§ Lesson 23 A new house 新居

【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★complete v. 完成 (喜欢与建筑工程连用)

finish

complete the building

finish/complete homework

finish/complete doing sth.某事做完了

I finish reading a book.

complete(adj.) : 完全的, 完整的

《鲁迅全集》中的 “全集” 就用 “complete”

★modern adj. 新式的, 与以往不同的(真正会译为 : 现代的)

现代的　　modern history/art : 现代史/ 现代艺术

modernization n.现代化

★strange adj. 奇怪的, 陌生的(表示因为对一个东西不熟悉而觉得奇怪)

stranger : 陌生人 strange : 奇怪的, 陌生的

be strange to sth. 引申为 : 对……不习惯, 对……陌生

★district n. 地区 　行政划分的区域, 城市内的, 如北京的海淀区 : Haidian District

area 地段

region 地区 地带 n.区域, 地方, (世界上某个特定的)地区, (艺术,科学等的)领域, (大气, 海水等的)层)

【Text】

Lesson 23 A new house 新居

First listen and then answer the question.听录音, 然后回答以下问题.

Why is the new house special?

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.

参考译文

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信, 她住在尼日利亚. 在信中她说她明年将到英国来. 如果她来了, 她会感到非常惊奇了. 我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里. 这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了, 是在5个月以前竣工的. 我在信中告诉她, 她可以和我们住在一起. 这栋房子里有许多房间, 还有一个漂亮的花园. 它是一栋非常现代化的住宅, 因此在有些人看来很古怪. 它肯定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅.

【课文讲解】

get a surprise : 感到惊奇

to one's surprise

shock : I get a shock.

a beautiful new house

离一个名词最近的词跟该词的关系最密切, 冠词肯定是放在最前面的

spare old cloth

Eg: a big red flag 大红旗 (flag n.旗, 标记 v.标记)

work后面要加名词的话一定要加on

【Special Difficulties】 难点

Exercise(用it或there填空)

1 ______ is a pity that he could not come.

2 ______ is a bus that leaves in ten minutes.

3 ______ were some men digging up the road outside my house.

4 Look at those clouds. I think ______ will be a thunderstorm.

5 ______ is unusual for him to be late.

6 ______ has been very cold this year.

7 ______ has been no news of him.

8 I am sure ______ will be fine tomorrow.

9 After dinner ______ will be a long discussion on politics.

10 When will ______ be convenient for you to come?

1. It is a pity that...

2. there

3. there : There+be+sb.+doing+地点 : 某地有某人正在做某事(典型句型)

digging up: 挖出, 找出

4. there : 在表示天气的时候, 后面如果是动词或形容词, 用it, 如果是名词, 用there be.

It is raining(动词)/It is cold(形容词)

There be +名词 : There is a rain. 那儿有一场雨

thunderstorm n.雷暴, 大雷雨

5. it 形式主语

6. it

7. there

8. it

9. there on politics 关于政治 (politics n.政治, 政治学, 政纲, 政见)

10.it

要求背诵 : When will it be convenient for you? 什么时候对你来说最方便?