經(jīng)典-新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇,效果絕對(duì)好

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經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好—新念語(yǔ)背文36篇效絕好這個(gè)優(yōu)秀文章36篇是我從新念三的教材里精心挑選出來(lái)的其中新概念三20篇和新念四的16篇，從貼近考英語(yǔ)的角度來(lái)篩選，除了大部分的記敘文和明文題材，主就是論說(shuō)文了。這些精選出來(lái)文章作為必須背誦的材。原來(lái)的文檔很多都或多或少的小誤。這里我都精心對(duì)過(guò)并盡避免出現(xiàn)錯(cuò)誤。以前那個(gè)版本有20篇文章（新三12篇新四8篇網(wǎng)友反映排使用不是很方便，這里新排版另字用稍微大一點(diǎn)的5號(hào)，睛會(huì)舒服一點(diǎn)，還可以做一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)筆記，不過(guò)數(shù)增加一.對(duì)這36篇文章最好是寫(xiě)、翻譯、背誦一步步來(lái)。先把文章聽(tīng)寫(xiě)出然翻譯成中文再把中文翻譯成英文，最后誦。不過(guò)這個(gè)過(guò)程很時(shí)間，但是也能提高英能力。如果單考研應(yīng)試，英語(yǔ)不想那么高分，而其他目需要的時(shí)間多點(diǎn),那就只背誦.語(yǔ)言是背出來(lái),模仿磁帶的讀，大聲跟讀大聲的背，將以到聽(tīng)說(shuō)讀寫(xiě)齊頭并進(jìn)。新念Lesson14Anoblegangster貴歹Therewasatimewhentheownersofshopsandbusinessesinhadtopaylargesumsofmoneytogangstersinfor'protection?！疘fthemoneywasnotpaid，thegangsterswouldquicklyputaoutofbusinessbydestroyinghisshop.Obtaining'protectionmoney'isnotamoderncrime.Aslongagoasthefourteenthcentury,anEnglishmanSirJohnHawkwood，madetheremarkablediscoverythatpeoplewouldratherpaylargesumsofmoneythanhavetheirlifeworkdestroyedbygangsters。Sixhundredyearsago，SirJohanHawkwoodarrivedinItalywithabandofsoldiersnearFlorence。HesoonmadeaforhimselfandcametobeknowntotheItaliansasGiovanniAcutoWhenevertheItalianwereatwareachother,Hawkwoodusedtohirehissoldierstoprinceswhoweretopaythehighpriceemanded.Intimesofpeace，whenbusinesswas，Hawkwoodandhismenwouldmarchintocity-stateandafterburningdownafewfarmswouldoffergoawayifprotectionmoneywasto。Hawkwoodmadelarge1

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好sumsofmoneyinthisway.spiteofthis,theItaliansregardedhimasasortof。Whenhediedatageeighty，F(xiàn)lorentinesgavehimastateandhadapicturedpaintedwhichwasdedicatedtothememoryofmostsoldiermostnotableleader,SignorGiovanniHaukodue。'曾經(jīng)有一個(gè)期，芝加的店主和行的老板們不得不拿出大筆的錢(qián)給徒以換取"保護(hù)”。如交款不及時(shí)，歹徒們就會(huì)很快搗他的商店,他破產(chǎn)榨”保護(hù)金并不是一現(xiàn)代的罪行徑。早在14世紀(jì)英國(guó)人約翰霍克伍德有過(guò)非凡的發(fā)現(xiàn)”人情愿拿出筆的錢(qián),也不愿生的心血?dú)в诖跬街?00年前約.霍克伍德爵士著一隊(duì)士兵來(lái)到意大利，在佛羅倫薩附近駐扎來(lái)，很快出了名。大利人叫他喬凡尼。阿庫(kù)托每次意利各城邦間發(fā)生戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)霍克伍把他的士兵雇傭給愿給出高價(jià)的主。和平期,當(dāng)意蕭條時(shí)霍克伍德便帶士兵進(jìn)入個(gè)城邦,縱火毀一兩個(gè)場(chǎng),然后提出如向們繳納保金,他們便動(dòng)撤離霍克伍用這種方法掙了大筆。盡管如,意利人還把他視作種英雄。80歲那死去時(shí)佛羅倫薩人為他舉行了葬并為他像以紀(jì)念這位驍勇無(wú)比戰(zhàn)士、杰的領(lǐng)袖喬凡尼。阿庫(kù)托先生。"Lesson17Thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworld界最長(zhǎng)吊Verrazano,anItalianaboutwhomlittleisknown,sailedintoNewHarbourin1524andnameditAngouleme.Hedescribeditas’averyagreeablesituationlocatedwithintwosmallhillsinthemidstofwhichflowedagreatriver。ThoughVerrazanoisbymeanstobeagreatexplorer，hisnamewillprobablyremainimmortal，foronNovember21st,1964，thelongestsuspensionbridgeintheworldwasnamedafterhim。TheVerrazanoBridge,whichdesignedbyOthmarAmmann,joinsBrooklyntoStaten。Ithasaspanof，260feet.Thebridgeissolongthatshapeoftheearthhadtobetakenintoitsdesigner.Twogreattowerssupportfourhugecables。Thetowersarebuiltonimmenseunderwaterplatformsofsteelandconcrete。Theplatformsextendtoadepthofover100feetunderthesea.Thesealonetookmonthstobuild.Abovethesurfaceofthewater,thetowersrisetoaheightofnearly700feet。Theysupportthecablesfromwhichthebridgehasbeensuspended。Eachofthefourcablescontains26，108lengthsofwire。Ithasbeenestimatedthatifthebridgewerepackedwithcars，itwouldstillonlybecarryingathirdofitstotalcapacity。However，sizeandstrengthnottheonlyimportantaboutthisbridgeDespiteitsimmensity，itissimpleandelegant，fulfillingitsdesigner’sdreamtocreate'anenormousobjectdrawnasfaintlyas’。1524年，一鮮為人知意大利人拉薩諾駕船駛進(jìn)紐約港，并將該港為安古拉。他對(duì)該作了這樣描述：“地理位置十分宜，位于座小山的間，一條大河從中間流過(guò)"。雖然維薩諾絕對(duì)算不上一個(gè)偉大的探險(xiǎn)家但他的名2

