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青少版新概念2B课文文本Unit16-30

Unit16:What'syourmiddlename?

WILLIAM:IstheresomethingwrongKaren?

KAREN:It'sOK.I'mbeingsilly.

WILLIAM:That''reneversilly.

KAREN:Oh,butIam!I'eme!

KAREN:Ididsomethingverysillythismorning.

Ipickedupsomeshoppingintown.

KAREN:Iarrivedhomeatabout10o'clock,andparkedthecarinthedrive.

Iunlockedthehouwithmyhoukeys.

KAREN:Then,Daisycalledmeonmymobile,usdplansfor

finishedthecall.

KAREN:dinmybag,inmycoat,inthekitchen,everywhere.

WILLIAM:Andwherewerethey?

KAREN:Theywereinmyhand!Thekey-ringwasonmylittlefinger-William,'Silliness'ismy

middlename!

Unit17:Acuckoointhenest

Paul'sfather,'salsoanenthusiasticbirdwatcher.

Lastspring,talledawebcam,andinvitedhis

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ittleeggsappearsin

thenest.

ly,herwasn'koodartedtothe

econds,therewasafourtheggbesidetheotherthree.

Aftertwelvedays,tlebirdshurriedtogetfoodforthebaby

'ycockoopickeduptheothereggasilywith

itsback,

twentydays,thecuckoowanormous!On6thMay,ent,thenestwas

wwasover.

Ken'sneighboursareallenthusiasticbirdwatchersnow,ofcour.

Unit18:Readthislabel!

LUCY:Doyouwantoneofthe,Vikki?

VIKKI:No,thanks!nough!

LUCY:Why?Whathappened?

VIKKI:Imisdbreakfastthatmorning,eme

mylunchbox,andIwentforthebus.

VIKKI:sfeelsickonbus,anyway.

VIKKI:dinmylunchboxanddiscoveredtheCrispyTrolls.

VIKKI:IatefourCrispyTrolls,ametimeIreadthelabelonthe

packet.

VIKKI:ThenIfeltreallysick!Yuk!Honestly,Lucy,thisstuffisn''

thelabel!

Unit19:Aproblemwithsquirrels

POLLY:DidyouemynewbirdfeederAnnie?

ANNIE:Yes,lastweek

POLLY:Well,,'Thisbirdfeederissquirrel-proof'.

ANNIE:Yes,youtoldmethat.

POLLY:Well,ngitoutsidethekitchen

window.

POLLY:Thatnight,asquirrelbrokeintothe'squirrel-proof'llthenuts.

Thesquirrel'stummybecameenormous.

ANNIE:Oh,no!Don'ttellme!

POLLY:Thenextday,dIe?Adeadsquirrelinmybirdfeeder,

outsidemykitchenwindow!

ANNIE:That'sawful!Whatdidyoudo?

POLLY:Icutitdown,vememymoney

back.

ANNIE:Butwhat'stheuofthat?

POLLY:Iwantedasquirrel-proofbirdfeeder,andIhaven'tgotone!

Unit20:Anordinarylife

Nina;Iwanttotellyousomething,

Daisy;Whatisit,Nina?

Nina:Thiswillbemylastfashionshoot.

I'mgoingtogetanordinaryjob

inanoffice.

Daisy:Butwhy,Nina?

You'reaverysuccessfulmodel.

Whydoyouwanttochange?

Nina:I'msuccessfulnow.

ButIwon'talwaysbesuccessful.

AndIwantanordinarylife.

NINA:Inanofficejob,

I'llworkregularhours.

I'llgohomeintheevening

NINA:I'llcookbeautifulmeals

andeatthemwithmyfriends.

AndI'llsleepinthesamebed

everynight.

NINA:Andmaybe,oneday,

I'llmeettherightman.

Andwe'llhaveanordinarylifetogether.

It'llbewonderful!

Unit21：Theweatherforecast

ANNOUNCER:Andnowit'sfivetonine,

andtimefortheweatherforecast.

Let'sgoovertoCarlaDane

attheLondonWeatherCentre.

Carla.

WEATHERFORECASTER:ThanksJohn,andgomorning!

thatwillchangeinthe

nextfewdays.

Fromtoday,thewindwillblowfromthesouthwest.

'llcomeingradually

fromthesouthwestthivening.

themwillbeheavy.

emperatureswillfallto4degrees

outlookfornextweekend:thethreew's-

warm,wetandwindy.

Andthat'22Ialwaysbehave

mylfLUCY:Dad,therewasadanceatschoollastmonth,andIdidn''llbeanother

onenextFridaynight.

CanIgo?

WILLIAM:Who'llbeatthedance?LUCY:It'llbeaschoolevent.

TherewillbesomeFrenchstudentbuttherewon'teacherswillbe

there,tooWILLIAM:Thatsoundsreasonable.

Whattimewillitstart?

LUCY:Athalfpastven.

WILLIAM:Andhowlongwillitlast?LUCY:Fortwoandahalfhours.

It'llfinishat10.

WILLIAM:Allright,Lucy.

Yourmotherwilltakeyouthere,andI'llpickyouup.

Beattheschoolgatesat10o'clear?LUCY:;

WILLIAM:AndLucy,youwillbehaveyourlf,won'tyou?

LUCY:Ofcour,sdo!

Unit23Quitetall…andquitestriking!

DAISY:...So,Cleo,that'sthenews.

CanyoundmeyourNewFacesfile?

CLEO:.

I'11ndamesnger.

CLBO:HOWfarisittoyourhou.

fromhere?

DAISY:It'sabout45miles.

CLBO:That'snotfar.

You'llhavethepicturesbytwoo'clock.

DAISY:etheylike?

CLEO:Well,allthegirlsarequiteyoung.

