新概念英语第二册课后摘要写作与选择答案

1、摘要写作参考答案（Key to Summary writing） Unit 1Lesson 1 A Private ConversationThe writer went to the theatre last week.He didt enjoy the play.A young man and a young woman were sitting behind him.They were talking loudly.The writer couldnt hear the actors.He turned round.He said he couldnt hear a word.The y

2、oung man said,This is a private conversation!.(53 words)Lesson 2Breakfast or LunchThe writer always gets up late on Sundays.He got up late last Sunday.His aunt telephoned then.She had just arrived by train.She was coming to see him.He said,I am still having breakfast.His aunt was surprised.It was on

3、e oclock.(45 words)Lesson 3Please Send Me a CardPostcards always spoil the writers holidays.He spent his holiday in Italy last summer.He tought about postcards every day.He didnt send any cards to his friends.He bought thirty-seven cards on the last day.He staied at home all day.He didnt write any c

4、ards.(47 words)Lesson 4An Exciting TripThe writer has just received a letter from his brother,Tim.Tim is an engineer.He has been in Australia for six months.He has already visited many places.He is in Alice Springs now.Tim has never been abroad before.He is enjoying his trip very much.(48 words)Less

5、on 5No Wrong NumbersMr.Scott has opened his second garage in Pinhurst.His first garage is in Silbury.Silbure is five miles away from Pinhurst.Mr.Scott cant get a telephone for his new garage.He has just bought twelve pigeons.They carry messages from one garage to the other in three minutes.(48 words

6、)Lesson 6Percy ButtonsThe writer has just moved to a house in Bridge Street.A beggar knocked at her door yesterday.He sang songs.The writer gave him a meal and a glass of beer in return for this.The beggars name is Percy Buttons.He calls at every house once a month.(50 words)Lesson 7Too LateDetectiv

7、es were waiting at the airport all morning.They were expecting a valuable parcel of diamonds from South Africa.Two men took the parcel of the plane.Two detectives opened it.The parcel was full of stones and sand.(39 words)Lesson 8 The Best and WorstJoe Sanders has the best garden in town.He wins The

8、 Nicest Garden Competitioneach year.Bill has a fine garden.Joes is better.The writers garden is terrible.He always win a little prize for the competition.(37 words)Lesson 9A Cold WelcomeWe went to the Town Hall on New Years Eve.There were a lot of people there.The Town Hall clock will strike twelve

9、in twenty minutes.At five to twelve,it stopped.It refused to welcome the New Year.The crowd began to laugh and sing.(46 words)Lesson 10Not for JazzWe own an old clavichord.It was made in 1681.My grandfather bought the instrument many years ago.A visitor damaged it recently.She tried to play jazz on

10、it.She broke two of the strings.My fathers friend is repairing it now.(45 words)Lesson 11 One Return Deserves AnotherI was having dinner at a restaurant.I see Tony Steele after a while.He always borrows money from his friends.Tony sat at my table.I asked him to lend me twenty pounds.He gave me the m

11、oney at once.He wanted me to pay for his dinner.(49 words)Lesson 12 Goodbye and Good LuckWell meet Captain Charles Alison at Portsmouth Harbour eary tomorrow moring.He will be in his small boat,Topsail.He will leave at eight oclock.Well say goodbye to him.He will take part in an importantrace across

12、 the Atlantic.(40 words)Lesson 13 The Greenwood BoysThe Greenwood Boys are singers.They will be coming here tomorrow.Most of the young people will be meeting them at the station.They will gave five peiformances.The police will be trying to keep order as usual.(38 words)Lesson 14Do You Speak EnglishT

13、he writer gave a lift to a young man in the south of France last year.They greated each other in French.The writer doesnt speak any French.They sat in silence.The young man said,Do you speak English? at the end of the journey.He was English himself.(49 words)Lesson 15Good NewsMr.Harmsworth wanted se

14、e me.I felt nervous.I went into his office.He said business was very bad.The firm couldnt pay such large salaries.Twenty people had already left.He didnt ask me to leave.He offered me an extra thousand pounds a year!(47 words)Lesson 16A Polite RequestTraffic police usually give you a ticket if you p

15、ark your car in the wrong place.The writer found a polite note on his car in Sweden.The traffic policeman wanted him to pay attention to their street sighs.Everyone cant fail to obey arequest like this.(48 words)Lesson 17Always YoungMy aunt Jennifer is an actress.She is over thirty years old.She oft