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好將流芳百世因?yàn)?964年月21日建成的一座世界上最長(zhǎng)的吊橋是他的名字名。維拉薩諾大由奧斯馬阿曼設(shè)計(jì)連結(jié)著布魯克林與斯塔頓島，橋長(zhǎng)4，260英尺由于身太長(zhǎng)設(shè)計(jì)者不不考慮了地表的形。兩座巨支撐著4根粗大鋼纜。塔建在巨大水下鋼盤(pán)混凝土平臺(tái)上.平深入海底100英尺.僅這兩座塔就花了16月才成.塔身高出面將近700英尺高塔支撐著鋼纜，而鋼又懸吊著橋,4根鋼纜的每根由，108股鋼繩組成據(jù)計(jì),橋上擺滿了車(chē)，也只過(guò)是橋的承載力的1/3.然而這座橋重要特點(diǎn)不僅是的規(guī)模與度。盡管此橋很大但它的結(jié)簡(jiǎn)單，造優(yōu)美，實(shí)現(xiàn)了設(shè)計(jì)者企圖創(chuàng)造一個(gè)盡量用細(xì)條勾畫(huà)出個(gè)龐然大”的夢(mèng)想。Lesson21DanielMendoza

丹爾門(mén)薩BoxingmatcheswereverypopularinEnglandtwohundredyearsago.Inthosedays,boxersfoughtwithbarefistsforprizemoney。Becauseofthis，theywereknown’prize-fighters'.However,boxingwasvery，fortherewerenorulesanda—fightercouldbeseriouslyinjuredorevenkilledduringamatch。OneofthemostcolourfulfiguresinboxinghistorywasDanielMendoza,whowasbornin1764.Theuseofgloveswasnotintroduceduntil1860,theMarquisofQueensberryupthefirstsetofrules。Thoughhewastechnicallyaprize-fighter,Mendozadidmuchtochangecrudeprize-fightingintoasport,forhebroughtsciencetothegame。Inhisday,Mendozaenjoyedtremendouspopularity.Hewasadoredbypooralike。Mendozarosefameswiftlyafterawhenhewasonlyfourteenyearsold.ThisattractedtheattentionofRichardHumphrieswhowasthenthemosteminentboxerinHeofferedtotrainMendozaandhisyoungpupilwasquickto。Infact,MendozasoonbecamesosuccessfulthatHumphriesturnedagainsthim。Thetwomenquarrelledbitterlyanditwasclearthattheargumentcouldonlybesettledafight.Amatchwasheldatwherebothfoughtforanhour。Thepublicbetagreatdealofmoneyon，buthewasdefeated。MendozametHumphriesintheringonalateroccasionandhelostforasecondtime。notuntilhisthirdmatchin1790thathefinallybeatHumphriesandChampionEngland.Meanwhile，hefoundedahighlysuccessfulAcademyandevenLordByronbecameoneofhis。Heearnedenormoussumsofandwasmuchas100poundsforsingle。this,hewassoextravagantthathewasalwaysindebt。AfterhewasdefeatedbyaboxercalledGentlemanJackson,hewasquicklyforgotten.Hewastoprisonfortopayhisdebtsanddiedinin1836。3

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好兩百年前，擊比賽在國(guó)非常盛。當(dāng)時(shí)，拳擊手們不戴手套,為爭(zhēng)奪獎(jiǎng)而搏斗.因此，他被稱(chēng)作“業(yè)拳擊手".不過(guò),拳擊十分野蠻，因?yàn)楫?dāng)沒(méi)有任何比賽規(guī)則職業(yè)擊手有可能比賽中受傷，甚至命。拳擊史上最人注目的物之一是尼爾。門(mén)多薩，他生于1764年。1860年昆斯里侯爵第次為拳擊賽制定了規(guī)則,拳擊比賽這用上了手。雖然門(mén)薩嚴(yán)格來(lái)講不過(guò)是個(gè)職業(yè)拳擊手,在把這粗野的拳變成一種育運(yùn)動(dòng)方面，他作出了重大獻(xiàn).是他把學(xué)引進(jìn)了項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)門(mén)多薩他的全盛時(shí)期深受大家迎，無(wú)論富人還是人都對(duì)他祟拜備至。門(mén)多薩在14歲時(shí)加一場(chǎng)拳擊賽后一舉成。這引起時(shí)英國(guó)拳名將理查德.漢萊斯的注。他主動(dòng)出教授門(mén)多薩而年少門(mén)多薩一就會(huì)事實(shí)上，多薩不久名聲大振致使?jié)h弗萊斯與他反目為敵。兩個(gè)人爭(zhēng)吵不休顯而易見(jiàn),只有較量一才能解決題。于是人在斯蒂爾頓設(shè)下賽場(chǎng)，廝打了一小時(shí)。公把大筆賭下到了門(mén)薩身上，但他卻輸了。后來(lái)門(mén)多薩與弗萊斯再在拳擊場(chǎng)上較量,門(mén)多薩又了一場(chǎng)直到1790年他第次壘，門(mén)多才終于擊漢弗萊斯，了全英拳冠軍。同，他建立了一所拳擊學(xué)校，辦得很功，連拜勛爵也成他的學(xué)生門(mén)多薩掙來(lái)大筆大筆的錢(qián)一次出場(chǎng)就多可達(dá)100英鎊盡管收入少，但他霍無(wú)度，經(jīng)常債臺(tái)高.被一個(gè)叫克遜紳士的拳擊手擊敗后很快被忘。他因力還債而捕入獄，最后于1836年在貧中死去Lesson24skeletoninthecupboard家丑Weoftenreadinnovelshowrespectablepersonorfamilyhassometerriblesecretwhichhasbeenconcealedfromstrangersforyears。TheEnglishlanguagepossessesavividsayingtodescribesortofsituation。Theterriblesecretiscalled‘a(chǎn)skeletonincupboard’。Atsomedramaticmomentinthestory，theterriblesecretbecomesknownandaisruined.Thereader’shairstandsonwhenhereadsinfinalpagesofthenovelthattheeroine,adearoldladywhohadalwaysbeensokindto，had，inheryouth,poisonedeveryoneofherfivehusbands.Itisallverywellsuchthingstoinfiction.Todegrees，weallhavesecretswhichwedonotwantevenclosestfriendstolearn，butfewofushaveskeletonsinthecupboard。TheonlypersonIknowwhohasskeletoninthecupboardisGeorgeCarlton,andheisofthefact.Georgestudiedmedicineinhis。Insteadofbecoming，hebecameasuccessfulwriterofstories.oncespentanuncomfortableweekendwhichIshallneverforgetathishouse.Georgeshowedmetotheguest-roomhe，wasrarelyusedHetoldmetounpackmythingsandthencomedowntodinner.AfterIhadstackedmyshirtsandunderclothesinemptydrawers,IdecidedtohangoneofthetwosuitsIhadbroughtwithmeinthecupboard。Iopenedthecupboarddoorandthenstoodinfrontofitpetrified.Askeletonwasdanglingbeforemyeyes.Thesuddenmovementofthemadeitswayanditgavemetheimpressionitwasaboutoutatme.Droppingmy，IdasheddownstairstotellGeorge.Thiswasworsethan‘a(chǎn)terriblesecret’；thiswasareal！ButGeorge4

