Lesson 4 An exciting trip

Lesson 4 An exciting trip

词汇

exciting a. 令人兴奋的
相关：excited a. 兴奋的
同类：interesting a. 有趣的
　　　interested
　　　amusing a. 好笑的
　　　amused
　　　surprising a. 惊讶地
　　　surprised

receive v. 收到
区别：accept 接受，同意接收
例句：今天早晨我收到了一束花，但是我没有接受。
　　　This morning I received a bunch of flowers, but I didn’t accept it.
用法：receive / have a letter from … 收到……的来信
例句：我昨天收到了Tom的来信。
　　　I received a letter from Tom yesterday.

firm n. 公司 a. 结实的，牢固的
近义词：company n. 公司，伙伴，【军队】连
近义词：hard a. 坚硬的，困难的
　　　　difficult a. 困难的
搭配：hard time 艰难时期
　　　go hard with … 对……不利
例句：这会对穷人不利。
　　　It will go hard with the poor.
用法：be on firm ground 理直气壮
　　　a firm hand 严格的约束
例句：他的公司里有10个员工。
　　　There are 10 employees in my firm.
　　　他的英文基础很扎实。
　　　His English is very firm / strong.
　　　他理直气壮地和我谈话。
　　　He is on the firm ground when he is talking to me.

different a. 不同的
构成：-ent 形容词后缀：excellent
　　　differ v. 区分，分辨
例句：分辨清楚他们很难！
　　　It’s hard to differ them.
用法：A is different from B A和B是不同的
口语：That’s different! 这另当别论。
　　　Different is different! 不一样就是不一样。

center n. 中心
读音：center = centre
搭配：call center 电话中心
　　　the center of a circle 圆心
用法：in the center of … 在……的中心
例句：很久很久以前，世界的中心是中国。
　　　Long long ago, China is the center of the world.

abroad adv. 在国外
用法：live abroad 住在国外
　　　go abroad 楚国
　　　study abroad 留学
例句：他父母正住在国外。
　　　His parents are living abroad.

课文部分

I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the center of Australia. He will soon visit Darwin From there, he will fly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.

语言点

I have just received a letter from my brother. 我刚刚收到一封我弟弟Tim寄来的信。
just-常用时态标志词
just在前半句中一完成时 刚刚已经
just now 一过去时 刚刚
just then 一过去时 就在那时
just 口语用法补充：
Just a minute/ second. 稍等一会。
Just so so. 一般。
同位语：一个名词对另一个名词或代词进行修饰，限定或说明，这个名词就是同位语。

He has been there for six months. 他已经去了6个月了。
完成时一个重要考法：
have been to + 地点 去过……
例句：他曾经去过意大利。
　　　He has been to Italy.
have gone to+地点 去了……
例句：Tom在哪呢？他去日本了。
　　　Where is Tom? He has gone to Japan.

He is working for a big firm. 他在一家大型公司上班。
复习：work n. 工作，作品 v. 工作，干活
搭配：work on +工作 做……工作
　　　work for + 人/单位为……而工作
例句：我有很多工作要做。
　　　A lot of work is waiting for me.
　　　我有很多优秀的音乐作品。
　　　I have many good music works.
　　　Leo 正在忙活数学。
　　　Leo is working on Math.

From there, he will fly to Perth. 他将从那里飞往珀斯。
搭配：fly to … = go to … by plane / air
例句：我要坐飞机去北京。
　　　I will fly to Beijing.