新概念第二册-第13部分
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g overhead and wondered how she could send a signal。 Then she had an idea。 She stamped out the letters 'SOS' in the snow。 Fortunately； a pilot saw the signal and sent a message by radio to the nearest town。 It was not long before a helicopter arrived on the scene to rescue the survivors of the plane crash。
New words and expressions 生词和短语
thick adj。 厚的
signal n。 信号
stamp v。 跺，踩
helicopter n。 直升飞机
scene n。 现场
survivor n。 幸存者
参考译文
不久前，一架轻型客机偏离了航线，在山区坠毁，飞行员丧生。机上仅有的乘客，一位年轻的妇女和她的两个女婴却平安无事。此时正值隆冬季节，地上积着厚厚的雪。这位妇女知道，即使最近的村庄也有数英里远。天黑下来的时候，她把提箱当作小床，把两个孩子放了进去，又把所有能找到的衣服都盖在了孩子们身上。夜里，天冷得厉害。这位妇女尽可能地靠近孩子，甚至自己也想钻进箱子里去，只是箱子太小了。第二天一大早，她听到头顶上有飞机飞过，但不知道怎样才能发个信号。后来她有了一个主意。她在雪地上踩出了“SOS”这3个字母。幸运得很，一位飞行员看到这个信号，用无线电给最近的城镇发了报。不久，一架直升飞机飞抵飞机失事现场，来搭救这几个幸存者。
Lesson 76
April Fools' Day
愚人节
First listen and then answer the question。
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
What was the joke？
'To end our special news bulletin；' said the voice of the television announcer； 'we're going over to the macaroni fields of Calabria。 Macaroni has been grown in this area for over six hundred years。 Two of the leading growers； Giuseppe Moldova and Riccardo Brabante； tell me that they have been expecting a splendid crop this year and harvesting has begun earlier than usual。 Here you can see two workers who； between them； have just finished cutting three cartloads of golden brown macaroni stalks。 The whole village has been working day and night gathering and threshing this year's crop before the September rains。 On the right； you can see Mrs。 Brabante herself。 She has been helping her husband for thirty years now。 Mrs。 Brabante is talking to the manager of the local factory where the crop is processed。 This last scene shows you what will happen at the end of the harvest： the famous Calabrian macaroni…eating competition！ Signor Fratelli； the present champion； has won it every year since 1991。 And that ends our special bulletin for today； Thursday； April lst。 We're now going back to the studio。'
New words and expressions 生词和短语
fool n。 傻瓜
bulletin n。 新闻简报
announcer n。 （电视、电台）播音员
macaroni n。 通心面，空心面条
leading adj。 主要的
grower n。 种植者
splendid adj。 极好的
stalk n。 梗
gather v。 收庄稼
thresh v。 打（庄稼）
process v。 加工
Signor n。 （意大利语）先生
present adj。 目前的
champion n。 冠军
studio n。 播音室
参考译文
“作为我们专题新闻节目的结尾，”电视广播员说，“我们现在到克拉布利亚的通心粉田里。通心粉在这个地区已经种植了600多年了。两个主要种植者，朱塞皮。莫尔道瓦和里卡多。布拉班特告诉我，他们一直期待着今年获得一个大丰收，收割工作比往年开始要早些。这里您可以看到两个工人，他们协力割下了3车金黄色的通心粉秸。全村的人都日夜奋战，要赶在9月的雨季之前把今年的庄稼收获上来，打完场。在屏幕的右侧，您可以看到布拉班特太太本人，她已经帮了她的丈夫30年了。布拉班特太太现在正和负责通心粉加工的当地加工厂的经理交谈。这最后一个镜头向您展示了收获之后将发生的事情：著名的克拉布利亚人吃通心粉大赛！目前的冠军弗拉特里先生，自1991年以来，年年获胜。今天 4月1日，星期四的专题新闻节目到此结束。现在我们回到电视演播室。”
Lesson 77
A successful operation
一例成功的手术
First listen and then answer the question。
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Did the doctors find out how the woman died？
The mummy of an Egyptian woman who died in 800 B。C。 has just had an operation。 The mummy is that of Shepenmut who was once a singer in the Temple of Thebes。 As there were strange marks on the X…ray plates taken of the mummy； doctors have been trying to find out whether the woman died of a rare disease。 The only way to do this was to operate。 The operation； which lasted for over four hours； proved to be very difficult because of the hard resin which covered the skin。 The doctors removed a section of the mummy and sent it to a laboratory。 They also found something which the X…ray plates did not show： a small wax figure of the god Duamutef。 This god which has the head of a cow was normally placed inside a mummy。 The doctors have not yet decided how the woman died。 They feared that the mummy would fall to pieces when they cut it open； but fortunately this has not happened。 The mummy successfully survived the operation。
New words and expressions 生词和短语
mummy n。 木乃伊
Egyptian adj。 埃及的
temple n。 庙
mark n。 斑点
plate n。 （照相）底片
disease n。 疾病
last v。 持续
prove v。 显示出
resin n。 树脂
skin n。 皮肤
section n。 切片
figure n。 （人的）体形；人像
normally adv。 通常地
survive v。 幸免于
参考译文
