clock that evening. 80 wordsLesson 20 Pioneer pilots 飞行员的先驱Bleriot and Latham arrived in Calais on July 21st, 1909. Though it looked as if there would be a race on July 25th, Latham didn't take part, because he didn't get up early enough. After making a short test flight,Bleriot crossed the Channel in thirty-seven minutes. A policeman greeted him when he arrivedin got within half a mile of Dover the following week, having to land on the sea a second time because his engine failed.80 wordsLesson 21 Daniel Mendoza 丹尼尔门多萨When the two men quarrelled, they settled the argument by a fight. This took place at Stilton. It lasted an hour and Humphries won. When they met again, Mendoza lost again, but in their third match in 1790,Mendoza finally beat Humphries to become Champion of England. He founded a successful boxing Academy and earned a lot of money, but was so extravagant he was always in debt. He was finally sent to prison and died in poverty in 1836. 80 wordsLesson 22 By heart 熟记台词The aristocrat was sitting in his cell when the gaoler entered and handed him the letter----a blank sheet of paper. The aristocrat looked at it, squinted and said: ‘The l ight is dim. Read me the letter.’ He handed the letter back to the gaoler, who said: ‘The light is indeed dim. I'll get my glasses.’ He left the stage and returned with a pair of glasses and the real letter, which he read to the prisoner. 79 words Lesson 23 One man’s meat is another man’s poison 各有所爱The writer collected several dozen snails, put them in a paper bag and took them to Robert who was delighted to see him, and pleased with the snails. The writer left the bag in the hall and he and Robert went into the living room and talked for a couple of hours. He had forgotten the snails until Robert invited him to dinner, and he followed Robert into the hall to find snails everywhere. They had escaped from the bag. Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard “家丑”The writer started to unpack and put his shirts and underclothes into drawers and then decided to hang a suit in the cupboard. He opened the cupboard and stood petrified: there, dangling in front of him, was a skeleton. It was swaying and ready to leap out at him. He dropped his suit and dashed downstairs to tell George. George was unsympathetic and told the writer it was Sebastian, a skeleton he had when he was a medical student. 79 wordsLesson 25 The Cutty Sark “卡蒂萨克”号帆船The Thermopylae reached Java first, but the Cutty Sark took the lead on the Indian Ocean. When the Cutty Sark was struck by a storm, her rudder was torn away. A temporary rudder was made and fitted, but the ship lost the lead. After crossing the Equator, they called in at a port to have a new rudder fitted.Even with a new rudder, the Cutty Sark arrived in England a week after the Thermopylae, which was 500 miles ahead. 80 words Lesson 26 Wanted: a large biscuit tin 征购大饼干筒A biscuit company asked its customers to bake biscuits and send them to the factory. As a prize, they offered ＄10 a pound for the biggest biscuit they received. The response was tremendous, with one biscuit weighing 500 pounds and another weighing 713 pounds. They thought that was the winner until a lorry delivered one which weighed 2,400 pounds baked by a college student. A crane lifted it from the lorry and the manufacturers paid the student ＄24,000.80 wordsLesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy 不卖也不买Unlike beggars, real tramps have nothing to sell and require nothing from others. Although they seek independence, they will not sacrifice their human dignity. They choose their own way of life and are aware of the consequences. They may not know where the next meal is coming from, but they do not have the worries that others have. They can travel easily because they have few possessions and when they sleep in the open, they are close to nature. 79 wordsLesson 28 Five pounds too dear 五镑太贵The next man who approached him was selling watches and pens, and when the writer looked at one, it looked genuine. The man said it was worth ￡50 but the writer could have it for ￡30. The writer offered him ￡5 and waited. Eventually, as the writ er was walking away, the man agreed and took ￡5. The writer was very pleased----until he was back on board. The pen was impossible to fill. It has never written a word since. 80 words Lesson 29 Funny or not 是否可笑A man broke his right leg just before Christmas and was taken to hospital. He wanted to know when he could go home. On Christmas Day he was still in hospital with his leg in plaster, but there was a good chance of leaving hospital for the New Year. In fact, he was out in time to go to a New Year's Eve party where he drank too much, slipped on a piece of ice and broke his left leg. 80 wordsLesson 30 The death of a ghost 幽灵之死Eric joined the army during the Second World War, but hated army life, so he deserted. He returned to the farm where his father hid him until the end of the war, and he remained in hiding after the war. His father told everyone that he had been killed in action. Joe and Bob kept the secret, so Eric lived as a recluse. He slept during the day and worked at night, so he became the ‘ghost of Endley’.79 wordsLesson 31 A lovable eccentric 可爱的怪人Dickie had been caught in a heavy shower when he walked into an expensive shop. He wanted a ￡300 watch for his wife, but he was so bedraggled the assistant refused to serve him. He left the shop and returned with a heavy cloth bag which he dumped on the counter. Dickie asked for the manager. When he was given the watch, he gave the assistant the bag which contained ￡300 in pennies, which the assistant had to count.80 wordsLesson 32 A lost ship 一艘沉船The chest containing the personal belongings of Alan Fielding told them a lot, and there were other items of interest. A heavy gun proved the ship was a cruiser. Another chest belonging to a ship's officer contained an unfinished letter dated March 14th, 1943, from which they learnt the ship's name. The most valuable find was the ship's log book, which told them the Karen had been sailing in convoy to Russia when she was torpedoed by an enemy submarine.80 wordsLesson 33 A day to remember 难忘的一天When the driver behind braked, his wife was thrown forward and the large cake on her lap flew through the windscreen and landed on the road. A lorry had to pull up suddenly and hundreds of empty beer bottles slid off onto the road. The traffic piledup so that it took the police an hour to get it on the move again. The lorry driver swept up the glass and two stray dogs ate the remains of the cake.80 wordsLesson 34 A happy discovery 幸运的发现While visiting an antique shop one Saturday, Frank was about to leave when he saw a large packing case. He asked the dealer to open it but the contents were disappointing until he lifted some crockery and noticed a miniature painting at the bottom. He had already decided to buy it when the dealer told him it was ￡50. Frank was excited because this was a real discovery. The painting was an unknown masterpiece worth hundreds of thousands of pounds. 80 wordsLesson 35 Justice was done 伸张正义A girl in the jewellery store heard muffled cries coming from behind a wall. When she heard the cry again, she went and told the manager who rang the fire brigade. When they arrived, the fire fighters found the right chimney by tapping the walls and listening. They chipped through a thick wall and found the man who could not move because the chimney was so narrow. They finally freed him by cutting a large hole in the wall. 79 words Lesson 36 A chance in a million 百万分之一的机遇Hans had been wounded towards the end of the war, taken to hospital and separated from his unit. When the hospital hadbeen bombed, he had returned to West Germany on foot. Meantime, his unit had been lost and all records of him destroyed. He returned to the family home to find the house bombed. Assuming all his family were dead, he settled in a village 50 miles away where he had lived until he met Franz and his wife. 80 words Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express 开往威斯特海温的快车When many local people boarded the train with the writer, he was not surprised. Nor was he surprised when the train stopped at Widley. But when it stopped at each station, he began to wonder why it was going so slowly. Finally, when the train reached Westhaven, the writer spoke to the station master who denied the existence of an express. They argued and the writer was shown this timetable footnote, which said:‘ This service has been suspended.’79 wordsLesson 38 The first calender 最早的日历Historians have long been puzzled by prehistoric markings on walls, bones and tusks. The people who made the markings were nomads during the last Ice Age. Finally historians have managed to read this difficult code and realized that they depict the passing of the days and phases of the moon. They are in fact a primitive calendar. There is a connection between the pictures of hunting scenes and the markings with them. 71 wordsLesson 39 Nothing to worry about 不必担心When the boulders disappeared, there was a wide plain covered with clumps of bushes. Ahead was a huge fissure and Bruce stopped. We examined it and found it was fifty yards long, two feet wide and four feet deep. Without thinking, Bruce raced the car along it and then we were back on the plain. The village was 15 miles away and the next obstacle was a very wide shallow pool. Bruce charged in and stopped in the middle. 