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青少版新概念2A-2B 课文文本 Unit 1-30Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen!Where are you?KAREN: I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit.I'm waiting for you,and I'm having acup of coffee.KAREN: Where are you,and what are you doing? LINDA: I'm in the Baggage Hall.I'm waiting for my suitcase.LINDA: Ah, I can see it!It's coming round now!There it is!LINDA: Oh, Karen!Is Paul with you?KAREN: Yes, of course he is.He's standing here beside me.I'm giving him my phone now. KAREN: Here you are, Paul!Talk to your mother! PAUL: Hello, Mum!LINDA: Hello, Paul!I've got my suitcase,and I'm coming out now!Unit 2： Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER: My name's Tom French.I'm speaking to youfrom the ExCel Centrein London'sDocklands.We are visitingthis year'sMarathon Expo.REPORTER: This is the Trade Fairof the London Marathon.It's very noisy!There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here.REPORTER: This is a big international event.But it's like a village!People are talking and laughing like old friends.REPORTER: I'm standingwith one of thecompetitors.Let me introduce PaulBruce.Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't it?PAUL: Yes, it is.REPORTER: Are you looking forward toSunday? PAUL: Yes, I am.REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul! Good luck on Sunday!Unit 3JACK: That's strange.What's this note in my pocket?It isn't mine.Is it yours, Daisy?DAISY:No, it isn't mine.Let me see.Oh, it belongs to Paul.The handwriting is his.JACK: So why is it in my pocket?DAISY: I don't know.It looks like Paul's 'to-do' list.Let me read it.JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy.Yes, it is Paul's, isn't it?DAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.Unit 4： The top three percentVOLUNTEER: Congratulations!Two hours and fifty-nineminutes.• That's fantastic!What's your name? PAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce.VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul!How are you feeling? PAUL: I'm OK. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket.Put it on.You mustn't get cold.PAUL:Yes. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred andseventy-nine minutes!Paul, you're a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: Now, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. It's yours!VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousand runnersin this race, and you're in the top threepercent!Congratulations!Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum.It's about ants. KAREN: Ants?Why are you looking up ants? ROBERT: Why not?Ants are really interesting. They do really interesting things.KAREN: What kind of things?ROBERT: Well, they usually livein dry places.But they can surviveunder water for two weeks. KAREN: Really?ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this?Ants always stretch their legsin the morning.KAREN: You're joking!ROBERT: NO, really!KAREN: DO they usually yawnin the morning, too? ROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do!Unit 6：An elegant sizePOLLY: You're looking very eleganttoday, Annie! ANNIE: Yes, I'm on my wayto my accountant's.I always put on a nice outfitfor him.SO I'm going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, Annie?ANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town.But today I'm going by bus.It's my shoes, you see.POLLY: Your shoes?ANNIE: Yes, my shoes.They're size six.POLLY: They're perfect with your outfit.ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too.ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon. I can't walk in theseshoes before lunch.ANNIE: But I can't walk in them in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon.Unit 7： A good exampleROBERT: How about this, Dad?'Twenty-two percent ofpeople in Britain never eatbreakfast.’‘Sixteen percent eat breakfastat work.' WILLIAM: It's true.My assistant has her breakfastat work every day.It's a waste of time, really.KAREN: Poor girl!She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friendsnearly every night.Then she gets up late,and rushes to work late.WILLIAM: Then she has breakfastat her desk!It doesn't look good.KAREN: She works late twice a week,too. WILLIAM: Well, we all do that.Goodness, is that the time?WILLIAM: I must rush.KAREN: But what about your breakfast? WILLIAM: That's all right.I can get some breakfastat work.Unit 8： A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now,Paul?PAUL: I'm going to take it easythis morning!Then I'm going to meet Clairefor lunch.MR. FORD: Where? Here in Barnet?PAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurantin Canary Wharf.Her mother recommends it.MR. FORD: Very nice.Have a good lunch.Eat a double portion of rice.You need the carbohydrate.MR. FORD: And have a dessert.Why not have two desserts?But no alcohol, of course!Have a nice quiet afternoon.PAUL: We're going to walkalong the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk.And walk today—don't run!PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch.Unit 9： Do your own thingsPAUL: It's going to be a very early starton Sunday morning, Claire.We're going to leave homeat about 5.30. CLAIRL: 5.30! That is early!PAUL: So what do you want to do?Do you want tocome with us, or not?CLAIRE: I'm not sure, Paul. What do you want me to do?PAUL: I want you to do your own thing.You can come to the National Stadium with the team.CLAIRE: But what are you going to do there? PAUL: You can't come with usinto the Red Zone.And I don't want you to get bored,on your own all day.CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul!The National Athletics Championshipsare a photographer's dream!What am I going to do?I'm going to takehundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrow's another day!Do you remember Nina?She's a fashion model.She usually works with Daisy,but she works with other photographers, too.Her jobs take her all over the world.She often stays in expensive hotels.Her life seems very glamorous.But she often feels lonely.Nina isn't feeling lonely this evening.She's sitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends,and they're having a good gossip.The bar is becoming very noisy.Nina is laughing. She's having a really good time. Why can't things be like this every evening?That's an interesting question!This idea is a new one. Nina mustthink about her life. She's going tothink about it in the morning.But just now, she's having a good time.Nina's going to make a decision tomorrow —but tomorrow's another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris.I'm going to Paris first thing tomorrow.I want to meet with him at 8 o'clock.Can you set it up, please?And can you get me some coffee?ANNA: Yes, sir. Straightaway.Paris! Again!He was in Paris last week!JANEY: Wasn't he in Washington last week?ANNA: No, he was in Washingtonthe week before last.Some people have all the luck!Yes, I know.I want to travel,but I'm always here at my desk.I was here yesterday.I was here the day before yesterday.ANEY: We're going to be here tomorrow,and the day after tomorrow ...ANNA: And next week, and next month!JACK: Anna, Janey, I'M sorry for you both.But we all have our troubles in life.And I'm looking forward to my coffee.Unit 12: The London busThe new buses in London are just 'buses'.They aren't 'London buses'. The real 'London bus' was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic.Were Routemasters really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very safe — but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic. Modern buses are safe, but they are slow. Passengershate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time.The first Routemasters were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006. That was some years ago.Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott. The new buses don't have a name. How can we love them ?Unit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records ofinternational running events in the lastfifty years. Before 1980, the winnersof distance races were usually fromNorth America and Europe. Therewere some winners from othercountries, but there weren't verymany of them. There were no Africannames among the winners then, butthings are very different now.Today, the stars of the race track arethe Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are anAfrican people from the borders ofNorth West Kenya and Ethiopia. Theirhomeland is a hot, dry plateau, about2,500 metres above sea level.Thesepeople are natural athletes. They havelong, thin legs. Their heart rate isunusually slow. There are only threemillion of them.Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And it's not just the men.A few years ago, there weren't any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Unit 14: Chocolate heavenLUCY: I'm going out, Mum.Please can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend,but we didn't have any chocolate.And we didn't have much chocolatethe weekend before last.KAREN: You and your chocolate!OK. But you must share itwith everyone else!LUCY: I'm back. Mum!These are the chocolates!They didn't have any nice boxesat the supermarket.These chocolates arefromMarconi's.They're really special.ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isn't it?Why does a fancy boxmake it special?KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 'This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa. Marconi'schocolate uses only pure cocoa butter.There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconi's chocolate.'Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels differentin your mouth. Chocolate heaven is expensive. Itfeels different in your pocket, too!Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me!DAISY: Welcome home, Jack!Did you have a good trip?JACK: It was OK.But it was all about babies and food! DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: Two.Marcel's deputy had a babytwo months ago.And Pierre's secretaryis going to have a baby in June.JACK: They have nine monthsoff work each time! DAISY: Well, it happens.That's life!JACK: True.JACK: And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn't want a three-hour lunch, butlunch is a serious business in Paris.DAISY: Yes, it is.I like the French attitude to food.It's very civilised.JACK: I agree with you, Daisy.They're nice people.They're also very efficient.JACK: But how do they do it?How do they have timefor a civilised lifeand for work as well?It's a mystery to me!Unit 16: What’s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen? KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly. KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town. KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys. KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend.We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys.I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere.WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger.William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. Themother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo. Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily with its back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gaveme my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I need to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another.At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry. Read the label! Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLLY: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie? ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLLY: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'.ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLLY: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it.And I hung it outside the kitchen window. POLLY: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate all the nuts. Thesquirrel's tummy became enormous. ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLLY: The next day, I went into the kitchen. Whatdid I see?A dead squirrel in my bird feeder,outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLLY: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop.They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLLY: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina: I want to tell you something,Daisy: What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot.I'm going to get an ordinary jobin an office.Daisy : But why, Nina? You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now. But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job, I'll work regular hours. I'll go home in the evening.NINA: I'll cook beautiful mealsand eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bed every night. NINA: And maybe, one day, I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together. It'll be wonderful!Unit 21： The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine,and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Dane at the London Weather Centre,Carla.WEAT: Thanks John, and good morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry.But all that will change in the next few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain.Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days.Some of them will be heavy.Temperatures will riseto 12 degrees Celsius in the day. Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius.It will feel cold over the hills.And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's- warm,wet and windy.And that'syour weather forecast.Back to John at the studio.Unit 22 I always behave myselfLUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go.There'll be another one next Friday night.Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance?LUCY: It'll be a school event.There will be some French student,but there won't be anyoutsiders.And our teachers will be there, too WILLIAM: That sounds reasonable.What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last?LUCY: For two and a half hours.It'll finish at 10. WILLIAM: All right, Lucy.Your mother will take youthere,and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gatesat 10 o'clock sharp.Is that clear?LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks;WILLIAM: And Lucy,you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall … and quite s triking!DAISY: ….... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send meyour New Faces file?.......CLEO: Of course. Daisy.I’11 send a messenger. CLBO: How far is it to your housefrom here? DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far. You'll have the picturesby two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young. One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture.Is there anyone special? CLEO: That's Sandy.She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that?Just a moment…OK, it's about five foot eleven.That's very tall. CLBO: Yes, she's quite striking. I'll send the file now. DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out.Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountain in the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest riverin the world? LUCY: I'm not sure.Is it the Nile, or the Amazon? ROBERT: It's the Nile.I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longerthan the Amazon.LUCY: Is it?ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers.It isn't obvious, is it?LUCY: No. It's a good question.ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density?LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know! Australia? ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent, and it has only six people to the square mile.But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'!Unit 25 Karen saves some moneyKAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William?The one on the right, or the one on the left?WILLIAM: They're both the same.They're both the same size.They're both the same colour.And they're both the samestyle.KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the otheris made of microfibre.The microfibre one is cheaper than the linenone.WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen? KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one. It isn't as expensive as the linen one.WILLIAM: Are you sure?I can't tell the difference, but you can.I want you to be happy with it. KAREN: That's OK.I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy!English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent,Geography excellent……Everything is excellent!LUCY: I know!Vikki's report is alwaysbetter than mine. FLORA: And your report is alwaysbetter than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look!‘Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke!Of course I try hard.But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert?ROBERT: A little. Why?LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week. ROBERT: How much do you want?LUCY: Just a few pounds.Well, ten pounds, actually. ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money?We both get the same every month. LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money atthe beginning of the month.LUCY: I know!And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! I'll pay you back on Saturday. ROBERT: All right then.But only for a few days. LUCY: Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these postersin your room. Lucy?LUCY: Because I like them.ROBERT: Look at that big face!It's silly.Why did you put it on the ceiling?LUCY: Because I like it.ROBERT: Who's this, anyway?LUCY: It's Jonno.He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly.LUCY: No, it isn't!LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang.She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the cleverest.LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy! She's just someoneina computer game.ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real!She doesn't even exist! ROBERT: She does.She's as real as Jonno any day! Unit 29 No one’s better than Paul!CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. Linda. He comes first in everything.LINDA: He was always a strong runner.CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race.But Paul ran the fastest.He was 15 seconds fasterthan his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there?CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed. CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped 1.49 metres.That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others.CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone .He broke hispersonal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are.But no one's betterthan our Paul! Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazinethis week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you?I'll give you the money for that.How much did you pay for it? ROBERT: It cost £3.70 (three pounds seventy)] WILLIAM: Here you are.I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in itabout a giant squid.It's on showat the Natural History Museum. ROBERT: It’s 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That’s as long as a London bus!ROBERT: I know.Its eyes are as big as plates,and its suckersare at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad?WILLIAM: Yes. of course.We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

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“天啊，”她说，“你总是起得这么晚吗？现在已经1点钟了！”Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片How many cards did the writer send？Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer，I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines，but I did not understand a word. Everyday I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly，but I did not send cards to my friends. On the last day I made a big decision. I got up early and bought thirty-seven cards. I spent the whole day in my room，but I did not write a single card！New words and expressions 生词和短语send v. 寄，送postcard n. 明信片spoil v. 使索然无味，损坏museum n. 博物馆public adj. 公共的friendly adj. 友好的waiter n. 服务员，招待员lend v. 借给decision n. 决定whole adj. 整个的single adj. 唯一的，单一的参考译文明信片总搅得我假日不得安宁。

