裕興新概念英語第二冊筆記 第23課
Lesson 23 A new house新居
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.
參照譯文
昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信,她住在尼日利亞。在信中她說她來年將到英國來。如果她來了,她會感到非常驚奇了。我們目前住在鄉(xiāng)間的一棟美麗的新住宅里。這棟房子在我姐姐離開之前就已動工了,是在5個月此前竣工的。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,尚有一種美麗的花園。它是一棟非?,F(xiàn)代化的住宅,因此在有人看來很古怪。它肯定是這個地區(qū)唯一的一棟現(xiàn)代化住宅。
【New words and expressions】(4)
1 complete[k?m'pli:t] v.完畢
2 modern ['m?d?n] a.新式的,與以往不同的
3 strange [streind?] a.奇怪的
4 district ['distrikt] n.地區(qū)
一.單詞解說:
complete adj./n.
adj. (很少有比較級、最高檔的變化)
1) 所有的,完備的
the complete works of Hemingway 海明威全集
a large house complete with swimming pool 一所設(shè)備齊全帶有游泳池的大房子
2) 徹底的,完全的
a complete victory 完勝
a complete failure 徹底的失敗
be complete完畢/ be finished
eg. My work will be complete next week. 我的工作將于下周完畢。
vt. 完畢,做完,完結(jié)
eg. The bridge isn’t completed yet. 這座橋還沒有竣工。
completely adv. 完全地,所有地
eg. I was completely at a loss what to do. 我完全不懂得怎么辦才好。
at a loss: not knowing what to do or say不知如何是好; 茫然; 困惑
強(qiáng)調(diào)的副詞:
quite 十分
absolutely / completely 完全地
much 非常
rather 相本地
considerably 頗
slightly 稍微
a bit, a little 有一點兒
modern adj.
1) 現(xiàn)代的,近代的
modern times 現(xiàn)代
a modern discovery 近來的發(fā)現(xiàn)
2) 現(xiàn)代的,時髦的
eg. I’m afraid your ideas are not modern. 恐怕你的主意已通過時了。
modern school (英國不升大學(xué)的)中檔學(xué)校
modernization n. 現(xiàn)代化
modern (a.) → modernize (v.) 使…現(xiàn)代化 → modernization (n.) 現(xiàn)代化
the four modernizations 四個現(xiàn)代化
類似的變化:
real → realize → realization
globe → global → globalize → globalization
strange adj. 奇怪的,陌生的,生疏的,外行的,不習(xí)慣的
eg. I am quite strange here. 我對這里相稱不熟悉。
be strange at football 對足球是個外行
eg. He was still strange to the work. 她對工作還很生疏。
eg. The idiom is strange to an English ear. 這句成語英國人聽起來很別扭。
stranger n. 陌生人,他鄉(xiāng)人,外行
eg. Do they admit strangers to the tennis court? 她們承認(rèn)對網(wǎng)球是外行嗎?
make a stranger of sb 淡漠地看待某人
make no stranger of sb 熱情地看待某人
eg. He makes no stranger of me. 她不把我當(dāng)外人。
the little stranger 新生嬰兒
eg. He is no stranger to me. 她對我來說并不陌生。
an utter stranger to shame 一種恬不知恥的人
eg. He is a stranger to fear. 她不懂得什么叫膽怯。
district n. 區(qū),地區(qū),(美)選舉區(qū)
a poor district inhabited by the London working people 倫敦勞動人民居住的貧困區(qū)
administrative district 行政區(qū)
a business district 商業(yè)區(qū)
an electoral [?'lekt?r?l] district 選區(qū)
二、 Key Structures核心句型
1、一般將來時:will + V. 原形
例: i'ii see you tomorrow.
2. 將來進(jìn)行時:will + be + v. -ing
將來某時正在做某事或?qū)砟呈碌囊环N判斷,推測,或是用將來進(jìn)行時提問更加客氣禮貌。
例:What will you be doing tomorrow? 明天你干什么呀?
3. 過去完畢時: had+過去分詞
例: After he had finished work he went home.
她完畢工作之后回家了。
4. 間接引語
He said that; He told me that
區(qū)別:said+所說內(nèi)容;
told + sb+所說內(nèi)容
5. if條件句
主句用將來時,從句用一般目前時。
例: If you open the door, you will get a surprise.
如果你開門的話,你會大吃一驚的。
6. 情態(tài)動詞:must, can(could),may(might)
must, can /could, may / might + v.原形
7. 動名詞
做主語,表語,動詞賓語,介詞賓語,定語
例:Fishing is my favorite sport. 釣魚是我最喜歡的運動。
8. have的用法:
1)擁有/own;possess
2)協(xié)助構(gòu)成目前完畢時have+過去分詞
3)其他含義:吃,喝,做,度過...
