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1、青少版新概念 2A 課文文本 Unit 1-15 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 f

2、or 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'v

3、e 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 ar

4、e 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:

5、 Paul, please tell our listeners. This is your first Marathon, isn't it? PAUL: Yes, it is. 1 REPORTER: Are you looking forward to Sunday? PAUL: Yes, I am. REPORTER: That's the spirit, Paul! Unit 3 JACK: That's strange. What's this note in my pocket? It isn't mine. Is it yours, Daisy? No, i

6、t 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

7、pocket? Unit 4：The top three percent 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. Good! Now, Paul. Here's your foil jacket. Put it on. You

8、mustn't get cold. Yes. Thanks. VOLUNTEER: Just a hundred and 2 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!

9、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 place

10、s. 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 ele

11、gant size 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

12、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

13、in the morning. They're fine in the afternoon. POLLY: What do you mean? Unit 7：A good example 3 ROBERT: 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

14、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. WILLIA

15、M: 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 mo

16、rning! Then I'm going to meet Claire for lunch. 4 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

17、 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 things PAU

18、L: 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 th

19、e 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. 5 CLAIRE: But it's obvious, Paul! The National Athletics Championships are a photographer's dream! What am I going to do

20、? 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

21、 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 th

22、ings 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

23、 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. Straight away. 6 Paris! Again! He was in Paris last week! JANEY: Wasn't he in

24、 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 .

25、.. 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 Routema

26、ster. 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

27、 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 . That was some years ago. 20 Today, Londoners

28、remember the Routemaster's name. They remember the designer's name: Douglas Scott. The new buses don't have a name. How can we Unit 13: The Kalenjin Take a look at the records of international running events in the last fifty years. Before 1980, the winners of distance races were usually from 7

29、 5 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

30、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 marath

31、on 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:

32、 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. 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:

33、I'm back. Mum! These are the chocolates! They didn't have any nice boxes at the supermarket. 8 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

34、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 myst

35、ery 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 of

36、f 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. 9 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! 10