青少版新概念2A-2B 课文文本 Unit 1-30Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen!Where are you?KAREN: I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit.I'm waiting for you,andI'm having a cup of coffee.KAREN: Where are you,and what are you doing? LINDA: I'm in the Baggage Hall.I'm waiting for my suitcase.LINDA: Ah, I can see it!It's coming round now!There it is!LINDA: Oh, Karen!Is Paul with you?KAREN: Yes, of course he is.He's standing here beside me.I'm giving him my phone now. KAREN: Here you are, Paul!Talk to your mother! PAUL: Hello, Mum!LINDA: Hello, Paul!I've got my suitcase,and I'm coming out now!Unit 2： Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER: My name's Tom French.I'm speaking to youfrom the ExCel Centrein London'sDocklands.We are visitingthis year'sMarathon Expo.REPORTER: This is the Trade Fairof the London Marathon.It's very noisy!There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here.REPORTER: This is a big international event.But it's like a village!People are talking and laughing like old friends.REPORTER: I'm standingwith one of thecompetitors.Let me introduce PaulBruce.Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't it?PAUL: Yes, it is.REPORTER: Are you looking forward toSunday?PAUL: Yes, I am.REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul! Good luck on Sunday!Unit 3JACK: That's strange.What's this note in my pocket?It isn't mine.Is it yours, Daisy?DAISY:No, it isn't mine.Let me see.Oh, it belongs to Paul.The handwriting is his.JACK: So why is it in my pocket?DAISY: I don't know.It looks like Paul's 'to-do' list.Let me read it.JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy.Yes, it is Paul's, isn't it?DAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.Unit 4： The top three percentVOLUNTEER: Congratulations!Two hours and fifty-nineminutes.•That's fantastic!What's your name?PAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce.VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul!How are you feeling? PAUL: I'm OK. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket. Put it on.You mustn't get cold.PAUL:Yes. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred andseventy-nine minutes!Paul, you're a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: Now, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. It's yours!VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousandrunners in this race, and you're inthe top threepercent!Congratulations!Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum.It's about ants.KAREN: Ants?Why are you looking up ants? ROBERT: Why not?Ants are really interesting.They do really interesting things. KAREN: What kind of things?ROBERT: Well, they usually livein dry places.But they can surviveunder waterfor two weeks.KAREN: Really?ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this?Ants always stretch their legsin the morning.KAREN: You're joking!ROBERT: NO, really!KAREN: DO they usually yawnin the morning, too? ROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do!Unit 6：An elegant sizePOLLY: You're looking very eleganttoday, Annie! ANNIE: Yes, I'm on my wayto my accountant's.I always put on a nice outfitfor him.SO I'm going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, Annie?ANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town.But today I'm going by bus.It's my shoes, you see. POLLY: Your shoes?ANNIE: Yes, my shoes.They're size six.POLLY: They're perfect with your outfit. ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too.ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon. I can'twalk in these shoes before lunch. ANNIE: But I can't walk in them in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon.Unit 7： A good exampleROBERT: How about this, Dad?'Twenty-two percent ofpeople in Britain never eatbreakfast.’‘Sixteen percent eat breakfastat work.' WILLIAM: It's true.My assistant has her breakfastat work every day.It's a waste of time, really. KAREN: Poor girl!She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friendsnearly every night.Then she gets up late,and rushes to work late.WILLIAM: Then she has breakfastat her desk!Itdoesn't look good.KAREN: She works late twice a week,too. WILLIAM: Well, we all do that.Goodness, is that the time?WILLIAM: I must rush.KAREN: But what about your breakfast?WILLIAM: That's all right.I can get some breakfastat work.Unit 8： A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now,Paul? PAUL: I'm going to take it easythis morning!Then I'm going to meet Clairefor lunch. MR. FORD: Where? Here in Barnet?PAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurantin Canary Wharf.Her mother recommends it.MR. FORD: Very nice.Have a good lunch.Eat a double portion of rice.You need the carbohydrate.MR. FORD: And have a dessert.Why not have two desserts?But no alcohol, of course!Have a nice quiet afternoon.PAUL: We're going to walkalong the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk.And walk today—don't run!PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch.Unit 9： Do your own thingsPAUL: It's going to be a very early starton Sunday morning, Claire.We're going to leave homeat about 5.30. CLAIRL: 5.30! That is early!PAUL: So what do you want to do?Do you want to come with us, or not?CLAIRE: I'm not sure, Paul. What do you want me to do?PAUL: I want you to do your own thing.You can come to the National Stadium with the team. CLAIRE: But what are you going to do there? PAUL: You can't come with usinto the Red Zone.And I don't want you to get bored,on your own all day.CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul!The National Athletics Championshipsare a photographer's dream!What am I going to do?I'm going to takehundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrow's another day!Do you remember Nina?She's a fashion model.She usually works with Daisy,but she works with other photographers, too.Her jobs take her all over the world.She often stays in expensive hotels.Her life seems very glamorous.But she often feels lonely.Nina isn't feeling lonely this evening.She's sitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends,and they're having a good gossip.The bar is becoming very noisy.Nina is laughing. She's having a really good time. Why can't things be like this every evening?That's an interesting question!This idea is a new one. Nina mustthink about herlife.She's going tothink about it in the morning.But just now, she's having a good time.Nina's going to make a decision tomorrow —but tomorrow's another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris. I'm going to Paris first thing tomorrow.I want to meet with him at 8 o'clock.Can you set it up, please?And can you get me some coffee?ANNA: Yes, sir. Straightaway.Paris! Again!He was in Paris last week!JANEY: Wasn't he in Washington last week? ANNA: No, he was in Washingtonthe week before last.Some people have all the luck!Yes, I know.I want to travel,but I'm always here at my desk.I was here yesterday.I was here the day before yesterday.ANEY: We're going to be here tomorrow,and theday after tomorrow ...ANNA: And next week, and next month!JACK: Anna, Janey, I'M sorry for you both.But we all have our troubles in life.And I'm looking forward to my coffee.Unit 12: The London busThe new buses in London are just 'buses'.They aren't 'London buses'. The real 'London bus' was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic.Were Routemasters really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very safe —but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic.Modern buses are safe, but they are slow. Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time.The first Routemasters were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006. That wassome years ago.Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott.The new buses don't have a name. How can we love them ?Unit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records ofinternational running events in the lastfifty years. Before 1980, the winnersof distance races were usually fromNorth America and Europe. Therewere some winners from othercountries, but there weren't verymany of them. There were no Africannames among the winners then, butthings are very different now.Today, the stars of the race track arethe Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are anAfrican people from the borders ofNorth West Kenya and Ethiopia. Theirhomeland is a hot, dry plateau, about2,500 metres above sea level. Thesepeople are natural athletes. They havelong, thin legs. Their heartrate isunusually slow. There are only threemillion of them.Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance25 races. And it's not just the men.A few years ago, there weren't any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Unit 14: Chocolate heavenLUCY: I'm going out, Mum.Please can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend,but we didn't have any chocolate.And we didn't have much chocolatethe weekend before last.KAREN: You and your chocolate!OK. But you must share itwith everyone else!LUCY: I'm back. Mum!These are the chocolates!They didn't have any nice boxesat the supermarket.These chocolatesarefrom Marconi's.They're really special. ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isn't it?Why does a fancy boxmake it special?KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 'This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa.Marconi's chocolate uses only pure cocoabutter.There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconi's chocolate.'Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feelsdifferent in your mouth. Chocolate heaven isexpensive. It feels different in your pocket,too!Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me!DAISY: Welcome home, Jack!Did you have a good trip?JACK: It was OK.But it was all about babies and food!DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: Two.Marcel's deputy had a babytwo months ago.And Pierre's secretaryis going to have a baby in June.JACK: They have nine monthsoff work each time! DAISY: Well, it happens.That's life!JACK: True.JACK: And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn't want a three-hourlunch, but lunch is a serious business inParis.DAISY: Yes, it is.I like the French attitude to food.It's very civilised.JACK: I agree with you, Daisy.They're nice people.They're also very efficient.JACK: But how do they do it?How do they have timefor a civilised lifeand for work as well?It's a mystery to me!Unit 16: What’s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen? KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town. KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys. KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend.We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys.I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere.WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger.William, 'Silliness' is my middle name! Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo.Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily with its back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, becauseI did my piano practice before school.Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went forthe bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I need to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another.At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It'schemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLLY: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie? ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLLY: Well, I bought it because of the label.It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'. ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLLY: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it.And I hung it outside the kitchen window. POLLY: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate allthe nuts. The squirrel's tummy becameenormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLLY: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see?A dead squirrel in my bird feeder,outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLLY: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. ThenI took it back to the shop.They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLLY: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina: I want to tell you something,Daisy: What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot.I'm going to get an ordinary jobin an office.Daisy : But why, Nina? You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now. But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job, I'll work regular hours. I'll go home in the evening.NINA: I'll cook beautiful mealsand eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bed everynight.NINA: And maybe, one day, I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together. It'll be wonderful!Unit 21： The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine,and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Dane at the London Weather Centre,Carla.WEAT: Thanks John, and good morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry.But all that will change in the next few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain.Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days.Some of them will be heavy.Temperatures will riseto 12 degrees Celsius in the day.Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius.It will feel cold over the hills.And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's- warm,wet and windy.And that'syour weather forecast.Back to John at the studio.Unit 22 I always behave myselfLUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go.There'll be another one next Friday night.Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance?LUCY: It'll be a school event.There will be some French student,but there won't beany outsiders.And our teachers will bethere, tooWILLIAM: That sounds reasonable.What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last?LUCY: For two and a half hours.It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy.Your mother will take you there,and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gatesat 10 o'clock sharp.Is that clear?LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks;WILLIAM: And Lucy,you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall … and quite s triking!DAISY: ….... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send meyour New Faces file?.......CLEO: Of course. Daisy.I’11 send a messenger. CLBO: How far is it to your housefrom here? DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far. You'll have the picturesby two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young. One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture.Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy.She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that?Just a moment…OK, it's about five foot eleven.That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite striking. I'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out.Can I try it out on you, please? LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountain in the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest riverin the world? LUCY: I'm not sure.Is it the Nile, or the Amazon?ROBERT: It's the Nile.I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longerthan the Amazon.LUCY: Is it?ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers.It isn't obvious, is it?LUCY: No. It's a good question.ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density?LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know! Australia? ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent, and it has only six people to the square mile.But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'! Unit 25 Karen saves some moneyKAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer,William?The one on the right, or the one on the left?WILLIAM: They're both the same.They're both the same size.They're both the same colour.And they're both the samestyle.KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the otheris made of microfibre.The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one.WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen? KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one. It isn't as expensive as the linen one.WILLIAM: Are you sure?I can't tell the difference,but you can.I want you to be happy with it. KAREN: That's OK.I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to gowith it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy!English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent,Geography excellent……Everything is excellent!LUCY: I know!Vikki's report is alwaysbetter than mine.FLORA: And your report is alwaysbetter than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora. FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look!‘Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke!Of course I try hard.But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert?ROBERT: A little. Why?LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week. ROBERT: How much do you want?LUCY: Just a few pounds.Well, ten pounds, actually.ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money?We both get the same every month. LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month.LUCY: I know!And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: All right then.But only for a few days. LUCY: Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these postersin your room. Lucy?LUCY: Because I like them.ROBERT: Look at that big face!It's silly.Why did you put it on the ceiling?LUCY: Because I like it.ROBERT: Who's this, anyway?LUCY: It's Jonno.He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly.LUCY: No, it isn't!LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang.She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the cleverest.LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy! She's just someonein a computer game.ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real!She doesn't even exist! ROBERT: She does.She's as real as Jonno any day! Unit 29 No one’s better than Paul!CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. Linda. He comes first in everything.LINDA: He was always a strong runner.CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race.But Paul ran the fastest.He was 15 seconds fasterthan his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there?CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed. CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped 1.49 metres.That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others.CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone .He broke hispersonal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are.But no one's betterthan our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazinethis week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you?I'll give you the money for that.How much did you pay for it? ROBERT: It cost £ 3.70 (three pounds seventy)] WILLIAM: Here you are.I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in itabout a giant squid.It's on showat the Natural History Museum. ROBERT: It’s 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That’s as long as a London bus!ROBERT: I know.Its eyes are as big as plates,and its suckersare at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad?WILLIAM: Yes. of course.We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

青少版新概念2B课文文本Un it 16-30Unit 16: What' s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend. We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys. I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere. WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger- William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo. Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily withits back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I needed to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another. At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLL Y: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLL Y: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'. ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLL Y: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it. And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLL Y: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate all the nuts. The squirrel's tummy became enormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLL Y: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see? A dead squirrel in my bird feeder, outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLL Y: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop. They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLL Y: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina; I want to tell you something,Daisy; What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot.I'm going to get an ordinary jobin an office.Daisy : But why, Nina?You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now.But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job,I'll work regular hours.I'll go home in the eveningNINA: I'll cook beautiful mealsand eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bedevery night.NINA: And maybe, one day,I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together.It'll be wonderful!Unit 21：The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine,and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Daneat the London Weather Centre.Carla.WEATHER FORECASTER: Thanks John, and go morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry. But all that will change in thenext few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain. Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days. Some of them will be heavy. Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius in the day. Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius. It will feel cold over the hills. And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's-warm,wet and windy.And that's your weather forecast. Back to John at the studio. Unit 22 I always behave myself LUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go. There'll be another one next Friday night.Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance? LUCY: It'll be a school event.There will be some French student but there won't be any outsiders. And our teachers will be there, too WILLIAM: That sounds reasonable.What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last? LUCY: For two and a half hours.It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy.Your mother will take you there, and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gates at 10 o'clock sharp. Is that clear? LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks; WILLIAM: And Lucy, you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall …and quite striki ng!DAISY: ... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send me your New Faces file?CLEO: Of course. Daisy.I'11 send a messenger.CLBO: HOW far is it to your house.from here?DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far.You'll have the pictures by two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young.One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture.Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy.She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that?Just a mome nt …OK, it's about five foot eleven. That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite strikingI'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out. Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountainin the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest riverin the world?LUCY: I'm not sure.Is it the Nile, or the Amazon? ROBERT: It's the Nile.I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longer than the Amazon. LUCY: IS it? ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers.It isn't obvious, is it? LUCY: No. It's a good question. ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density? LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know!Australia?ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent,and it has only six people to the square mile. But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'! Unit 25 Karen saves some money KAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William? The one on the right, or the one on the left? WILLIAM: They're both the same.They're both the same sizeThey're both the same colour.And they're both the same style. KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the other is made of microfibre. The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one. WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen? KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one.It isn't as expensive as the linen one. WILLIAM: Are you sure?I can't tell the difference, but you can.I want you to be happy with it. KAREN: That's OK.I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy!English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent,Geography excellentEverything is excellent!LUCY: I know!Vikki's report is always better than mine.FLORA: And your report is always better than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look!‘ Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke!Of course I try hard.But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27 Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert? ROBERT: A little. Why? LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week.ROBERT: HOW much do you want? LUCY: Just a few pounds.Well, ten pounds, actually.ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money? We both get the same every month. LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month. LUCY: I know! And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! ,I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: LUCY:All right then.But only for a few days.Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these postersin your room. Lucy? LUCY: Because I like them. ROBERT: Look at that big face!It's silly.Why did you put it on the ceiling? LUCY: Because I like it. ROBERT: Who's this, anyway? LUCY: It's Jonno.He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly. LUCY: No, it isn't! LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang.She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the eleverest. LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy!She's just someone in a computer game. ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real! She doesn't even exist!ROBERT: She does.She's as real as Jonno any day! Unit 29 No one's better than Paul! CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. LindaHe comes first in everything. LINDA: He was always a strong runner. CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race. But Paul ran the fastest. He was 15 seconds faster than his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there?CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed.CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped metres. That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others. CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone . He broke his personal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are.But no one's better than our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazine this week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you?I'll give you the money for that. How much did you pay for it?ROBERT: It cost £ (three pounds seventy)] WILLIAM: Here you are.I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in itabout a giant squid.It's on showat the Natural History Museum. ROBERT: It 's 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That ' s as long a sLondon bus! ROBERT: I know.Its eyes are as big as plates, and its suckers are at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad? WILLIAM: Yes. of course.We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