Oneofthemisveryyoung.

Hermothercomeswithher.

DAISY:Igetthepicture.

Isthereanyonespecial?

CLEO:That'sSandy.

She'squitetall.

DAISY:Howtall?

CLEO:She'sonemetreeighty-two.

DAISY:Whatheightisthat?

Justamoment…

OK,it''sverytall.

CLBO:Yes,she'squitestriking

I'llndthefilenow.

DAISY:.I'llhavealook.

I'llcallyoutomorrow.

CLEO:Thanks,!

Unit24Aquiz

ROBERT:Lucy,I'mwritingaquizformyclass,yitoutonyou,

plea?

LUCY:OK.

ROBERT:Whichisthehighestmountain

intheBritishIsles?

LUCY:It'sBenNevis,ofcour!

ROBERT:What'sthelongestriver

intheworld?

LUCY:I'mnotsure.

IsittheNile,ortheAmazon?ROBERT:It'stheNile.

Ilookeditupyesterday.

:ISit?ROBERT:'rebothlongrivers.

Itisn'tobvious,isit?LUCY:':Whichcontinenthasthe

lowestpopulationdensity?LUCY:Goodness,Robert!Idon'tknow!

Australia?

ROBERT:No!It'satrickquestion.

Australia'sacontinent,

iously,theansweris'Antarctica'!

Unit25KarensavessomemoneyKAREN:Whichofthetwosuitsdoyouprefer,William?

Theoneontheright,ortheoneontheleft?WILLIAM:They'reboththesame.

They'reboththesamesize

They'reboththesamecolour.

Andthey':Theybothlookthesame,butthey'revery

differentinquality.

Oneismadeoflinen,rofibreoneischeaper

M:Whichonedoyouprefer,Karen?KAREN:I'llhavethemicrofibreone.

Itisn'M:Areyousure?

Ican'ttellthedifference,butyoucan.

:That'sOK.

I'msavingmoneyonthesuit.

SonowIwanttobuyapairofshoestogowithit.

Unit26Schoolreports

FLORA:What'syourreportlike,Vikki?

VIKKI:It'sallright.

FLORA:CanIhavealook?

VIKKI:OK.

FLORA:WOW,Vikki!

Listentothis,Lucy!

Englishexcellent,Frenchexcellent,

Mathxcellent,Musicexcellent,

Geographyexcellent

Everythingixcellent!

LUCY:Iknow!

Vikki'sreportisalwaysbetterthanmine.

FLORA:Andyourreportisalwaysbetterthanmine.

LUCY:Yourreportsarequitegood,Flora.

FLORA:ButnotasgoodasyoursandVikki's.

You'rebothclevererthanme.

LUCY:Well,Vikkialwayscomestop.

She'sthecleverestgirlintheschool.

VIKKI:You'rethebestgymnast,Flora.

IalwayscomebottominSports.

Look!

‘Sports:Vikkitrieshard.'

VIKKI:It'sajoke!

OfcourItryhard.

Butobviouslynothardenough!

Unit27Pocketmoney

LUCY:Haveyougotanymoney,Robert?ROBERT:?LUCY:Canyoulendmesome?Justfora

week.

ROBERT:HOWmuchdoyouwant?LUCY:Justafewpounds.

Well,tenpounds,actually.

ROBERT:Tenpounds!That'salot!Whyhaven'tyougotyourownmoney?Webothgetthesameevery

:Yes,butyou'vealwaysgotmoremoneythanme.

ROBERT::Iknow!Andyou

'reagoodboy,andI'mabadgirl!

LUCY:Plea,Robert!,

I'llpayyoubackonSaturday.

ROBERT:LUCY:

Allrightthen.

Butonlyforafewdays.

Thanks!You'rethebest!

Unit28Shedoesn'tevenexist

ROBERT:Whydoyouhavealltheposters

?LUCY::Lookatthatbigface!

It'ssilly.

Whydidyouputitontheceiling?LUCY::Who'sthis,anyway?

LUCY:It'sJonno.

He''sthemosthandsome.

ROBERT:That':No,itisn't!LUCY:Anyway,who'syourfavourite?

ROBERT:LeenaLang.

She'sthemostbeautifulgirlintheworld,:LecnaLang!That's

crazy!

She':Idon''sthebestdetectiveand

thebestmartialartsmaster.

LUCY:Butsheisn'treal!Shedoesn'tevenexist!

ROBERT:Shedoes.

She'sasrealasJonnoanyday!Unit29Noone'sbetterthanPaul!CLAIRE:

::Inthe

Championshipslastyear,

the'800metres'15conds

fasterthanhisnearestrival.

LINDA:TherewerealotofhisfriendsintheChampionships,weren'tthere?

CLAIRE:Oh,yes!Theyalldidverywellindeed.

CLAIRE:s3centimetreshigherthanalltheothers.

CLAIRE:AndPhilcamefirstinthelongjump.

ehispersonalrecord.

CLAIRE:They'reallfantastic,really!

LINDA:Yes,theyare.

Butnoone'sbetterthanourPaul!

Unit30Agiantsquid

ROBERT:.

WILLIAM:Didyou?

I'hdidyoupayforit?

ROBERT:Itcost£(threepoundsventy)]WILLIAM:Hereyouare.

IenjoyNewScientist.

I'llreaditafteryou.

ROBERT:There'sapieceinit

aboutagiantsquid.

It'sonshow

:It's9metreslong.

William:Ninemetres...that'sabout30feet.

That'saslongasLondonbus!ROBERT:Iknow.

Ityesareasbigasplates,anditssuckersareatbigasaman'sleg.

WILLIAM:That'samazing.

ROBERT:?WILLIAM:.

We'llgoonSundaymorning.

Therestofthefamilywillbeattheathletics.