新概念青少版3B課文

1、Lesson 31Dear Mum and Dad,I'm emailing you through the Redstone Ranch website. You can email me back on . I 'll call you next week, when I can use a Broadband phone.Myassessment at Redstone was a bit strange. They asked meto do a lot of tick-box tests. Then we did some outdoor activities. Th

2、ey told me to lead someone up an easy climb. Then they asked me to lead a small group, in kayaks, on white water. After that, the main question was, Where did you learn all these “ backcountry skills ”. I said, I grew up in “back country ”. In Scotland, I sometimes skied to school. ' They liked

3、that. Also, my time in the London Marathon was big news. Three hours or less is magic!I met the top guy, Ed, and he asked me to start next week. Of course I said yes.I won't be able to travel much in the US this time, but it 's great to have this chance. I 'll live free, too! Redstone wi

4、ll pay all my expenses.Talk to you next week!Love,PaulLesson331. Have you heard from Paul? Yes,he phoned us last night.How are they getting on? They're both working.2. Claire's got a job in Washington in a photo library. And Paul's just started at Redstone Ranch. The most expensive resor

5、t in the world! What's it like?3.It's very glamorous. There are nine swimmingpools, and six of them are outdoors! There are ten gymnasiums, each for a different activity.4. There are horses to ride, and rocks to climb, and kayaks on the river, lakes and forest . It sounds wonderful!5. And th

6、e guests there are very glamorous, too.Paul says that he has never seen so many beautiful women in his life!6. Ah! And what does Claire say about that?I don't think he's told her! Anyway, I hope he hasn't!Lesson 351. R: Dad! Have you asked mum yet ?W: What about ?R: Have you asked mum if

7、 I can start karate lessons ?W: No,l have n ' t . I ' II Shh! She ' s comi ng .2K: What are you two whispering about ?R: Oh,er, nothing ! I'm just going upstairs. See you Iater ,dad .W:Yes , of course .3. K:What 's the mystery? Is Robert aII right ?W: He 's fine . He just wan

8、ts me to ask you something .K: Why doesn 'the ask me himseIf ?W: He 's afraid that you'IIsay no .4. K:Oh,dear ! What is it ,WiIIiAM ?'IIIet him .W: Robert wants to Iearn karate . He doesn'tknow whether you5. K: Oh, is that aII ! You worried me .W: Do you mean that you don'tmi

9、nd ?K: Of course I don 'tmind ! Why wouId I mind ?Karate 's a sport , isn 'tit ?6. W: It 's a martiaI art ! It 's about fighting !K: AII competitions are a kind of fighting . The martiaI arts are aIso about ruIes.Lesson 371. It was my life 's idea to come here . She said , &#

10、39;You need a vacation.Leave it to me '.So I did . She made all the reservations. It was a big surprise .2. Most people think that a vacation is about resting . You feel tired , so you sleep ,you eat ,you sit . You rest . I used to think that ,too .3. I used to sit by the pool all day ,and eat t

11、oo much dinner every night .The funny thing is ,on a vacation like that ,I didn'tget less tired .4. At home ,I sit at a desk all day . At night ,I sit in front of the TV.Maybe I eat too much dinner .So what's the difference ? The onlydifference is the place .5. This vacation is different . E

12、very day is different , and every day is active .When I was a kid , I used to go outto play . I didn 't think about time .6. It 's like that now . Now is enough !Lesson 391. I had just got home the other night ,when my cousin ,Alice ,rangthe doorbell. Oh ,no ! I thought . What does she want

13、?2. Alice always wants something. And it's always somethingbig . Afew months ago,she asked me to move a piano .3. For a moment ,I didn 't answer the door . But I had just parkedthe car outside . Perhaps she had seen me .4. So I invited her in and made some tea .I ' m getting married in A

14、pril , she said . Congratulations !I replied . And I waited .5. We had already had two cups of tea , when she said,“I 'd liketo have a film of mywedding . Alan , have you ever madea homemovie?” No ,I haven 't . I said . And I don't want to !6 Ah,well . she said . There's always a fir

15、st time .I'm sure you 'll do it very well .The sad thing is ,I 'm afraid I will .Lesson 411. Our friends ,Judy and Mark ,have a country house outside Bodmin in south west England . They love the wild open country around it, and they go there a lot .2. About a year ago,Judy told me she ha

16、d seen a puma in the garden .A puma,in England ! I listened to her politely , but I really believed that she had seen a very big cat .3. Last weekend ,they had invited us to go with them to Bodmin. It was a six-hour jouney , and when we arrived , I wanted to stretch my legs . I went out in to the qu

17、iet garden . Then I saw it ,straight in front of me . It started at me for a moment ,with big yellow eyes .Then it turned ,jumped onto the wall , and disappeared .4. I went into the house and said to the others .“I 've just seena puma in the garden . ” My wife replied ,“ There are some verybig c

18、ats around these days. ”5. Judy smiled. “There are indeed ! ” she said .Lesson 43 Does anyone still knit?Polly: Do you know where I can buy knitting needles, Annie?Annie: No, I ' m afraid shops like that have disappe sared these days.Maybe people don ' t knit any more.Polly: I knit! I' m

19、 knitting something for my niece's new baby! Or Iwill knit something for her, if I can find the right needles!Annie: Have you tried Janner' s?Polly: Yes, I have! I had a mad conversation with the Sales Assistant yesterday.Annie: What happened?Polly: I asked her where I could find knitting ne

20、edles. She said they didn ' t have any. I said that I always used to buy knitting needles in the first floor, next to Ladieshio'ns.FasPolly: She said that Janner' s had closed that department years ago.She said, We don' t sell knitting needles now. Nobody asksfor them any more. '