16、en appears on the stage as a young girl.Jennifer will act the part of a girl of seventeen in a new play soon.She never tells anyone how old she really is.(46 words)Lesson 18 It Often Does ThisThe writer had lunch at a village pub.She couldnt find her bag after her meal.She couldnt pay the bill.The l

17、andlord soon found it for her.His dog had taken it into the garden.(36 words)Lesson 19Sold OutThe play was going to begin at any moment.I asked for two tickets.There were none left.Susan and I were disappointted.A man hurried to the ticket office just then.He returned two tickets.They were for next

18、Wednesdays performance.I bought them.(45 words)Lesson 20One Man in a BoatFishing is the writers favourite sport.Some unlucky fisherman catch old boots and rubbish.The writer isnt not so lucky.He never catches anything.He isnt really interested in fishing.He is only interested in sitting in a boat an

19、d doing nothing at all.(44 words)Lesson 21Mad or NotThe writer is slowly going mad.He lives near an airport.Passing planes can be heard night and day.Most of his neighbours have left their homes.He has been offered money to leave.He determined to stay here.Everyone says he must be mad.They are proba

20、bly right.(49 words)Lesson 22A Glass EnvelopJane crossed the Channel last year.She threw a bottle into the sea.It contains a piece of paper with her name and address on it.She received a letter from a girl in Holland ten months later.They write to each other regularly now.They send their letters by

21、post.(50 words)Lesson 23A New HouseMy sister will come to England next year.If she comes,she will get a surprise.I have a new house in the country.I have invited my sister to star with me.It is a very modern house.It has get many large rooms and a lovely garden.(48 words)Lesson 24 It Could Be WorseI

22、 had just lost fifty pounds.I felt very upset.I told the manager about it.He couldnt do anything.He began complain about this wicked world.A girl came inwith the money just then.She had found it outside my room.There is still some honesty in this world.(51 words)Unit 2Lesson 25Do the English Speak E

23、nglishI arrived at a railway station in London and asked a porter the way to my hotel,but he couldnt understand me. He understood me at last but I couldnt understand his answer. My teacher never spoke English like that. The porter said I shall learn English soon. Each person speaks a different langu

24、age in England.They understand each other but I dont understand them.(67 words)Lesson 26The Best Art CritistThewriter studies art and paints a lot of pictures. Many people dont really understand modern art. Paintings dont always have a meaning. They are something pretty patterns. Young children not

25、only appreciate modern paintings better than others,but noticed more also. The writers young sister went into his room yesterday and examined his new picture. He had hung it upside down and she noticed this immediately.(67 words)Lesson 27A Wet NightThe boys put up their tent in the middle of a flied

26、 and cooked over an open fire. They told stories and sang songs after their meal but it began to rain so they crept into their tent. The boys woke up in the middle of the night. The tent was full of water so they rushed outside. A stream had formed in the field and flowed right under their tent.(68

27、words)Lesson 28No ParkingJasper White believes in ancient myths. Car owners always park their cars outside his gate so he has put up No Parking signs but they havent paid any attention to them. He has put an ugly stone head over the gate. It is Medusas head. He wants her to turn cars and their owner

28、s to stone but she hasnt done so yet.(62 words)Lesson 29TaxiCaptain Ben Fawcett has bought a small Swiss aeroplane and uses it as a taxi. It is called a Pilatus Porter . It can not only carry seven passengers, but can land anywhere also. Captain Fawcett has taken passengers to many strange places. H

29、e refused to fly a businessman to Rockall. The journey was too dangerous.(56 words)Lesson 30Football or poloThe writer sat by the river last Sunday. Some children were playing games nearby. One of the children kicked a ball hard and it went towards a passing boat. The man in the boat neither saw the

30、 ball nor heard people shouting. The ball hit theman and the children ran away. However, the man was not angry and he threw the ball back to the bank. (67 words)Lesson 31Success story？Frank Hawkins was telling the writer about his experiences as a young man.Frank used to work in a small shop as a bo

31、y.He used to repair bicycles there.He bought his own shop in 1958 and he made spare parts for aeroplanes in his twenties.He employed a lot of people in a few years.His wife came into the room after a while.She wanted him to repair their grandsons bicycle.(68 words)Lesson 32Shopping made easyA detect