79 words Lesson 40 Who’s who 真假难辨When a policeman arrived, he asked the workmen to go away. Later four more policemen arrived. The workmen still refused to stop and the police threatened to confiscate their pneumatic drill. One workman then threatened to call the police, which was silly because they were already under arrest. When another workman asked to make a telephone call, a policeman accompanied him to a phone. The workman actually rang the police and they realized they had been victims of a hoax. 80 wordsLesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace 宁静田园生活的遐想You never have to travel miles to see friends because they live nearby. Nor do you have to worry about catching the last train home after the theatre. The latest exhibitions, films and plays are all a bus ride away. Shopping is a pleasure, too.There is so much variety that you never have to make do with second best. The city can be beautiful and peaceful, too ---- beautiful with the glow of neon advertisements, and peaceful at weekends. 79 wordsLesson 42 Modern cavemen 现代洞穴人On entering a narrow gap on the plateau, they climbed down and reached a narrow corridor. They edged their way along and came to a waterfall which dropped to an underground lake. They plunged into the lake in special rubber suits and let the current take them to the other side. On squeezing through a cleft in the rocks, they discovered an enormous cavern where they saw massive stalagmites and stalactites. All they could hear was water dripping from above. 80 wordsLesson 43 Fully insured 全保险The divers found the dish, but it was difficult to haul out of the water. The sides were so smooth it was almost impossible to attach chains to it Eventually chains were attached and they pulled the dish to the canal bank on a winch. Unfortunately it overbalanced and slid back. They then fixed clamps to both sides and fastened chains to lift it vertically. With a winch they hauled the dish above the surface and on to dry land. 80 wordsLesson 44 Speed and comfort 又快捷又舒适Nothing matches a plane for speed and comfort. An aeroplane reaches its destination rapidly. You travel in complete comfort, often watching a film or sipping champagne. You have a breathtaking view of the world and you can really appreciate the landscape. When you are above the clouds, the sight of cloud plains is extraordinary. The journey is so smooth that it is easy to read or sleep, and you always arrive fresh and uncrumpled at the end of the flight. 80 wordsLesson 45 The power of the press 新闻报道的威力Immediately the news got out, a plane arrived with reporters and photographers. The family's rise to fame was swift and soon the media had told the whole country. Newspapers and magazines offered huge sums of money for exclusive rights to the story, while gifts poured in from baby products manufacturers. 'The family's old farmhouse was replaced by a new home, while lawyers were employed as spokesmen. The parents paid the price for fame: they would never again lead normal lives. 80 words Lesson 46 Do it yourself 自己动手The author looked at his machine and reckoned that only a minor adjustment was needed. After adjusting a few things, the mower still refused to work, so he dismantled it and traced the cause of the trouble: there was a broken link in the drive chain. After buying a new chain and reassembling the mower, it stilldid not work. However, he was not really surprised because there were bits left that did not fit anywhere ---- so he gave up. 80 wordsLesson 47 Too high a price 代价太高Noise constantly invades our daily lives. According to a recent survey, the worst noise is dogs barking at night, although the noise of lawn mowers, late-night parties, noisy neighbours, vehicles, planes and helicopters and large radios all adds. While the use of mobile phones in public places, it seems, is annoying, the survey revealed that one‘old-fashioned’ source of noise is snorin g, with men the worst offenders: only a small percentage of women snore, but they suffer most.80 wordsLesson 48 The silent village 沉默的村庄The village contained one street and looked forbidding. Apart from a goat, it seemed deserted, so they sat down and had a picnic. Looking up, they suddenly found themselves surrounded by children in rags. The children were silent and motionless. As they walked down the street followed by the children, the village came alive with faces in windows and people watching them silently from doorways. The visitors were clearly unwelcome. They hurried back down to the stream and the boatman.Lesson 49 The ideal servant 理想的仆人On her return with a party of guests, Aunt Harriet asked Bessie to prepare dinner. Not only was the meal below standard, Bessie could not walk steadily, and she bumped into furniture and mumbled at the guests. When she brought in the pudding, she tripped and the pudding crashed onto the dining the guests were very amused, Aunt Harriet was horrified. She realized Bessie was drunk and dismissed her immediately. 72 words Lesson 50 New Year resolutions 新年的决心The writer exercised early in the morning for two days before anyone found out. When he sat at breakfast the second day, his condition betrayed him. His enthusiasm waned so that by January 10th, things were back to normal. However, he decided to keep his mind fresh for reading. He read on his own until one evening he went down and sat in front of the television, but he dozed off. He has now bought a book on speed reading 80 wordsLesson 51 Predicting the future 预测未来According to Bagrit, computers would be small enough to hold in the hand, and they would be able to provide information about traffic jams and suggest alternative routes. They would be used to help doctors diagnose illnesses, and in business would relieve office workers of dull, repetitive work. However,he failed to predict the use of the Internet as a vehicle of communication or a source of information. But as predicted, computers have become smaller, more powerful and cheaper. 79 wordsLesson 52 Mud is mud 实事求是The assistant promised to order the‘ Myrolite ’Harry bad already asked for, so he then said he wantedperfumed mud. This time her eyes lit up and she immediately fetched several bottles which she put onthe counter. Harry picked up the smallest bottle, and when he learned the price ￡20 , he paid and leftwith the bottle under his arm. This curious bottle, now in his study, was his first and last purchase of rarecosmetics. 77 wordsLesson 53 In the public interest 为了公众的利益On receiving a complaint from a foreigner about police ill - treatment, the Ombudsman wrote to the Chiefof Police asking for a record of the case. As there was no official record and the Chief denied theaccusation, no action was possible. But When there was another similar complaint, the Ombudsman senta lawyer to investigate. He ascertained the truth of the accusations, the policeman was severelyreprimanded and warned that if there were further complaints he would be prosecuted.80 wordsLesson 54 Instinct or cleverness 是本能还是机智The writer saw thousands of ants crawling up his peach tree. Then he noticed the leaves of the tree were withering and found there were aphids under the leaves. They were being visited by the ants. In an effort to stop them, he bound the base of the tree with sticky tape and of course they couldn't cross it. By the next morning, however, they had solved the problem: they were climbing onto the leaves from the house wall. Lesson 55 From the earth: Greetings 来自地球的问候Finding life on other planets with earth based telescopes is impossible because of the heat of our planet and the dust particles throughout the solar System. A telescope would need to be as far away as Jupiter. Even then, the problem will be how to blot out the light from a planet's sun to study it. The most likely forms of life will be plants and bacteria. Even the discovery of lowly life forms would change our view of ourselves. 80 wordsLesson 57 Back in the old country 重返故里In the place of the village there was only a lake. Had he taken the wrong turning He went back to town and retraced his route, only to finish up at the same spot. The lake was not marked. When a man on horse back appeared, the author asked the way tothe old village. The horseman told him there was no villageand pointed to the lake: it had been submerged with the whole valley under a man-made reservoir. 80 wordsLesson 58 A spot of bother 一点儿小麻烦The old lady and the potter went through the flat, careful not to touch anything. Later, a police inspector looked for fingerprints while a constable checked the front door locks. There were no fingerprints, but the inspector found a bundle of jewellery suggesting this was not the burglars' first job that day. The inspector asked the lady to check what was missing and advised her not to stay in the flat. Eventually she rang her daughter to ask for help. 80 wordsLesson 59 Collecting 收藏Collecting provides hours of relaxation for looking at your treasures is a joy. If you have a collection at home, why go out There is always something to do, from finding the right place for the latest addition to verifying facts in reference books. Collecting is educational, too, and through meeting people, increases your circle of friends. The hobby can lead to travel, national and international. You may become an authority on the subject and be asked to give talks. 80 words Lesson 60 Too early and too late 太早和太晚The girl entered the railway station twenty minutes early, but the porter said she was two hours too soon.。

