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新概念英语第三册课文
Lesson1 A puma at large
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are day and night was damaged many years
ago and has been silent
ever
since.
One night,
however, our vicar
woke up with
a start:
the clock
was striking
the hours!
Looking
at
his
watch,
he saw that
it
was one o'clock,
but
the
bell
struck
thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the
clock
tower to see
what was going
on. In
the
torchlight,
he caught sight
of a figure
whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. 'Whatever are
you doing up here Bill
' asked the
vicar
in
surprise.'
I'm
trying
to repair
the
bell,'
answered Bill.' I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see,
I was hoping to give you a surprise.''You certainly did give me a surprise!' said
the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm
glad the bell is working again.''That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's
working
all
right,
but I'm
afraid
that
at
one o'clock
it
will
strike
thirteen
times
and there's
nothing
I
can do about
it.''We'll
get used to
that
Bill,'
said the
vicar.
'Thirteen
is
not as good as one but it's
better
than nothing.
Nowlet's
go downstairs
and have a cup of tea.'
Lesson 3 An unknown goddess
Sometime ago， an interesting
discovery
was made by archaeologists
on the Aegean
（adj. 爱琴海的； n. ） island
of Kea． An American
team explored
a temple
which stands
in an ancient city on the promontory of Ayia Irini
． The city at one time must have
been prosperous ， for it enjoyed a high level of civilization
． Houses--often three
storeys high--were built of
stone ． They had
large rooms with
beautifully
decorated
walls ． The city was even equipped
with a