Lesson 23
A new house
新居
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★complete v,完成
finish
complete the building
finish/complete homework
finish/complete doing sth.
complete(adj.)：完全的，完整的
★modern adj,新式的，与以往不同的现代的 modern history/house/art
modernization：现代化
★strange adj,奇怪的
stranger：陌生人
strange：奇怪的，陌生的
be strange to sth,对……不习惯
★district n,地区 行政划分的区域
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
get a shock
离一个名词最近的词跟该词的关系最密切
beautiful new house
spare old cloth
work后面要加名词的话一定要加on
【Special difficulties】
Exercise
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
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
5,it
6,it
7,there
8,it
9,there
10.it
When will it be convenient for you to come?什么时候对你来说最方便？
