新概念英语第二册第二课课文

Lesson 2 Breakfast or lunch?早餐还是午餐？ (

) (run) after him but he can not catch him. 课文内容：

2. I carried my bags into the hall. It was Sunday. I never get up early on Sundays. I sometimes stay in bed until ‘ What you ( ) (do)?’my landlady asked. lunchtime. Last Sunday I got up very late. I looked out of the window. It was ‘ I ( ) (leave), Mrs. Lynch,’ I answered. dark outside. ‘ Whata day! ’I thought. ‘ It'sraining again. ’Just then, the telephone rang. It was my aunt Lucy. ‘ I've just arrived by train, ’ she said. ‘ I'm you ) (leave)?’she asked.‘ You have been here ‘ Why (

coming to see you. ’ ‘But I'm still having breakfast,’ I said. ‘ What are you doing? ’ she asked. ‘ I'm having breakfast, ’ I repeated.

‘ Dear me, ’ she said.‘ Do you always get up so late? It's one

o'clock!

New words and expressions 生词和短语 until prep. 直到 outside adv. 外面 ring v. （铃、电话等）响 aunt n. 姑，姨，婶，舅母 repeat v. 重复 Exercises

A. Write out these two paragraphs again. Give the right form of the words in

brackets:

1. I am looking out of my window. I can see some children in the street. The children ( ) (play) football. They always ( ) (play) football in the street. Now a little boy ( ) (kick) the ball. Another boy

only a week.’

‘ A week too long, Mrs. Lynch,’I said‘.There are too many rules in this

house. My

friends never ( ) (come) to visit me. Dinner is always at ’

seven o’clock, so I frequently ( ) (go) to bed hungry. You don’tlike

noise,

so I rarely ( ) (listen) to the radio. The heating doesn’t work, so I

always ( ) (feel) cold. This is a terrible place for a man like me. Goodbye, Mrs. Lynch.’

Write these sentences again. Each sentence must begin withWat.

1.This is a wonderful garden! 2.This is a surprise!

3.He is causing a lot of trouble! 4.They are wonderful actors! 5.She is a hard-working woman! 6.It is a tall building! 1

7.It’s a terrible film! 8.You are a clever boy! 9.She is a pretty girl!

10.He is a strange fellow! Comprehension 1. (

) When Aunt Lucy telephoned (a) the writer was asleep.

(b) the writer was still in bed.

(c) the writer had already got up. (d) the writer was having lunch.

2. ( ) Aunt Lucy was surprised because (a) the writer was having lunch. (b) it was one o’clock.

(c) it was late. (d) the writer was having

breakfast at lunch time. Structur e

3. He sometimes ( ) in bed until lunch time. (a) stay (b) is staying (c) stays(d) staying

4. He stayed in bed until lunch time. He went ( ) bed late last night. (a) in (b)

into (c) to (d)at 5.

He doesn’tget up early on Sundays. He

gets up ( ). (a) late (b) lately (c)

slowly (d) hardly 6.(

) did aunt Lucy come? By train.

(a) When (b) How (c) Why (d) Where 7.The writer can’tsee aunt Lucy (

). He’s having breakfast.

(a) still (b) now (c) often (d) always Vocabulary

8. He ( ) out of the window and saw that it was raining. (a) looked (b) saw (c) remarked (d) watched 9. Just then, the telephone rang. It rang ( ).

(a) at once (b) immediately (c) again (d) at that moment 10. She was his aunt, so he was her ( ). (a) son (b) grandson (c) nephew (d) niece 11. Breakfast is the first ( ) of the day. (a) food (b) dinner (c) lunch (d) meal

12. Aunt Lucy said,‘Dear me’because she was ( ). (a) angry (b) surprised (c) tired (d) pleased Lesson 3 Please send me a card 课文内容：

Postcards always spoil my holidays. Last summer, I went to Italy. I visited museums and sat in public gardens. A friendly waiter taught me a few words of Italian. Then he lent me a book. I read a few lines, but I did not understand

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