为什么没人背新概念第二册呢

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同意, 有些习惯用语是很常用的!
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at last firemen have put out the big forest fire in california. since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. forest fires are often caused by broken glass or cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. yesterday, the firemen examined the ground carefully. but were not able to find any broken glass. they are also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire.
this morning, however, a fireman accidentally discovered the cause. he noticed the remains of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16000-volt power line.
in this way, he was able to solve the mystery. the explanation was simple but very unusual. a bird had snached up the snake from the ground and dropped it on to the wire. the snake then wound itself round the wires. when it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.

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背第3、4册我根本坚持不下来，太难太长，很容易就放弃，虽说第二册很简单，你能看懂，但不意味着你就会说和写。刚背第二册也很难，但慢慢的就越背越快，也觉得越来越容易。所以也比较容易坚持。

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after breakfast,  i sent my children to school and then went to the shops. it was still early when i returned home. the children were at school, my husband was at work and the house was quite. so i decided to make some meat pie. in a short time, i was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with pastry. at exactly moment, the telephone rang. nothing could have been more annoying. i picked up the receiver between my two sticky fingers and was dismayed when i recognized the voice of helen. it took me ten minutes to persuade her to ring back later. what a mess! there was pastry on my fingers, on the telephone, and on the door-knobs.
i had no sooner got back to the kitchen than the door bell rang loud enough to wake the dead.
this time it was the postman and he wanted me to sign for the registered letter.

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dreaming of finding lost treature almost came true recently. a new machine called revealer has been invented and has been used to detect gold which has been buried under the ground.
the machine was used in a cave near the seashore where it is said pirates used to hide gold.  the pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then failed to collect it.
armed with this machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find the buried treature. the leader of the party was examining the soil near the entrance to the cave when the machine showed that there was gold under the ground.
very excited, the party dug a hole two feet deep. they finally found a small gold coin which was almost worthless. the party then searched the whole cave thoroughly but did not find anything except an empty tin trunk.
in spite of this, many people are confident that the revealer may reveal something of value fairly soon.

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once a year a race is held for old cARs. a lot of cars entered for this race and there was a lot of excitment just before it began. one of the most handsome car was rollsroyce. the most unusual car was bens which had only three wheels. built in 1835, it was the oldest car taking part. after a great many loud explosions, the race began.
most of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under the can than in the car. the winning car reached the speed of 40 miles an hour-much faster than any of its rivals.
it sped downhill at the end of the race and the driver had a great deal of trouble trying to stop it.
the race gave everyong a great deal of pleasure. it was very different from modern car race but no less exciting.

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the tiny village of a is said to possess a cursed tree.because the tree was mentioned in a newspaper, the number of visitors has increased. the tree was planted near the church fifty year ago and it is only in recently that it has gained the evil repution. many villagers believe that the tree has claimed a number of victims. the vicar was asked to have the tree cut down, but so far he has refused. he has pointed out that the tree is a useful source of income as tourists have come from all parts of the country to see it. in spite of all that has been said , the tourists have been picking leaves and cutting their names on the tree trunk. so far, no one of them has been struck down by sudden death.

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at the village fair, i decided to visit a fortune teller call madam malinsky. i went into her tent and she asked me to sit down. after i had given her some money, she looked into the crystal ball and said. a relation of yours is coming to see you. she will be arriving this evening and intends to stay for a few days. the moment you leave the tent, you will get a big surprise. a woman you know well will rush toward you. she will speak to you and lead you away from this place.that is all. as soon as i went outside, i forgot all about malinsky because my wife hurried towards me.where have you been hiding? she asked impatiently.your sister will be here in less than an hour and we must be at the station to meet her. we are late already. as she walked away, i followed her out of this fair.

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the olympic games will be held in our country in 4 years' time. as a great many people is coming to our country, the goverment will be building new hotels, an immense statium and a new olypic-standard swimming pool. they also will be building new roads and a special railway line. workers will have completed the new roads by the end of this year. by the end of next year, they will have finished work on the new stadium.
the fantastic new building have been designed by famous john. everyone will be watching anxiously as the building go up. we are all excited and are looking forward to the olympic games because they have never been held before in our contry.

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my friend, john, had lived in mediterranean for many years before he returned to england. he had dreamed of retiring in england and had planned to settle down in the country. he had no sooner returned than he bought a fine house and went to live there. almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was still summer, it was bitterly cold. after so many years of sunshine, john got a shock. it was more than he could bear. he had hardly settle down when he sold the house and left the country.the dream he had had for many years ended there. he had thought of everything except weather.

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my old friend, john. had lived in mediterran for many years before he returned to england. he had dreamed of retiring in england and had planned to settle down in the country. he had no sooner returned than he bought a house and went to live there.almost immediately he began to complain about the weather, for even though it was stioo in summer, it rained continally and was bitterly cold. after so many years of sunshine, he got a shock. he acted as if he had never lived in european before. he had hardly settle down when he sold his house and left the country. he dream he had had for many years ended there. he had thought of  everything except the weather.

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You are right.  Learning by heart is a really good way to study any language.  I would go with you.

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hz, a polish scientist, has spent his life-time studying active volcanoes and deep caves in all parts of the world. in 1948, he went to the lake of kiva in congo to observe the active volcano. he was able to set up his tent very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently.
though he managed to take a number of brilliant photographs, he could not stay for very long. he noticed that a river of liquid rock was coming towards him. it threatened to surround him completely, but he managed to escape just in time.he waited until the volcano was quite and he returned two days later. this time, he managed to move into the mouth of kiva to take photographs and measure temperatures.
he has often risked his life in this way. he has been able to tell us more about active volcanoes than any man alive.

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i crossed the street to avoid meeting him, but he saw me and came running towards me. it was no use pretending that i had not seen him. so i waved to him. i never enjoy meeting bert. he never has anything to do. no matter how busy you are, he always insists on coming with you. i had to think of a way of preventing him from following me around all morning. hello, bert, fancy meething you here. hello, i was just wondering how to spend the morning until i saw you. you are not busy doing anything, are you? not at all. i am going to. would you mind my coming with you? he asked before i finished my speaking. not at all. i lied. but i am going to the dentist. then i will come with you. there is plenty to read in the waiting room.