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好wasunsympathetic。‘Oh，that,’hesaidwithasmileasifheweretalkingaboutanoldfriend.‘That’sSebastian。YouforgetthatIwasamedicalstudentonceupontime。'在小說(shuō)中我們經(jīng)常到一個(gè)表上受人尊重的人物或家族卻有著某多年不為所知的駭聽(tīng)聞的秘.英中有一個(gè)生動(dòng)的說(shuō)來(lái)形容這情況。驚的秘密被稱(chēng)作“柜中骷髏"。在小說(shuō)某個(gè)戲劇性時(shí)刻，可怕的秘密泄漏來(lái)，接著是某人的聲掃地當(dāng)讀讀到小說(shuō)最幾頁(yè)了解書(shū)中女主公，那位向待大家很好的可愛(ài)的老婦人年輕一連毒死她的5丈夫時(shí)，禁會(huì)毛骨然.這種事發(fā)生小說(shuō)中是可非議的盡管我們?nèi)巳硕加懈鞣N大小秘密，最親密的友都不愿他們知道但我們當(dāng)中極少有人有中骷髏。所認(rèn)識(shí)的一的在柜中藏骷髏的人便是喬治·爾頓,他甚至引以為豪。喬治年時(shí)學(xué)過(guò)醫(yī)然而，他后來(lái)當(dāng)上醫(yī)生,卻成了一成功的偵探小說(shuō)作家。有一次，我他家里度末，過(guò)得不愉快。事我永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)忘記。喬治把領(lǐng)進(jìn)客房說(shuō)這間房很少使用。他讓我打開(kāi)行裝后下樓飯.我將衫、內(nèi)衣進(jìn)兩個(gè)空屜里，然后我想把隨身帶來(lái)兩套西服的一套掛大衣柜里去。我打開(kāi)柜門(mén)，站在柜前一下子呆了。一骷髏懸掛眼前，由于柜門(mén)突然打開(kāi)，也隨之輕搖晃起來(lái)讓我覺(jué)得它好像馬上要跳出柜門(mén)朝撲過(guò)來(lái)似。我扔下服沖下樓告訴喬治。這是比“駭人聽(tīng)的秘密”加驚人的西，這是一具真正的骷髏??！但喬卻無(wú)動(dòng)于?！班?是它呀！笑著說(shuō)道，儼然在談?wù)撘晃焕嫌??！澳侨退沟佟Ｄ阃宋乙郧笆菍W(xué)醫(yī)的了.”Lesson27Nothingtosellnothingtobuy有西賣(mài)也有西可Ithasbeensaidthateveryonelivesbysellingsomething。Inthelightthis，teacherslivebyknowledge,philosophersbysellingwisdomandpriestsbysellingspiritualcomfort.Thoughitmaybepossibletothevaluematerialtermsofmoney，itisdifficulttothetruevalueoftheserviceswhichpeopleforus.Therearetimeswewouldwillinglygiveeverythingwepossesstosaveourlives,yetwemightgrudgepayingasurgeonahighfeeforofferingusthisservice.Theconditionsofsocietyaresuchthatskillshavetobepaidforinthesamewaythatgoodsarepaidforatashop.Everyonehassomethingtosell.Trampsseemtobetheonlyexceptiontogeneralrule.Beggarsalmostthemselvesashumanbeingstoarousethepityof—by.Butrealtrampsnotbeggars。Theyhavenothingtosellandrequirenothingfrom。Inseekingindependence，theydonotsacrificetheirhumandignity.trampmayaskyouformoney,buthewillneveraskyoutofeelsorryhim。Hehasdeliberatelychosentoleadthelifeheleadsisawareoftheconsequences。Hemayneverbesurewherethenextmealiscoming，butheisfreefromthethousandsofwhichafflictotherpeople.Hisfewmaterialpossessionsmakeitpossibleforhimtomovefromplacetoplacewithease。Byhavingsleeptheopen，hegetsfarclosertotheworldnaturethanmostofuseverdo.Hemayhunt,beg,orstealoccasionallykeephimselfalive；5