21、Polly: I said,You' re mistaken. I'm here, and I 'm still asking for them!1t had been a long day.e exhibiti on.They wan tedThey looked at two moreThe other was a square,Lesson 45 Whose mistake?The judges had chosen fourteen sculptures for th a fiftee nth, and they wan ted to go home.piece

22、s. One was a man s head. They didn ' tlike it.modern piece. The judges chose the modern piece. Then they went home.2. The next day, the artist received a letter. It said that the judges hadchosen his sculpture. But when he went to see the exhibition, he couldn ' t see his sculp ture any wher

23、e. Whereca n it be?' he said. Itmust be here!'3. At last, he saw something with his name on it. It was the square baseof his sculpture. But the top part, the head, wasn' t there. Itmust have been a mistake! ' he said.4. The judges ins isted it hadn' t been a mistake. They liked t

24、he base on its own, but they thought the head was awful.Lesson 47 No laughing allowedClaire: Craig and I were in trouble at work today, Paul.Paul: Why was that?Claire: We laughed in the library. It 's against the rules.Paul: What happened?Claire: While we were entering data in the system, Craig

25、started to laugh. When I looked at his screen, I started to laugh, too.We couldn 't stop.Claire: We were both still laughing when the Librarian came in. heasked us what was so funny. That set us off again.Claire: It was a story about an artist in California. He was campingin the desert when he d

26、ecided to chain his legs together.Paul: Why?Claire: He wanted to draw them like that.Claire: Then, while he was working on the drawing, he lost the key.There he was in the desert, with a chain around his legs. He hopped for twelve hours to the nearest town. And he took the drawing with him.Claire: I

27、t was a pretty good drawing of two legs with a chain around them. Unfortunately, the Librarian didn't see the joke!Lesson 49Howimportant is appearance ? If your hair isn't right ,do you feel unhappy all day ?Of course ,we all feel good when we look good, and sometimes we don' tlike the w

28、ay we look . It starts early in life . When little girls dress up in their mother's clothes , and look at themselves in the mirror , they are learning about themselves , they will become happier adults. This is nothing new .Some womenreally hate their appearance , and manyboys and menworry about

29、 their body image ,too .A quarter of all boys age from five to twelve said in a survey , that they would like to be more handsome. In California ,46% of plastic surgery operations are now on men .50% of these are to make the men thinner . 33% are to give them a better nose . 15% are to make them loo

30、k younger .How do you feel about yourself ? And how much does it matter ?Lesson 51 Daisy gives some advice1. D: Nina tells me you want to make a home movie ,Alan .A; I have a cousin who wants me to . I don' t know where to begin .2. A: Can you give me any advice ?D: I ' ll be happy to . A: D

31、o you mind if I take notes ,DaisyD: Of course not .3. A: So what 'sthe first thing ?D: The first thing is always the story . The best movies are the ones which tell a story .4. D: Talk to the aunt who made the dress ,and the friend who introduced the bride and groom A: Thanks , I ve got that .5.

32、 D; Lend the camera to a child . Children see things differently. Next , keep both eyes open . You want one eye on the screen ,and the other eye on the action .6. J: Nina ! Let me take that for you .N; thanks ,Jack . Dinner's ready ,everybody ! Lights! Dinner ! Action.Lesson 53 Jonno!Robert: Loo

33、k at that man over there. Isn' t he a singer orsomething? I know! He ' s in that picture that you put on your ceiling!Lucy: It 's Jonno! My favourite singer!Robert: Quick, Lucy! Go and ask him for his autograph!Lucy: Oh, no! I can ' t! I 'm too shy! Can you ask him for me,Robert?

34、Robert: Oh, all right.Robert: Excuse me, sir. Aren' t you Jonno, the famous singer?Jonno: That ' s right!Robert: I really liked the last album that you made!Jonno: Thank you.Robert: Can I have you autograph, please?Jonno: Certainly. Where do you want me to sign?Robert: Here, on the magazine,

35、 please! Thank you!Robert: Here you are, Lu cy. You ' ll keep this magazine now for ever,I suppose!Lucy: Of course! It' s got Jonno 's autograph on it!Robert: To tell you the truth, Lucy, I don' t even know the name ofhis latest song!less on55 M bus in essSome US scie ntists have sho

36、w n that ms can be quite clever with mon ey.In one study, the ms are given silvercoins ' , and are taught to use themas mon ey.They get the idea very fast. The ms can buy' pieces of apple or pieces ofbanana.Whe n a piece of apple costs the same as a piece of banana,the ms buy each fruit the

37、same nu mber of times.But when the apple pieces go on sale ' , the ms lose interest in banana.They choose apple, because they get more fruit for the same mon ey.Whe n pieces of cucumber were offered as well, one group of ms did someth ingin teresti ng.They didn ' t eat the cucumber pieces.Th

38、ey saw that the cucumber pieces were the same size as their silver coins.They hid the silver coins and tried to use the cucumber pieces as mon ey.The scientists are very interested, but they are also getting a bit worried.They have discovered that the ms can become en thusiastic gamblers, too!Lesson

39、 571. D: What 'sthe highest price that you 've ever been charged for a bottle of water ? K:Oh, I don 't know . Somebottled waters are as expensive as petrol .2. D:Some of them are as expensive as fine wine . K:When I think of all the oil thathas bee n used to make all those plastic bottles . D:A nd all the oil thathas bee n used to carry them around the world !3. K: And all the billions of empty bottles D:.that will be put into the garbage K: .it doesn 'tmake sense ! The sad thing is , the tap w