9. 被動語態(tài)be+過去分詞
例: It was bought by my grandfather many years ago.
很近年前它是被我祖父買的。
練習(xí)
1. 用對的的時態(tài)填空:
l) After he had read the book, he ____ (write) a review of it. (wrote)
2) He did not leave his office until he had ____ (finish)work. (finished)
3)If he ____ (break) his promise, I'II never speak to him again. (breaks)
4)If the weather is fine, we will ____ (go) for a picnic.(go/shall go)
2. 用said或told填空用動詞的對的時態(tài)填空:
I)She ____ me she ____ (will) be absent from work. (told, would)
2)I ____ my mother that I ____ (lose) the key. (told, had lost)
3. 用恰當(dāng)?shù)膭釉~來替代括號中的詞:
l) He ( ) a new house (owns)
He has a new house--
2) He( )a lot of money (possesses)
He has a lot of money.
3)I ( )a bath before dinner. (took)
I had a bath before dinner.
4) ( ) a biscuit. (Take)
Have a biscuit.
5) ( )you( )use your telephone please? (Will, let me)
Can I use your telephone please?
May I use your telephone please?
6) ( ) the play ( ) begin at any moment. (Perhaps, will)
The play may begin at any moment.
7) ( )begun already. (Perhaps it has)
It may have begun already.
8) ( ) take a taxi. (It is necessary for me to)
I must take a taxi.
I have to take a taxi
三、 課文解說Text
I had a letter from my sister yesterday.
have a letter from sb 收到某人的來信
/receive a letter from sb
/hear from sb
letter n. 信,函件
a letter of introduction 推薦信
an open letter 公開信
eg. I must answer his letter. 我必須給她回信。
acknowledge one’s letter 向某人表達(dá)來信已收到
acknowledge [?k'n?lid?] vt.承認(rèn), 供認(rèn);告知已收到;鳴謝, 感謝
have a letter registered 寄掛號信
drop a letter into a mailbox 把信投進(jìn)郵箱
mailbox (美)郵箱
letter box / post box (英)郵箱
an express letter 快信
blind letters 地址、姓名不詳,無法投遞的信
letters 文學(xué)
a man of letters 文人
art and letters 文藝
to the letter 照字面意思,嚴(yán)格地,徹底地
carry out the order to the letter 徹底地執(zhí)行命令
She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year.
Nigeria [nai'd?i?ri?] n.尼日利亞(非洲中西部國家)
Nigerian [nai'd?i?ri?n] a. 尼日利亞的n. 尼日利亞人
If she comes, she will get a surprise.
surprise
1) n. 驚人的事物,料想不到的事物
eg. His success was a great surprise to me . 她的成功對我來講是個意外。
eg. The ring of the telephone surprised the man dozing during working hours.
電話的鈴聲驚動了那個在上班時間打盹的人。(doze [d?uz] 打盹兒,瞌睡)
surprise 用人作賓語
eg. She will be much surprised by your visit. 你的拜訪會令她感到驚奇。
surprised adj. 感到驚訝的
be surprised at sth / doing sth 對…感到驚奇
eg. We were surprised at the fact. 我們對這個事實感到驚奇。
be surprised to do sth 對做某事感到驚訝
eg. I was very surprised to hear the news. 聽到這個消息,我感到驚訝。
/ I was very surprised at the news.
be surprised that
eg. They were surprised that he got injured in the traffic accident.
她在車禍中受傷了,她們感到吃驚。
surprising 令人驚奇的,令人意外的
a surprising rumor 令人意外的流言蜚語 rumor [‘ru:m?] n. 傳聞, 風(fēng)聞;謠言, 謠傳
eg. That’s not so surprising. 沒什么好驚奇的。
有關(guān)surprise的短語:
in surprise 吃驚的,在驚恐中
eg. He hid himself in surprise. 她驚恐地躲了起來。
to one’s surprise 令…吃驚的是
eg. To my surprise, she was the mother of two children. 令我吃驚的是,她是兩個孩子的媽媽。
surprise 指出乎意料之外,使人吃驚
shock [??k] 使震驚,使震怒
astonish [?s't?ni?] 使大吃一驚,使驚愕
astound [?'sta?nd] 使人震驚得幾乎一時發(fā)愣,語意最強(qiáng)
We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.
house 房子,屋子,住宅
room 房間
eg. How many rooms are there in your house?