青少版新概念2A 课文文本Unit 1-15Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen! Where are you?KAREN: I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit. I'm waiting for you, and I'm having a cup of coffee. KAREN: Where are you, and what are you doing? LINDA: I'm in the Baggage Hall. I'm waiting for my suitcase.LINDA: Ah, I can see it! It's coming round now! There it is!LINDA: Oh, Karen! Is Paul with you?KAREN: Yes, of course he is. He's standing here beside me. I'm giving him my phone now.KAREN: Here you are, Paul! Talk to your mother! PAUL: Hello, Mum! LINDA: Hello, Paul! I've got my suitcase, and I'm coming out now!Unit 2：Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER: My name's Tom French. I'm speaking to you from the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands. We are visiting this year's Marathon Expo.REPORTER: This is the Trade Fair of the London Marathon. It's very noisy! There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here. REPORTER: This is a big international event. But it's like a village! People are talking and laughing like old friends.REPORTER: I'm standing with one of the competitors. Let me introduce Paul Bruce. Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't it?PAUL: Yes, it is.1REPORTER: Are you looking forward to Sunday? PAUL: Yes, I am. REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul!Unit 3JACK: That's strange. What's this note in my pocket? It isn't mine. Is it yours, Daisy? No, it isn't mine. Let me see. Oh, it belongs to Paul. The handwriting is his. So why is it in my pocket? I don't know. It looks like Paul's 'to-do' list. Let me read it.JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy. Yes, it is Paul's, isn't it? DAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.JACK: But why on earth is it in my pocket?Unit 4：The top three percentVOLUNTEER: Congratulations! Two hours and fifty-nine minutes. ? That's fantastic! What's your name? PAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce. VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul! How are you feeling? PAUL: I'm OK. Thanks. Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket. Put it on. You mustn't get cold. Yes. Thanks. VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred and2seventy-nine minutes! Paul, you're a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: NOW, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. It's yours!VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousand runners in this race, and you're in the top three percent! Congratulations!Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum. It's about ants. KAREN: Ants? Why are you looking up ants? ROBERT: Why not? Ants are really interesting. They do really interesting things.KAREN: What kind of things?ROBERT: Well, they usually live in dry places. But they can survive under water for two weeks. KAREN: Really? ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this? Ants always stretch their legs in the morning.KAREN: You're joking! ROBERT: NO, really!KAREN: DO they usually yawn in the morning, too? ROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do!Unit 6：An elegant sizePOLLY: You're looking very elegant today, Annie! ANNIE: Yes, I'm on my way to my accountant's. I always put on a nice outfit for him.ANNIE: SO I'm going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, Annie?ANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town. But today I'm going by bus. IT's my shoes, you see.POLLY: Your shoes?ANNIE: Yes, my shoes. They're size six.POLLY: They're perfect with your outfit.ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too.ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon. I can't walk in these shoes before lunch.ANNIE: But I can't walk in them in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon.POLLY: What do you mean?Unit 7：A good example3ROBERT: HOW about this, Dad? 'Twenty-two percent of people in Britain never eat breakfast. Sixteen percent eat breakfast at work.'WILLIAM: It's true. My assistant has her breakfast atwork every day. It's a waste of time, really. KAREN: Poor girl! She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friends nearly every night. Then she gets up late, and rushes to work late. WILLIAM: Then she has breakfast at her desk! It doesn't look good.KAREN: She works late twice a week, too. WILLIAM: Well, we all do that. Goodness, is that the time?WILLIAM: I must rush. KAREN: But what about your breakfast?WILLIAM: That's all right. I can get some breakfast at work.Unit 8：A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now, Paul? PAUL: I'm going to take it easy this morning! Then I'm going to meet Claire for lunch.4MR. FORD: Where? Here in Barnet?PAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurant in Canary Wharf. Her mother recommends it.MR. FORD: Very nice. Have a good lunch. Eat a double portion of rice. You need the carbohydrate. MR. FORD: And have a dessert. Why not have two desserts? But no alcohol, of course! Have a nice quiet afternoon. PAUL: We're going to walk along the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk. And walk today—don't run!PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch.Unit 9：Do your own thingsPAUL: It's going to be a very early start on Sunday morning, Claire. We're going to leave home at about 5.30.CLAIRL: 5.30! That is early!PAUL: SO what do you want to do? Do you want to come with us, or not?CLAIRE: I'm not sure, Paul.PAUL: I want you to do your own thing. You can come to the National Stadium with the team. But what are you going to do there?PAUL: YOU can't come with us into the Red Zone. And I don't want you to get bored, on your own all day.5CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul! The National Athletics Championships are a photographer's dream! What am I going to do? I'm going to take hundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrow's another day! Do you remember Nina? She's a fashion model. She usually works with Daisy, but she works with other photographers, to Her jobs take her all over the world. She often stays in expensive hotels. Her life seems very glamorous. But she often feels lonely. Nina isn't feeling lonely this evening. She's sitting in a bar in Central London with some friends. They are all old friends, and they're having a good gossip. The bar is becoming very noisy. Nina is laughing. She's having a really good time. Why can't things be like this every evening? That's an interesting question! This idea is a new one. Nina must think about her life. She's going to think about it in the morning. But just now, she's having a good time. Nina's going to make a decision tomorrow — but tomorrow's another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris. I'm going to Paris first thing tomorrow. I want to meet with him at 8 o'clock. Can you set it up, please? And can you get me some coffee?ANNA: Yes, sir. Straight away.6Paris! Again! He was in Paris last week!JANEY: Wasn't he in Washington last week?ANNA: NO, he was in Washington the week before last. Some people have all the luck! Yes, I know. I want to travel, but I'm always here at my desk. I was here yesterday. I was here the day before yesterday. ANEY: We're going to be here tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow ...ANNA: And next week, and next month!JACK: Anna, Janey, I'M sorry for you both. But we all have our troubles in life. And I'm looking forward to my coffeeUnit 12: The London busThe new buses in London are just 'buses'.They aren't 'London buses'. The real 'London bus' was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite 5 bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic. Were Routemasters really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very safe —but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic. Modern buses are safe, but they are slow. Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time. The first Routemasters were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006. That was some years ago. 20 Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name.They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott. The new buses don't have a name. How can weUnit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records of international running events in the last fifty years. Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from75 North America and Europe. There were some winners from other countries, hut there weren't very many of them. There were no African names among the winners then, but 10 things are very different now. Today, the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people from the borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their 15 homeland is a hot, dry plateau, about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are natural athletes. They have long, thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three 20 million of them.Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And it's not just the men. A few years ago, there weren't any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Unit 14: Chocolate heavenLUCY: I'm going out, Mum. Please can I get some chocolate? We had some sweets last weekend, but we didn't have any chocolate.LUCY: And we didn't have much chocolate the weekend before last.KAREN: You and your chocolate! OK. But you must share it with everyone else!LUCY: I'm back. Mum! These are the chocolates! They didn't have any nice boxes at the supermarket.8These chocolates are from Marconi's. They're really special.ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate, isn't it? Why does a fancy box make it special?KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 'This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa. Marconi's chocolate uses only pure cocoa butter. There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconi's chocolate.' Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels different in your mouth. Chocolate heaven is expensive. It feels different in your pocket, too!Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me!DAISY: Welcome home, Jack! Did you have a good trip? JACK: It was OK. But it was all about babies and food! DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: TWO. Marcel's deputy had a baby two months ago. And Pierre's secretary is going to have a baby in June.JACK: They have nine months off work each time! DAISY: Well, it happens. That's life! JACK: True.JACK: And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel.I didn't want a three-hour lunch, but lunch is a serious business in Paris.DAISY: Yes, it is. I like the French attitude to food. It's very civilised.JACK: I agree with you, Daisy. They're nice people. They're also very efficient.9JACK: But how do they do it? How do they have time fora civilised life and for work as well? It's a mystery to me!10。

青少版新概念2B课文文本Un it 16-30Unit 16: What' s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend. We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys. I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere. WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger- William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo. Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily withits back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I needed to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another. At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLL Y: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLL Y: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'. ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLL Y: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it. And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLL Y: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate all the nuts. The squirrel's tummy became enormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLL Y: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see? A dead squirrel in my bird feeder, outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLL Y: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop. They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLL Y: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina; I want to tell you something,Daisy; What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot.I'm going to get an ordinary jobin an office.Daisy : But why, Nina?You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now.But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job,I'll work regular hours.I'll go home in the eveningNINA: I'll cook beautiful mealsand eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bedevery night.NINA: And maybe, one day,I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together.It'll be wonderful!Unit 21：The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine,and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Daneat the London Weather Centre.Carla.WEATHER FORECASTER: Thanks John, and go morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry. But all that will change in thenext few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain. Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days. Some of them will be heavy. Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius in the day. Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius. It will feel cold over the hills. And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's-warm,wet and windy.And that's your weather forecast. Back to John at the studio. Unit 22 I always behave myself LUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go. There'll be another one next Friday night.Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance? LUCY: It'll be a school event.There will be some French student but there won't be any outsiders. And our teachers will be there, too WILLIAM: That sounds reasonable.What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last? LUCY: For two and a half hours.It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy.Your mother will take you there, and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gates at 10 o'clock sharp. Is that clear? LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks; WILLIAM: And Lucy, you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall …and quite striki ng!DAISY: ... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send me your New Faces file?CLEO: Of course. Daisy.I'11 send a messenger.CLBO: HOW far is it to your house.from here?DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far.You'll have the pictures by two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young.One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture.Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy.She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that?Just a mome nt …OK, it's about five foot eleven. That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite strikingI'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out. Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountainin the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest riverin the world?LUCY: I'm not sure.Is it the Nile, or the Amazon? ROBERT: It's the Nile.I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longer than the Amazon. LUCY: IS it? ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers.It isn't obvious, is it? LUCY: No. It's a good question. ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density? LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know!Australia?ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent,and it has only six people to the square mile. But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'! Unit 25 Karen saves some money KAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William? The one on the right, or the one on the left? WILLIAM: They're both the same.They're both the same sizeThey're both the same colour.And they're both the same style. KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the other is made of microfibre. The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one. WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen? KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one.It isn't as expensive as the linen one. WILLIAM: Are you sure?I can't tell the difference, but you can.I want you to be happy with it. KAREN: That's OK.I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy!English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent,Geography excellentEverything is excellent!LUCY: I know!Vikki's report is always better than mine.FLORA: And your report is always better than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look!‘ Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke!Of course I try hard.But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27 Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert? ROBERT: A little. Why? LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week.ROBERT: HOW much do you want? LUCY: Just a few pounds.Well, ten pounds, actually.ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money? We both get the same every month. LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month. LUCY: I know! And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! ,I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: LUCY:All right then.But only for a few days.Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these postersin your room. Lucy? LUCY: Because I like them. ROBERT: Look at that big face!It's silly.Why did you put it on the ceiling? LUCY: Because I like it. ROBERT: Who's this, anyway? LUCY: It's Jonno.He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly. LUCY: No, it isn't! LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang.She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the eleverest. LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy!She's just someone in a computer game. ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real! She doesn't even exist!ROBERT: She does.She's as real as Jonno any day! Unit 29 No one's better than Paul! CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. LindaHe comes first in everything. LINDA: He was always a strong runner. CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race. But Paul ran the fastest. He was 15 seconds faster than his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there?CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed.CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped metres. That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others. CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone . He broke his personal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are.But no one's better than our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazine this week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you?I'll give you the money for that. How much did you pay for it?ROBERT: It cost £ (three pounds seventy)] WILLIAM: Here you are.I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in itabout a giant squid.It's on showat the Natural History Museum. ROBERT: It 's 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That ' s as long a sLondon bus! ROBERT: I know.Its eyes are as big as plates, and its suckers are at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad? WILLIAM: Yes. of course.We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

青少版新概念2A 课文文本Unit 1—15Unit 1：Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen！Where are you？KAREN：I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit。

I'm waiting for you, and I'm having a cup of coffee。

KAREN：Where are you，and what are you doing? LINDA: I’m in the Baggage Hall. I’m waiting for my suitcase。

LINDA: Ah，I can see it！It's coming round now! There it is！LINDA：Oh, Karen! Is Paul with you？KAREN: Yes，of course he is。

He's standing here beside me。

I’m giving him my phone now.KAREN：Here you are, Paul！Talk to your mother！PAUL: Hello，Mum! LINDA: Hello, Paul! I've got my suitcase，and I’m coming out now!Unit 2：Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER：My name's Tom French. I'm speaking to you from the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands。

We are vis iting this year’s Marathon Expo.REPORTER：This is the Trade Fair of the London Marathon。

