新概念英語第三冊課文

1、新概念英語第三冊1Lesson1ApumaatlargePumasarelargecatlikeanimalswhicharefoundinAmerica.WhenreptscameintoLondonZoothatawildpumahadbeenspottedftyfivemilessouthofLondontheywerenottakenseriously.Howeverastheevidencebegantoaccumulatee

2、xpertsfromtheZoofeltobligedtoinvestigatefthedeionsgivenbypeoplewhoclaimedtohaveseenthepumawereextradinarilysimilar.Thehuntfthepumabeganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessawalargecatonlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Iti

3、mmediatelyranawaywhenshesawitexpertsconfirmedthatapumawillnotattackahumanbeingunlessitiscnered（adj.被困得走投無路的）.Thesearchproveddifficultfthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemningatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.W

4、hereveritwentitleftbehinditatrailofdeaddeersmallanimalslikerabbits.Pawprintswereseeninanumberofplacespumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeoplecomplainedofcatlikenoisesatnightabusinessmanonafishingtripsawthepumaupatre

5、e.TheexpertswerenowfullyconvincedthattheanimalwasapumabutwherehaditcomefromAsnopumashadbeenreptedmissingfromanyzoointhecountrythisonemusthavebeeninthepossessionofaprivatecollectsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonfsevera

6、lweeksbutthepumawasnotcaught.Itisdisturbingtothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.美洲獅是一種體形似貓的大動物，產(chǎn)于美洲。當倫敦動物園接到報告說，在倫敦以南45英里處發(fā)現(xiàn)一只美洲獅時，這些報告并沒有受到重視?？墒?，隨著證據(jù)越來越多，動物園的專家們感到有必要進行一番調(diào)查，因為凡是聲稱見到過美洲獅的人們所

7、描述的情況竟是出奇地相似。搜尋美洲獅的工作是從一座小村莊開始的。那里的一位婦女在采摘黑莓時的看見“一只大貓”，離她僅5碼遠，她剛看見它，它就立刻逃走了。專家證實，美洲獅非被逼得走投無路，是決不會傷人的。事實上搜尋工作很困難，因為常常是早晨在甲地發(fā)現(xiàn)那只美洲獅，晚上卻在20英里外的乙地發(fā)現(xiàn)它的蹤跡。無論它走哪兒，一路上總會留下一串死鹿及死兔子之類的小動物，在許多地方看見爪印，灌木叢中發(fā)現(xiàn)了粘在上面的美洲獅毛。有人抱怨說夜里聽見“像貓一樣的

8、叫聲”；一位商人去釣魚，看見那只美洲獅在樹上。專家們?nèi)缃褚呀?jīng)完全肯定那只動物就是美洲獅，但它是從哪兒來的呢？由于全國動物園沒有一家報告丟了美洲獅，因此那只美洲獅一定是某位私人收藏豢養(yǎng)的，不知怎么設(shè)法逃出來了。搜尋工作進行了好幾個星期，但始終未能逮住那只美洲獅。想到在寧靜的鄉(xiāng)村里有一頭危險的野獸繼續(xù)逍遙流竄，真令人擔(dān)心。Lesson2ThirteenequalsoneOurvicarisalwaysraisingmoneyfonecaus

9、eanotherbuthehasnevermanagedtogetenoughmoneytohavethechurchclockrepaired.Thebigclockwhichusedtostrikethehoursdaynightwasdamagedmanyyearsagohasbeensilenteversince.Onenighthoweverourvicarwokeupwithastart:theclockwasstrikin

10、gthehours!Lookingathiswatchhesawthatitwasoneoclockbutthebellstruckthirteentimesbefeitstopped.Armedwithatchthevicarwentupintotheclocktowertoseewhatwasgoingon.Inthetchlighthecaughtsightofafigurewhomheimmediatelyrecognizeda

11、sBillWilkinsourlocalgrocer.WhateverareyoudoinguphereBillaskedthevicarinsurprise.ImtryingtorepairthebellansweredBill.Ivebeencomingupherenightafternightfweeksnow.YouseeIwashopingtogiveyouasurprise.Youcertainlydidgivemeasur

