Lesson 23 A new house 新居

1.原文

2. 参考译文

3. New words and expressions

★complete v. 完成 (喜欢与建筑工程连用)
① vt. 完成，结束complete the building
Work on the new school will be completed next year.
② adj. 完整的，全部的
《鲁迅全集》中的 “全集” 就用 “complete”
This is a complete family.
③ adj. 十足的，彻底的，绝对的
There is complete silence in the room.
finish v. 完成 finish/complete homework
finish/complete doing sth. 某事做完了
★modern adj. 新式的, 与以往不同的，现代的
modern history/art 现代史/ 现代艺术
modernization n.现代化
★strange adj. 奇怪的(表示因为对一个东西不熟悉而觉得奇怪, 陌生的)
① adj. 外地的，异乡的
Living in a strange land is not always a pleasant thing.
② adj. 陌生的，生疏的
That morning, he saw a strange face in the classroom.
be strange to sth. 对……不习惯, 对……陌生
This city is quite strange to me.
stranger n. 陌生人
③ adj. 不平常的，奇特的，奇怪的，古怪的
The house looks strange to some people.
★district n. 地区，行政划分的区域, 城市内的
district n. 地区，行政区，地域，地带，通常隶属于某个整体或具有某些地理特征
The Lake District of Northern England is very beautiful. 英国北部的湖区非常美丽。
area n. 地段
region n.地带，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

4. 课文讲解

1、If she comes, she will get a surprise.
get a surprise 感到惊奇(这里surprise是可数名词，指“令人惊奇的事，意想不到的事”)
It’s a surprise to me that they can’t sell their flat.
surprise也可以作不可数名词，表示“惊讶”
She looked at the man in surprise.
to one’s surprise = I get a shock. 吃了一惊
2、We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. 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 不穿的旧衣服a big red flag 大红旗3、Work on it had begun before my sister left.
work(工作，作业)是抽象的不可数名词，“……的工作”后面必须用介词on
4、In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us.
stay with 跟……暂住在一起(stayvi. 暂住，逗留)

5. Special Difficulties

There is and It is
在说明或询问人或物等的存在时可用there be结构。这种结构可以用一般现在时、一般过去时、一般将来时及现在完成时等时态。在用there表示过存在后，就必须用it或人称代词作进一步说明：
There’s a bus coming, but it’s full.
it作为“虚主语”表示时间、距离、天气等概念时，不能用there be结构It’s fifteen miles to the station.
Exercise(用it或there填空)
3 ______ were some men digging up the road outside my house. 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 Look at those clouds. I think ______ will be a thunderstorm.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
9After dinner ___will be a long discussion on politics.
10 When will __ it ___be convenient for you to come?
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