新概念1-10

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Lesson 1 A private conversation
Last week I went to the theatre. I had a very good seat. The play was very interesting.
I did not enjoy it. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me.
They were talking loudly. I got very angry. I could not hear the actors. I turned round.
I looked at the man and the woman angrily. They did not pay any attention. In the end,
I could not bear it. I turned round again. ‘I can’t hear a word!’ I said angrily.
‘It’s none of your business,’ the young man said rudely. ‘This is a private conversation!’
Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?
It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until lunch time.
Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside.
‘What a day!’ I thought. ‘It’s raining again.’ Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy.’
I’ve just arrived by train,’ she said. ‘I’m coming to see you.’
‘But I’m still having breakfast,’ I said.
‘What are you doing?’ she asked. ‘I’m having breakfast,’ I repeated.
‘Dear me,’ she said. ‘Do you always get up so late? It’s one o’clock!’
Lesson 3 Please send me a card
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.
Every day I thought about postcards. My holidays passed quickly,
but I did not send any 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!
Lesson 4 An exciting trip
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia.
He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and
he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs,
a small town in the centre of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin.
From there, he will fly to Perth.
My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
Lesson 5 No wrong numbers
Mr. James Scott has a garage in Silbury and now he has just bought another garage in Pinhurst.
Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage,
so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first
message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes.
Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent messages
from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons
I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street. Yesterday a beggar knocked at my door.
He asked me for a meal and a glass of beer. In return for this, the beggar stood on
his head and sang songs. I gave him a meal. He ate the food and drank the beer.
Then he put a piece of cheese in his pocket and went away. Later a neighbour told me about him.
Everybody knows him. His name is Percy Buttons. He calls at every house in the street once a month
and always asks for a meal and a glass of beer.
Lesson 7 Too late
The plane was late and detectives were waiting at the airport all morning. They were expecting a
valuable parcel of diamond from South Africa. A few hours earlier, someone had told the police
that thieves would try to steal the diamonds. When the plane arrived, some of the detectives
were waiting inside the main building while others were waiting on the airfield. Two men took
the parcel off the plane and carried it into the Customs House. While two detectives were keeping
guard at the door, two others opened the parcel. To their surprise, the precious parcel was
full of stones and sand!
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Lesson 8 The best and the worst
Joe Sanders has the most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for
‘The Nicest Garden Competition’ each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith’s garden is
larger than Joe’s. Bill works harder than Joe and grows more flowers and vegetables,
but Joe’s garden is more interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden
bridge over a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like hard work. Every year I enter for
the garden competition too, and I always win a little prize for the worst garden in the town!
Lesson 9 A cold welcome
On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a
large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve
in twenty minutes’ time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened.
Suddenly someone shouted, ‘It’s two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!’
I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.
At that moment everybody began to laugh and sing.
Lesson 10 Not for jazz
We have an old musical instrument. It is called a clavichord. It was made in Germany in 1681.
Our clavichord is kept in the living-room. It has belonged to our family for a long time.
The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago.
Recently it was damaged by a visitor. She tried to play jazz on it! She struck the keys
too hard and two of the strings were broken. My father was shocked. Now we are not
allowed to touch it. It is being repaired by a friend of my father’s.
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