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好hemay，intimesofrealneed,doalittlework;buthewillneversacrificehisfreedom。Weoftenspeakoftrampswithcontemptandputtheminthesameclassasbeggars,buthowmanyofuscansaythatwehavenotfeltalittleenviousoftheirsimplewayoflifeandtheirfreedomfromcare？據(jù)說(shuō)每個(gè)人靠出售某東西來(lái)維生活.根這種說(shuō)法教師靠賣(mài)識(shí)為生，哲學(xué)家靠賣(mài)智慧為生，牧靠賣(mài)精神慰為生。雖然質(zhì)產(chǎn)品的值可以用錢(qián)來(lái)衡量，但要估算別人為我們?yōu)樘峁┑姆膬r(jià)值卻極其困難.有時(shí)，我們?yōu)榱送炀壬?意付出我所占有的切。但就在外科大夫給我們提供了種服務(wù)后我們卻可為所支付昂貴的費(fèi)用而抱怨。社會(huì)的情況就如此,術(shù)是必須付去買(mǎi)的,像在商店要花錢(qián)買(mǎi)商品一樣。人人都有東西以出售。在這條普遍規(guī)律前面,好像只有浪漢是個(gè)例外，乞丐出售的幾乎是本人，以起過(guò)路人憐憫。但正的流浪并不是乞丐。們既不出任何東西也不需要從別人那兒得到任何東西在追求獨(dú)立由的同時(shí)，他們并不犧為人的尊。游浪漢可能向你討錢(qián),但他從來(lái)要你可憐他.是故意選擇過(guò)那生活的,并全清楚以種方式生的后果。他可能從不知道下飯有無(wú)著，但他不有人那樣被千萬(wàn)樁愁事所折磨。他乎沒(méi)有什財(cái)產(chǎn)，這他能夠輕自如地在各地奔波。由于被在露天睡，他比我中許多人都離大自然近得多。為了存，他可會(huì)去打獵乞討,偶爾偷上兩回；確實(shí)需要的時(shí),他甚至可干一點(diǎn)兒活,但他決會(huì)犧牲自由。說(shuō)起流浪,我常常帶有蔑并把他與乞丐歸為一類(lèi)。但是,我們中有多人能夠坦地說(shuō)我們流浪漢的簡(jiǎn)樸生活與無(wú)憂無(wú)慮的境不感到有羨慕呢？Lesson33dayto

難的天Wehaveexperienceddayswheneverythinggoeswrong.Adaymaybeginwell，butsuddenlyeverythingseemstogetoutcontrol。Whatinvariablyhappensisthatgreatnumberofthingschoosetogowrongpreciselythesamemoment.Itisasifasingleunimportanteventsetachainof。Letussupposethatyouarepreparingmealkeepinganeyeonthebabythesametime。telephoneringsandthismarksthepreludetoanunforeseenseriesofcatastrophes.Whileyouareonthethebabypullsthetable-clothoffthetable，smashinghalfyourbestcrockeryandcuttinghimselfintheprocess.Youhanguphurriedlyandattendtobabycrockery,Meanwhile,themealgetsburnt.Asifthiswerenotenoughtoreduceyoutotears,husbandarrives，unexpectedlybringingthreegueststoThingscanwrongonabig，asanumberofpeoplerecentlydiscoveredin，asuburbofSydney.Duringtherushhoureveningtwocarscollidedandbothbegantoargue.Thewomanimmediatelybehindthetwocarshappenedtoalearner。Shesuddenlyintoapanicandstoppedher。Thismadethedriverfollowingherbrakehard.Hiswifewassittingbesidehimholdingalargecake.Asshewasthrown，thecakewentrightthroughthewindscreenlandedonthe。Seeingacakeflyingthroughtheair，alorry–driverwho6

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好wasdrawingupalongsidetheupallofasudden.Thelorrywithemptybeerbottlesandhundredsthemslidoffthebackofthevehicleandontotheroad。Thisledtoyetanotherangryargument.Meanwhile，thetrafficpiledbehind.Ittookthepolicenearlyanhourtogetthetrafficonthemove。Inthemeantime,thelorrydriverhadtosweepuphundredsofbrokenbottles.Onlytwostrayfromallthisconfusion,fortheygreedilydevouredwhatleftofthecake.Itwasjustoneofthosedays!我們大家都過(guò)事事不心的日子一天開(kāi)始，可能還錯(cuò)，但突間似乎一切都失去了控制.情況經(jīng)常這樣的,許許多多的事都偏偏趕同一時(shí)刻問(wèn)題，好像是一件無(wú)關(guān)緊要的小事起了一連的連鎖反。假設(shè)你做飯，同時(shí)又在照看孩子這時(shí)電話響了，它示著一連串意想不到的災(zāi)難的來(lái)臨.就在你接話時(shí)，孩把桌布從子上扯了下來(lái)，將家中最好的陶餐具半數(shù)碎，同時(shí)弄傷了他自己。你急急忙忙掛上電,趕照看孩子餐具。這，飯又燒糊了。好像這一切還不以使你急掉淚，你丈夫接著回來(lái)了，事先沒(méi)打招呼就來(lái)3個(gè)客人吃飯。就像許多人近在悉尼區(qū)帕拉馬所發(fā)現(xiàn)的那樣,有時(shí)亂會(huì)鬧得很。一天傍晚交通最擁擠時(shí)，一輛汽撞上前面一輛汽車(chē)，個(gè)司機(jī)爭(zhēng)起來(lái)。緊其后的一輛車(chē)上的司機(jī)碰巧是個(gè)初者，她一之下突然車(chē)停了下.她這一停使得跟在后頭的機(jī)也來(lái)了急剎車(chē)。機(jī)的妻子正坐在他身邊，手里托著大蛋糕。往前一沖蛋糕從擋玻璃飛了出去掉在馬路上此時(shí)，一卡車(chē)正好后邊開(kāi)到那輛汽車(chē)邊上,司機(jī)看見(jiàn)一蛋糕從天而降，緊急剎車(chē)。卡車(chē)上著空啤酒，成百只瓶子順從卡車(chē)后滑出車(chē)外在馬路上。這又引起了一場(chǎng)唇槍舌的爭(zhēng)吵。此同時(shí)，面的車(chē)輛成了長(zhǎng)龍，警察花了將近一小時(shí)才使輛又開(kāi)起。在這段時(shí)間里卡車(chē)司機(jī)不得不清掃那百只破瓶。只有兩野狗從這一片混亂中得到了好處它們貪婪吃掉了剩的蛋糕。這就是事事不順心的那么天！Lesson34happydiscovery

