北师大版高中英语选择性必修第二册unit4 lesson1课文英汉对照.docx

高中英语北师大版选择性必修第二册 课文英汉对照 Unit4?Lesson 1 Whats So Funny? Whats So Funny? Story A 故事A A famous art collector was walking through the city when he noticed a dirty cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store. He did a double take.? 一个著名的艺术品收藏家在穿过城市时看见一只脏猫在一家商店门口舔饮浅碟中的牛奶。他惊讶地又看了一眼。 He noticed that the saucer was an antique and very valuable, so he walked casually into the store and innocently offered to buy the cat for 20 dollars.? 收藏家注意到浅碟是件古董，很值钱，于是他漫不经心地走进店里，假装不知情的样子，提出要花20美元买那只猫。 The store owner replied, “I’m sorry, but the cat isn’t for sale.” 收藏家注意到浅碟是件古董，很值钱，于是他漫不经心地走进店里，假装不知情的样子，提出要花20美元买那只猫。 The collector said, “Please, I need a hungry cat with a good appetite around the house to catch mice. I’ll pay you 200 dollars for that cat.” 收藏家说：“拜托了，我正需要一只又饿、胃口又好的猫帮我抓屋里的老鼠呢，我可以出200美元买那只猫。” The owner said “sold” and handed over the cat.? 店主说了声“成交”，就把猫给了他。 The collector continued, “Hey, for the 200 dollars I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat’s used to it and it’ll save me from having to get a dish.” 收藏家接着说：“嘿，200 美元的话能不能把那个破碟子也送给我。毕竟这猫已经习惯了用它，这样也省得我再去买猫食盆了。” And the owner said, “Sorry my friend, but that’s my lucky saucer. So far this week I’ve sold 68 cats.” 店主说：“对不起，朋友，那可是我的幸运碟。到现在为止，这周我已经卖出去68 只猫了。” Story B故事B Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson went on a camping trip. After a good dinner and a bottle of wine, they retired for the night, and went to sleep.? 夏洛克?福尔摩斯和华生医生去野营。他们吃了一顿丰盛的晚餐，喝了瓶酒，就准备休息，去睡觉了。 Some hours later, Holmes woke up and asked his faithful friend, “Watson, look up at the sky and tell me what you see.” 几小时后，福尔摩斯醒了，问他忠实的朋友：“华生，抬头看看天空，告诉我你看到了什么。” “I see millions and millions of stars, Holmes,” replied Watson.?“And what do you deduce from that?”?Watson thought for a minute.? “福尔摩斯，我看到无数的星星，”华生回答。“那你从中推断出什么？”华生想了一会儿。 “Well, according to the studies on astronomy, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. According to the positions of the stars, I observe that Saturn is in Leo. A