青少版新概念2A-2B 课文文本 Unit 1-30Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen!Where are you?KAREN: I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit.I'm waiting for you,and I'm having a cup of coffee.KAREN: Where are you,and what are you doing?LINDA: I'm in the Baggage Hall.I'm waiting for my suitcase. LINDA: Ah, I can see it!It's coming round now!There it is! LINDA: Oh, Karen!Is Paul with you?KAREN: Yes, of course he is.He's standing here beside me.I'm giving him my phone now.KAREN: Here you are, Paul!Talk to your mother!PAUL: Hello, Mum!LINDA: Hello, Paul!I've got my suitcase,and I'm coming out now! Unit 2： Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER: My name's Tom French.I'm speaking to youfrom the ExCel Centrein London's Docklands.We arevisitingthis year's Marathon Expo.REPORTER: This is the Trade Fairof the London Marathon.It's very noisy!There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here.REPORTER: This is a big international event.But it's like a village!People are talking and laughing like old friends. REPORTER: I'm standingwith one of the competitors.Let meintroduce Paul Bruce.Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't it?PAUL: Yes, it is.REPORTER: Are you looking forward toSunday?PAUL: Yes, I am.REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul! Good luck on Sunday!Unit 3JACK: That's strange.What's this note in my pocket?It isn't mine.Is it yours, Daisy?DAISY:No, it isn't mine.Let me see.Oh, it belongs to Paul.The handwriting is his.JACK: So why is it in my pocket?DAISY: I don't know.It looks like Paul's 'to-do' list.Let me read it.JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy.Yes, it is Paul's, isn't it? DAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.Unit 4： The top three percentVOLUNTEER: Congratulations!Two hours and fifty-nineminutes.• That's fantastic!What's your name?PAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce.VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul!How are you feeling?PAUL: I'm OK. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket. Put it on.You mustn't get cold.PAUL:Yes. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred andseventy-nine minutes!Paul, you're a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: Now, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. It's yours!VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousand runners in this race,and you're in the top three percent!Congratulations! Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum.It's about ants.KAREN: Ants?Why are you looking up ants?ROBERT: Why not?Ants are really interesting. They do reallyinteresting things.KAREN: What kind of things?ROBERT: Well, they usually livein dry places.But they can surviveunder water for two weeks.KAREN: Really?ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this?Ants always stretch their legsin the morning.KAREN: You're joking!ROBERT: NO, really!KAREN: DO they usually yawnin the morning, too?ROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do!Unit 6：An elegant sizePOLLY: You're looking very eleganttoday, Annie!ANNIE: Yes, I'm on my wayto my accountant's.I always put on a nice outfitfor him.SO I'm going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, Annie?ANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town.But today I'm going by bus.It's my shoes, you see.POLLY: Your shoes?ANNIE: Yes, my shoes.They're size six.POLLY: They're perfect with your outfit.ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too.ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon. I can't walk in these shoes before lunch. ANNIE: But I can't walk in them in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon.Unit 7： A good exampleROBERT: How about this, Dad?'Twenty-two percent ofpeople in Britain never eatbreakfast.’‘Sixteen percent eat breakfastat work.'WILLIAM: It's true.My assistant has her breakfastat work every day.It's a waste of time, really.KAREN: Poor girl!She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friendsnearly every night.Then she gets up late,and rushes to work late.WILLIAM: Then she has breakfastat her desk!It doesn't look good. KAREN: She works late twice a week,too.WILLIAM: Well, we all do that.Goodness, is that the time? WILLIAM: I must rush.KAREN: But what about your breakfast?WILLIAM: That's all right.I can get some breakfastat work.Unit 8： A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now,Paul?PAUL: I'm going to take it easythis morning!Then I'm going to meet Clairefor lunch.MR. FORD: Where? Here in Barnet?PAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurantin Canary Wharf.Her mother recommends it.MR. FORD: Very nice.Have a good lunch.Eat a double portion of rice.You need the carbohydrate.MR. FORD: And have a dessert.Why not have two desserts?But no alcohol, of course!Have a nice quiet afternoon.PAUL: We're going to walkalong the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk.And walk today—don't run! PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch.Unit 9： Do your own thingsPAUL: It's going to be a very early starton Sunday morning, Claire.We're going to leave homeat about 5.30.CLAIRL: 5.30! That is early!PAUL: So what do you want to do?Do you want to come with us, or not?CLAIRE: I'm not sure, Paul. What do you want me to do? PAUL: I want you to do your own thing.You can come to the National Stadium with the team.CLAIRE: But what are you going to do there?PAUL: You can't come with usinto the Red Zone.And I don't want you to get bored,on your own all day.CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul!The National Athletics Championshipsare a photographer's dream!What am I going to do?I'm going to takehundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrow's another day!Do you remember Nina?She's a fashion model.She usually works with Daisy,but she works with other photographers, too.Her jobs take her all over the world.She often stays in expensive hotels.Her life seems very glamorous.But she often feels lonely.Nina isn't feeling lonely this evening.She's sitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends,and they're having a good gossip.The bar is becoming very noisy.Nina is laughing. She's having a really good time.Why can't things be like this every evening?That's an interesting question!This idea is a new one. Nina mustthink about her life.She's going tothink about it in the morning.But just now, she's having a good time.Nina's going to make a decision tomorrow —but tomorrow's another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris.I'm going to Paris first thing tomorrow.I want to meet with him at 8 o'clock.Can you set it up, please?And can you get me some coffee?ANNA: Yes, sir. Straightaway.Paris! Again!He was in Paris last week!JANEY: Wasn't he in Washington last week?ANNA: No, he was in Washingtonthe week before last.Somepeople have all the luck!Yes, I know.I want to travel,but I'm always here at my desk.I was here yesterday.I was here the day before yesterday. ANEY: We're going to be here tomorrow,and the day after tomorrow ...ANNA: And next week, and next month!JACK: Anna, Janey, I'M sorry for you both.But we all have our troubles in life.And I'm looking forward to my coffee.Unit 12: The London busThe new buses in London are just 'buses'.They aren't 'London buses'. The real 'London bus' was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic.Were Routemasters really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very safe —but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic.Modern buses are safe, but they are slow. Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time.The first Routemasters were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February2006. That was some years ago.Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott.The new buses don't have a name. How can we love them ?Unit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records ofinternational running events in the lastfifty years. Before 1980, the winnersof distance races were usually fromNorth America and Europe. Therewere some winners from othercountries, but there weren't verymany of them. There were no Africannames among the winners then, butthings are very different now.Today, the stars of the race track arethe Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are anAfrican people from the borders ofNorth West Kenya and Ethiopia. Theirhomeland is a hot, dry plateau, about2,500 metres above sea level. Thesepeople are natural athletes. They havelong, thin legs. Their heart rate isunusually slow. There are only threemillion of them.Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And it's not just the men.A few years ago, there weren't any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events aswell.Unit 14: Chocolate heavenLUCY: I'm going out, Mum.Please can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend,but we didn't have any chocolate.And we didn't have much chocolatethe weekend before last. KAREN: You and your chocolate!OK. But you must share itwith everyone else!LUCY: I'm back. Mum!These are the chocolates!They didn't have any nice boxesat the supermarket.These chocolates arefrom Marconi's.They're really special.ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isn't it?Why does a fancy boxmake it special?KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 'This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa. Marconi's chocolate uses only purecocoa butter.There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconi's chocolate.'Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels different in yourmouth. Chocolate heaven is expensive. It feels different inyour pocket, too!Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me!DAISY: Welcome home, Jack!Did you have a good trip?JACK: It was OK.But it was all about babies and food!DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: Two.Marcel's deputy had a babytwo months ago.And Pierre's secretaryis going to have a baby in June. JACK: They have nine monthsoff work each time!DAISY: Well, it happens.That's life!JACK: True.JACK: And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn't want a three-hour lunch, but lunch is a serious business inParis.DAISY: Yes, it is.I like the French attitude to food.It's very civilised. JACK: I agree with you, Daisy.They're nice people.They're also very efficient.JACK: But how do they do it?How do they have timefor a civilised lifeand for work as well?It's a mystery to me!Unit 16: What’s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me! KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend.We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys.I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere.WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger.William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed awebcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo.Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily with its back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course. Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gave me my lunchbox, andI went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I need to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another.At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLLY: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLLY: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'.ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLLY: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it.And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLLY: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate all the nuts. The squirrel's tummy becameenormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLLY: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see?A dead squirrel in my bird feeder,outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLLY: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop.They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLLY: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one! Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina: I want to tell you something,Daisy: What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot.I'm going to get an ordinary jobin an office.Daisy : But why, Nina? You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now. But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job, I'll work regular hours. I'll go home in the evening.NINA: I'll cook beautiful mealsand eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bed every night.NINA: And maybe, one day, I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together. It'll be wonderful! Unit 21： The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine,and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Dane at the London Weather Centre,Carla.WEAT: Thanks John, and good morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry.But all that will change in the next few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain.Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days.Some of them will be heavy.Temperatures will riseto 12 degrees Celsius in the day.Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius.It will feel cold over the hills.And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's- warm,wet and windy.And that'syour weather forecast. Back to John at the studio.Unit 22 I always behave myselfLUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go.There'll be another one next Friday night.Can I go? WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance?LUCY: It'll be a school event.There will be some French student,but there won't be any outsiders.And our teacherswill be there, tooWILLIAM: That sounds reasonable.What time will it start? LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last?LUCY: For two and a half hours.It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy.Your mother will take you there,and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gatesat 10 o'clock sharp.Is that clear? LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks;WILLIAM: And Lucy,you will behave yourself, won't you? LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall … and quite s triking!DAISY: ….... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send meyour New Faces file?.......CLEO: Of course. Daisy.I’11 send a messenger.CLBO: How far is it to your housefrom here?DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far. You'll have the picturesby two o'clock. DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young. One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture.Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy.She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that?Just a moment…OK, it's about five foot eleven.That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite striking. I'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out.Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountain in the British Isles? LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest riverin the world?LUCY: I'm not sure.Is it the Nile, or the Amazon?ROBERT: It's the Nile.I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longerthan the Amazon.LUCY: Is it?ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers.It isn't obvious, is it? LUCY: No. It's a good question.ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density? LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know! Australia?ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent, and it has only six people to the square mile.But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'!Unit 25 Karen saves some moneyKAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William?The one on the right, or the one on the left? WILLIAM: They're both the same.They're both the same size.They're both the same colour.And they're both the samestyle.KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the otheris made of microfibre.The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one. WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen?KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one. It isn't as expensive as the linen one.WILLIAM: Are you sure?I can't tell the difference,but you can.I want you to be happy with it.KAREN: That's OK.I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy!English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent,Geography excellent……Everything is excellent!LUCY: I know!Vikki's report is alwaysbetter than mine. FLORA: And your report is alwaysbetter than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look!‘Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke!Of course I try hard.But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert?ROBERT: A little. Why?LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week.ROBERT: How much do you want?LUCY: Just a few pounds.Well, ten pounds, actually. ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money?We both get the same every month.LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me. ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month.LUCY: I know!And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: All right then.But only for a few days.LUCY: Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these postersin your room. Lucy? LUCY: Because I like them.ROBERT: Look at that big face!It's silly.Why did you put it on the ceiling?LUCY: Because I like it.ROBERT: Who's this, anyway?LUCY: It's Jonno.He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly.LUCY: No, it isn't!LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang.She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the cleverest.LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy! She's just someonein a computer game.ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real!She doesn't even exist!ROBERT: She does.She's as real as Jonno any day!Unit 29 No one’s better than Paul!CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. Linda. He comes first in everything.LINDA: He was always a strong runner.CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race.But Paul ran the fastest.He was 15 seconds fasterthan his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there?CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed.CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped 1.49 metres.That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others. CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone .He broke his personal record. CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are.But no one's betterthan our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazinethis week. Dad. WILLIAM: Did you?I'll give you the money for that.How much did you pay for it?ROBERT: It cost £3.70 (three pounds seventy)]WILLIAM: Here you are.I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in itabout a giant squid.It's on showat the Natural History Museum.ROBERT: It’s 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That’s as long as a London bus!ROBERT: I know.Its eyes are as big as plates,and its suckersare at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad?WILLIAM: Yes. of course.We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

青少版新概念2B课文文本Un it 16-30Unit 16: What' s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend. We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys. I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere. WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger- William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo. Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily withits back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I needed to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another. At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLL Y: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLL Y: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'. ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLL Y: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it. And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLL Y: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate all the nuts. The squirrel's tummy became enormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLL Y: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see? A dead squirrel in my bird feeder, outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLL Y: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop. They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLL Y: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina; I want to tell you something,Daisy; What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot.I'm going to get an ordinary jobin an office.Daisy : But why, Nina?You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now.But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job,I'll work regular hours.I'll go home in the eveningNINA: I'll cook beautiful mealsand eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bedevery night.NINA: And maybe, one day,I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together.It'll be wonderful!Unit 21：The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine,and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Daneat the London Weather Centre.Carla.WEATHER FORECASTER: Thanks John, and go morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry. But all that will change in thenext few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain. Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days. Some of them will be heavy. Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius in the day. Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius. It will feel cold over the hills. And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's-warm,wet and windy.And that's your weather forecast. Back to John at the studio. Unit 22 I always behave myself LUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go. There'll be another one next Friday night.Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance? LUCY: It'll be a school event.There will be some French student but there won't be any outsiders. And our teachers will be there, too WILLIAM: That sounds reasonable.What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last? LUCY: For two and a half hours.It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy.Your mother will take you there, and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gates at 10 o'clock sharp. Is that clear? LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks; WILLIAM: And Lucy, you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall …and quite striki ng!DAISY: ... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send me your New Faces file?CLEO: Of course. Daisy.I'11 send a messenger.CLBO: HOW far is it to your house.from here?DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far.You'll have the pictures by two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young.One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture.Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy.She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that?Just a mome nt …OK, it's about five foot eleven. That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite strikingI'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out. Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountainin the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest riverin the world?LUCY: I'm not sure.Is it the Nile, or the Amazon? ROBERT: It's the Nile.I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longer than the Amazon. LUCY: IS it? ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers.It isn't obvious, is it? LUCY: No. It's a good question. ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density? LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know!Australia?ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent,and it has only six people to the square mile. But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'! Unit 25 Karen saves some money KAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William? The one on the right, or the one on the left? WILLIAM: They're both the same.They're both the same sizeThey're both the same colour.And they're both the same style. KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the other is made of microfibre. The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one. WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen? KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one.It isn't as expensive as the linen one. WILLIAM: Are you sure?I can't tell the difference, but you can.I want you to be happy with it. KAREN: That's OK.I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy!English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent,Geography excellentEverything is excellent!LUCY: I know!Vikki's report is always better than mine.FLORA: And your report is always better than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look!‘ Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke!Of course I try hard.But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27 Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert? ROBERT: A little. Why? LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week.ROBERT: HOW much do you want? LUCY: Just a few pounds.Well, ten pounds, actually.ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money? We both get the same every month. LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month. LUCY: I know! And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! ,I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: LUCY:All right then.But only for a few days.Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these postersin your room. Lucy? LUCY: Because I like them. ROBERT: Look at that big face!It's silly.Why did you put it on the ceiling? LUCY: Because I like it. ROBERT: Who's this, anyway? LUCY: It's Jonno.He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly. LUCY: No, it isn't! LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang.She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the eleverest. LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy!She's just someone in a computer game. ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real! She doesn't even exist!ROBERT: She does.She's as real as Jonno any day! Unit 29 No one's better than Paul! CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. LindaHe comes first in everything. LINDA: He was always a strong runner. CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race. But Paul ran the fastest. He was 15 seconds faster than his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there?CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed.CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped metres. That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others. CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone . He broke his personal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are.But no one's better than our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazine this week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you?I'll give you the money for that. How much did you pay for it?ROBERT: It cost £ (three pounds seventy)] WILLIAM: Here you are.I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in itabout a giant squid.It's on showat the Natural History Museum. ROBERT: It 's 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That ' s as long a sLondon bus! ROBERT: I know.Its eyes are as big as plates, and its suckers are at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad? WILLIAM: Yes. of course.We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