新版新概念英语第三册目录-新版.pdf新概念英语第三册目录UNIT 101 Lesson 1 A puma at large逃遁的美洲狮02 Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one十三等于一03 Lesson 3 An unknown goddess无名女神04 Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿尔弗雷德·布洛格斯的双重生活05 Lesson 5 The facts确切数字06 Lesson 6 Smash-and-grab砸橱窗抢劫07 Lesson 7 Multilated ladies残钞鉴别组08 Lesson 8 A famous monastery著名的修道院09 Lesson 9 Flying cats飞猫泰坦尼克”号的沉没10 Lesson 10 The loss of the Titanic“11 Lesson 11 Not guilty无罪12 Lesson 12 Life on a desert island荒岛生活是我，别害怕”13 Lesson 13 It'S only me“14 Lesson 14 A noble gangster贵族歹徒15 Lesson 15 Fifty pence worth of trouble五十便士的麻烦16 Lesson 16 Mary had a little lamb玛丽有一头小羔羊17 Lesson 17 The longest suspension bridge in the world世界上最长的吊桥18 Lesson 18 Electric currents in modern art现代艺术中的电流19 Lesson 19 A very dear cat一只贵重的宝贝猫20 Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots飞行员的先驱UNIT 221 Lesson 21 Daniel Mendoza丹尼尔·门多萨22 Lesson 22 By heart熟记台词23 Lesson 23 One man's meat is another man's poison各有所爱家丑”24 Lesson 24 A skeleton in the cupboard“卡迪萨克”号帆船25 Lesson 25 The Curry Sark“26 Lesson 26 Wanted：a large biscuit tin征购大饼干筒27 Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy不卖也不买28 Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear五镑也太贵29 Lesson 29 Funny or not？是否可笑？30 Lesson 30 The death of a ghost幽灵之死31 Lesson 31 A lovable eccentric可爱的怪人32 Lesson 32 A lost ship一艘沉船33 Lesson 33 A day to remember难忘的一天34 Lesson 34 A happy discovery幸运的发现35 Lesson 35 Justice was done伸张正义36 Lesson 36 A chance in a million百万分之一的机遇37 Lesson 37 The Westhaven Express开往威斯特海温的快车38 Lesson 38 The first calender最早的日历39 Lesson 39 Nothing to worry about不必担心40 Lesson 40 Who's who真假难辨UNIT 341 Lesson 41 Illusions of pastoral peace宁静田园生活的遐想42 Lesson 42 Modem cavemen现代洞穴人43 Lesson 43 Fully insured全保险44 Lesson 44 Speed and comfort又快捷又舒适45 Lesson 45 The power of the press新闻报道的威力46 Lesson 46 Do it yourself自己动手47 Lesson 47 Too high a price？代价太高？48 Lesson 48 The silent village沉默的村庄49 Lesson 49 The ideal servant理想的仆人50 Lesson 50 New Year resolutions新年的决心51 Lesson 51 Predicting the future预测未来52 Lesson 52 Mud is mud实事求是53 Lesson 53 In the public interest为了公众的利益54 Lesson 54 Instinct or cleverness？是本能还是机智？55 Lesson 55 From the earth：Greetings来自地球的问候56 Lesson 56 Our neighbour，the fiver河流，我们的邻居57 Lesson 57 Back in the old coun时重返故里58 Lesson 58 A spot of bother一点儿小麻烦59 Lesson 59 Collecting收藏60 Lesson 60 Too early and too late太早和太晚。

