青少版新概念2A-2b课文文本之欧阳家百创编

青少版新概念2A-2B 课文文本 Unit 1-30
欧阳家百（2021.03.07）
Unit 1: Linda comes to London
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!
REPORTER: My name's Tom French.I'm speaking to youfrom the ExCel Centrein London's Docklands.We are
visitingthis 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 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 toSunday?
PAUL: Yes, I am.
REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul! Good luck on Sunday!
Unit 3
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 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 percent
VOLUNTEER: 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 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 size
POLLY: 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 example
ROBERT: 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 things
PAUL: 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 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 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 troubles
JACK: 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 bus
The 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 Kalenjin
Take 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 heaven
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.
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 boxes
at 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 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 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 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 nest
Paul'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 squirrels
POLLY: Did you see my new bird feeder Annie?
ANNIE: Yes, I did. I saw it last week
POLLY: 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 life
Nina: 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 forecast
ANNOUNCER: 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 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 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 strikin g!
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 quiz
ROBERT: 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 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 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 reports
FLORA: 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 money
LUCY: 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 exist
ROBERT: 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 squid
ROBERT: 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.。