幸的現(xiàn)Antiqueshopsapeculiarfascinationagreatmanypeople。Theexpensivekindofantiqueshopwhererareobjectsarebeautifullydisplayedinglasscasestokeepthemfreefromdustisusuallyforbiddingplace。Butnoonehastomusterupcouragetoenteralesspretentiousantiqueshop.Thereisalwayshopethatinitslabyrinthmusty，dark，disorderedroomsarealraritywillbefoundamongstthepilesofassortedjunkthatlitterthefloors.Noonediscoversararitybychance.Atrulydedicatedbargainmusthaveandaboveall,theabilitytorecognizetheworthofsomethingheseesTodo，hemustbeleastknowledgeableasthedealer。ascientistbentonmakingadiscovery，hemustcherishthehopethatonedayhewillbeamplyrewarded。Myold，F(xiàn)rankHalliday，isjustsucha。Hehasoftendescribedmehepickedamasterpiecefor。OneSaturdaymorning,Frankvisitedanantiqueshopinmyneighbourhood.Ashehadneverbeentherehefoundagreatdealtointeresthim。ThemorningpassedrapidlyFrankwasabouttoleavewhenhenoticedalargepacking—caselying7

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好onthefloor.Thedealertoldhimthatithadin,butthathecouldbebotheredtoopenit.Frankbeggedhimtodosoandthedealerreluctantlyprisedit。Thecontentsweredisappointing.fromaninteresting—lookingcarveddagger,theboxwasfullofcrockery，muchofitbroken.Frankgentlyliftedthecrockeryoutoftheboxandsuddenlynoticedaminiaturepaintingatthebottomofthe—case.AsitsCompositionandlineremindedhimofanItalianpaintingheknew，hedecidedtobuy。Glancingatitbriefly,thedealertoldhimthatitwas￡50.Frankcouldhardlyconcealexcitement，forknewthathehadmaderealdiscovery.ThetinyprovedtobeanunknownmasterpiecebyCorreggioandwasworthhundredsofthousandsofpounds.古玩店對(duì)許人來(lái)說(shuō)有種特殊的力.高檔一點(diǎn)的古玩為了防塵把文物漂亮地陳列在玻璃柜子里，里往往令望而卻步而對(duì)不太腔作勢(shì)的玩店，無(wú)論是誰(shuí)都不用壯著膽子才敢往里進(jìn)人們還常常希望在發(fā)、陰雜亂無(wú)章、迷宮般的店里，從雜地?cái)[放在面上的、一堆堆各式各樣的破爛貨找到一件世珍品.無(wú)論是誰(shuí)都會(huì)一下子發(fā)現(xiàn)一件品。一個(gè)到處找便宜貨買(mǎi)的人必須有耐心，且最重要是看到珍時(shí)要有鑒別珍品的能力要做到這點(diǎn)，他至要像古董商一樣在行。他必須像一專(zhuān)心致志行探索的學(xué)家那樣有這樣的希望，即終有一天他努力會(huì)取豐碩的成。我的老朋友蘭克·哈戴正是這一個(gè)人。他多次向我詳細(xì)講他如何花50英鎊便到一位名家的杰作。一星期六的上午，蘭克去了家附近的家古玩店。由于他從未去過(guò)那兒，果他發(fā)現(xiàn)許多有趣東西.上午很快過(guò)了,弗克正準(zhǔn)備離,然看見(jiàn)地上放著一體積很大的貨箱。古董商告訴他那貨箱剛到久，但他麻煩不想把它打開(kāi)經(jīng)弗蘭克懇求,古董商勉強(qiáng)把貨撬開(kāi)了.箱內(nèi)東令人失望。除了一柄式別致、雕花紋的匕外，貨箱裝滿了陶器,而且大部分都破碎。弗克輕輕地陶器拿出箱子，突然發(fā)現(xiàn)在箱底有幅微型畫(huà),畫(huà)面構(gòu)圖與條使他想起了一幅他所熟悉的意大利，于是他定將畫(huà)買(mǎi)來(lái)。古董商漫不經(jīng)心看了一眼那幅,訴弗蘭克畫(huà)值英鎊弗蘭克幾乎無(wú)法掩飾自己興奮的情,因?yàn)樗鬃约喊l(fā)了一件珍品.那幅不大畫(huà)原來(lái)是勒喬的一幅未被發(fā)現(xiàn)的杰作,價(jià)值幾十萬(wàn)英鎊。Lesson38Thefirstcalender早日歷Futurehistorianswillbeinauniquepositionwhentheycometorecordthehistoryofourowntimes.Theywillhardlyknowwhichfactstoselectfromthegreatmassevidencethataccumulates.Whatismore，theywillhavetorelysolelythewrittenword。Films，videos，CDsandCD—ROMSarejustsomeofthebewilderingamountofinformationtheywillhave。Theywillbeable,itwere,toandhearusin。Butthehistorianattemptingtoreconstructthedistantpastisalwaysfacedadifficulttask。Hehastodeducewhathecanfewscantycluesavailable。Evenseeminglyinsignificantremainscanonthehistoryofearlyman.Uptonow，historiansassumedthatcalendarsbeingwiththeadventofagriculture,forthenmanwasfacedarealneedtounderstandsomethingabouttheseasons.Recentscientific8