青少版新概念2A课文文本(总9页)-CAL-FENGHAI.-(YICAI)-Company One1-CAL-本页仅作为文档封面，使用请直接删除青少版新概念2A课文文本Unit 1-15Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen! Where are youKAREN: I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit. I'm waiting for you, and I'm having a cup of coffee.KAREN: Where are you, and what are you doingLINDA: I'm in the Baggage Hall. I'm waiting for my suitcase.LINDA: Ah, I can see it! It's coming round now! There it is!LINDA: Oh, Karen! Is Paul with you KAREN: Yes, of course he is. He's standing here beside me. I'm givinghim my phone now.KAREN: Here you are, Paul! Talk toyour mother!PAUL: Hello, Mum! LINDA: Hello, Paul!I've got my suitcase, and I'm comingout now!Unit 2：Good luck on Sunday! REPORTER: My name's Tom French. I'm speaking to you from the ExCel Centrein London's Docklands. We are visiting this year's Marathon Expo.REPORTER: This is the Trade Fair ofthe London Marathon. It's very noisy! There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here. REPORTER: This is a big international event. But it's like a village! People are talking and laughing like old friends.REPORTER: I'm standing with one of the competitors. Let me introduce Paul Bruce. Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't itPAUL: Yes, it is.1REPORTER: Are you looking forward to Sunday PAUL: Yes, I am. REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul!Unit 3JACK: That's strange. What's this note in my pocket It isn't mine. Is it yours, Daisy No, it isn't mine. Let me see. Oh, it belongs to Paul. The handwriting is his. So why is it in my pocket I don't know. It looks like Paul's 'to-do' list. Let me read it. JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy. Yes, it is Paul's, isn't itDAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.JACK: But why on earth is it in my pocketUnit 4：The top three percent VOLUNTEER: Congratulations! Two hours and fifty-nine minutes. That's fantastic! What's your namePAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce. VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul! How are you feelingPAUL: I'm OK. Thanks. Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket. Put it on. You mustn't get cold. Yes. Thanks. VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred and2seventy-nine minutes! Paul, you're a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: NOW, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. It's yours! VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousand runners in this race, andyou're in the top three percent! Congratulations!Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum.It's about ants.KAREN: Ants Why are you looking up antsROBERT: Why not Ants are really interesting. They do reallyinteresting things.KAREN: What kind of thingsROBERT: Well, they usually live in dry places. But they can survive underwater for two weeks. KAREN: Really ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this Ants always stretch their legs in the morning.KAREN: You're joking! ROBERT: NO,really!KAREN: DO they usually yawn in the morning, tooROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do! Unit 6：An elegant sizePOLLY: You're looking very elegant today, Annie!ANNIE: Yes, I'm on my way to my accountant's. I always put on a nice outfit for him.ANNIE: SO I'm going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, AnnieANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town. But today I'm going by bus. IT's my shoes, you see.POLLY: Your shoesANNIE: Yes, my shoes. They're size six. POLLY: They're perfect with youroutfit.ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too. ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon.I can't walk in these shoes before lunch.ANNIE: But I can't walk in them in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon. POLLY: What do you mean?Unit 7：A good example3ROBERT: HOW about this, Dad 'Twenty-two percent of people in Britain never eat breakfast. Sixteen percent eat breakfast at work.'WILLIAM: It's true. My assistant hasher breakfast at work every day. It'sa waste of time, really. KAREN: Poorgirl! She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friends nearly every night. Then she gets up late, and rushes to work late. WILLIAM: Then she has breakfast at her desk! It doesn't look good. KAREN: She works late twice a week, too.WILLIAM: Well, we all do that. Goodness, is that the timeWILLIAM: I must rush. KAREN: But what about your breakfastWILLIAM: That's all right. I can get some breakfast at work.Unit 8：A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now, PaulPAUL: I'm going to take it easy this morning! Then I'm going to meet Claire for lunch.4MR. FORD: Where Here in BarnetPAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurant in Canary Wharf. Her mother recommends it. MR. FORD: Very nice. Have a good lunch. Eat a double portion of rice. You need the carbohydrate. MR. FORD: And have a dessert. Why not have two desserts But no alcohol, of course! Have a nicequiet afternoon.PAUL: We're going to walk along the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk. Andwalk today—don't run!PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch.Unit 9： Do your own thingsPAUL: It's going to be a very earlystart on Sunday morning, Claire. We're going to leave home at about 5.30. CLAIRL: 5.30! That is early!PAUL: SO what do you want to do Do you want to come with us, or notCLAIRE: I'm not sure, Paul.PAUL: I want you to do your own thing. You can come to the National Stadium with the team. But what are you goingto do therePAUL: YOU can't come with us into the Red Zone. And I don't want you to get bored, on your own all day.5CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul! The National Athletics Championships are a photographer's dream! What am I goingto do I'm going to take hundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrow's another day!Do you remember Nina She's a fashion model. She usually works with Daisy,but she works with other photographers, to Her jobs take her all over the world. She often stays in expensive hotels. Her life seems very glamorous. But she often feels lonely. Nina isn't feeling lonely this evening. She'ssitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends, and they're having a good gossip. The bar is becoming very noisy. Nina is laughing. She's having areally good time. Why can't things be like this every evening That's an interesting question! This idea is a new one. Nina must think about herlife. She's going to think about it in the morning. But just now, she'shaving a good time. Nina's going to make a decision tomorrow — but tomorrow's another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierrein Paris. I'm going to Paris firstthing tomorrow. I want to meet withhim at 8 o'clock. Can you set it up, please And can you get me some coffeeANNA: Yes, sir. Straight away.6Paris! Again! He was in Paris lastweek!JANEY: Wasn't he in Washington last weekANNA: NO, he was in Washington theweek before last. Some people have all the luck! Yes, I know. I want totravel, but I'm always here at my desk.I was here yesterday. I was here theday before yesterday. ANEY: We're going to be here tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow ...ANNA: And next week, and next month! JACK: Anna, Janey, I'M sorry for you both. But we all have our troubles in life. And I'm looking forward to my coffeeUnit 12: The London busThe new buses in London are just'buses'.They aren't 'London buses'.The real 'London bus' was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite 5 bus for fifty-one years. It was adesign classic. Were Routemastersreally dangerous The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very safe — but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic. Modern buses are safe, butthey are slow. Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time. Thefirst Routemasters were on our roadsin 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006. That was some years ago.20 Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott. Thenew buses don't have a name. How canweUnit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records of international running events in thelast fifty years. Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from75 North America and Europe. There were some winners from other countries, hut there weren't very many of them. There were no African names among thewinners then, but 10 things are very different now. Today, the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people fromthe borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their 15 homeland is a hot,dry plateau, about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are natural athletes. They have long, thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three 20 million of them.Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And it's not just the men. A few years ago, thereweren't any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Unit 14: Chocolate heavenLUCY: I'm going out, Mum. Please can I get some chocolate We had some sweets last weekend, but we didn't have any chocolate.LUCY: And we didn't have muchchocolate the weekend before last. KAREN: You and your chocolate! OK. But you must share it with everyone else! LUCY: I'm back. Mum! These are the chocolates! They didn't have any nice boxes at the supermarket.8These chocolates are from Marconi's. They're really special.ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isn't it Why does a fancy box make it specialKAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 'This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa. Marconi's chocolate uses only pure cocoa butter. There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconi's chocolate.' Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels different in your mouth. Chocolate heaven is expensive. It feels different in your pocket, too! Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me!DAISY: Welcome home, Jack! Did you have a good tripJACK: It was OK. But it was all about babies and food! DAISY: Babies How many babiesJACK: TWO. Marcel's deputy had a baby two months ago. And Pierre's secretary is going to have a baby in June. JACK: They have nine months off work each time!DAISY: Well, it happens. That's life! JACK: True.JACK: And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn't want a three-hour lunch, but lunch is a serious business in Paris.DAISY: Yes, it is. I like the French attitude to food. It's very civilised. JACK: I agree with you, Daisy. They're nice people. They're also very efficient.9JACK: But how do they do it How do they have time for a civilised life and for work as well It's a mystery to me!10。