bring down the house 博得滿堂喝采
keep house 料理家務(wù)
enlarge a house 擴(kuò)建房子
a gambling house 賭場 gambling [‘gæmbl??] n. 賭博, 賭錢
a movie house 電影院
a steak house 牛排館
a customs house 海關(guān)
a green house 溫室
play house 玩過家家的游戲
on the house 免費的
in the country 在鄉(xiāng)下
Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago.
ago (用于過去時態(tài))
eg. Two years ago, I left the company.
before (用于過去完畢時態(tài))
eg. That was the club which I had joined two years before. 那是我兩年前加入的俱樂部。
In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.
lovely adj. 可愛的,美麗的
a lovely child 一種可愛的孩子
lovely weather 較好的天氣
表情感emotion的詞匯:
love 愛affection 愛慕 delight 快樂 hatred 仇恨pleasure 快樂sorrow 悲哀fear 膽怯 grief 憂傷 anger 憤怒despair 絕望 jealousy ['d?el?si:] 嫉妒 joy 快樂
love n.
first love 初戀
maternal love / maternal affection 母愛 maternal [m?'t?:nl] adj.媽媽的; 媽媽般的
love affair 風(fēng)流韻事
eg. Love is blind. (諺語)愛是盲目的。
fall in love 墜入愛河
eg. I fell in love with her at first sight. 一見鐘情
love vi. 想做
(與would, should 連用,為女性愛用的說法)
eg. Will you please dance with me? 能請你跳舞嗎?
I’d love to. 我很樂意。
lovebirds (口語)一對情侶
garden 庭院
garden 一般種植花草,果樹,蔬菜等
yard 房屋周邊的土地,也許有草坪、道路等
play catch in the yard 在院子里練習(xí)接球 (right)
play catch in the garden (wrong)
garden party 游園會
botanical [b?'tænik?l] gardens 植物園
zoological [,z???'l?d??k?l] gardens 動物園
gardener 花匠,園丁
there be 存在,有
there is/are…
there was/were…
there will be…
It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people.
it 指代上文提到過的事物
表時間:
eg. What’s the time?
It is 5 o’lock.
表距離:
eg. How far away is the station from here?
It is 5 miles away.
表天氣:
eg. What’s the weather like?
It is very cold.
look v. 看起來
eg. He looks very tired.
eg. You look very beautiful today.
It must be the only modern house in the district.
must be 一種比較有把握的判斷(一定是)
Special Difficulties
Exercise:用it或there 填空
1. It is a pity that he could not come.
2. There is a bus that leaves in ten minutes.
3. There were some men digging up the road outside my house.
4. Look at those clouds. I think there will be a thunderstorm.
5. It is unusual for him to be late.
6. It has been very cold this year.
7. There has been no news of him.
8. I am sure it will be fine tomorrow.
9. After dinner there will be a long discussion on politics.
10. When will it be convenient for you to come?
四、練習(xí) Exercises
l. I like my sister' s house
It's a_____.
A. new beautiful house
B. beautiful house new
C. beautiful new house
C. new house beautiful
分析:
形容詞的一般詞序是品質(zhì)在尺寸,新舊,顏色之前;
C. 美麗的新居子,最符合語法,詞義,也最通順。
2. I told her she could stay with us. That's what I ____.
A. said to her B. said her C. told to her D. told
分析:
A. said to her同前面句子中的told her意思相似:
B. 不符合語法規(guī)則,her作間接賓語時前面應(yīng)當(dāng)加介詞to;
C. tell是及物動詞,直接加入作賓語:
D. 不符合語法,缺少賓語。
3. She will come to England ____ year.
A. last B. next C. the other D. the last
分析:
這個句子的謂語動詞是將來時,需要補(bǔ)充將來的時間狀語,只有B. next year才表達(dá)將來的時間;A. 表達(dá)“過去了,去年”;C。the other year; D. the last year都不是對的的搭配。
4. Every man in this country has the right to live where wants to, _____ the color of his skin.
A. with the exception of B. in the light of C. by virtue of D. regardless of
分析:
A. 除…之外;B. 根據(jù),根據(jù):C. 依托,憑借,由于;D. 不顧,不管。
翻譯:不管膚色如何,這個國家的每一種人均有權(quán)利生活在她想生活的地方。
六、補(bǔ)充內(nèi)容
量詞
A spell of一段(某活動或狀況延續(xù)的時間)
例: After a long spell of unemployment, Geoff finally found a job.
杰夫失業(yè)了很長一段時間終于找到了一份工作。
a sum of 一筆(錢)
例: Sid was left a large sum of money by his aunt.
錫德繼承了她姑母一人筆遺產(chǎn)。