Lesson23:A new house New words: special a. 特别的 surprise n. 惊喜 complete v. 完成 modern a. 新式的，与以往不同的，现代的 strange a. 奇怪的 district n. 地区 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. Notes: I had a letter from my sister yesterday. 昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信。 hear from sb. 收到…人的来信 _____ 翻译：我很高兴收到你的来信。 _____ get a surprise 中的surprise 在这里译为“使人惊奇。意外的事物”，是可数名词。 surprise n. [可数]意外(信息或事件)； [不可数] 惊讶 to one’s surprise 令某人吃惊 e.g. I have a surprise for you: we are moving to America. “You mean he is going to live in England ” John asked in surprise. To my surprise, he was pretty interested in shopping. We’ll solve the problems on our own and surprise everyone. 翻译：在这儿看到你可真意外。_____ 她惊讶地看着我。_____ 令我惊讶的是，今天下雨了。_____ 那有可能会使你惊讶。_____ Work on it had begun before my sister left. 在我姐姐离开之前就动工了。 work 是名词，作主语，it 指代房屋。 翻译：昨天，我在离开家之前把卧室打扫了一下。 _____ strange a. 奇怪的，陌生的 stranger n. 陌生人 be strange to… 对…感到陌生、不习惯 e.g. I can’t understand her strange behaviour. They lost themselves in the strange city. I am a stranger here. (口语中别人向你问路，你也不知道时的回答。) 翻译：那奇怪的声音从哪儿来的啊？_____ 他还不太习惯这工作。_____ Lesson24:It could be worse(不幸中之万幸) New words: steal (stole-stolen) v. 偷 manager n. 经理 upset a. 不安的，令人烦恼的 sympathetic a. 表示同情的 ( sympathy n. ) complain v. 抱怨 wicked a. 很坏的，邪恶的 interrupt v. 打断 contain v. 包含，内装 envelope n. 信封 honesty n. 诚实 Had the writer’s money been stolen I entered the hotel manager’s office and sat down. I had just lost 50 and I felt very upset. ‘I left the money in my room,’ I said, ‘and it’s not there now.’ The manager was sympathetic, but he could do nothing. ‘Everyone’s losing money these days,’ he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was interrupted by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelope on his desk. It contained 50. ‘I found this outside this gentleman’s room,’ she said. ‘Well,’ I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world!’ Notes: I felt very upset. 我感到非常不安。 upset a. 不安的(事情发生之后) nervous a. 感到不安的、紧张的 (正在做一件事) 翻译：这个消息使他们很不安。_____ 我在你发言的时候总是感到紧张。_____ I left the money in my room. 我把钱放在了房间里。 leave sth. in some place 翻译: 我把作业落 ... ...
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