新概念英语第三册Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs知识讲解重点：1、本课书重点词汇、句型2、词汇辨析:get married与be married；invent、discover、find与create3、关于“倍数"的表达；too.。

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that的表达等难点：worth的用法教学目标：1、能理解课文大意、掌握课文中重点词汇、句型2、能辨析相关近义词汇3、理解worth的用法、记住worth的用法误区教学过程：一、【生词、短语学习】double adj.两倍的，双重的manual adj。

体力的（= physical adj。

身体的, 物质的）manual work 体力工作=physical workmental work 脑力工作例句：体力工作和脑力工作都需要能量。

有时脑力工作比体力劳动更消耗能量。

collar n。

衣领white—collar adj.白领阶层的, 脑力劳动者（those who do mental work）blue—collar adj蓝领阶级的，工人阶级的（those who do manual work）get hot under the collar 怒气冲天例句:He got hot under the collar when he knew that they laughed at him。

当他知道他们嘲笑他的时候,他怒气冲天。

sacrifice vt。

牺牲,献出（to give up for good purpose）—- sacrifice one’s life for the country为国家献身—- sacrifice time牺牲时间、贡献时间sacrifice n.牺牲(——make many sacrifices)即学即用：伟大的人往往不在意为别人贡献一切。

过去的牺牲使他赢得了别人的尊重。

新概念英语第三册第4课:The double life of AlfredBloggsLesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Why did Alf want a white-collar job?These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as white-collar workers for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night. He took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret Alfs wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him Mr. Bloggs, not Alf.参考译文如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出很多。

Lesson 04 The double life of Alfred Bloggs1.New words and expression 生词和短语Double adj.两倍的, 双重的-- Double life, 双重生活-- Double character：双重人格-- Double chin：双下巴-- Double bed: 双人床, twin beds: 两张标准床。

Two-timer: a man who dates two women at the same time, 脚踩两只船。

manual adj.体力的〔= physical adj.身体的, 物质的-- manual work 体力工作-- manual labor 体力劳动者mental work 脑力工作collar n.衣领-- gold-collar adj. 金领阶层的。

- -white-collar adj.白领阶层的, 脑力劳动者〔those who do mental work-- blue-collar adj蓝领阶级的, 工人阶级的〔those who do manual workhot under the collar 怒气冲天-- He got hot under the collar when he knew that they laughed at him.make a collar: police catch criminals, 警察抓小偷sacrifice vt.牺牲,献出〔to give up for good purpose-- sacrifice one's life for the country-- sacrifice timesacrifice n.牺牲〔-- make many sacrificesdustman n.清洁工corporation n.公司, 大型股份-- multinational corporation: 跨国公司Company: 小公司Enterprise: 企业-- Joint-venture enterprise: 合资企业-- State-owned enterprise: 国有企业-- Township enterprise: 乡镇企业-- Non-government run school: 民办学校overalls n.工作服shower n.淋浴secret n.秘密adj.秘密的, 隐秘的Confidential adj.机密的keep secret 保密-- It's between you and me. 此事只介于你我之间。

新概念英语第三册第4课:The double life of Alfred BloggsLesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs 阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Why did Alf want a white-collar job?These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as "white-collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie togo to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife abouthis job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent thenext eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night. He took a showerand changed back into his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'.参考译文如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。