青少版新概念2A-2B 课文文本Unit 1-30Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen! Where are you?KAREN: I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit. I'm waiting for you, and I'm havinga cup of coffee.KAREN: Where are you, and what are you doing?LINDA: I'm in the Baggage Hall. I'm waiting for my suitcase.LINDA: Ah, I can see it! It's coming round now! There it is!LINDA: Oh, Karen! Is Paul with you?KAREN: Yes, of course he is. He's standing here beside me. I'm giving him my phone now. KAREN: Here you are, Paul! Talk to your mother!PAUL: Hello, Mum!LINDA: Hello, Paul! I've got my suitcase, and I'm coming out now!Unit 2：Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER: My name's Tom French. I'm speaking to you from the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands. We are visiting this year's Marathon Expo. REPORTER: This is the Trade Fair of the London Marathon. It's very noisy!There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here. REPORTER: This is a big international event. But it's like a village!People are talking and laughing like old friends.REPORTER: I'm standing with one of the competitors. Let me introduce Paul Bruce. Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't it?PAUL: Yes, it is.REPORTER: Are you looking forward to Sunday?PAUL: Yes, I am.REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul! Good luck on Sunday!Unit 3JACK: That's strange. What's this note in my pocket?It isn't mine. Is it yours, Daisy?DAISY: No, it isn't mine. Let me see. Oh, it belongs to Paul.The handwriting is his.JACK: So why is it in my pocket?DAISY: I don't know. It looks like Paul's 'to-do' list. Let me read it.JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy. Yes, it is Paul's, isn't it?DAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.Unit 4：The top three percentVOLUNTEER: Congratulations! Two hours and fifty-nine minutes.•That's fantastic! What's your name?PAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce.VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul! How are you feeling?PAUL: I'm OK. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket. Put it on.You mustn't get cold.PAUL: Yes. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred and seventy-nine minutes! Paul, you're a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: Now, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. It's yours! VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousand runners in this race, and you're in the top three percent! Congratulations!Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum. It's about ants.KAREN: Ants? Why are you looking up ants?ROBERT: Why not? Ants are really interesting. They do really interesting things.KAREN: What kind of things?ROBERT: Well, they usually live in dry places. But they can survive under water for two weeks.KAREN: Really?ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this? Ants always stretch their legs in the morning. KAREN: You're joking!ROBERT: NO, really!KAREN: DO they usually yawn in the morning, too?ROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do!Unit 6：An elegant sizePOLLY: You're looking very elegant today, Annie!ANNIE: Yes, I'm on my way to my accountant's. I always put on a nice outfit for him.SO I'm going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, Annie?ANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town. But today I'm going by bus. It's my shoes, you see. POLLY: Your shoes?ANNIE: Yes, my shoes. They're size six.POLLY: They're perfect with your outfit.ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too.ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon. I can't walk in these shoes before lunch.ANNIE: But I can't walk in them in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon.Unit 7： A good exampleROBERT: How about this, Dad?'Twenty-two percent of people in Britain never eat breakfast.’‘Sixteen percent eat breakfast at work.'WILLIAM: It's true. My assistant has her breakfast at work every day.It's a waste of time, really.KAREN: Poor girl! She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friends nearly every night. Then she gets up late, and rushes to work late.WILLIAM: Then she has breakfast at her desk! It doesn't look good.KAREN: She works late twice a week,too.WILLIAM: Well, we all do that. Goodness, is that the time?WILLIAM: I must rush.KAREN: But what about your breakfast?WILLIAM: That's all right. I can get some breakfast at work.Unit 8： A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now, Paul?PAUL: I'm going to take it easy this morning! Then I'm going to meet Claire for lunch. MR. FORD: Where? Here in Barnet?PAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurant in Canary Wharf. Her mother recommends it.MR. FORD: Very nice. Have a good lunch. Eat a double portion of rice.You need the carbohydrate.MR. FORD: And have a dessert. Why not have two desserts? But no alcohol, of course!Have a nice quiet afternoon.PAUL: We're going to walk along the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk. And walk today—don't run!PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch.Unit 9：Do your own thingsPAUL: It's going to be a very early start on Sunday morning, Claire.We're going to leave home at about .CLAIRL: ! That is early!PAUL: So what do you want to do? Do you want to come with us, or not?CLAIRE: I'm not sure, Paul. What do you want me to do?PAUL: I want you to do your own thing. You can come to the National Stadium with the team. CLAIRE: But what are you going to do there?PAUL: You can't come with us into the Red Zone. And I don't want you to get bored, on your own all day.CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul!The National Athletics Championships are a photographer's dream!What am I going to do? I'm going to take hundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrow's another day!Do you remember Nina? She's a fashion model.She usually works with Daisy, but she works with other photographers, too.Her jobs take her all over the world. She often stays in expensive hotels.Her life seems very glamorous. But she often feels lonely.Nina isn't feeling lonely this evening.She's sitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends,and they're having a good gossip.The bar is becoming very noisy.Nina is laughing. She's having a really good time.Why can't things be like this every evening?That's an interesting question!This idea is a new one. Nina must think about her life.She's going to think about it in the morning.But just now, she's having a good time.Nina's going to make a decision tomorrow —but tomorrow's another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris.I'm going to Paris first thing tomorrow.I want to meet with him at 8 o'clock.Can you set it up, please?And can you get me some coffee?ANNA: Yes, sir. Straight away.Paris! Again! He was in Paris last week!JANEY: Wasn't he in Washington last week?ANNA: No, he was in Washington the week before last. Some people have all the luck!Yes, I know. I want to travel, but I'm always here at my desk.I was here yesterday. I was here the day before yesterday.ANEY: We're going to be here tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow ...ANNA: And next week, and next month!JACK: Anna, Janey, I'M sorry for you both.But we all have our troubles in life. And I'm looking forward to my coffee.Unit 12: The London busThe new buses in London are just 'buses'. They aren't 'London buses'. The real 'London bus' was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic.Were Routemasters really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very safe —but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic.Modern buses are safe, but they are slow. Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time.The first Routemasters were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006. That was some years ago.Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name:Douglas Scott.The new buses don't have a name. How can we love them ?Unit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records of international running events in the last fifty years. Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from North America and Europe. There were some winners from other countries, but there weren't very many of them. There were no African names among the winners then, but things are very different now.Today, the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people from the borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their homeland is a hot, dry plateau, about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are natural athletes. They have long, thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three million of them.Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And it's not just the men.A few years ago, there weren't any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Unit 14: Chocolate heavenLUCY: I'm going out, Mum. Please can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend, but we didn't have any chocolate.And we didn't have much chocolate the weekend before last.KAREN: You and your chocolate! OK. But you must share it with everyone else!LUCY: I'm back. Mum! These are the chocolates! They didn't have any nice boxes at the supermarket. These chocolates are from Marconi's. They're really special. ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isn't it? Why does a fancy box make it special? KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 'This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa.Marconi's chocolate uses only pure cocoa butter.There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconi's chocolate.'Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels different in your mouth. Chocolate heaven is expensive. It feels different in your pocket, too!Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me!DAISY: Welcome home, Jack! Did you have a good trip?JACK: It was OK. But it was all about babies and food!DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: Two. Marcel's deputy had a baby two months ago.And Pierre's secretary is going to have a baby in June.JACK: They have nine months off work each time!DAISY: Well, it happens. That's life!JACK: True.JACK: And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn't want a three-hour lunch, but lunch is a serious business in Paris.DAISY: Yes, it is. I like the French attitude to food. It's very civilised.JACK: I agree with you, Daisy. They're nice people. They're also very efficient.JACK: But how do they do it?How do they have time for a civilised life and for work as well?It's a mystery to me!Unit 16: What’s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend.We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys.I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere.WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger.William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo.Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily with its back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school.Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I need to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls. VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another.At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry.Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLLY: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLLY: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'.ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLLY: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it.And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLLY: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate all the nuts.The squirrel's tummy became enormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLLY: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see?A dead squirrel in my bird feeder, outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLLY: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop.They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLLY: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina: I want to tell you something,Daisy: What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot. I'm going to get an ordinary job in an office. Daisy : But why, Nina? You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now. But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job, I'll work regular hours. I'll go home in the evening.NINA: I'll cook beautiful meals and eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bed every night.NINA: And maybe, one day, I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together. It'll be wonderful!Unit 21：The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine, and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Dane at the London Weather Centre,Carla.WEAT: Thanks John, and good morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry. But all that will change in the next few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain.Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days.Some of them will be heavy.Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius in the day.Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius.It will feel cold over the hills. And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's- warm,wet and windy. And that's your weather forecast.Back to John at the studio.Unit 22 I always behave myselfLUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go.There'll be another one next Friday night. Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance?LUCY: It'll be a school event. There will be some French student,but there won't be anyoutsiders. And our teachers will be there, tooWILLIAM: That sounds reasonable. What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last?LUCY: For two and a half hours. It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy. Your mother will take you there, and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gates at 10 o'clock sharp. Is that clear?LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks;WILLIAM: And Lucy, you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall … and quite striking!DAISY: ….... So, Cleo, that's the you send me your New Faces file?....... CLEO: Of course. Daisy. I’11 send a messenger.CLBO: How far is it to your house from here?DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far. You'll have the pictures by two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young. One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture. Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy. She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that? Just a moment…OK, it's about five foot eleven. That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite striking. I'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out.Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountain in the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest river in the world?LUCY: I'm not sure. Is it the Nile, or the Amazon?ROBERT: It's the Nile. I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longer than the Amazon.LUCY: Is it?ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers. It isn't obvious, is it?LUCY: No. It's a good question.ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density?LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know! Australia?ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent, and it has only six people to the square mile.But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'!Unit 25 Karen saves some moneyKAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William?The one on the right, or the one on the left?WILLIAM: They're both the same. They're both the same size.They're both the same colour. And they're both the same style. KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the other is made of microfibre.The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one.WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen?KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one. It isn't as expensive as the linen one.WILLIAM: Are you sure? I can't tell the difference,but you can. I want you to be happy with it.KAREN: That's OK. I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy! English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent, Geography excellent……Everything is excellent!LUCY: I know! Vikki's report is always better than mine.FLORA: And your report is always better than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look! ‘Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke! Of course I try hard. But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27 Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert?ROBERT: A little. Why?LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week.ROBERT: How much do you want?LUCY: Just a few pounds. Well, ten pounds, actually.ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money?We both get the same every month.LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month. LUCY: I know! And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl! LUCY: Please, Robert! I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: All right then. But only for a few days.LUCY: Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these posters in your room. Lucy?LUCY: Because I like them.ROBERT: Look at that big face! It's silly. Why did you put it on the ceiling?LUCY: Because I like it.ROBERT: Who's this, anyway?LUCY: It's Jonno. He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome. ROBERT: That's silly.LUCY: No, it isn't!LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang. She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the cleverest. LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy! She's just someone in a computer game. ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master. LUCY: But she isn't real! She doesn't even exist!ROBERT: She does. She's as real as Jonno any day!Unit 29 No one’s better than Paul!CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. Linda. He comes first in everything. LINDA: He was always a strong runner.CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race.But Paul ran the fastest. He was 15 seconds faster than his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there? CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed.CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped metres.That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others.CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone . He broke his personal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are. But no one's better than our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazine this week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you? I'll give you the money for that.How much did you pay for it?ROBERT: It cost £ (three pounds seventy)]WILLIAM: Here you are. I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in it about a giant squid.It's on show at the Natural History Museum.ROBERT: It’s 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That’s as long as a London bus!ROBERT: I know. Its eyes are as big as plates, and its suckers are at big as a man's leg. WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad?WILLIAM: Yes. of course. We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

青少版新概念2B课文文本Un it 16-30Unit 16: What' s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend. We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys. I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere. WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger- William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was a little nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo. Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily withits back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I needed to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another. At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLL Y: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLL Y: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'. ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLL Y: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it. And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLL Y: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder. It ate all the nuts. The squirrel's tummy became enormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLL Y: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see? A dead squirrel in my bird feeder, outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLL Y: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop. They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLL Y: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina; I want to tell you something,Daisy; What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot.I'm going to get an ordinary jobin an office.Daisy : But why, Nina?You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now.But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job,I'll work regular hours.I'll go home in the eveningNINA: I'll cook beautiful mealsand eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bedevery night.NINA: And maybe, one day,I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together.It'll be wonderful!Unit 21：The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine,and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Daneat the London Weather Centre.Carla.WEATHER FORECASTER: Thanks John, and go morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry. But all that will change in thenext few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain. Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days. Some of them will be heavy. Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius in the day. Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius. It will feel cold over the hills. And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's-warm,wet and windy.And that's your weather forecast. Back to John at the studio. Unit 22 I always behave myself LUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go. There'll be another one next Friday night.Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance? LUCY: It'll be a school event.There will be some French student but there won't be any outsiders. And our teachers will be there, too WILLIAM: That sounds reasonable.What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last? LUCY: For two and a half hours.It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy.Your mother will take you there, and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gates at 10 o'clock sharp. Is that clear? LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks; WILLIAM: And Lucy, you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall …and quite striki ng!DAISY: ... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send me your New Faces file?CLEO: Of course. Daisy.I'11 send a messenger.CLBO: HOW far is it to your house.from here?DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far.You'll have the pictures by two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young.One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture.Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy.She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that?Just a mome nt …OK, it's about five foot eleven. That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite strikingI'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out. Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountainin the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest riverin the world?LUCY: I'm not sure.Is it the Nile, or the Amazon? ROBERT: It's the Nile.I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longer than the Amazon. LUCY: IS it? ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers.It isn't obvious, is it? LUCY: No. It's a good question. ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density? LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know!Australia?ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent,and it has only six people to the square mile. But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'! Unit 25 Karen saves some money KAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William? The one on the right, or the one on the left? WILLIAM: They're both the same.They're both the same sizeThey're both the same colour.And they're both the same style. KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the other is made of microfibre. The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one. WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen? KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one.It isn't as expensive as the linen one. WILLIAM: Are you sure?I can't tell the difference, but you can.I want you to be happy with it. KAREN: That's OK.I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy!English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent,Geography excellentEverything is excellent!LUCY: I know!Vikki's report is always better than mine.FLORA: And your report is always better than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look!‘ Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke!Of course I try hard.But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27 Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert? ROBERT: A little. Why? LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week.ROBERT: HOW much do you want? LUCY: Just a few pounds.Well, ten pounds, actually.ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money? We both get the same every month. LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month. LUCY: I know! And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! ,I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: LUCY:All right then.But only for a few days.Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these postersin your room. Lucy? LUCY: Because I like them. ROBERT: Look at that big face!It's silly.Why did you put it on the ceiling? LUCY: Because I like it. ROBERT: Who's this, anyway? LUCY: It's Jonno.He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly. LUCY: No, it isn't! LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang.She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the eleverest. LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy!She's just someone in a computer game. ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real! She doesn't even exist!ROBERT: She does.She's as real as Jonno any day! Unit 29 No one's better than Paul! CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. LindaHe comes first in everything. LINDA: He was always a strong runner. CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race. But Paul ran the fastest. He was 15 seconds faster than his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there?CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed.CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped metres. That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others. CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone . He broke his personal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are.But no one's better than our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazine this week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you?I'll give you the money for that. How much did you pay for it?ROBERT: It cost £ (three pounds seventy)] WILLIAM: Here you are.I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in itabout a giant squid.It's on showat the Natural History Museum. ROBERT: It 's 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That ' s as long a sLondon bus! ROBERT: I know.Its eyes are as big as plates, and its suckers are at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad? WILLIAM: Yes. of course.We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