12、prise!saidthevicar.Youveprobablywokenupeveryoneinthevillageaswell.StillImgladthebelliswkingagain.新概念英語第三冊3一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。她身高3英尺，雙手叉腰。身穿一條拖地長裙，盡管上了年紀，但體態(tài)確實優(yōu)美。不過，考古工作者至今未能確定這位女神的身份。Lesson4ThedoublelifeofAlfredBloggsThesedaysp

13、eoplewhodomanualwkoftenreceivefarmemoneythanclerkswhowkinoffices.Peoplewhowkinofficesarefrequentlyreferredtoaswhitecollarwkersfthesimplereasonthattheyusuallywearacollartietogotowk.Suchishumannaturethatagreatmanypeopleare

14、oftenwillingtosacrificehigherpayftheprivilegeofbecomingwhitecollarwkers.ThiscangiverisetocurioussituationsasitdidinthecaseofAlfredBloggswhowkedasadustmanftheEllesmereCpation.WhenhegotmarriedAlfwastooembarrassedtosayanyth

15、ingtohiswifeabouthisjob.HesimplytoldherthathewkedftheCpation.Everymninghelefthomedressedinasmartblacksuit.Hethenchangedintooveralls(n.工作服)spentthenexteighthoursasadustman.Befereturninghomeatnighthetookashowerchangedbacki

16、ntohissuit.Alfdidthisfovertwoyearshisfellowdustmenkepthissecret.AlfswifehasneverdiscoveredthatshemarriedadustmansheneverwillfAlfhasjustfoundanotherjob.Hewillsoonbewkinginanofficeasajuniclerk.Hewillbeearningonlyhalfasmuch

17、asheusedtobuthefeelsthathisriseinstatusiswellwththelossofmoney.FromnowonhewillwearasuitalldayotherswillcallhimMr.BloggsnotAlf.如今，從事體力勞動的人的收入一般要比坐辦公室的人高出許多。坐辦公室的之所以常常被稱作“白領(lǐng)工人”，就是因為他們通常是穿著硬領(lǐng)白襯衫，系著領(lǐng)帶去上班。許多人常常情愿放棄較高的薪水以換取做白領(lǐng)

18、工人的殊榮，此乃人之常情。而這常常會引起種種奇怪的現(xiàn)象，在埃爾斯米爾公司當清潔工的艾爾弗雷德.布洛斯就是一個例子。艾爾弗結(jié)婚時，感到非常難為情，而沒有將自己的職業(yè)告訴妻子。他只說在埃爾斯米爾公司上班。每天早晨，他穿上一身漂亮的黑色西裝離家上班，然后換上工作服，當8個小時清潔工。晚上回家前，他洗個淋浴，重新?lián)Q上那身黑色西服。兩年多以來，艾爾弗一直這樣，他的同事也為他保守秘密。艾爾弗的妻子一直不知道她嫁給了一個清潔工，而且她永遠也不會知道了

19、，因為艾爾弗已找到薪職，不久就要坐辦公室里工作了。他將來掙的錢只有他現(xiàn)在的一半。不過他覺得，地位升高了，損失點兒錢也值得。從此，艾爾弗可以一天到晚穿西服了。別人將稱呼他為“布洛格斯先生”，而不再叫他“艾爾弗”了。Lesson5ThefactsEditsofnewspapersmagazinesoftengotoextremestoprovidetheirreaderswithunimptantfactsstatistics.Lastye

20、arajournalisthadbeeninstructedbyawellknownmagazinetowriteanarticleonthepresidentspalaceinanewAfricanrepublic.Whenthearticlearrivedtheeditreadthefirstsentencethenrefusedtopublishit.Thearticlebegan:Hundredsofstepsleadtothe

21、highwallwhichsurroundsthepresidentspalace.Theeditatoncesentthejournalistafaxinstructinghimtofindouttheexactnumberofstepstheheightofthewall.Thejournalistimmediatelysetouttoobtaintheseimptantfactsbuthetookalongtimetosendth

22、em.Meanwhiletheeditwasgettingimpatientfthemagazinewouldsoongotopress.Hesentthejournalisttwourgenttelegramsbutreceivednoreply.Hesentyetanothertelegraminfmingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired.Whenthejourna

23、listagainfailedtoreplytheeditreluctantlypublishedthearticleasithadiginallybeenwritten.Aweeklatertheeditatlastreceivedatelegramfromthejournalist.Notonlyhadthepomanbeenarrestedbuthehadbeensenttoprisonaswell.Howeverhehadatl