新概念英語第二冊詳解第23課:A new house 新居

§ Lesson 23 A new house 新居

【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

★complete v. 完成 (喜歡與建筑工程連用)

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

《魯迅全集》中的 “全集” 就用 “complete”

★modern adj. 新式的, 與以往不同的(真正會譯為 : 現(xiàn)代的)

現(xiàn)代的　　modern history/art : 現(xiàn)代史/ 現(xiàn)代藝術

modernization n.現(xiàn)代化

★strange adj. 奇怪的, 陌生的(表示因為對一個東西不熟悉而覺得奇怪)

stranger : 陌生人 strange : 奇怪的, 陌生的

be strange to sth. 引申為 : 對……不習慣, 對……陌生

★district n. 地區(qū) 　行政劃分的區(qū)域, 城市內(nèi)的, 如北京的海淀區(qū) : Haidian District

area 地段

region 地區(qū) 地帶 n.區(qū)域, 地方, (世界上某個特定的)地區(qū), (藝術,科學等的)領域, (大氣, 海水等的)層)

【Text】

Lesson 23 A new house 新居

First listen and then answer the question.聽錄音, 然后回答以下問題.

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.

參考譯文

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信, 她住在尼日利亞. 在信中她說她明年將到英國來. 如果她來了, 她會感到非常驚奇了. 我們現(xiàn)在住在鄉(xiāng)間的一棟漂亮的新住宅里. 這棟房子在我姐姐離開之前就已動工了, 是在5個月以前竣工的. 我在信中告訴她, 她可以和我們住在一起. 這棟房子里有許多房間, 還有一個漂亮的花園. 它是一棟非?，F(xiàn)代化的住宅, 因此在有些人看來很古怪. 它肯定是這個地區(qū)唯一的一棟現(xiàn)代化住宅.

【課文講解】

get a surprise : 感到驚奇

to one's surprise

shock : I get a shock.

a beautiful new house

離一個名詞最近的詞跟該詞的關系最密切, 冠詞肯定是放在最前面的

spare old cloth

Eg: a big red flag 大紅旗 (flag n.旗, 標記 v.標記)

work后面要加名詞的話一定要加on

【Special Difficulties】 難點

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+地點 : 某地有某人正在做某事(典型句型)

digging up: 挖出, 找出

4. there : 在表示天氣的時候, 后面如果是動詞或形容詞, 用it, 如果是名詞, 用there be.

It is raining(動詞)/It is cold(形容詞)

There be +名詞 : There is a rain. 那兒有一場雨

thunderstorm n.雷暴, 大雷雨

5. it 形式主語

6. it

7. there

8. it

9. there on politics 關于政治 (politics n.政治, 政治學, 政綱, 政見)

10.it

要求背誦 : When will it be convenient for you? 什么時候?qū)δ銇碚f最方便?