青少版新概念2A-2B 课文文本Unit 1-30Unit 1: Linda comes to LondonLINDA: Hi, Karen! Where are you?KAREN: I'm in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals, exit. I'm waiting for you, and I'm having a cup of coffee.KAREN: Where are you, and what are you doing?LINDA: I'm in the Baggage Hall. I'm waiting for my suitcase.LINDA: Ah, I can see it! It's coming round now! There it is!LINDA: Oh, Karen! Is Paul with you?KAREN: Yes, of course he is. He's standing here beside me. I'm giving him my phone now.KAREN: Here you are, Paul! Talk to your mother!PAUL: Hello, Mum!LINDA: Hello, Paul! I've got my suitcase, and I'm coming out now!Unit 2：Good luck on Sunday!REPORTER: My name's Tom French. I'm speaking to you from the ExCel Centre in London's Docklands. We are visiting this year's MarathonExpo.REPORTER: This is the Trade Fair of the London Marathon. It's very noisy! There are hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of visitors here. REPORTER: This is a big international event. But it's like a village!People are talking and laughing like old friends.REPORTER: I'm standing with one of the competitors. Let me introduce Paul Bruce. Hi, Paul!PAUL: Hi, Tom!REPORTER: Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't it? PAUL: Yes, it is.REPORTER: Are you looking forward to Sunday?PAUL: Yes, I am.REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul! Good luck on Sunday!Unit 3JACK: That's strange. What's this note in my pocket?It isn't mine. Is it yours, Daisy?DAISY: No, it isn't mine. Let me see. Oh, it belongs to Paul.The handwriting is his.JACK: So why is it in my pocket?DAISY: I don't know. It looks like Paul's 'to-do' list. Let me read it.JACK: HMM. Give it to me, Daisy. Yes, it is Paul's, isn't it?DAISY: Yes, Jack. Put it back.Unit 4：The top three percentVOLUNTEER: Congratulations! Two hours and fifty-nine minutes.•That's fantastic! What's your name?PAUL: Paul. Paul Bruce.VOLUNTEER: Well done, Paul! How are you feeling?PAUL: I'm OK. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket. Put it on.You mustn't get cold.PAUL: Yes. Thanks.VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred and seventy-nine minutes! Paul, you're a hero!PAUL: Thanks!VOLUNTEER: Now, Paul, walk this way. Pick up your medal. It's yours!VOLUNTEER: There are thirty-five thousand runners in this race, and you're in the top three percent! Congratulations!Unit 5: All about ants!ROBERT: Look at this webpage, Mum. It's about ants.KAREN: Ants? Why are you looking up ants?ROBERT: Why not? Ants are really interesting. They do really interesting things.KAREN: What kind of things?ROBERT: Well, they usually live in dry places. But they can survive under water for two weeks.KAREN: Really?ROBERT: Oh, Mum, how about this? Ants always stretch their legs in the morning.KAREN: You're joking!ROBERT: NO, really!KAREN: DO they usually yawn in the morning, too?ROBERT: Well, funnily enough, they do!Unit 6：An elegant sizePOLLY: You're looking very elegant today, Annie!ANNIE: Yes, I'm on my way to my accountant's. I always put on a nice outfit for him.SO I'm going by bus.POLLY: What do you mean, Annie?ANNIE: Well, I usually walk into town. But today I'm going by bus. It's my shoes, you see.POLLY: Your shoes?ANNIE: Yes, my shoes. They're size six.POLLY: They're perfect with your outfit.ANNIE: Thanks. I like them, too.ANNIE: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon. I can't walk in these shoes before lunch.ANNIE: But I can't walk in them in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon.Unit 7： A good exampleROBERT: How about this, Dad?'Twenty-two percent of people in Britain never eat breakfast.’‘Sixteen percent eat breakfast at work.'WILLIAM: It's true. My assistant has her breakfast at work every day.It's a waste of time, really.KAREN: Poor girl! She works very hard.WILLIAM: She goes out with friends nearly every night. Then she gets up late, and rushes to work late.WILLIAM: Then she has breakfast at her desk! It doesn't look good.KAREN: She works late twice a week,too.WILLIAM: Well, we all do that. Goodness, is that the time?WILLIAM: I must rush.KAREN: But what about your breakfast?WILLIAM: That's all right. I can get some breakfast at work.Unit 8： A nice quiet afternoon.MR. FORD: What are you going to do now, Paul?PAUL: I'm going to take it easy this morning! Then I'm going to meet Claire for lunch.MR. FORD: Where? Here in Barnet?PAUL: NO, at an Indian restaurant in Canary Wharf. Her mother recommends it.MR. FORD: Very nice. Have a good lunch. Eat a double portion of rice.You need the carbohydrate.MR. FORD: And have a dessert. Why not have two desserts? But no alcohol, of course!Have a nice quiet afternoon.PAUL: We're going to walk along the river.MR. FORD: Make it a short walk. And walk today—don't run!PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates running, especially after a big lunch.Unit 9：Do your own thingsPAUL: It's going to be a very early start on Sunday morning, Claire.We're going to leave home at about 5.30.CLAIRL: 5.30! That is early!PAUL: So what do you want to do? Do you want to come with us, or not?CLAIRE: I'm not sure, Paul. What do you want me to do?PAUL: I want you to do your own thing. You can come to the National Stadium with the team.CLAIRE: But what are you going to do there?PAUL: You can't come with us into the Red Zone. And I don't want you to get bored,on your own all day.CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul!The National Athletics Championships are a photographer's dream!What am I going to do? I'm going to take hundreds of photographs, of course!Unit 10: Tomorrow's another day!Do you remember Nina? She's a fashion model.She usually works with Daisy, but she works with other photographers, too.Her jobs take her all over the world. She often stays in expensive hotels.Her life seems very glamorous. But she often feels lonely.Nina isn't feeling lonely this evening.She's sitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends,and they're having a good gossip.The bar is becoming very noisy.Nina is laughing. She's having a really good time.Why can't things be like this every evening?That's an interesting question!This idea is a new one. Nina must think about her life.She's going to think about it in the morning.But just now, she's having a good time.Nina's going to make a decision tomorrow —but tomorrow's another day.Unit 11 We all have our troublesJACK: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris.I'm going to Paris first thing tomorrow.I want to meet with him at 8 o'clock.Can you set it up, please?And can you get me some coffee?ANNA: Yes, sir. Straight away.Paris! Again! He was in Paris last week!JANEY: Wasn't he in Washington last week?ANNA: No, he was in Washington the week before last. Some people have all the luck!Yes, I know. I want to travel, but I'm always here at my desk.I was here yesterday. I was here the day before yesterday.ANEY: We're going to be here tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow ...ANNA: And next week, and next month!JACK: Anna, Janey, I'M sorry for you both.But we all have our troubles in life. And I'm looking forward to my coffee.Unit 12: The London busThe new buses in London are just 'buses'. They aren't 'London buses'. The real 'London bus' was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. Itwas a design classic.Were Routemasters really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn't very safe — but Londoners like to do their own thing. And the Routemasters were fast in the traffic.Modern buses are safe, but they are slow. Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus drivers have a hard time.The first Routemasters were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006. That was some years ago.Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott.The new buses don't have a name. How can we love them ?Unit 13: The KalenjinTake a look at the records of international running events in the last fifty years. Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from North America and Europe. There were some winners from other countries, but there weren't very many of them. There were no African names among the winners then, but things are very different now.Today, the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are an African people from the borders of North West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their homeland is a hot, dry plateau, about 2,500 metres above sea level. These people are natural athletes. They have long, thin legs. Their heart rate is unusually slow. There are only three million of them.Twelve of the world's top twenty marathon runners are now Kalenjin. Every year, they win 40 percent of the top honours in all international distance 25 races. And it's not just the men.A few years ago, there weren't any distance races for women. These days, there are lots of them. Kalenjin women win all their events as well.Unit 14: Chocolate heavenLUCY: I'm going out, Mum. Please can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend, but we didn't have any chocolate.And we didn't have much chocolate the weekend before last.KAREN: You and your chocolate! OK. But you must share it with everyone else!LUCY: I'm back. Mum! These are the chocolates! They didn't have any nice boxes at the supermarket. These chocolates are from Marconi's. They're really special.ROBERT: But chocolate is chocolate,isn't it? Why does a fancy box make it special?KAREN: Good question. Listen to this. 'This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa. Marconi's chocolate uses only pure cocoa butter.There are no non-cocoa vegetable fats in Marconi's chocolate.'Mm! This is chocolate heaven! It feels different in your mouth. Chocolate heaven is expensive. It feels different in your pocket, too!Unit 15: It’s a mystery to me!DAISY: Welcome home, Jack! Did you have a good trip?JACK: It was OK. But it was all about babies and food!DAISY: Babies? How many babies?JACK: Two. Marcel's deputy had a baby two months ago.And Pierre's secretary is going to have a baby in June.JACK: They have nine months off work each time!DAISY: Well, it happens. That's life!JACK: True.JACK: And then there's the food. I had lunch with Marcel. I didn't want a three-hour lunch, but lunch is a serious business in Paris.DAISY: Yes, it is. I like the French attitude to food. It's very civilised.JACK: I agree with you, Daisy. They're nice people. They're also very efficient.JACK: But how do they do it?How do they have time for a civilised life and for work as well?It's a mystery to me!Unit 16: What’s your middle name?WILLIAM: Is there something wrong Karen?KAREN: It's OK. I'm being silly.WILLIAM: That's impossible .You're never silly.KAREN: Oh, but I am! I'm silly all the time. Believe me!KAREN: I did something very silly this morning.I picked up some shopping in town.KAREN: I arrived home at about 10 o'clock, and parked the car in the drive.I unlocked the house with my house keys.KAREN: Then, Daisy called me on my mobile, and we talked about the weekend.We discussed plans for Sunday. Then we finished the call.KAREN: Then I looked for my car keys.I looked in my bag, in my coat, in the kitchen, everywhere.WILLIAM: And where were they?KAREN: They were in my hand! The key-ring was on my little finger.William, 'Silliness' is my middle name!Unit 17: A cuckoo in the nestPaul's father, Ken Bruce is an engineer. He's also an enthusiastic birdwatcher.Last spring, two little birds appeared in his garden. Ken installed a webcam, and invited his neighbours to log on. Everyone watched enthusiastically. Soon, there was alittle nest. Then, another bird arrived. It was a cuckoo. The cuckoo watched patiently. Three little eggs appears in the nest.The cuckoo waited. Suddenly, she had her chance. The mother wasn't there. The cuckoo darted to the nest. In two seconds, there was a fourth egg beside the other three.After twelve days, the young cuckoo hatched. The little birds hurried to get food for the baby cuckoo.Ken's neighbours watched excitedly. The baby cockoo picked up the other eggs easily with its back, and pushed them out of the nest. The birds returned and pushed food into its mouth. After twenty days, the cuckoo was enormous! On 6th May, it opened its wings. In a moment, the nest was empty. The show was over.Ken's neighbours are all enthusiastic birdwatchers now, of course.Unit 18: Read this label!LUCY: Do you want one of these, Vikki?VIKKI: No, thanks! I ate some of those about a year ago. Once was enough!LUCY: Why? What happened?VIKKI: I missed breakfast that morning, because I did my piano practice before school. Mum gave me my lunchbox, and I went for the bus.VIKKI: On the school bus I felt a bit sick. I always feel sick on buses, anyway.VIKKI: I need to eat something. I looked in my lunchbox and discovered the Crispy Trolls.VIKKI: I ate four Crispy Trolls, one after another.At the same time I read the label on the packet.VIKKI: Then I felt really sick! Yuk! Honestly, Lucy, this stuff isn't food. It's chemistry. Read the label!Unit 19: A problem with squirrelsPOLLY: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last weekPOLLY: Well, I bought it because of the label. It said, 'This bird feeder is squirrel-proof'.ANNIE: Yes, you told me that.POLLY: Well, I brought it home. I put lots of nuts in it.And I hung it outside the kitchen window.POLLY: That night, a squirrel broke into the 'squirrel-proof' bird feeder.It ate all the nuts. The squirrel's tummy became enormous.ANNIE: Oh, no! Don't tell me!POLLY: The next day, I went into the kitchen. What did I see?A dead squirrel in my bird feeder, outside my kitchen window!ANNIE: That's awful! What did you do?POLLY: I cut it down, and put it in a bag. Then I took it back to the shop.They gave me my money back.ANNIE: But what's the use of that?POLLY: I wanted a squirrel-proof bird feeder, and I haven't got one!Unit 20: An ordinary lifeNina: I want to tell you something,Daisy: What is it, Nina?Nina: This will be my last fashion shoot. I'm going to get an ordinary job in an office.Daisy : But why, Nina? You're a very successful model.Why do you want to change?Nina: I'm successful now. But I won't always be successful.And I want an ordinary life.NINA: In an office job, I'll work regular hours. I'll go home in the evening.NINA: I'll cook beautiful meals and eat them with my friends.And I'll sleep in the same bed every night.NINA: And maybe, one day, I'll meet the right man.And we'll have an ordinary life together. It'll be wonderful!Unit 21：The weather forecastANNOUNCER: And now it's five to nine, and time for the weather forecast.Let's go over to Carla Dane at the London Weather Centre,Carla.WEAT: Thanks John, and good morning!Last month was unusually cold and dry. But all that will change in the next few days.From today, the wind will blow from the south west.It will bring in warm air from the Atlantic. And we'll have some rain.Rain will come in gradually from the south west this evening.The whole country will have some rain showers in the next three days.Some of them will be heavy.Temperatures will rise to 12 degrees Celsius in the day.Night temperatures will fall to 4 degrees Celsius.It will feel cold over the hills. And the outlook for next weekend: the three w's- warm,wet and windy. And that's your weather forecast.Back to John at the studio.Unit 22 I always behave myselfLUCY: Dad, there was a dance at school last month, and I didn't go.There'll be another one next Friday night. Can I go?WILLIAM: Who'll be at the dance?LUCY: It'll be a school event. There will be some French student,but there won't be any outsiders. And our teachers will be there, tooWILLIAM: That sounds reasonable. What time will it start?LUCY: At half past seven.WILLIAM: And how long will it last?LUCY: For two and a half hours. It'll finish at 10.WILLIAM: All right, Lucy. Your mother will take you there, and I'll pick you up.Be at the school gates at 10 o'clock sharp. Is that clear?LUCY: Yes. Dad. Thanks;WILLIAM: And Lucy, you will behave yourself, won't you?LUCY: Of course, Dad. I always do!Unit 23 Quite tall … and quite striking!DAISY: ….... So, Cleo, that's the news.Can you send me your New Faces file?....... CLEO: Of course. Daisy. I’11 send a messenger.CLBO: How far is it to your house from here?DAISY: It's about 45 miles.CLBO: That's not far. You'll have the pictures by two o'clock.DAISY: Good. What are they like?CLEO: Well, all the girls are quite young. One of them is very young.Her mother comes with her.DAISY: I get the picture. Is there anyone special?CLEO: That's Sandy. She's quite tall.DAISY: How tall?CLEO: She's one metre eighty-two.DAISY: What height is that? Just a moment…OK, it's about five foot eleven. That's very tall.CLBO: Yes, she's quite striking. I'll send the file now.DAISY: Thanks. Cleo. I'll have a look.I'll call you tomorrow.CLEO: Thanks, Daisy. Bye!Unit 24 A quizROBERT: Lucy, I'm writing a quiz for my class, and I want to try it out.Can I try it out on you, please?LUCY: OK.ROBERT: Which is the highest mountain in the British Isles?LUCY : It's Ben Nevis, of course!ROBERT: What's the longest river in the world?LUCY: I'm not sure. Is it the Nile, or the Amazon?ROBERT: It's the Nile. I looked it up yesterday.The Nile is longer than the Amazon.LUCY: Is it?ROBERT: Yes. They're both long rivers. It isn't obvious, is it?LUCY: No. It's a good question.ROBERT: Which continent has the lowest population density?LUCY: Goodness, Robert! I don't know! Australia?ROBERT: No! It's a trick question.Australia's a continent, and it has only six people to the square mile.But obviously, the answer is 'Antarctica'!Unit 25 Karen saves some moneyKAREN: Which of these two suits do you prefer, William?The one on the right, or the one on the left?WILLIAM: They're both the same. They're both the same size.They're both the same colour. And they're both the same style.KAREN: They both look the same, but they're very different in quality.One is made of linen, and the other is made of microfibre.The microfibre one is cheaper than the linen one.WILLIAM: Which one do you prefer, Karen?KAREN: I'll have the microfibre one. It isn't as expensive as the linen one.WILLIAM: Are you sure? I can't tell the difference,but you can. I want you to be happy with it.KAREN: That's OK. I'm saving money on the suit.So now I want to buy a pair of shoes to go with it.Unit 26 School reportsFLORA: What's your report like, Vikki?VIKKI: It's all right.FLORA: Can I have a look?VIKKI: OK.FLORA: WOW, Vikki!Listen to this, Lucy! English excellent, French excellent,Maths excellent, Music excellent, Geography excellent……Everything is excellent!LUCY: I know! Vikki's report is always better than mine.FLORA: And your report is always better than mine.LUCY: Your reports are quite good, Flora.FLORA: But not as good as yours and Vikki's.You're both cleverer than me.LUCY: Well, Vikki always comes top.She's the cleverest girl in the school.VIKKI: You're the best gymnast, Flora.I always come bottom in Sports.Look! ‘Sports: Vikki tries hard.'VIKKI: It's a joke! Of course I try hard. But obviously not hard enough!Unit 27 Pocket moneyLUCY: Have you got any money, Robert?ROBERT: A little. Why?LUCY: Can you lend me some? Just for a week.ROBERT: How much do you want?LUCY: Just a few pounds. Well, ten pounds, actually.ROBERT: Ten pounds! That's a lot! Why haven't you got your own money?We both get the same every month.LUCY: Yes, but you've always got more money than me.ROBERT: YOU always spend your pocket money at the beginning of the month.LUCY: I know! And you always save yours. You're a good boy, and I'm a bad girl!LUCY: Please, Robert! I'll pay you back on Saturday.ROBERT: All right then. But only for a few days.LUCY: Thanks! You're the best!Unit 28 She doesn't even existROBERT: Why do you have all these posters in your room. Lucy?LUCY: Because I like them.ROBERT: Look at that big face! It's silly. Why did you put it on the ceiling?LUCY: Because I like it.ROBERT: Who's this, anyway?LUCY: It's Jonno. He's the best singer in the world. And he's the most handsome.ROBERT: That's silly.LUCY: No, it isn't!LUCY: Anyway, who's your favourite?ROBERT: Leena Lang. She's the most beautiful girl in the world, and the cleverest.LUCY: Lecna Lang! That's crazy! She's just someone in a computer game.ROBERT: I don't care. She's the best detective and the best martial arts master.LUCY: But she isn't real! She doesn't even exist!ROBERT: She does. She's as real as Jonno any day!Unit 29 No one’s better than Paul!CLAIRE: Paul is a fantastic athlete. Linda. He comes first in everything. LINDA: He was always a strong runner.CLAIRE: In the Championships last year,the '800 metres' was a very fast race. But Paul ran the fastest. He was 15 seconds faster than his nearest rival.LINDA: There were a lot of his friends in the Championships, weren't there? CLAIRE: Oh, yes! They all did very well indeed.CLAIRE: Tom won the high jump. He jumped 1.49 metres.That was 3 centimetres higher than all the others.CLAIRE: And Phil came first in the long jump.He jumped further than anyone . He broke his personal record.CLAIRE: They're all fantastic, really!LINDA: Yes, they are. But no one's better than our Paul!Unit 30 A giant squidROBERT: I bought New Scientist magazine this week. Dad.WILLIAM: Did you? I'll give you the money for that.How much did you pay for it?ROBERT: It cost £3.70 (three pounds seventy)]WILLIAM: Here you are. I enjoy New Scientist.I'll read it after you.ROBERT: There's a piece in it about a giant squid.It's on show at the Natural History Museum.ROBERT: It’s 9 metres long.William: Nine metres ... that's about 30 feet .That’s as long as a London bus!ROBERT: I know. Its eyes are as big as plates, and its suckers are at big as a man's leg.WILLIAM: That's amazing.ROBERT: Can we go and see it. Dad?WILLIAM: Yes. of course. We'll go on Sunday morning.The rest of the family will be at the athletics.。