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好evidenceseemstoindicatethatthisisincorrect。Historianshavelongpuzzledby，linesandsymbolswhichhaveengravedonwalls，bones,andtheivorytusksofmammoths。ThewhomadethesemarkingslivedbyhuntingandfishingduringthelastIcewhichbeganabout35,000。andendedabout，000Bycorrelatingmarkingsmadeinvariouspartsofthe，historianshavebeenabletoreadthisdifficultcode.havefoundthatitisconnectedwiththepassageofdaysandphasesofthemoon.It，infact,aprimitivetypeofcalendar.Ithaslongbeenknownthatthehuntingscenesonwallswerenotsimplyaformofartisticexpression。Theyhadadefinitemeaning,fortheywereasasearlymancouldgettowriting.Itispossiblethatthereisadefiniterelationbetweenthesepaintingsandthemarkingsthatsometimesaccompanythem.thatmanwasmakingarealefforttounderstandtheseasons20,000yearsearlierthanhassupposed.未來(lái)的歷史家在寫(xiě)我這一段歷的時(shí)候會(huì)別具一格對(duì)于逐積累起來(lái)的大材料,他們幾乎不知道選取哪好,而且，也不必全依賴(lài)文材料。電、錄像、光盤(pán)和光盤(pán)驅(qū)動(dòng)器只是能他們提供人眼花繚的大量信的幾種手段。他們能夠身臨境般地觀我們做事傾聽(tīng)我們講話.但是,史學(xué)家圖重現(xiàn)遙遠(yuǎn)的過(guò)去可是一項(xiàng)艱巨的務(wù)，他們須根據(jù)現(xiàn)有的不充的線索進(jìn)推理。即看起來(lái)微不足道的遺物,也可能揭示類(lèi)早期歷的一些有的內(nèi)容歷史學(xué)家迄認(rèn)為日歷隨農(nóng)業(yè)的世而出現(xiàn)的，因?yàn)楫?dāng)時(shí)人們面臨著解四季的際需要，近期科學(xué)究發(fā)現(xiàn)，好像這種假設(shè)不正確的長(zhǎng)期以來(lái)，史學(xué)家一對(duì)雕刻在壁上、骨頭上、古代長(zhǎng)毛象的象牙的點(diǎn)、線形形色色符號(hào)感到惑不解。這些痕跡是游人留下的他們生活從公元前約35，000年到公元前10,000年的冰川的末期，以狩獵、捕魚(yú)生。歷史學(xué)家通過(guò)把界各地留的這種痕放在一起研究終于懂了這種費(fèi)的代碼.他發(fā)現(xiàn)代碼與晝夜更迭和亮圓缺有，事實(shí)上是一最原始的歷。大家就知道，畫(huà)在墻上的狩獵圖景并不單純的藝表現(xiàn)形式,它們有著一的含義,因?yàn)樗鼈円呀咏湃说奈淖质?。有時(shí)這種圖畫(huà)與墻壁上的刻痕共存，它之間可能一定的聯(lián)。看來(lái)人早就致力于探索四季變遷了比人們想的要早，000年Lesson40Who's

真難Ithasneverbeenexplainedwhyuniversityseemtoenjoypracticaljokesmorethananyoneelse。Studentsspecializeparticulartypeofpracticaljoke：thehoax.Invitingthefire-brigadetoputoutanon-existentfireisacrudeformofdeceptionwhichnoselfstudentwouldeverindulgein.Studentsoftencreateamusingwhicharefunnytoeveryoneexceptthevictims。Whenastudentsawtwoworkmenusingapneumaticdrilloutsidehisuniversity,heimmediatelytelephonedthepoliceandinformedthemstudentsdressedupasweretearinguptheroadwithapneumaticdrill。Assoonashehadup，hewentovertothe9

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好andtoldthemthatifapolicemanorderedtogoaway,theywerenottotakehimseriously.Headdedthatastudenthaddressedupasapolicemanandwasplayingallsortsofsillyjokesonpeople。Boththepoliceandtheworkmenweregratefultothestudentforthispieceofadvanceinformation。Thestudenthidinanarchwaynearbywherehecouldwatchandheareverythingwenton.Surepolicemanarrivedonsceneandpolitelyaskedworkmentogo。Whenhereceivedveryrudereplyfromoneofthe，hethreatenedtoremovethembyforce.TheworkmentodoashepleasedandthepolicemantelephonedforhelpShortlyafterwards,fourmorepolicemenarrivedandremonstratedwiththeworkmen.Asthemenrefusedtostopworking，thepoliceattemptedseizepneumaticdrill。Theworkmenfiercelyandoneofthemlosthistemper.Hethreatenedtocallthepolice。Atthisthepolicepointedoutironicallythatthiswouldhardlybenecessaryasthemenalreadyunder。Pretendingtospeakseriously,oneofworkmenaskedifheacallbeforebeingtakentothestation。wasgrantedandapolicemanaccompaniedhimtoapayphone。Onlywhenhesawthatthemanwasactuallythepolicedidherealizethattheyhadallthevictimsofhoax。誰(shuí)也弄不清什么大學(xué)好像比任人都更喜歡惡作劇。大學(xué)生擅長(zhǎng)一特殊的惡劇—-戲弄人請(qǐng)消防隊(duì)來(lái)?yè)錅缫粓?chǎng)根本沒(méi)有大火是一低級(jí)騙局,有尊心的大學(xué)生決不會(huì)去做。大學(xué)生常常做的制造一種笑的局面，除了受害者大家都覺(jué)得常滑稽.最近有個(gè)學(xué)看見(jiàn)兩個(gè)人在大學(xué)門(mén)外用風(fēng)鉆干活，馬上打電話報(bào)告察，說(shuō)有個(gè)學(xué)生裝成工人，在用風(fēng)鉆破壞路面。掛電話后，又馬上來(lái)工人那兒，告訴他們?nèi)粲袀€(gè)警察來(lái)他們走開(kāi)不要把他回事；還工人說(shuō)，有個(gè)學(xué)生常裝扮成察無(wú)聊地別人開(kāi)玩。警察與工人都對(duì)那個(gè)學(xué)生事先通情況表示謝。那學(xué)生躲在近一拱形廊里,那兒可以看、聽(tīng)到現(xiàn)發(fā)生的一。果然，警察來(lái)了有禮地請(qǐng)工人離此地；但其中一個(gè)工粗魯?shù)鼗貛拙?。于警察威脅要強(qiáng)行使他們離開(kāi).人說(shuō)悉聽(tīng)尊便警察去打話叫人。會(huì)兒工夫,又了4個(gè)警察規(guī)勸工人離開(kāi).由于工人絕停下手中的活，警察想奪風(fēng)鉆.兩個(gè)工人奮力抗?fàn)?，其中一個(gè)發(fā)了，威脅說(shuō)去叫警察。警察后譏諷地，這大可必，因?yàn)樗麄z已被逮捕了。其中一工人裝模樣地問(wèn)道在被帶往察局之前，是否可以打一個(gè)話。警察意了，陪來(lái)到一個(gè)投幣電話前.當(dāng)他看到那個(gè)工人真是給警察電話，才然大悟，原來(lái)他們都成了一場(chǎng)局的受害。Lesson41IllusionsofPastoral

