Lesson 4: An exciting trip Why is Tim finding this trip exciting 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. firm n. 公司 近义词：company， corporation adj. 结实的，牢固的，强有力的 e.g. 1) The ice on the lake is not firm enough to walk on. 2) They have a firm friendship. 3) The quick handshake was firm and cool. firmly adv. 坚定地 e.g. “I need a good sleep,” she said firmly. a great number of… 许多…… 修饰可数名词复数 e.g. a great number of trees a number of… 许多，大量… 后面加可数名词复数，谓语也用复数； the number of… 表示…的数量，后面也是加可数名词复数，但谓语动词用单数。 e.g. 1) A number of leaves are falling. 2) The number of students is much bigger than you think. 3. Australia n. 澳大利亚 Australian n. 澳大利亚人； adj. 澳大利亚的，澳大利亚人的 类似的：Canada-Canadian 4.in the centre/center of… 在…中部 e.g. East Nanjing Road is in the center of Shanghai. 在…旁边_____在…后面 _____ 5. 现在完成时： He has been there for six months. 他在那儿已经住了6个月了。（用live改写） _____ 改写一下句子，将括号中的时间状语放在恰当的位置。 1）I have had breakfast. (just) _____ 2) He has been in prison. (for six months) _____ 3) The police have not caught the thief. ( yet ) _____ 4) You have asked that question three times. ( already ) _____ 5) Have you been to Switzerland ( ever ) _____ 6) I have been to Switzerland. ( never ) _____ 7) He is a wonderful runner. He has broken two records. ( so far ) _____ 8) I haven’t seen George. ( recently ) _____ Lesson 5 No wrong numbers What does ‘No wrong numbers’ mean Mr. James Scott has a garage（汽车修理铺）in Silbury and now he has just a bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons（鸽子）. Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent message from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private ‘telephone’ service. garage n. 汽车修理铺，车库 e.g. 1) Nancy took her car to a garage for a check-up. 2) My parents have turned the garage into a study. 2. from(Silbury), prep. 1) 距…, 离…, 常与away 连用 e.g. Beijing is far away from Shanghai. 2) 从…地方 常与 to 连用 e.g. It’s six miles from Century Park to the supermarket. Where are you from = Where do you come from 3. cover n. 封面，盖子，掩蔽物 e.g. The cover of the book is green. v. 盖住，覆盖 ； e.g. The desk was cov ... ...
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