新概念英语第二册 Unit 1 (Lesson 1 ~ 24)

Lesson 1 A private conversation 私人谈话
Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch? 早餐还是午餐？
Lesson 3 Please send me a card 请给我寄一张明信片
Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激动人心的旅行
Lesson 5 No wrong numbers 无错号之虞
Lesson 6 Percy Buttons 珀西?巴顿斯
Lesson 7 Too late 为时太晚
Lesson 8 The best and the worst 最好的和最差的
Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇
Lesson 10 Not for jazz 不适于演奏爵士乐
Lesson 11 One good turn deserves another 礼尚往来
Lesson 12 Goodbye and good luck 再见，一路顺风
Lesson 13 The Greenwood Boys绿林少年
Lesson 14 Do you speak English? 你会讲英语吗？
Lesson 15 Good news 佳音
Lesson 16 A polite request 彬彬有礼的要求
Lesson 17 Always young 青春常驻
Lesson 18 He often does this! 他经常干这种事！
Lesson 19 Sold out 票已售完
Lesson 20 One man in a boat 独坐孤舟
Lesson 21 Mad or not? 是不是疯了？
Lesson 22 A glass envelope 玻璃信封
Lesson 23 A new house 新居
Lesson 24 It could be worse 不幸中之万幸

Lesson 21

Mad or not?
是不是疯了

First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。

Why do people think the writer is mad?

Aeroplanes are slowly driving me mad. I live near an airport and passing planes can be heard night and day. The airport was built years ago, but for some reason it could not be used then. Last year, however, it came into use. Over a hundred people must have been driven away from their homes by the noise. I am one of the few people left. Sometimes I think this house will be knocked down by a passing plane. I have been offered a large sum of money to go away, but I am determined to stay here. Everybody says I must be mad and they are probably right.

生词和短语 New words and expressions

mad adj. 发疯
reason n. 原因
sum n. 量
determined adj. 坚定的，下决心的

参考译文 Translation

飞机正在逐渐把我逼疯。我住在一个机场附近，过往飞机日夜不绝于耳。机场是许多年前建的，但由于某种原因当时未能启用。然而去年机场开始使用了。有100多人肯定是被噪音逼得已经弃家远去，我是少数留下来的人中的一个。有时我觉得这房子就要被一架飞过的飞机撞倒。他们曾向我提供一大笔钱让我搬走，但我决定留在这儿。大家都说我肯定是疯了，也许他们说的是对的。