在自考英语专业综合英语第一册上第10课文里有一句：
Then he put his hand to his ear and rolled his forefinger and thumb together as if he were listening to the quality of the wine.
他把大拇指和食指在酒中浸了一下。然后，他把手放到耳边，大拇指和食指搓了起来，好像是在听酒的质量，
这里的and用得好，把他的聪明，机智，幽默展示出来。英语and往往把要说的内容引出来。当我们读到and的时候，特别留意and后面的内容。例如，
he managed somehow to get in the day before and turn all the paintings upside down. The exhibition ran for four days before anyone noticed!”
他设法在前一天就进入展览馆，并把所有的作品都倒了过来。画展进行了四天以后才有人发现。”
课文中用and引出课文精彩之处，细读and后面内容，体会到他的幽默风趣，讽刺了所谓抽象画。
又如，
Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark.
这是新概念英语第二册第59课，这里的and引出课文叙事的重点，全篇围绕bark 展开。又如，
Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
这是新概念英语第二册第35课，作者描述他以前开出租车，后来来公交车，注意，在and后说了一句he has not regretted it，按常理以前开出租车现在开公交车有啥后悔的呢，这里必然大有文章，于是下文紧扣这个展开描述。
看来，新概念英语的确经典，永远不过时。
Then he put his hand to his ear and rolled his forefinger and thumb together as if he were listening to the quality of the wine.
他把大拇指和食指在酒中浸了一下。然后，他把手放到耳边，大拇指和食指搓了起来，好像是在听酒的质量，
这里的and用得好，把他的聪明，机智，幽默展示出来。英语and往往把要说的内容引出来。当我们读到and的时候，特别留意and后面的内容。例如，
he managed somehow to get in the day before and turn all the paintings upside down. The exhibition ran for four days before anyone noticed!”
他设法在前一天就进入展览馆，并把所有的作品都倒了过来。画展进行了四天以后才有人发现。”
课文中用and引出课文精彩之处，细读and后面内容，体会到他的幽默风趣，讽刺了所谓抽象画。
又如，
Our dog, Rex, used to sit outside our front gate and bark.
这是新概念英语第二册第59课，这里的and引出课文叙事的重点，全篇围绕bark 展开。又如，
Roy Trenton used to drive a taxi. A short while ago, however, he became a bus driver and he has not regretted it.
这是新概念英语第二册第35课，作者描述他以前开出租车，后来来公交车，注意，在and后说了一句he has not regretted it，按常理以前开出租车现在开公交车有啥后悔的呢，这里必然大有文章，于是下文紧扣这个展开描述。
看来，新概念英语的确经典，永远不过时。
