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新概念英语1-20课复习总结Lesson1•Pumasarelarge似猫的animalswhich产于美洲.当伦敦动物园接到报告thatawildpumahadbeenspotted伦敦以南45公里处,这些报告并没有受到重视.However,随着证据越来越多,expertsfromtheZoo感到有必要investigate,forthedescriptionsgivenbypeoplewho声称见过thepumawereextraordinarilysimilar.搜寻美洲狮的工作beganinasmallvillagewhereawomanpickingblackberriessaw‘alargecat’onlyfiveyardsawayfromher.Itimmediatelyranawaywhenshesawit,andexperts确认thatapumawillnotattackahumanbeing除非被逼得走投无路了.Thesearch很困难,forthepumawasoftenobservedatoneplaceinthemorningandatanotherplacetwentymilesawayintheevening.看到了爪印inanumberofplacesandpumafurwasfoundclingingtobushes.Severalpeople抱怨“cat-likenoises‘atnightandabusinessman去钓鱼sawthepumaupatree.Theexperts现在完全肯定thattheanimalwasapuma,butwherehaditcomefrom?Asnopumashadbeenreportedmissingfromanyzoointhecountry,thisonemusthavebeen由…豢养aprivatecollectorandsomehowmanagedtoescape.Thehuntwentonforseveralweeks,butthepumawasnotcaught.真令人担心tothinkthatadangerouswildanimalisstillatlargeinthequietcountryside.Lesson2Ourvicaris老是筹集资金for各种各样的事情,buthe始终未能getenoughmoneyto把教堂的钟修好.Thebigclockwhichusedto不分昼夜地打钟报时wasdamagedmanyyearsagoandhadbeensilenteversince.Onenight,however,ourvicar被惊醒:theclockwasstrikingthehours!But钟敲了13下才停下来.拿着一支电筒(torch),thevicarwentupintotheclocktowertoseewhatwasgoingon.借着电筒光,he看见一个人whomheimmediately认出是BillWilkins,ourlocalgrocer.‘究竟在干什么areyoudoinguphereBill?’askedthevicar惊讶地.‘I’mtryingtorepairthebell,‘answeredBill.我夜夜都来这forweeksnow.Yousee,Iwashopingtogiveyouasurprise.’‘Youcertainlydidgivemeasurprise!’saidthevicar.‘You’veprobablywokenupeveryoneinthevillageaswell.但是,I‘mgladthebellisworkingagain.’‘Thirteenis不如一下好butit'sbetterthannothing.Lesson3不久之前,aninterestingdiscoverywasmadebyarchaeologistsontheAegeanislandofKea.AnAmericanteam考察了一座庙宇which矗立于anancientcityonthepromontoryofAyiaIrini.Thecityatonetime肯定一度prosperous,forit享有高度的文明.Houses--oftenthreestoreyshigh--were由…修建stone.Theyhadlargeroomswith墙壁装饰华丽.Thecity设有adrainagesystem,for学学多多claypipeswerefound在…下面thenarrowstreets.Thetemplewhichthearchaeologistsexplored用来asaplaceof祭祀祈祷fromthefifteenthcenturyB.C.untilRomantimes.Inthemostsacredroomoftemple,clayfragmentsoffifteenstatueswerefound.Eachoftheserepresentedagoddessandhad,曾经,beenpainted.Thebodyofonestatuewasfoundamongremains追溯到thefifteenthcenturyB.C.Itsmissinghead恰巧beamongremainsofthefifthcenturyB.C.Thishead一定是在古希腊罗马时代就为人所发现and受到精心的保护.Itwasveryoldandpreciouseventhen.Whenthearchaeologistsreconstructedthefragments,they惊奇地findthatthegoddess原来是beavery相貌摩登的woman.She身高三英尺andherhands叉腰herhips.She穿着一袭长裙which拖地.尽管上了年纪,shewasverygracefulindeed,but,sofar,thearchaeologistshavebeenunabletodiscoverheridentity.Lesson4现如今,peoplewhodomanualworkoften赚钱远远超过thanpeoplewhoworkinoffices.Peoplewhoworkinoffices常被称为白领工人forthesimplereasonthattheyusuallywear硬领白衬衫和领带togotowork.这是人之常情,that很多people愿意to牺牲…以换取…higherpayfortheprivilegeofbecomingwhite-collarworkers.Thiscan引起curioussituations,就…来说AlfredBloggswho当清洁工fortheEllesmereCorporation.Whenhegotmarried,Alf非常难为情tosayanythingtohiswifeabouthisjob.Hesimplytoldherthathe在公司上班.Everymorning,he穿着一身漂亮的黑色西装离家上班.Hethenchangedintooverallsandspentthenexteighthoursasadustman.Beforereturninghomeatnight,hetookashowerandchangedbackintohissuit.AlfdidthisforovertwoyearsandhisfellowdustmenkepthissecretAlf‘swifehasneverdiscoveredthatshemarriedadustmanandsheneverwill,forAlfhasjustfoundanotherjob.Hewillsoonbeworkinginanoffice.Hewillbeearning只有他以前的一半,buthefeelsthathisriseinstatusiswellworththelossofmoney.从此,hewillwearasuitalldayandotherswillcallhim'Mr.Bloggs',not'Alf'.Lesson5Editorsofnewspapersandmagazinesoften不遗余力地toprovidetheirreaderwithunimportantfactsandstatistics.Lastyearajournalisthadbeen指派byawell-knownmagazinetowrite一篇关于总统府的文章inanewAfricanrepublic.Whenthearticle寄到后,theeditorreadthefirstsentenceandthenrefusetopublishit.文章的开头是这样的:‘Hundredsofsteps通往thehighwallwhich围绕thepresident’spalace‘.Theeditoratoncesentthejournalistafaxinstructinghimto查出theexactnumberofstepsandtheheightofthewall.Thejournalistimmediately着手做obtaintheseimportantfacts,buthe花了很长时间sendthem.Meanwhile,theeditor等得不耐烦了,forthemagazinewouldsoon付印.Hesentthejournalist另外两份传真,butreceivednoreply.Hesentyetanotherfaxinformingthejournalistthatifhedidnotreplysoonhewouldbefired.Whenthejournalistagain没有回复,theeditorreluctantlypublishedthearticle按原稿.Aweeklater,theeditoratlastreceivedafaxfromthejournalist.Notonlyhadthepoormanbeenarrested,buthehadbeensenttoprisonaswell.However,hehadatlastbeenallowedtosendafax{inwhichheinformedtheeditorthatthehehadbeenarrestedwhilecountingthe1,084stepsleadingtothefifteen-footwall【which围绕着thepresident‘spalace.】}Lesson6•The高档商店inafamousarcadenearPiccadilly刚刚开始营业.在早上的这个时候,thearcadewasalmostempty.Mr.Taylor,theownerofajewelleryshopwas欣赏anewdisplay.Twoofhisassistantshadbeenworkingbusilysinceeighto‘clockandhadonlyjustfinished.Diamondnecklacesandringshadbeen漂亮地陈列onabackgroundofblackvelvet.After凝神欣赏atthedisplayforseveralminutes,Mr.Taylorwentbackintohisshop.•宁静突然被打破whenalargecar,亮着前灯and响着喇叭,呼啸着downthearcade.It停了下来outsidethejeweler‘s.Onemanstayed在驾驶座里whiletwoothers用黑色长筒丝袜蒙面jumpedoutandsmashedthe