💬 新概念英语第二册

Lesson 78 The last one

He himself has done it lots of times!

他自己就已戒了很多次了！

Lesson 79 By air

I used to travel by air a great deal when I was a boy.

我在幼年的时候，曾多次乘飞机旅行。

Lesson 79 By air

My parents used to live in South America and I used to fly there from Europe in the holidays.

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。

Lesson 79 By air

A flight attendant would take charge of me and I never had an unpleasant experience.

我总是由一位空中乘务员照管，从未遇到过不愉快的经历。

Lesson 79 By air

I am used to traveling by air and only on one occasion have I ever felt frightened.

我习惯了乘飞机旅行，只是有一次把我吓坏了。

Lesson 79 By air

After taking off, we were flying low over the city and slowly gaining height,

起飞之后，我们在城市上空低低地飞行，然后慢慢爬高。

Lesson 79 By air

when the plane suddenly turned round and flew back to the airport.

这时飞机突然调转头来，飞回了机场。

Lesson 79 By air

While we were waiting to land,

在我们等待降落时，

Lesson 79 By air

a flight attendant told us to keep calm and to get off the plane quietly as soon as it had touched down.

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。

Lesson 79 By air

Everybody on board was worried and we were curious to find out what had happened.

飞机上的人都很着急，大家都急于想知道究竟出了什么事。

Lesson 79 By air

Later we learnt that there was a very important person on board.

后来我们才得知，飞机上坐了一位非常重要的人物。

Lesson 79 By air

The police had been told that a bomb had been planted on the plane.

有人报告警察，说飞机上安放了一枚炸弹。

Lesson 79 By air

After we had landed, the plane was searched thoroughly.

我们降落之后，飞机被彻底搜查了一遍。

Lesson 79 By air

Fortunately, nothing was found and five hours later we were able to take off again.

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

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.

19世纪最不寻常的建筑也许要数水晶宫了，它是为1851年的“世界博览会”而建在海德公园的。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.

这座水晶宫不同于世界上所有的其他建筑，因为它是用钢和玻璃建成的。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it.

它是有史以来最高大的建筑物之一，因此，人们从各个国家纷纷前来参观。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world.

大量的商品从世界各地运送到了博览会，

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

There was also a great deal of machinery on display.

参展的还有很多机器，

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer.

其中最奇妙的是内史密斯的蒸汽锤。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today,

尽管在当时旅行不像现在这么容易，

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe.

但汽船还是把成千上万的参观者从欧洲大陆送过了英吉利海峡。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.

一到英国，火车就把他们送到了水晶宫。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

There were six million visitors in all,

参观的人数总共是600万。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.

博览会的赢利用来建造博物馆和高等学校。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London.

后来，“水晶宫”被移到了伦敦南部。

Lesson 80 The Crystal Palace

It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.

在1936年被焚毁之前，它一直是世界上最著名的建筑物之一。

Lesson 81 Escape

When he had killed the guard, the prisoner of war quickly dragged him into the bushes.

那个战俘杀死卫兵以后，迅速地把尸体拖进了灌木丛。

Lesson 81 Escape

Working rapidly in the darkness, he soon changed into the dead man's clothes.

他在黑暗中忙活了一阵儿，很快就换上了死者的衣服。

Lesson 81 Escape

Now, dressed in a blue uniform and with a rifle over his shoulder, the prisoner marched boldly up and down in front of the camp.

现在他身穿蓝军装，肩扛步枪，在军营门前大胆地来回走看。