新概念英语第三册（共60课）Lesson1 A puma at largePumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. Wh en report s came in to London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seri ously. However, as t he evi dence b egan to acc umulate, e xperts from t he Zoo fe lt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered（adj.被困得走投无路的）. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead dee r and small animals like rabbits. Pa w prints were seen in a number o f places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people complained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a b usinessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were no w fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it come from ? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and so mehow managed to escape. The h unt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.Lesson 2 Thirteen equals oneOur vicar is always raising money for one cause o r another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.' One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up i nto the clock tower to see what wa s going on. In t he torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. 'Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?' asked the vicar in surprise.' I'm trying to repair th e bell,' answered Bill.' I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.''You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'Yo u've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.''That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all r ight, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.''We'll get used to that Bill,' said the vicar. 'Thirteen is not as good as on e but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'Lesson 3 An unknown goddessSome time ago，an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean（adj.爱琴海的；n.）island of Kea．An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the prom ontory of Ayia Irin i．The city at one t ime must have been pr osperous，for it enjoyed a high level of ci v ilization．Houses--often three storeys h igh--were built of stone．They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls．The city was even equipped with a drainage system，for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets．The t emple wh ich th e archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room o f the temple, clay fragments of fifteen statues were found. Each of these re presented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue wa s found among r emains dating from the f ifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then. When t he archaeologists recon structed the f ragments, t hey were a mazed to fi nd that t he goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hip. She was wearing a ful l-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists ha ve been unable to discover her identity.Lesson4 The double life of Alfred BloggsThese days, people who do manual work often r eceive far more money than c lerks who wor k in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as' white collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of b ecoming white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls (n.工作服) and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed back into his suit. Alf did this for o ver two years and his fellow dustmen kept his s ecret. Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr. Bloggs', not 'Alf'.Lesson 5 The factsEditors of newspapers and magazines often g o to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Last year a journalist had been i nstructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on t he president's palace in a new Af r ican republic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence a nd then refused to publish it. T he article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.' The editor at oncesent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams, but received no reply. He sent yet another telegram informing t he jou rnalist t hat if h e di d not repl y soon he would be fired. Whe n the journalist again failed to reply, the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written. A week later, the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist. Not only had the poor man been arrested, but he had been s ent to prison as well. However, he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the 1084 steps leading to the 15-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.Lesson 6 Smash-and-grabThe expensive shops in a famous ar cade near Piccadilly were just opening. At this time of the morning, the arcade was almost empty. Mr Taylor, the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display. Two of his assistants had been worki n g busily since 8 o'c lock and had only just finished. Diamond necklaces and rings had been be autifully arranged on a background of black velvet. After gazing at the display for several minutes, Mr Taylor went back into his shop.The silence w as suddenly brok en when a large car, w ith it s headlights on and it s h orn blaring, roared down the arcade. It came to a stop outside the jeweler's. One man stayed at t he wheel whi le two others wi th bl ack stocki ngs over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars. While this was going on, Mr Taylor was upstairs. He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window. Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves wa s struc k by a heavy s tatue, b ut he was too busy helping hi mself to diamonds to notice any pain. The raid w as all ov er in three minutes, for the men scrambled back into the car and it mov ed off at a f antastic speed. Just as it was leaving, Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases, but it was impossible to stop the thieves. T hey had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.Lesson 7 Mutilated ladiesChildren often have far more sense than their elders. This simple truth was demonstrated rather dramatically d uring a civil defence exer cise in a small town in Canad a. Most of the inhabitants were asked to take part in the exercise during which they had to pretend that their city had be en bombed. Air-raid warnings were sounded and t housands o f peo ple went i nto special air-raid shelters. Doctors and nurses remained above ground while Police patrolled the streets in case anyone tried to leave the shelters too soon.The police did not have much to do because the citizens took the exercise seriously. They stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again. On leaving the air-raid shelters, they saw tha t d octors and nurses wer e bus y. A great many people ha d volunteered to act as ca sualties. Theatrical make-up and artificial blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic. A lot of People were lying 'dead' in the streets. The living helped to carry the dead and wounded to special stations. A Child of six was brought in by two adults. The child was supposed to b e dead. With theatrical make-up on his face, he looked as if he had died of shock. Some people were so moved by the sight that they began to cry. However, the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to comment on his death. The child looked around for a moment and said, 'I think they're all crazy!'Lesson8 A famous monasteryThe Great St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy. At 2470 metres, it is the highest mountain p ass i n Euro pe. The fa mous mona stery of St Bernard, w hich was founded i n t he eleventh century, lies about a mile away. For hundreds of years, St Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers crossing the dangerous Pass. These friendly dogs, which were first brought from Asia, were used as watch-dogs even in Roman times. Now that a tunnel has been b uilt through the mountains, the Pass is less dangerous, b ut each year, t he dogs are sti ll sent ou t into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty. Despite the new tunnel, there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot.During the summer months, the monastery is very busy, for it is visited by thousands of people who cross the Pass in cars, As there are so many people about, the dogs have to be kept in a special en closure. In winter, ho wever, life at the monastery is qu ite dif ferent. T he temperature drops to -30 and ver y few people attempt to cross the Pass. The monks Prefer winter to summer for they have mo re privacy. The dogs have greater freedom, too, for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure. The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go th ere at Christmas and Easter. These young people, who love the peace of the mountains, always receive a warm.Welcome at St Bernard's monastery.Lesson9 Flying cats 飞猫Cats never fail to fascinate human beings. They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans, but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well. They never become submissive like dogs and horses. As a result, humans have learned to respect feline independence. Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives. One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives. Apparently, they is a good deal of truth in this idea. A cat’s ability to survive falls is based on fact.Recently the New York Animal Medical Centre made a study of 132 ca ts over a period of five months. All these cats had one experience in common: they had fallen off high buildings, yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries. Of course, New Yorkis the ideal place for such an interesting study, because there is no shorta ge of tall buildings. There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from! One cat, Sabrina, fell 32 storeys, yet only suffered from a broken tooth. ‘ Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers,’ a doctor said. It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves. In a long drop, th ey reach speeds of 60 miles an hour and more. At high speeds, falling cats have time to relax. They stretch out their legs like flying squirrel. This increases th eir air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.Lesson10 The loss of TitanicThe great ship, Titanic, s ailed for New Yor k from Southampton on April 10th, 1912. She was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 89l. Even by modern standards, the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship. At that time, however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built, but was regarded as unsinka ble, for she had sixteen water- tight compartments. Even if two of th ese were flooded, she would still be abl e to float. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered, for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic, a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted b y a look-out. After the alarm had been given, th e great ship turned sharp ly to avoid a direct collision. The Ti tanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over100 feet out of the water beside her. Suddenly, there was a sligh t trembling sound from below, and the captain went down to see what ha d happened. The noise had been so faint tha t no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captai n realized to hi s horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for fi ve of her sixteen water-tight comp artments had al ready been fl ooded ! T he or der to aba ndon ship was given and hundreds o f peopl e plunged i nto the i cy water. As there were not enough life-boats for everybody, 1500 lives were lost.Lesson11 Not guiltyGoing through the Customs is a tiresome business. The strangest thing about it is that really honest people are often made to feel guilty. The hardened professional smuggler, on the other hand, is never troubled by such feelings, even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase. When I returned from abroad recently, a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.'Have you anything to declare?' he asked, looking me in the eye.'No,' I answered confidently.'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please ?''Not at all,' I answered.The Officer went through the case with great care. All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess. I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again. Suddenly, I saw the Officer's face l ight up. He had s potted a ti ny bottle at the bottom o f my case a nd he po unced on it with delight.'Perfume, eh?' he asked sarcastically. 'You should have declared that.' Perfume is not exem pt from import duty.''But it isn't perfume,' I said.' It's hair-oil.' Then I added wit h a smile,' It's a strange mixture I make myself.' As I expected, he did not believe me.'Try it!' I said encouragingly.The Officer unscrewed the cap and p ut the bottle to his nostrils. He was g reeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth. A few minutes later, I was able to hurry away with precious chalk-marks on my baggage.Lesson12 Life on a desert islandMost of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island. We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of par adise where the sun always shines. Life there is simple and good.Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work. The other side of the picture is quite the opposite. Life on a desert island is wretched. You either starve to death or live like Robinson Crusoe, waiting for a boat which never comes. Perhaps there is an element of t ruth in both these pictures, but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.Two men who recently spent five days on a co ral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey, their boat began to sink. They quickly loaded a small ru bber dinghy with food, matches, and tins o f beer and rowed for a few miles ac ross the Car ibbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island. There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water, but this did not prove to be a problem. The men collected rain-water in the rubber dinghy. As they had brought a spear gun with them, they had plenty to eat. They caught lobs ter and fish every day, and, as one of them put it 'ate like kings'. When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.Lesson13 It’s only meAfter her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before, she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sh eet, it was very effective. After putting it on, Mrs Richards went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there w as a knock o n the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread o n the kitchen ta ble. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small st ore-room under the stairs. S he heard the front door open a nd heavy footsteps in th e hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a m an entered. Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying' It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he fled, slamming the door behind him.Lesson14 A noble gangsterThere was a time when t he owners of shop an d businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money t o gangs ters i n ret urn f or' protecti on' I f the money was not pai d p romptly, t he gangsters would quickly put a man o ut of business by destroying his shop. Obtaining 'protecho n money' is not a modern crime. As long ago as the fourteenth century, an Englishman, Sir John Hawkwood, made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.Six hu ndred years ag o, Si r Joh n Hawkwood arrived i n Ital y wi th a band of soldiers an d settled near Fl orence. He soon mad e a name for himself and came to b e known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto. Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other, Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded. In times of peace, when business was bad, Ha wkwood and his men w ould march i nto a ci ty-state and, after burning down a fe w farms, wo uld offer to g o away i f protection money wa s p aid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero. When he died at the age of eighty, the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of 'the most valiant sold ier and most notable leader, Signor Giovanni Haukodue'.Lesson15 Fifty pence worth of troubleChildren always appreciate small gif ts of money. Father, of course, provides a regular su pply of pocket-money, but uncl e s and a unts are always a so urce of extra income. With s ome children, small sums go a long way. If sixpences are not exchanged for sweets, they rattle for months inside money-boxes. O nly very thri f ty children manage to fill up a money-box. For most of them, sixpence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.My nephew, George, has a money-box but it is always empty. Very few of the sixpences I have given him have found their way there. I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it. Instead, he bought himself sixpence worth of trouble. On his way to the sweet shop, he dropped his sixpence a nd it rolled along the pavement a nd then disappe ared down a drain. George took offhis jacket, rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover. He could not find his sixpence anywhere, and what is more, he could not get his arm out. A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap a nd butter, b ut George was firmly stuck. The fire-brigade was ca lled and two firemen freed George using a special type of grease. George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.Lesson16 Mary had a little lambMary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece. One of Mary's prize possessions was a l ittle white lamb which her husband had given her. She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the d ay and went to fetch it every evening. One evening, however, the lamb was missing. The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen. When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened. Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.He knew it would not prove difficult in such a s mall village. After telling several of his f riends about the theft, Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb. He told him he had better return it or he would call the police. Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his back-yard. It was true that he had just bought a lamb, he explained, but his lamb was black. Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him. While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Alek o's house until the rain stopped. When he went outside half an hour later, he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white. Its wool, which had been dyed black, had been washed clean by the rain !Lesson17 The longest suspension bridge in the worldVerrazano, an Italian about whom little is known, sailed into New York Harbour in 1524 and named it Angouleme. He described it as 'a very agreeable situation located within two small h ills in the midst of which flowed a great river.' Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer, his name will pro bably remain immortal, for o n No vember 21st, 1964, the greatest bridge in the world was named after him.The Verrazano Bridge, which was designed by Othmar Ammann, joins Brooklyn to Staten Island. It has a span o f 4260 feet. The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer. Two great towers support four huge cables. The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete. The platforms extend to a depth of over 100 feet under th e sea. These alone took sixteen months to build. Abo ve the surface of the water, the towers rise to a height of nearly 700 feet. They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended. Each of the four cables contains 26,108 lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars, it would still only be carrying a third of i t s total capacity. However, size and str ength are n ot the onl y important things about t his bridge. Despite its immensity, it is both simple an d elegant, fulfilling its designer's dream t o create 'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.Lesson18 Electric currents in modern artModern sculpture rarely surprises us any more. The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken. Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places. Strange forms stand in gardens, and outside buildings and shops. We have got quite used to them. Some so-called 'modern' pieces have been on display for nearly fifty years.In spite of this, some people--including myself--were surprised by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture. The first thing I saw when I entered the art gallery was a notice which said: 'Do not touch the exhibits. Some of them are dangerous!' The objects on display were pieces o f moving sculpture. Odd ly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move i n response t o a gust of wind are qu ite f amiliar t o ev erybody. Th ese object s, however, were different. Lined up against the wall, there were long thin wires attached to metal spheres. The spheres had been magnetized and a ttracted or repelled each other all the time. In the centre of the hall, there were a number of tall structures which contained coloured lights. These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad. Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and off an grily. It w as rath er lik e an e xhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment. These Pecul iar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally, but to give them electric shocks as well !Lesson19 A very dear catKidnappers are rarely interested in Animals, but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs Eleanor Ramsay's cat. Mrs Eleanor Ramsay, a very wealthy old lady, has shared a flat with her cat, Rastus, for a great many y ears. Rastus leads an orderly life. He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o'clock. One evening, however, he failed to arrive. Mrs Ramsay got very worried. She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.Three day after Rastus' disappearance, Mrs Ramsay received an an onymous letter. The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs Ramsay paid a ransom of &1000. Mrs Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door. At first, she decided to go to the police, but fearing that she would never see Rastus again --the letter had made that quite clear--she changed her mind. She drew &1000 from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions. The next morning, the box had disappeared but Mrs Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word. Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening. He looked very well, though he was rather thirsty, for he drank half a bottle of milk. The police were astounded when Mrs Ramsay told them what she haddone. She explained that Rastus w as very dear to her. Considering the amount she paid, he was dear in more ways than one!。

