青少版新概念-2A-課文文本(共4頁)

1、精選優(yōu)質(zhì)文檔-傾情為你奉上青少版新概念 2A 課文文本 Unit 1-15 Unit 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 Ha

2、ll. 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!

3、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 Londo

4、n 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

5、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 pocke

6、t? 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 i

7、t? 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

8、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-

9、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

10、: 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 mornin

11、g, 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

12、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&#

13、39;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

14、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 de

15、sk! 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 a

16、re 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 r

17、ice. 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 todaydon't run!PAUL: Claire's going to like that. She hates

18、 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 no

19、t 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

20、 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 j

21、obs 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.

22、 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'

23、;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

24、 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 he

25、re 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 Lo

26、ndon 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 platf

27、orm 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

28、 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: T

29、he 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 a

30、mong 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 natura

31、l 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

32、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 an

33、y 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 chocolat