寧田生活遐Thequietlifeofthecountryhasneverappealedto。Cityborncitybred,Ihavealwaysregardedcountryassomethinglookatthroughatrain，orsomethingyouoccasionallyvisitduringtheweekend.Mostofmyliveintheyettheyalwaysgo10

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好intorapturesatthemerementiontheThoughtheythevirtuesofthepeacefullife,onlyonethemhasevergonetoliveinthecountryandwasbackintownwithinsixmonths.Evenhestilllivesundertheillusionthatcountrylifeissomehowtotownlife。Heistalkingaboutthefriendlypeople,thecleanatmosphere,theclosenesstonatureandgentlepaceofliving。Nothingcanbecompared,hemaintains，withthefirstcockcrow，theofbirdsat，thesightoftherisingsunglintingonthetreesand。Thisidyllicpastoralsceneisonlypartofthepicture.MyfailstothelongandfriendlesswintereveningsinfrontoftheTV--——virtuallytheonlyformofentertainment.Hesaysnothingaboutthepoorselectionofgoodsintheshops，oraboutthoseunfortunatepeoplewhohavetotravelfromthetothecityeverydaytogettowork。Whypeoplepreparedtotolerateafour—hourjourneyeachdayfortheprivilegeoflivinginthecountryisbeyondme.Theycouldbesavedsomuchmiseryandexpenseifliveinthecitywheretheyrightlybelong.Ifyoucandowithoutthefewpastoralpleasuresofthe，willfindthecitycanprovideyouwiththebestthatlifecanoffer。Youneverhavetotravelmilestoseeyourfriends。Theyinvariablynearbyandarealwaysavailableforaninformalchatoranevening'sentertainment。Someofmyacquaintancesinthecountrycometotownonceortwiceyeartovisitthetheatreasaspecialtreat。Forthemthisismajoroperationwhichinvolvesplanning.Astheplaydrawstoitsclose，theywonderwhethertheywillevercatchthatlasttrainhomeThecityneverexperiencesanxietiesofsort.Thelatestexhibitions，films，orplaysareonlyashortbusride。Shopping,too,isalwaysa。Thereissomuchvarietyneverhavetomakedowithsecondbest.Countrypeoplerunwhentheygointhecityhomeasmanyoftheitemsastheycancarry.Noristhecitywithoutitsmomentsbeauty.Thereissomethingcomfortingaboutthewarmglowshedbyadvertisementsoncoldwetwinternights.Fewthingscouldbemoreimpressivethanthepeacethatdescendsondesertedcitystreetsatweekendswhenthethousandsthattraveltoworkevery11