新概念英语第三册Lesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs知识讲解重点:1、本课书重点词汇、句型2、词汇辨析：get married与be married；invent、discover、find与create3、关于“倍数”的表达；too...to.../so ...that的表达等难点：worth的用法教学目标：1、能理解课文大意、掌握课文中重点词汇、句型2、能辨析相关近义词汇3、理解worth的用法、记住worth的用法误区教学过程：一、【生词、短语学习】double adj.两倍的, 双重的manual adj.体力的（= physical adj.身体的, 物质的）manual work 体力工作=physical workmental work 脑力工作例句：体力工作和脑力工作都需要能量。

有时脑力工作比体力劳动更消耗能量。

collar n.衣领white-collar adj.白领阶层的, 脑力劳动者（those who do mental work）blue-collar adj蓝领阶级的, 工人阶级的（those who do manual work）get hot under the collar 怒气冲天例句：He got hot under the collar when he knew that they laughed at him.当他知道他们嘲笑他的时候，他怒气冲天。

sacrifice vt.牺牲，献出（to give up for good purpose）-- sacrifice one's life for the country为国家献身-- sacrifice time牺牲时间、贡献时间sacrifice n.牺牲（-- make many sacrifices）即学即用：伟大的人往往不在意为别人贡献一切。

过去的牺牲使他赢得了别人的尊重。

Lesson1A puma at largePumas are large,cat-like animals which are found in America.When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London,they were not taken seriously.However,as the evidence began to accumulate,experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate,for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.The hunt for the puma began in a small village where a woman picking blackberries saw'a large cat'only five yards away from her.It immediately ran away when she saw it,and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is cornered（adj.被困得走投无路的）.The search proved difficult,for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening.Wherever it went,it left behind it a trail of dead deer and small animals like rabbits.Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes.Several people complained of'cat-like noises'at night and a businessman on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree.The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma,but where had it come from?As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country,this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape.The hunt went on for several weeks,but the puma was not caught.It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.Lesson2Thirteen equals oneOur vicar is always raising money for one cause or another,but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.'One night,however,our vicar woke up with a start:the clock was striking the hours!Looking at his watch,he saw that it was one o'clock,but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch,the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.In the torchlight,he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins,our local grocer.'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?'asked the vicar in surprise.'I'm trying to repair the bell,'answered Bill.'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now.You see,I was hoping to give you a surprise.''You certainly did give me a surprise!'said the vicar.'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well.Still,I'm glad the bell is working again.''That's the trouble,vicar,'answered Bill.'It's working all right,but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.''We'll get used to that Bill,'said the vicar.'Thirteen is not as good as one but it's better than nothing.Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'Lesson3An unknown goddessSome time ago，an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegean（adj.爱琴海的；n.）island of Kea．An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini．The city at one time must have been prosperous，for it enjoyed a high level of civilization．Houses--often three storeys high--were built of stone．They had largerooms with beautifully decorated walls．The city was even equipped with a drainage system，for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets．The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship from the fifteenth century B.C.until Roman times.In the most sacred room of the temple,clay fragments of fifteen statues were found.Each of these represented a goddess and had,at one time,been painted.The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C.This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved.It was very old and precious even then. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments,they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman.She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hip.She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground.Despite her great age,she was very graceful indeed,but,so far,the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.Lesson4The double life of Alfred BloggsThese days,people who do manual work often receive far more money than clerks who work in offices.People who work in offices are frequently referred to as'white collar workers'for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work.Such is human nature,that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers.This can give rise to curious situations,as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.When he got married,Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wife about his job.He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation.Every morning,he left home dressed in a smart black suit.He then changed into overalls(n.工作服)and spent the next eight hours as a dustman.Before returning home at night,he took a shower and changed back into his suit.Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret.Alf's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will,for Alf has just found another job.He will soon be working in an office as a junior clerk.He will be earning only half as much as he used to,but he feels that his rise in status is well worth the loss of money.From now on,he will wear a suit all day and others will call him'Mr.Bloggs',not'Alf'.Lesson5The factsEditors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to provide their readers with unimportant facts and st year a journalist had been instructed by a well-known magazine to write an article on the president's palace in a new African republic.When the article arrived,the editor read the first sentence and then refused to publish it.The article began: 'Hundreds of steps lead to the high wall which surrounds the president's palace.'The editor at oncesent the journalist a fax instructing him to find out the exact number of steps and the height of the wall.The journalist immediately set out to obtain these important facts,but he took a long time to send them.Meanwhile,the editor was getting impatient,for the magazine would soon go to press.He sent the journalist two urgent telegrams,but received no reply.He sent yet anothertelegram informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.When the journalist again failed to reply,the editor reluctantly published the article as it had originally been written.A week later,the editor at last received a telegram from the journalist.Not only had the poor man been arrested,but he had been sent to prison as well.However,he had at last been allowed to send a cable in which he informed the editor that he had been arrested while counting the1084steps leading to the15-foot wall which surrounded the president's palace.Lesson6Smash-and-grabThe expensive shops in a famous arcade near Piccadilly were just opening.At this time of the morning,the arcade was almost empty.Mr Taylor,the owner of a jewellery shop was admiring a new window display.Two of his assistants had been working busily since8o'clock and had only just finished.Diamond necklaces and rings had been beautifully arranged on a background of black velvet.After gazing at the display for several minutes,Mr Taylor went back into his shop.The silence was suddenly broken when a large car,with its headlights on and its horn blaring,roared down the arcade.It came to a stop outside the jeweler's.One man stayed at the wheel while two others with black stockings over their faces jumped out and smashed the window of the shop with iron bars.While this was going on,Mr Taylor was upstairs.He and his staff began throwing furniture out of the window.Chairs and tables went flying into the arcade. One of the thieves was struck by a heavy statue,but he was too busy helping himself to diamonds to notice any pain.The raid was all over in three minutes,for the men scrambled back into the car and it moved off at a fantastic speed.Just as it was leaving,Mr Taylor rushed out and ran after it throwing ashtrays and vases,but it was impossible to stop the thieves.They had got away with thousands of pounds worth of diamonds.Lesson7Mutilated ladiesChildren often have far more sense than their elders.This simple truth was demonstrated rather dramatically during a civil defence exercise in a small town in Canada.Most of the inhabitants were asked to take part in the exercise during which they had to pretend that their city had been bombed.Air-raid warnings were sounded and thousands of people went into special air-raid shelters.Doctors and nurses remained above ground while Police patrolled the streets in case anyone tried to leave the shelters too soon.The police did not have much to do because the citizens took the exercise seriously.They stayed underground for twenty minutes and waited for the siren to sound again.On leaving the air-raid shelters,they saw that doctors and nurses were busy.A great many people had volunteered to act as casualties.Theatrical make-up and artificial blood had been used to make the injuries look realistic.A lot of People were lying'dead'in the streets.The living helped to carry the dead and wounded to special stations.A Child of six was brought in by two adults.The child was supposed to be dead.With theatrical make-up on his face,he looked as if he had died of shock.Some people were so moved by the sight that they began to cry.However,the child suddenly sat up and a doctor asked him to comment on his death.The child looked around for a moment and said,'I think they're all crazy!'Lesson8A famous monasteryThe Great St Bernard Pass connects Switzerland to Italy.At2470metres,it is the highest mountain pass in Europe.The famous monastery of St Bernard,which was founded in the eleventh century,lies about a mile away.For hundreds of years,St Bernard dogs have saved the lives of travellers crossing the dangerous Pass.These friendly dogs,which were first brought from Asia,were used as watch-dogs even in Roman times.Now that a tunnel has been built through the mountains,the Pass is less dangerous,but each year,the dogs are still sent out into the snow whenever a traveller is in difficulty.Despite the new tunnel,there are still a few people who rashly attempt to cross the Pass on foot.During the summer months,the monastery is very busy,for it is visited by thousands of people who cross the Pass in cars,As there are so many people about,the dogs have to be kept in a special enclosure.In winter,however,life at the monastery is quite different.The temperature drops to-30and very few people attempt to cross the Pass.The monks Prefer winter to summer for they have more privacy.The dogs have greater freedom,too,for they are allowed to wander outside their enclosure.The only regular visitors to the monastery in winter are parties of skiers who go there at Christmas and Easter.These young people,who love the peace of the mountains,always receive a warm.Welcome at St Bernard's monastery.Lesson9Flying cats飞猫Cats never fail to fascinate human beings.They can be friendly and affectionate towards humans,but they lead mysterious lives of their own as well.They never become submissive like dogs and horses.As a result,humans have learned to respect feline independence.Most cats remain suspicious of humans all their lives.One of the things that fascinates us most about cats is the popular belief that they have nine lives.Apparently,they is a good deal of truth in this idea.A cat’s ability to survive falls is based on fact.Recently the New York Animal Medical Centre made a study of132cats over a period of five months.All these cats had one experience in common:they had fallen off high buildings,yet only eight of them died from shock or injuries.Of course,New Yorkis the ideal place for such an interesting study,because there is no shortage of tall buildings.There are plenty of high-rise windowsills to fall from!One cat,Sabrina,fell32storeys,yet only suffered from a broken tooth.