拜托：新概念第二册（37—57）summary （急）

拜托：新概念第二册（37—57）summary （急）

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Lesson 37 The Olympic Games
The Olympic Games will be held in our country in four years' time,so the government will be putting 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.
Lesson 38 Everything except the weather
The writer's 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.
Lesson 39 Am 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 the caller was a relative.The caller then told him who he was.
Lesson 49 The end of a dream
A young man 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 his mattress.As the bed was in pieces,he carried his mattress indoors and after he had put it on the floor he went back to sleep.
Lesson 50 Taken for a ride
The writer wanted to go go Woodford Green but as he didn't 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 Green.The conductor then realized that he had forgotten to put him off.The writer stayed on the bus because it was going back.
Lesson 51 Reward for virtue
Hugh 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 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.
Lesson 52 A pretty carpet
The writer has been trying to get his new room in order all morning.This has proved difficult 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.
Lesson 53 Hot snake
Now 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 bird on to some electric wires.In winding itself round the wires,the snake had sent sparks to the ground and this caused the fire.
Lesson 54 Sticky fingers
As soon as the writer returned home from the shops she began to make some meat pies.When the telephone rang soon afterwards,her fingers were 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.