新概念英语第二册的41，42课摘要写作答案

Lesson 41 key to the summary writting

The writer's wife was trying on a hat but he did not like it. He sat down and waited for her. Then they began arguing again. He had bought a tie the day before but his wife did not like it. ‘A man can never have too many ties,’he said. His wife used exactly the same argument and bought the hat. It looked like a lighthouse.

Lesson 41 key to the composition

1 My wife not only has too many hats but too many dresses as well.
2 We have been invited to a party this evening but she does not want to go.
3 She keeps looking at all those dresses and saying, ‘I haven't got anything to wear!’

Lesson 42

Key to Summary writing
We watched a snake charmer in a square in Old Delhi. He had a long pipe and two large baskets. He played a tune and the snake in one of the baskets rose out of the basket and began to follow the movements of the pipe. Then the snake charmer played modern tunes but the snake continued to dance slowly. It did not know the difference between Indian music and jazz.

Key to Composition
1 The snake charmer opened his basket and started to play a tune but the snake refused to move.
2 Then the snake charmer shook the basket and the snake obeyed him.
3 Everybody was frightened but these snakes are not dangerous.