Unit 1 Linda comes to London(p2)Linda: Hi, Karen!Where are you?Karen: I’m in the coffee bar next to the Arrivals exit.I’m waiting for you, and I’m having a cup of coffee. Karen: Where are you, and what are you doing? Linda: I’m in the Baggage Hall.I’m waiting for my suitcase.Linda: Ah, I can see it!It’s coming round now!There it is!Linda: Oh, Karen!Is Paul with you?Karen: Yes, of course he is.He’s standing here beside me.I’m giving him my phone now.Karen: Here you are, Paul!Talk to your mother!Paul: Hello, Mum!Linda: Hello, Paul!I’ve got my suitcase, and I’m coming out now!Unit 2 Good luck on Sunday!(p10)Reporter: My name’s Tom French. I’m speaking to you from the ExCel Centre in London’s Docklands. We are visitingthis year’s Marathon Expo.Reporter: This is the Trade Fair of the London Marathon. It’s very noisy! There are hundreds of exhibitors andthousands of visitors here.Reporter: This is a big international event.But it’s like a village!People are talking and laughing like old friends. Reporter: I’m standing with one of the competitors.Let me introduce Paul Bruce.Hi, Paul!Paul: Hi, Tom!Reporter: Paul, please tell our listeners.This is your first Marathon, isn’t it?Paul: Yes, it is.Reporter: Are you looking forward to Sunday?Paul: Yes, I am.Reporter: That’s the spirit, Paul!Good luck on Sunday!Unit 3 Is this yours?(p18)Jack: That’s strange. What’s this note in my pocket?It isn’t mine. Is it yours, Daisy?Daisy: No, it isn’t mine.Let me see.Oh, it belongs to Paul.The handwriting is his.Jack: So why is it in my pocket?Daisy: I don’t know. It looks like Pau l’s ‘to-do’ list.Let me read it.Wednesday, 18 April8 a.m. Drive to the airport with Karen.10 a.m. Pick Mum up, and drive to Barnet.1 p.m. Training run.5 p.m. Pick Claire up from college.Jack: Hmm. Give it to me, Daisy.Yes, it is Paul’s, isn’t it?Daisy: Yes, Jack. Put it back.Jack: But why on earth is it in my pocket?Unit 4 The top three percent(p26)Volunteer: Congratulations!Two hours and fifty-nine minutes.That’s fantastic!What’s your name?Paul: Paul. Paul Bruce.Volunteer: Well done, Paul!How are you feeling?Paul: I’m OK. Thanks.Volunteer: Good! Now, Paul.Here’s your foil jacket.Put it on.You mustn’t get cold.Paul: Yes. Thanks.Volunteer: Just a hundred and seventy-nine minutes!Paul, you’re a hero!Paul: Thanks!Volunteer: Now, Paul, walk this way.Pick up your medal.It’s yours!Volunteer: There are thirty-five thousand runners in this race, and you’re in the top three percent! Congratulations!(p34)Robert: Look at this webpage, Mum.It’s about ants.Karen: Ants?Why are you looking up ants?Robert: Why not?Ants are really interesting.They do really interesting things.Karen: What kind of things?Robert: Well, they usually live in dry places.But they can survive under water for two weeks. Karen: Really?Karen: Do they breathe under water?Robert: It doesn’t say.Robert: Oh, Mum, how about this?Ants always stretch their legs in the morning. Karen: You’re joking!Robert: No, really!Karen: Do they usually yawn in the morning, too? Robert: Well, funnily enough, they do!(p42)Polly: You’re looking very elegant today, Annie! Annie: Yes, I’m on my way to my accountant’s.I always put on a nice outfit for him.Annie: So I’m going by bus.Polly: What do you mean, Annie?Annie: Well, I usually walk into town.But today I’m going by bus.It’s my shoes, you see.Polly: Your shoes?Annie: Yes, my shoes.They’re size six.Polly: They’re perfect with your outfit.Annie: Thanks. I like them, too.Annie: But I can’t walk in them in the morning.They’re fine in the afternoon.Polly: What do you mean?Annie: My feet are size five in the morning, and size six in the afternoon.I can’t walk in these shoes before lunch.Unit 7 A good example(p50)Robert: How about this, Dad?‘Twenty-two percent of people in Britain nevereat breakfast.Sixteen percent eat breakfast at work.’William: It’s true.My assistant has her breakfast at work every day.It’s a waste of time, really.Karen: Poor girl!She works very hard.William: She goes out with friends nearly every night.Then she gets up late, and rushes to work late.William: Then she has breakfast at her desk!It doesn’t look good.Karen: She works late twice a week, too.William: Well, we all do that.Goodness, is that the time?William: I must rush.Karen: But what about your breakfast?William: That’s all right. I can get some breakfast at work.Unit 8 A nice quiet afternoon(p58)Mr. Ford: What are you going to do now, Paul? Paul: I’m going to take it easy this morning!Then I’m going to meet Claire for lunch. Mr. Ford: Where? Here in Barnet?Paul: No, at an Indian restaurant in Canary Wharf.Her mother recommends it.Mr. Ford: Very nice.Have a good lunch.Eat a double portion of rice.You need the carbohydrate.And have a dessert.Why not have two desserts?But no alcohol, of course!Have a nice quiet afternoon.Paul: We’re going to walk along the river.Mr. Ford: Make it a short walk.And walk today-- don’t run!Paul: Claire’s going to like that.She hates running,especially after a big lunch.Unit 9 Do your own thing(p66)Paul: It’s going to be a very early starton Sunday morning, Claire.We’re going to leave home at about 5.30. Claire: 5.30! That is early!Paul: So what do you want to do?Do you want to come with us, or not?Claire: I’m not sure, Paul.What do you want me to do?Paul: I want you to do your own thing.You can come to the National Stadium with the team.But what are you going to do there?You can’t come with us into the Red Zone.And I don’t want you to get bored,on your own all day.Claire: But it’s obvious, Paul!The National Athletics Championshipsare a photographer’s dream!What am I going to do?I’m going to take hundreds of photographs,of course!Unit 10 Tomorrow’s another day!Do you remember Nina? (p74) She’s a fashion model.She usually works with Daisy,but she works with other photographers, too.5Her jobs take her all over the world.She often stays in expensive hotels.Her life seems very glamorous.But she often feels lonely.Nina isn’t feeling lonely this evening.10She’s sitting in a bar in Central Londonwith some friends. They are all old friends,and they’re having a good gossip.The bar is becoming very noisy.Nina is laughing. She’s having a really good time.15Why can’t things be like this every evening?That’s an interesting question!This idea is a new one. Nina mustthink about her life. She’s going tothink about it in the morning.20But just now, she’s having a good time.Nina’s going to make a decision tomorrow--but tomorrow’s another day.Unit 11 We all have our troubles Jack: Anna, I want you to call Pierre in Paris. (p82) I’m going to Paris first thing tomorrow.I want to meet with him at 8 o’clock.Can you set it up, please?And can you get me some coffee?Anna: Yes, sir. Straight away.Paris! Again!He was in Paris last week!Janey: Wasn’t he in Washington last week?Anna: No, he was in Washington the week before last. Janey: Some people have all the luck!Anna: Yes, I know.I want to travel,but I’m always here at my desk.I was here yesterday.I was here the day before yesterday. Janey: We’re going to be here tomorrow,and the day after tomorrow.Anna: And the next week, and next month!Jack: Anna, Janey, I’m sorry for you both.But we all have our troubles in life.And I’m looking forward to my coffee.Unit 12 The London busThe new buses in London are just (p90)‘buses’. They aren’t ‘London buses’.The real ‘London bus’ was the oldRoutemaster. This was our favourite5 bus for fifty-one years. It was a designclassic.Were Routemasters really dangerous?The back of the bus was an openplatform with no doors. Perhaps this10 wasn’t very safe-- but Londonerslike to do their own thing. And theRoutemasters were fast in the traffic.Modern buses are safe, but they are slow.Passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the 15 buses. The bus drivers have a hard time.The first Routemasters were on our roadsin 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9, on 15th February 2006.That was some years ago.20 Today, Londoners remember the Routemaster’sname. They remember the designer’s name:Douglas Scott.The new buses don’t have a name. How can welove them?Unit 13 The Kalenjin(p98)Take a look at the records ofinternational running events in the lastfifty years. Before 1980, the winnersof distance races were usually from5 North America and Europe. Therewere some winners from othercountries, but there weren’t verymany of them. There were no Africannames among the winners then, but10 things are very different now.Today, the stars of the race track are the Kalenjin. The Kalenjin are anAfrican people from the borders ofNorth West Kenya and Ethiopia. Their15 homeland is a hot, dry plateau, about2,500 metres above sea level. Thesepeople are natural athletes. They havelong, thin legs. Their heart rate isunusually slow. There are only three20 million of them.Twelve of the world’s top twentymarathon runners are now Kalenjin.Every year, they win 40 percent of thetop honours in all international distance.25 races. And it’s not just the men.A few years ago, there weren’t anydistance races for women. These days,there are lots of them. Kalenjin womenwin all their events as well.Unit 14 Chocolate heaven!(p106)Lucy: I’m going out, Mum.Please can I get some chocolate?We had some sweets last weekend,but we didn’t have any chocolate.Lucy: And we didn’t have much chocolatethe weekend before last.Karen: You and your chocolate!OK. But you must share it with everyone else! Lucy: I’m back, Mum!These are the chocolates!They didn’t have any nice boxesat the supermarket.These chocolates are from Marconi’s.They’re really special.Robert: But chocolate is chocolate, isn’t it?Why does a fancy box make it special? Karen: Good question. Listen to this.‘This chocolate contains fifty percent cocoa.Marconi’s chocolate uses only pure cocoa butter.There are no non-cocoa vegetable fatsin Marconi’s chocolate.’Lucy: Mm! This is chocolate heaven!It feels different in your mouth.Paul: Chocolate heaven is expensive.It feels different in your pocket, too!Unit 15 It’s a mystery to me! Daisy: Welcome home, Jack! (p114) Did you have a good trip?Jack: It was OK.But it was all about babies and food! Daisy: Babies? How many babies?Jack: Two.Marcel’s deputy had a baby two months ago.And Pierre’s secretaryis going to have a baby in June.Jack: They have nine months off work each time! Daisy: Well, it happens.That’s life!Jack: True.Jack: And then there’s the food.I had lunch with Marcel.I didn’t want a three-hour lunch,but lunch is a serious business in Paris. Daisy: Yes, it is.I like the French attitude to food.It’s very civilised.Jack: I agree with you, Daisy.They’re nice people.They’re also very efficient.Jack: But how do they do it?How do they have time for a civilised lifeand for work as well?It’s a mystery to me!。