死于公元前800年的一位埃及妇女的木乃伊刚刚接受了一次手术。这是曾在底比斯神殿里当过歌手的赛潘姆特的木乃伊。由于在给这个木乃伊拍摄的X光片子上有点奇怪的斑点，所以，医生们一直试图搞清这位妇女是否死于一种罕见的疾病。搞清的唯一办法就是手术。手术持续了4个多小时，非常难做，因为皮肤上覆盖着一层硬硬的树脂。医生们从木乃伊身上取下一个切片，送去化验。他们还发现了X光片所没有显示的东西：一个蜡制的杜瓦木特夫神小塑像。这种牛头人身的神像通常被放在木乃伊体内。医生们至今还未确定这位妇女的死因。他们曾担心在把木乃伊切开后，它会散成碎片，但幸运得很，这种情况并未发生。这具木乃伊成功地经受了这次手术。
Lesson 78
The last one？
最后一枝吗？
First listen and then answer the question。
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
For how long did the writer give up smoking？
After reading an article entitled 'Cigarette Smoking and Your Health' I lit a cigarette to calm my nerves。 I smoked with concentration and pleasure as I was sure that this would be my last cigarette。 For a whole week I did not smoke at all and during this time； my wife suffered terribly。 I had all the usual symptoms of someone giving up smoking： a bad temper and an enormous appetite。 My friends kept on offering me cigarettes and cigars。 They made no effort to hide their amusement whenever I produced a packet of sweets from my pocket。 After seven days of this I went to a party。 Everybody around me was smoking and I felt extremely uncomfortable。 When my old friend Brian urged me to accept a cigarette； it was more than I could bear。 I took one guiltily； lit it and smoked with satisfaction。 My wife was delighted that things had returned to normal once more。 Anyway； as Brian pointed out； it is the easiest thing in the world to give up smoking。 He himself has done it lots of times！
New words and expressions 生词和短语
entitle v。 以。。。。。。为名
calm v。 使镇定
nerve n。 神经
concentration n。 集中，专心
suffer v。 受苦，受害
symptom n。 症状
temper n。 脾气
appetite n。 胃口，食欲
produce v。 拿出
urge v。 力劝，怂恿
satisfaction n。 满意，满足
delighted adj。 欣喜的
参考译文
读完一篇题为《吸烟与健康》的文章之后，我点上了一枝香烟，来镇定一下自己紧张的神经。我聚精会神而又愉快地吸着这枝烟。因为我确信这是我最后一枝烟了。整整一个星期我根本没有吸烟。在此期间，我妻子吃尽了苦头。我具备了戒烟者通常表现出来的所有症状：脾气暴躁和食欲旺盛。我的朋友们不断地向我递香烟和雪茄。每当我从口袋里掏出一包糖果时，他们都毫不掩饰地表现出他们对此感到非常好笑。这样过了7天以后，我去参加一次聚会。我周围的每个人都在吸烟，我感到非常不自在。当我的老朋友布赖恩极力劝我接受一枝香烟时，我再也忍不住了。我内疚地接过一枝点上，心满意足地抽起来。一切又都恢复了正常，为此我妻子十分高兴。不管怎么说，正如布赖恩指出的那样，戒烟是世界上最容易的事情，他自己就已戒了很多次了！
Lesson 79
By air
乘飞机
First listen and then answer the question。
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Why did the plane turn back？
I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy。 My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays。 A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience。 I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened。 After taking off； we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height； when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport。 While we were waiting to land； a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down。 Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened。 Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board。 The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane。 After we had landed； the plane was searched thoroughly。 Fortunately； nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again。
New words and expressions 生词和短语
parent n。 父（母）亲
flight attendant 空中乘务员
frightened adj。 害怕，担惊
curious adj。 急于了解，好奇的
bomb n。 炸弹
plant v。 安放
参考译文
我在幼年的时候，曾多次乘飞机旅行。我的父母曾经住在南美洲，所以假期里我常从欧洲乘飞机到他们那里。我总是由一位空中乘务员照管，从未遇到过不愉快的经历。我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只是有一次把我吓坏了。起飞之后，我们在城市上空低低地飞行，然后慢慢爬高。这时飞机突然调转头来，飞回了机场。在我们等待降落时，一位空中乘务员告诉我们要保持镇静，待飞机一着陆，就马上不声不响地离开飞机。飞机上的人都很着急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。后来我们才得知，飞机上坐了一位非常重要的人物。有人报告警察，说飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。我们降落之后，飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。幸运的是，什么也没有找到。5个小时后，我们又起飞了。
Lesson 80
The Crystal Palace
水晶宫
First listen and then answer the question。
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
How many people visited the Great Exhibition of 1851？
Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteeth century was the Crystal Palace； which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851。 The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world； for it was made of iron and glass。 It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it。 A great many goods were se