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好dayaretuckedawaytheirhomesinthe。Ithasalwaysamysterytomewhycitydwellers，whoappreciateallthesethings，obstinatelypretendthattheywouldprefertoliveinthecountry。寧?kù)o的鄉(xiāng)村活從來(lái)沒(méi)吸引過(guò)我我生在城市，長(zhǎng)在城市，總認(rèn)為鄉(xiāng)是透過(guò)火車(chē)窗看到那個(gè)樣子或偶爾末去游玩一下景象。我許多朋友住在城市，但他們只要一提起鄉(xiāng)村,上就會(huì)得欣喜若。盡管他都交口稱(chēng)贊寧?kù)o的鄉(xiāng)村生活種種優(yōu)點(diǎn),其中只有一真去農(nóng)村過(guò)而且足6個(gè)月就回來(lái)了.使他也仍有幻覺(jué)，像鄉(xiāng)村生活就是比城市生活越。他滔不絕地大友好的農(nóng)民，潔凈的空氣，貼近大然的環(huán)境悠閑的生節(jié)奏。他持認(rèn)為,凌晨雄雞第一聲啼,黎明時(shí)分鳥(niǎo)吱喳歡叫冉冉升起朝陽(yáng)染紅木、牧場(chǎng)此番美景無(wú)與倫比。但這種田園詩(shī)的鄉(xiāng)村風(fēng)僅僅是一個(gè)面.我的朋沒(méi)有提到電視機(jī)前度過(guò)的漫長(zhǎng)寂寞的冬夜-電視是唯的娛樂(lè)形他也不說(shuō)商店貨物品種單調(diào)，以及那每天不得從鄉(xiāng)下趕城里工作的不幸的人們。人們?yōu)槭睬樵该刻炻飞媳疾▊€(gè)小時(shí)換取值得疑的鄉(xiāng)間的優(yōu)點(diǎn)我是無(wú)法解的。要他們?cè)敢庾≡诒緛?lái)屬于他們的城市，則可以讓們省去諸不便與節(jié)大量開(kāi)支.如果你愿舍鄉(xiāng)下生活一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)樂(lè)的話，那么你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)城市可以為你供生活中美好的東。你去看友根本不用跋涉好幾英，因?yàn)樗甲≡诟?，你隨時(shí)可以同他們聊天或在晚上起娛樂(lè)。在鄉(xiāng)村有些熟人他們每進(jìn)城來(lái)看一回或幾回,并把此看一種特殊的受?？磻蛩麄兪羌?，需要心計(jì)劃。當(dāng)戲快演完時(shí)，他們又為否能趕上班火車(chē)回家犯愁。這焦慮，城人是從未體驗(yàn)過(guò)的.坐公共汽幾站路，就可看到最新的展覽、電影、戲劇.東西也是一種樂(lè)趣。品品種繁，從來(lái)不用二等品來(lái)湊合。鄉(xiāng)里人進(jìn)城采購(gòu)喜若狂，次回家時(shí)買(mǎi)足了外商品直到拿動(dòng)方才罷休連走路都搖晃晃的城市也并非沒(méi)有良辰美景.寒冷潮濕冬夜里廣告燈箱出的暖光,會(huì)給人種安慰。周末,成千上萬(wàn)城上班的回到了他們的鄉(xiāng)間寓所之后，空曠的街市籠罩一種寧?kù)o氣氛，沒(méi)什么能比此時(shí)的寧?kù)o更令人難忘。城里人這一切心很明白，卻偏要執(zhí)拗地裝出他們喜住在鄉(xiāng)村樣子,這對(duì)我說(shuō)一直是個(gè)謎。Lesson42Moderncavemen

現(xiàn)洞人Caveexploration,orpot—holing，asithascometobeknownisarelativelynewsport.Perhapsitisthedesireforsolitudeorthechanceofmakinganunexpecteddiscoverythatlurespeopledownthedepthsofthe。Itisimpossibletogiveexplanationforapot-holer'smotives。Forhim，caveshavethesamepeculiarwhichhighmountainshavefortheclimber。Theyarouseinstinctswhichcanbedimlyunderstood.ExploringreallydeepcavesisnotataskfortheSundayafternoonrambler.Suchundertakingsrequiretheplanningandforesightofoperations.Itcantakelongaseightdaystoupropeladdersandtoestablishsupplybasesbeforecanbemadeintoaverydeepcave.Precautionsofthissortarenecessary,foritisimpossibletoforetelltheexactnatureofthedifficultieswhichwillconfrontthepot-holer.ThedeepestknowncaveintheworldistheGouffreBergernearGrenoble.extendstoadepthof3,723feet.Thisimmensechasmhasbeenformedbyanundergroundstreamwhichhastunneledacoursethroughaintherocks.TheentrancetothecaveisonaplateauintheDauphineAlps.Asitisonlysixfeetacross,itisbarelynoticeable。cavemightneverhavebeendiscoveredhadnottheentrancespottedbythe12

經(jīng)典——新概念英語(yǔ)必背范文36篇效果絕對(duì)好distinguishedFrenchpot—holer，Berger.Sinceitsdiscovery，ithasbecomeasortofpot-holers'Everest（珠峰）Thoughanumberofdescentshavebeenmade,muchofitstillremainstobeexplored。Ateamofpot-holersrecentlywentdowntheGouffreBerger.Afterenteringnarrowontheplateau,theydownthesteepsidesofthecaveuntiltheycametonarrowcorridorTheyhadtotheirwayalongthis，sometimeswadingacrossstreams,orswimmingacrossdeeppools。Suddenlytheycametoawaterfallwhichdroppedintoanundergroundlakeatthebottomofthe。Theyplungedintothe，andafterloadingtheirgearonaninflatablerubberdinghy,letthecurrentcarrythemtotheotherToprotectthemselvesfromtheicy，theyhadtowearspecialrubber。Atthefarendthe，theycametohugepilesofrubblewhichhadbeenwashedupbythewater.Inthispartofthecave，theycouldhearaninsistentboomingsoundwhichtheyfoundwasbyasmallwater-spoutshootingdownintoapoolfromtheroofofthecave。throughacleftintherocks,thepot-holersarrivedatanenormouscavernthesizeofahugehall.Afterswitchingonpowerful，theysawgreatstalagmites-—someofthemoverfortyfeethigh—risingupliketree-trunkstomeetthestalactitesfromtheroof.Roundabout,pilesoflimestoneglistenedinallthecoloursoftherainbow.In可怕）silenceofthecavern,theonlysoundthatcouldbeheardwasmadebywaterwhichdrippedcontinuouslyfromthehighdomeabovethem.洞穴勘查—或洞穴勘—-一項(xiàng)比較的體育活。尋求獨(dú)的愿望或?qū)で笠馔獍l(fā)現(xiàn)的機(jī)會(huì)的欲望吸引人們到地下深處要想對(duì)洞穴險(xiǎn)者的動(dòng)作出滿意的解釋是不可能的.洞穴探險(xiǎn)者來(lái)說(shuō)，洞穴有一種特殊的魅力，就高山對(duì)登者有特殊魅一樣.為什洞空能引發(fā)的那種探本能，人對(duì)此只能一種模模糊糊的理解。探測(cè)非常深洞穴不是些在星期下午漫步的人所能勝任的。這種活需要有軍行動(dòng)般的密布署和見(jiàn)能力。有時(shí)需要花費(fèi)整