‘Cats behave like well-trained paratroopers,’a doctor said.It seems that the further cats fall, the less they are likely to injure themselves.In a long drop,they reach speeds of60miles an hour and more.At high speeds,falling cats have time to relax.They stretch out their legs like flying squirrel.This increases their air-resistance and reduces the shock of impact when they hit the ground.Lesson10The loss of TitanicThe great ship,Titanic,sailed for New York from Southampton on April10th,1912.She was carrying1316passengers and a crew of89l.Even by modern standards,the46,000ton Titanic was a colossal ship.At that time,however,she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,but was regarded as unsinkable,for she had sixteen water-tight compartments.Even iftwo of these were flooded,she would still be able to float.The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered,for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.Four days after setting out,while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a look-out.After the alarm had been given,the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.The Titanic turned just in time,narrowly missing the immense wall of ice which rose over100feet out of the water beside her.Suddenly, there was a slight trembling sound from below,and the captain went down to see what had happened.The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below,the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,for five of her sixteen water-tight compartments had already been flooded!The order to abandon ship was given and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.As there were not enough life-boats for everybody,1500lives were lost.Lesson11Not guiltyGoing through the Customs is a tiresome business.The strangest thing about it is that really honest people are often made to feel guilty.The hardened professional smuggler,on the other hand,is never troubled by such feelings,even if he has five hundred gold watches hidden in his suitcase.When I returned from abroad recently,a particularly officious young Customs Officer clearly regarded me as a smuggler.'Have you anything to declare?'he asked,looking me in the eye.'No,'I answered confidently.'Would you mind unlocking this suitcase please?''Not at all,'I answered.The Officer went through the case with great care.All the things I had packed so carefully were soon in a dreadful mess.I felt sure I would never be able to close the case again.Suddenly,I saw the Officer's face light up.He had spotted a tiny bottle at the bottom of my case and he pounced on it with delight.'Perfume,eh?'he asked sarcastically.'You should have declared that.'Perfume is not exempt from import duty.''But it isn't perfume,'I said.'It's hair-oil.'Then I added with a smile,'It's a strange mixture I make myself.'As I expected,he did not believe me.'Try it!'I said encouragingly.The Officer unscrewed the cap and put the bottle to his nostrils.He was greeted by an unpleasant smell which convinced him that I was telling the truth.A few minutes later,I was able to hurry away with precious chalk-marks on my baggage.Lesson12Life on a desert islandMost of us have formed an unrealistic picture of life on a desert island.We sometimes imagine a desert island to be a sort of paradise where the sun always shines.Life there is simple and good.Ripe fruit falls from the trees and you never have to work.The other side of the picture is quite the opposite.Life on a desert island is wretched.You either starve to death or live like RobinsonCrusoe,waiting for a boat which never comes.Perhaps there is an element of truth in both these pictures,but few of us have had the opportunity to find out.Two men who recently spent five days on a coral island wished they had stayed there longer. They were taking a badly damaged boat from the Virgin Islands to Miami to have it repaired. During the journey,their boat began to sink.They quickly loaded a small rubber dinghy with food,matches,and tins of beer and rowed for a few miles across the Caribbean until they arrived at a tiny coral island.There were hardly any trees on the island and there was no water,but this did not prove to be a problem.The men collected rain-water in the rubber dinghy.As they had brought a spear gun with them,they had plenty to eat.They caught lobster and fish every day, and,as one of them put it'ate like kings'.When a passing tanker rescued them five days later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.Lesson13It It’’s only meAfter her husband had gone to work,Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom.She was too excited to do any housework that morning,for in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband.She intended to dress up as a ghost and as she had made her costume the night before,she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet,it was very effective.After putting it on,Mrs Richards went downstairs.She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room,there was a knock on the front door.She knew that it must be the baker.She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table.Not wanting to frighten the poor man,Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small store-room under the stairs.She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall.Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a man entered. Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter.She tried to explain the situation,saying'It's only me',but it was too late.The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces.When Mrs Richards walked towards him,he fled, slamming the door behind him.Lesson14A noble gangsterThere was a time when the owners of shop and businesses in Chicago had to pay large sums of money to gangsters in return for'protection'If the money was not paid promptly,the gangsters would quickly put a man out of business by destroying his shop.Obtaining'protechon money'is not a modern crime.As long ago as the fourteenth century,an Englishman,Sir John Hawkwood,made the remarkable discovery that people would rather pay large sums of money than have their life work destroyed by gangsters.Six hundred years ago,Sir John Hawkwood arrived in Italy with a band of soldiers and settled near Florence.He soon made a name for himself and came to be known to the Italians as Giovanni Acuto.Whenever the Italian city-states were at war with each other,Hawkwood used to hire his soldiers to princes who were willing to pay the high price he demanded.In times of peace,when business was bad,Hawkwood and his men would march into a city-state and,after burning down a few farms,would offer to go away if protection money was paid to them. Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way.In spite of this,the Italians regarded him asa sort of hero.When he died at the age of eighty,the Florentines gave him a state funeral and had a picture painted which was dedicated to the memory of'the most valiant soldier and most notable leader,Signor Giovanni Haukodue'.Lesson15Fifty pence worth of troubleChildren always appreciate small gifts of money.Father,of course,provides a regular supply of pocket-money,but uncles and aunts are always a source of extra income.With some children, small sums go a long way.If sixpences are not exchanged for sweets,they rattle for months inside money-boxes.Only very thrifty children manage to fill up a money-box.For most of them, sixpence is a small price to pay for a satisfying bar of chocolate.My nephew,George,has a money-box but it is always empty.Very few of the sixpences I have given him have found their way there.I gave him sixpence yesterday and advised him to save it.Instead,he bought himself sixpence worth of trouble.On his way to the sweet shop,he dropped his sixpence and it rolled along the pavement and then disappeared down a drain. George took offhis jacket,rolled up his sleeves and pushed his right arm through the drain cover.He could not find his sixpence anywhere,and what is more,he could not get his arm out.A crowd of people gathered round him and a lady rubbed his arm with soap and butter,but George was firmly stuck. The fire-brigade was called and two firemen freed George using a special type of grease.George was not too upset by his experience because the lady who owns the sweet shop heard about his troubles and rewarded him with a large box of chocolates.Lesson16Mary had a little lambMary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.One evening,however, the lamb was missing.The rope had been cut,so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen. When Dimitri came in from the fields,his wife told him what had happened.Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.After telling several of his friends about the theft,Dimitri found out that his neighbour,Aleko,had suddenly acquired a new lamb. Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his back-yard.It was true that he had just bought a lamb,he explained,but his lamb was black. Ashamed of having acted so rashly,Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped. When he went outside half an hour later,he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.Its wool,which had been dyed black,had been washed clean by the rain!Lesson17The longest suspension bridge in the worldVerrazano,an Italian about whom little is known,sailed into New York Harbour in1524and named it Angouleme.He described it as'a very agreeable situation located within two small hills in the midst of which flowed a great river.'Though Verrazano is by no means considered to be a great explorer,his name will probably remain immortal,for on November21st,1964,the greatest bridge in the world was named after him.The Verrazano Bridge,which was designed by Othmar Ammann,joins Brooklyn to Staten Island.It has a span of4260feet.The bridge is so long that the shape of the earth had to be taken into account by its designer.Two great towers support four huge cables.The towers are built on immense underwater platforms made of steel and concrete.The platforms extend to a depth of over100feet under the sea.These alone took sixteen months to build.Above the surface of the water,the towers rise to a height of nearly700feet.They support the cables from which the bridge has been suspended.Each of the four cables contains26,108lengths of wire. It has been estimated that if the bridge were packed with cars,it would still only be carrying a third of its total capacity.However,size and strength are not the only important things about this bridge.Despite its immensity,it is both simple and elegant,fulfilling its designer's dream to create'an enormous object drawn as faintly as possible'.Lesson18Electric currents in modern artModern sculpture rarely surprises us any more.The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken.Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.Strange forms stand in gardens,and outside buildings and shops.We have got quite used to them.Some so-called'modern'pieces have been on display for nearly fifty years.In spite of this,some people--including myself--were surprised by a recent exhibition of modern sculpture.The first thing I saw when I entered the art gallery was a notice which said: 'Do not touch the exhibits.Some of them are dangerous!'The objects on display were pieces of moving sculpture.Oddly shaped forms that are suspended from the ceiling and move in response to a gust of wind are quite familiar to everybody.These objects,however,were different.Lined up against the wall,there were long thin wires attached to metal spheres.The spheres had been magnetized and attracted or repelled each other all the time.In the centre of the hall,there were a number of tall structures which contained coloured lights.These lights flickered continuously like traffic lights which have gone mad.Sparks were emitted from small black boxes and red lamps flashed on and off angrily.It was rather like an exhibition of prehistoric electronic equipment.These Peculiar forms not only seemed designed to shock people emotionally,but to give them electric shocks as well!Lesson19A very dear catKidnappers are rarely interested in Animals,but they recently took considerable interest in Mrs Eleanor Ramsay's cat.Mrs Eleanor Ramsay,a very wealthy old lady,has shared a flat with her cat,Rastus,for a great many years.Rastus leads an orderly life.He usually takes a short walk in the evenings and is always home by seven o'clock.One evening,however,he failed to arrive.Mrs Ramsay got very worried.She looked everywhere for him but could not find him.Three day after Rastus'disappearance,Mrs Ramsay received an anonymous letter.The writer stated that Rastus was in safe hands and would be returned immediately if Mrs Ramsay paid a ransom of&1000.Mrs Ramsay was instructed to place the money in a cardboard box and to leave it outside her door.At first,she decided to go to the police,but fearing that she would never see Rastus again--the letter had made that quite clear--she changed her mind.She drew &1000from her bank and followed the kidnapper's instructions.The next morning,the box had disappeared but Mrs Ramsay was sure that the kidnapper would keep his word.Sure enough, Rastus arrived punctually at seven o'clock that evening.He looked very well,though he was rather thirsty,for he drank half a bottle of milk.The police were astounded when Mrs Ramsay told them what she haddone.She explained that Rastus was very dear to her.Considering the amount she paid,he was dear in more ways than one!Lesson20Pioneer pilotsIn1908Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of&1000to the first man who would fly across the English Channel.Over a year passed before the first attempt was made.On July19th,1909,in the early morning,Hubert Latham took off from the French coast in his plane the'Antoinette IV'. Hehad travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed and he was forced to land on the sea.The'Antoinette'floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a ship.Two days later,Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called'No.XI'.Bleriot had been making planes since1905and this was his latest model.A week before,he had completed a successful overland flight during which he covered twenty-six tham,however did not give up easily.He,too,arrived near Calais on the same day with a new'Antonette'.It looks as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel.Both planes were going to take off on July 25th,but Latham failed to get up early enough.After making a short test flight at4.15a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour later.His great flight lasted thirty seven minutes.When he landed near Dover,the first person to greet him was a local tham made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover,but he was unlucky again.His engine failed and he landed on the sea for the second time.Lesson21Daniel MendozaBoxing matches were very popular in England two hundred years ago.In those days,boxers fought with bare fists for Prize money.Because of this,they were known as'prize-fighters'. However,boxing was very crude,for there were no rules and a prize-fighter could be seriously injured or even killed during a match.One of the most colourful figures in boxing history was Daniel Mendoza who was born in 1764.The use of gloves was not introduced until1860when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set Of rules.Though he was technically a prize-fighter,Mendoza did much to change crude prize-fighting into a sport,for he brought science to the game.In his day,Mendoza enjoyed tremendous popularity.He was adored by rich and poor alike.Mendoza rose to fame swiftly after a boxing-match when he was only fourteen years old.This attracted the attention of Richard Humphries who was then the most eminent boxer in England.He offered to train。