32、ive watched a well-dressed woman in a large store one Monday.She bought a few small articles and she chose an expensive dress.The assistant wrapped it up for her and the woman took it with her.She did not pay for it,so the detective arrested her. The assistant was her daughter. She gave her mother a

33、 free dress once a week.(60 words)Lesson 33Out of the darknessThe girl set out from the coast one afternoon and was caught in a storm.Her boat struck a rock,so she jumped into the sea.She swam eight miles that night.She reached the shore early next morning.She had seen a light high up on the cilffs

34、and she cllimbed up.She found herself in hospital a day later.(55 words)Lesson 34Quick workDan Robinson was worried.He had received a letter from the local police.Yesterday he went to the station.He is not worried any more.The police have found his bicycle.Dan was not only surprised but amused as we

35、ll.His bicycle was stolen twenty years ago.He was fifteen then.(44 words)Lesson 35 Stop thief!Roy is finding his new job as a bus driver exciting.He saw two thieves in Catford Street recently.They were running out of a shop and Roy drove his bus straight at them,so they dropped the stolen money and

36、got into a car.Roy drove his bus into the back of their car then and damaged it.Afte this he telephoned the police.Both men were arrested later. (64 words)Lesson 36 Across the ChannelDebbie Hart is going to swim across the English Channel tomorrow.She is eleven and she is a strong swimmer.Debbie has

37、 been trained by her father.He will follow her in a small boat.Debbies mother will be waiting on the English coast.She swam the Channel herself when she was a girl.(49 words)Lesson 37 The Olympic GamesThe Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years time,so the government will be putting

38、up new buildings just outside the capital.Kurt Gunter has designed the buildings and workers will have completed the new stadium by the end of next year.The Games will be held in this country for the first time and we are looking forward to them. (62 words)Lesson 38 Everything except the weatherThe

39、writers friend,Harrison,had spent many years in the Mediterranean,but he wanted to retire in England so he bought a house in the country.The summer that year was very bad and he complained about the weather.In the end Harrison not only sold the house but also left the country.(48 words)Lesson 39 Am

40、I all right?Dr.Millington refused to tell his patient,Mr.John Gilbert,whether his operation had been successful.The next day the patient telephoned Dr.Millington and inquired about a certain patient,Mr.John Gilbert.The doctor answered a number of questions about the patient and then asked whether th

41、e caller was a relative.The caller then told him who he was.(50 words)Lesson 40 Food and talkThe writer sat beside Mrs. Rumbold at the dinner party.He tried to make comversation, but she was busy eating.He talked about the new play at The Globe and about the holidays.She answered his questions brief

42、ly.Then he asked her if she was enjoying her dinner and she answered that if he have eaten morn and talked less, they would both have a good dinner.(63 words)Lesson 41Do You Call That a HatThe wirters wife was trying on a hat and he didnt like it. He sat down and waited for her.Then they began argui

43、ng again.He had bought a terrible tie the day before but his wife didnt like it. He said,A m an can never have too many ties. His wife used exactly the same argument and she bought the hat. It looked like a lighthouse.(67 words)Lesson 42 Not Very MusicalWe watched a snake charmer in a square in Old

44、Delhi. He had a long pipe and two large baskets. He played a tune and the snake in one of the baskets rose to follow the movements of the pipe. Then the snake charmer played modern tunes but the snake continued to dance slowly. It didnt know the difference between Indian music and jazz.(64 words)Les

45、son 43Over the South PoleIn 1929,the American explorer ,R.EByrd became the first man to fly over the South Pole. He took a lot of photographs during the flight but then ran into difficulties. His plane couldnt get over the mountains so he orded his men tothrow out two heavy food sacks. The plane the

46、n flew over the mountains and continued without further trouble.(63 words)Lesson 44 Through the ForestTwo men tried to steal Mrs.Sterlings handbag. She was having a picnic at the time. They took the bag after a struggle and ran through the trees. She ran after them and caught up with them. The men h

47、ad sat down and were going through the contents of the bag. Mrs.Sterling ran straight at them so they dropped the bag and ran away.(66 words)Lesson 45 A Clear ConscienceThe local buther,Sam Benton,was taking his savings to the post office but he lost his wallet. Sam not only received half his money

48、three months later,but received a note as well.The note said:A thief,yes,but only 50 per cent a thief!The thief included a note every time he sent Sam more money. The last note said: I am 100 per cent honest now!(68 words)Lesson 46 Expensive and UncomfortableThe plane from London arrived at Sydney a

