【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 This is a plete family.③ adj. 十足的，徹底的，絕對的There is plete silence in the room.That was a plete surprise.finish v. 完成finish/plete homeworkfinish/plete doing sth. 某事做完了I finish reading a book.★modern adj. 新式的, 與以往不同的，現(xiàn)代的modern history/art 現(xiàn)代史/ 現(xiàn)代藝術(shù)modernization ★strange adj. 奇怪的(表示因為對一個東西不熟悉而覺得奇怪, 陌生的)① adj. 外地的，異鄉(xiāng)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. 對……不習(xí)慣, 對……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.A strange thing happened this afternoon.★district n. 地區(qū)，行政劃分的區(qū)域, 城市內(nèi)的120district n. 地區(qū)，行政區(qū)，地域，地帶，通常隸屬于某個整體或具有某些地理特征Haidian District 北京的海淀區(qū)The Lake District of Northern England is very beautiful. 英國北部的湖區(qū)非常美麗。area n. 地段region ，區(qū)域，地方，(世界上某個特定的)地區(qū), (藝術(shù),科學(xué)等的)領(lǐng)域, (大氣, 海水等的)層【Text】I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would e toEngland next year. If she es, 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 pleted five months ago. In my letter, I told her thatshe could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, soit 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】If she es, she will get a surprise.get a surprise 感到驚奇（這里 surprise 是可數(shù)名詞，指“令人驚奇的事，意想不到的事” ）It’s a surprise to me that they can’t sell their flat.surprise 也可以作不可數(shù)名詞，表示“驚訝”She looked at the man in surprise.to one39。s surprise = I get a shock. 吃了一驚We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.a beautiful new house離一個名詞最近的詞跟該詞的關(guān)系最密切, 冠詞肯定是放在最前面的spare old cloth 不穿的舊衣服a big red flag 大紅旗 (flag n. 旗, 標記；v. 標記)Work on it had begun before my sister left.work（工作，作業(yè)）是抽象的不可數(shù)名詞， “……的工作”后面必須用介詞 onIn my letter, I told her that she could stay with us.stay with 跟……暫住在一起 （stay vi. 暫住，逗留）He stayed with his uncle last week.121【Special Difficulties】There is and It is在說明或詢問人或物等的存在時可用 there be 結(jié)構(gòu)。這種結(jié)構(gòu)可以用一般現(xiàn)在時、一般過去時、一般將來時及現(xiàn)在完成時等時態(tài)。在用 there 表示過存在后，就必須用 it 或人稱代詞作進一步說明：There’s a bus ing, but it’s full.There’s a man at the door. It’s the postman.it 作為“虛主語”表示時間、距離、天氣等概念時，不能用 there be 結(jié)構(gòu)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+地點 : 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 , 大雷雨9 After dinner ______ will be a long discussion on politics.there on politics 關(guān)于政治 (politics , 政治學(xué), 政綱, 政見)10 When will ______ be convenient for you to e?itWhen will it be convenient for you? 什么時候?qū)δ銇碚f最方便?122Lesson 24 It could be worse【New words and expressions】生詞和短語（7）manager n. 經(jīng)理upset adj. 不安sympathetic adj. 表示同情的plain v. 抱怨wicked adj. 很壞的，邪惡的contain v. 包含，內(nèi)裝honesty n. 誠實★manager n. 經(jīng)理(用能力, 辦事的)boss n. 老板（有錢）head n. 頭兒，領(lǐng)導(dǎo)（表示重要，系親密的人物）★upset adj. 不安(事發(fā)后)nervous adj. 緊張，不安(事發(fā)前)★plain v. 抱怨① vi. 抱怨，發(fā)牢騷，訴苦（常與 of，about 連用）plain of/about …(to sb.) 對某人/向某人抱怨……Don’t plain about/of the weather.I pianed of my salary to my boss.② vi. 控告，抗議（與 of，about 連用）The people in that district plained to the police about the noise from that factory.那家工廠噪音太大，當?shù)氐娜藗円严蚓酵对V。Mary plained to the Jacksons about the rubbish they had thrown everywhere.杰克遜一家亂扔垃圾，瑪麗已向他們提出抗議?！飛icked adj. 很壞的, 邪惡的① adj. 邪惡的，壞的（道德上的壞，可用 “evil” 替代）She saw a wiched smile on his face.② adj. 淘氣的，頑皮的（尤指小孩）Don’t be so wicked, Tom.③ adj.（天氣）惡劣的Few people walked about in this wicked weather.★contain v. 包含, 內(nèi)裝(強調(diào)用容器裝)container n. 集裝箱，容量contain v. 用容器裝The cup contains water. = The cup is full of water.The bag contains books.123include v. 包含★honesty n. 誠實honest adj. 誠實的honestly adv. 誠實地I honestly don’t know. 我真的不知道。【Text】I entered the hotel manager39。s office and sat down. I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset. 39。I left the money inmy room,39。 I said, 39。and it39。s not there now.39。 The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. 39。Everyone39。slosing money these days,39。 he said. He started to plain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knockat the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained $50. 39。I found this outside this gentleman39。sroom,39。 she said. 39。Well,39。 I said to the manager, 39。there is still some honesty in this world!39。參考譯文我走進飯店經(jīng)理的辦公室, 坐了下來. 我剛剛丟了 50 英鎊, 感到非常煩惱. “我把錢放在房間里, “我說,“可現(xiàn)在沒有了. “經(jīng)理深表同情, 但卻無能為力. “現(xiàn)在大家都在丟錢, “他說. 他開始抱怨起這個邪惡的世道來, 卻被一陣敲門聲打斷了. 一個姑娘走了進來, 把一個信封放在了他桌上. 它里面裝著 50 英鎊. “這是我在這位先生的房門外撿到的, “她說. “是啊, “我對那位經(jīng)理說, “這世界上還是有誠實可言的!”【課文講解】I entered the hotel manager39。s office and sat down.the hotel manger’s office 名詞可以修飾名詞telephone number 電話號碼the village fair 鄉(xiāng)村集市 (the fair of the village = the fair in the village)I had just lost $50 and I felt very upset.lose vt. 遺失，丟失（賓語一般為錢物）Don’t lose your key.feel +形容詞一般指心情“覺得……，感覺到……”feel upset 心煩意亂，很苦惱The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing.could do nothing= could do nothing about it 對此事無能為力I could do nothing to help you. 我沒有辦法幫你, 我無能為力Can you help me?Sorry,I could do nothing for you. / Certainly. Of couse. It’s my pleasure.39。Everyone39。s losing money these days,39。 he said.days 可以指“時期，時代” ，如 in his boyhood days（在他的童年時代）。these days 指“現(xiàn)今”用進行時態(tài)取代一般現(xiàn)在時, 在英文是一種修辭方法, 表示不滿, 一種感情。124He started to plain about this wicked world but was