（美音版）新概念英语第三册：Lesson 4 Thedouble life of AlfredLesson 4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿尔弗雷德.布洛格斯的双重生活Listen to the tape then answer the question below.听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Why did Alf want a white-collar job?为什么阿尔弗想要得到一个白领工作？These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出很多。

People who work in offices are frequently referred to as'white-collar workers' for the simple reason that theyusually wear a collar and tie to go to work.坐办公室的之所以常常被称作“白领工人”，就是因为他们通常是穿着硬领白衬衫，系着领带去上班。

Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white-collar workers.很多人常常情愿放弃较高的薪水以换取做白领工人的殊荣，此乃人之常情。

This can give rise to curious situations, as it did inthe case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation.而这常常会引起种种奇怪的现象，在埃尔斯米尔公司当清洁工的艾尔弗雷德.布洛斯就是一个例子。

新概念英语第三册逐句精讲:第4课The double life of Alfred BloggsLesson4 The double life of Alfred Bloggs阿尔弗雷德•布洛格斯的双重生活新概念3课文内容：These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices. People who work in offices are frequently referred to as' white collar workers' for the simple reason that they usually wear a collar and tie to go to work. Such is human nature, that a great many people are often willing to sacrifice higher pay for the privilege of becoming white collar workers. This can give rise to curious situations, as it did in the case of Alfred Bloggs who worked as a dustman for the Ellesmere Corporation. When he got married, Alf was too embarrassed to say anything to his wifeabout his job. He simply told her that he worked for the Corporation. Every morning, he left home dressed in a smart black suit. He then changed into overalls and spent the next eight hours as a dustman. Before returning home at night, he took a shower and changed backinto his suit. Alf did this for over two years and his fellow dustmen kept his secret. AlF's wife has never discovered that she married a dustman and she never will, for Alf has just found another job. Hewill soon be working in an office. He will be earning only half as much as he used to, but he feels that his rise in status is wellworth the loss of money. From now on, he will wear a suit all day and others will call him 'Mr Bloggs', not 'Alf'.新概念英语3逐句精讲：1.These days, people who do manual work often receive far more money than people who work in offices.如今，从事体力劳动的人的收入一般要比坐办公室的人高出许多。