49、irport and workers unloaded a number of wooden boxes. They contained clothing. One of the boxes was extremely heavy so a worker opened it. He found a man on top of a pile of woolen goods. The man was arrested. He had travelled in the box from London. He had to pay 3,500 pounds. An ordinary tickets c

50、osts 2,000 pounds.(65 words)Lesson 47 A Thirsty GhostMr. Ian Thompson bought a public house recently but it is haunted,so he is going to sale it. There was a strange noise in the bar one night and the room was in disorder next morning. Mr. Thompson found five empty whisky bottles. He doesnt believe

51、that some villagers broke into the bar and had a drink. Anybody in the village doesnt want to the pub.(68 words)Lesson 48 Did You Want to Tell Me SomethingThe dentist in the story had pulled out one of the writers teeth and had told him to rest for a while. He asked several questions but the writer

52、couldnt answer them. His mouth was full of cotton wool. He suddenly discovered something wrong but he couldnt say anything. The dentist eventually removed the cotton wool from his mouth and the writer told him he had pulled out the wrong tooth.(72 words)Unit 3:Lesson 49 The end of a dreamA young man

53、 in Teheran bought a real bed for the first time in his life.He slept on the roof of his house because the weather was hot.Three nights later,the bed was swept off the roof during a storm.The man was not only unhurt but still on hismattress.As the bed was in pieces,he carried his mattress indoors an

54、d after he had put it on the floor he went back to sleep. (72 words)Lesson 50Taken for a rideThe writer wanted to go go Woodford Green but as he didnt know the way,the conductor promised to tell him where to get off.When they arrived at the bus terminus,the writer asked if they were at Woodford Gree

55、n.The conductor then realized that he had forgotten to put him off.The writer stayed on the bus because it was going back. (59 words)Lesson 51Reward for virtueHugh is so fat that he has gone on a diet.He has forbidden himself all the foods he likes but he has not lost weight.When the writer visited

56、him yesterday,he hid a large parcel under his desk.The parcel contained chocolates and sweets.Hugh said that he had to reward himself occasionally because his diet was so strict. (56 words)Lesson 52A pretty carpetThe writer has been trying to get his new room in order all morning.This has proved dif

57、ficult because he owns over a thousand books which cover every inch of floor space at the moment.His sister helped him to carry one of his old bookcases up the stairs a short while ago.She got a surprise when she saw the room,but she thought that the books made a pretty carpet. (68 words)Lesson 53Ho

58、t snakeNow that firemen have put out a big forest fire in California,they have been trying to discover its cause.There was no evidence that it was started by broken glass or a cigarette end.However a fireman has just solved the mystery.He noticed the remains os a snake which had been dropped by a bi

59、rd on to some electric wires.In winding itself round the wires,the snake had sent sparks to the ground and this caused the fire.(75 words)Lesson 54Sticky fingersAs soon as the writer returned home from the shops she began to make some meat pies.When the telephone rang soon afterwards,her fingers wer

60、e very sticky.She spent ten minutes talking to Helen Bates on the telephone.After that she looked at the mess she had made.Her fingers,the telephone and the doorknobs were covered with pastry.Just then the postman rang the doorbell.He wanted her to sign for a registered letter.(68 words)Lesson 55 No

61、t a gold mineThe Revealer is a new machine which is used for detecting buried gold. Using this machine, a research party recently tried to find gold in a cave near the seashore. Although they examined the cave thoroughly they only found a smallgold coin which was practically worthless. However many

62、people believe that the machine many reveal something of value soon. (60 words)Lesson 56Faster than sound!A lot of old cars entered for the race, which is held once a year. A great many loud explosions could be heard when they set off and though many cars broke down during the race, a few managed to

63、 complete the course. The winning car went downhill so quickly that its driver had a lot of difficulty trying to stop it. (62 words)Lesson 57Can I help you,madam?Though the woman in jeans hesitated for a moment, she entered an expensive shop and asked to see a dress that was in the window. On being

64、told by an assistant that the dress was sold, the woman returned the following morning dressed in a fur coat. The assistant was eager to serve her this time. After making him bring her almost everything in the window, the woman finally bought the dress she had first asked for. (77 words)Lesson 58A b

65、lessing in disguise?The number of visitors to the village of Frinley has increased because there is said to be a cursed tree near the church. Since the villagers believe that if anyone picks a leaf he will die, they have asked the vicar to have the tree cut down. As the tree is a useful source of income, the vi