新概念2屬於高中難度，最適合初學者打好基礎。

$課文1 私人談話

1. Last week I went to the theatre.

上星期我去看戲。

2. I had a very good seat.

我的座位很好，

3. The play was very interesting.

戲很有意思，

4. I did not enjoy it.

但我卻無法欣賞。

5. A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me. They were talking loudly.

一青年男子與一青年女子坐在我的身後，大聲地說著話。

6. I got very angry.

我非常生氣，

7. I could not hear the actors.

因為我聽不見演員在說什麽。

8. I turned round. I looked at the man and the woman angrily.

我回過頭去怒視著那一男一女，

9. They did not pay any attention.

他們卻毫不理會。

10. In the end, I could not bear it.

最後，我忍不住了，

11. I turned round again.

又一次回過頭去，

12. ‘I can‘t hear a word!‘ I said angrily.

生氣地說：“我一個字也聽不見了！”

13. ‘It‘s none of your business,‘ the young man said rudely.

“不關你的事，”那男的毫不客氣地說，

14. ‘This is a private conversation!‘

“這是私人間的談話！”

$課文2 早餐還是午餐？

15. It was Sunday.

那是個星期天，

16. I never get up early on Sundays.

而在星期天我是從來不早起的，

17. I sometimes stay in bed until lunchtime.

有時我要一直躺到吃午飯的時候。

18. Last Sunday I got up very late.

上個星期天，我起得很晚。

19. I looked out of the window. It was dark outside.

我望望窗外，外面一片昏暗。

20. ‘What a day!‘ I thought. ‘It‘s raining again.‘

“鬼天氣！”我想，“又下雨了。”

21. Just then, the telephone rang.

正在這時，電話鈴響了。

22. It was my aunt Lucy.

是我姑母露西打來的。

23. ‘I‘ve just arrived by train,‘ she said. ‘I‘m coming to see you.‘

“我剛下火車，”她說，“我這就來看你。”

24. ‘But I‘m still having breakfast,‘ I said.

“但我還在吃早飯，”我說。

25. ‘What are you doing?‘ she asked.

“你在幹什麽？”她問道。

26. ‘I‘m having breakfast,‘ I repeated.

“我正在吃早飯，”我又說了一遍。

27. ‘Dear me,‘ she said. ‘Do you always get up so late? It‘s one o‘clock!‘

“天啊，”她說，“你總是起得這麽晚嗎？現在已經1點鐘了！”

新概念第二冊（1）--英語口語聽力課1