新概念英语第二册lesson 23 A new house
时间:2018-12-08 作者:英语课 分类:新概念英语第二册
Lesson 23: A new house 新居
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音,然后回答以下问题。
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 1.
New words and expressions 2 生词和短语
complete v. 完成
modern adj. 新式的,与以往不同的
strange adj. 奇怪的
district n. 地区
参考译文
昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信,她住在尼日利亚。在信中她说她明年将到英国来。如果她来了,她会感到非常惊奇了。我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了,是在5个月以前竣工的。我在信中告诉她,她可以和我们住在一起。这栋房子里有许多房间,还有一个漂亮的花园。它是一栋非常现代化的住宅,因此在有些人看来很古怪。它肯定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅。
自学导读
1.I had a letter from my sister yesterday. 昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信。
have在这里相当于 receive。(cf. 第18课语法)
2.She lives in Nigeria… We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. 她住在尼日利亚……我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。
(1)live指长期居住,一般不用进行时。第二个例句中的进行时是为了强调目前的居住情况。
(2)country指“乡下”(与town相对)时,一般与the连用,而不与my等所有格形容词连用,指“祖国”时则可以:
I enjoy living in the country.
我喜欢住在乡下。
My country is China.
我的祖国是中国。
3.If she comes, she will get a surprise.如果她来了,她会感到非常惊奇的。
surprise 在这里是可数名词,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.
他们无法卖掉他们的公寓,这对我来说是件意想不到的事。
surprise 也可以作不可数名词,表示“惊讶”:
She looked at the man in surprise.
她惊讶地看着那人。
4.Work on it had begun before my sister left. 这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了。
work(工作,作业)在这里是抽象的不可数名词,因此它前面不需要加冠词。我们还可以说:
Life is short.
生命是短暂的。(life也是抽象的不可数名词)
5.…I told her that she could stay with us.……告诉她说,她可以和我们住在一起。
stay 在这里是不及物动词,表示“暂住”、“逗留”。stay with是一固定搭配,表示“跟……暂住在一起”:
He stayed with his uncle last week.
上周他住在他叔叔那儿了。
6.It must be the only modern house in the district. 它肯定是这个地区惟一的一栋现代化住宅。
(1)modern 可以指“现代的”(相对于古代等时期而言),也可以指“现代化的”、“时髦的”、“新式的”:
This car/dress looks quite modern.
这辆车/这件衣服看上去很时髦。
Cars appeared only in the modern period 3.
汽车是现代才出现的。
(2) district一般译为“地区”、“行政区”或“地域”、“地带”,通常隶属于某个整体或具有某些地理特征:
This district of London is very quiet.
伦敦的这个地区很冷清。
The Lake District of Northern England is very beautiful.
英国北部的湖区非常美丽。
语法 Grammar in use
1.复习第12~21课部分语法
在第12~21课的语法中,我们学习了一般将来时、将来进行时、过去完成时、间接引语、条件句、情态动词、完全动词have、动名词等内容。
I had a letter from him last month. He told me he had returned home.
我上个月收到他的一封信。他告诉我他已经回家了。(完全动词have在这里相当于 receive;过去完成时表示在过去某个时间前完成的动作)
He left the room without taking his umbrella.
他没有拿上自己的伞就离开了房间。(动名词作介词宾语;动名词有自己的宾语)
2.there is和 it is的用法
在说明或询问人或物等的存在时即可用 there be结构。这种结构可以用一般现在时,也可以用一般过去时、一般将来时及现在完成时等时态。在用there表示过存在之后,就必须用it或者人称代词作进一步说明:
There's a bus coming, but it's full.
有一辆公共汽车来了,不过车上坐满了人。
There's a man at the door. It's the postman.
门口有个人,那是邮递员。
There were many people at the party last night.
昨天晚上的晚会上有许多人。(一般过去时)
There will be a letter for you tomorrow.
你明天将会有一封信。(一般将来时)
但是,当it作为“虚主语”表示时间、距离、天气等概念时,不可用there be结构(cf. 第2课课文详注):
It's Monday.
是星期一。
It's raining.
天在下雨。
It's fifteen miles to the station.
离车站有15英里。
词汇学习 Word study
1.complete
(1)vt. 完成,结束:
The house was completed five months ago.
这栋房子是5个月以前竣工的。
Work on the new school will be completed next year.
新学校明年能竣工。
(2)adj. 完整的,全部的:
Do you know the complete story?
你知道整个故事吗?
This is a complete family.
这是个父母双全的家庭。
(3)adj. 十足的,彻底的,绝对的:
There is complete silence 4 in the room.
房间里一点儿声音也没有。
That was a complete surprise.
那完全是件意外的事。
2.strange adj.
(1)外地的,异乡的:
Living in a strange land is not always a pleasant thing.
客居他乡并不总是一件令人愉快的事。
(2)陌生的,生疏的:
That morning, he saw a strange face in the classroom.
那天早上,他在教室里看到了一张陌生的面孔。
This city is quite strange to me.
我对这座城市很不熟悉。
(3)不平常的,奇特的,奇怪的,古怪的:
The house looks strange to some people.
这房子在有些人看来很古怪。
A strange thing happened this afternoon.
这天下午发生了一件奇怪的事。
练习答案 Key to written exercises
1.关键句型练习答案
C 1 wrote 2 had finished 3 breaks 4 shall/will go
D 1 told…would 2 told…had lost 3 said…did not like
2.难点练习答案
1 It 2 There 3 There 4 there 5 It
6 It 7 There 8 it 9 there 10 it
3.多项选择题答案
1a 2a 3a 4c 5c 6a
7d 8d 9b 10b 11a 12d
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★complete v. 完成
finish
complete the building
finish/complete homework
finish/complete doing sth.
complete(adj.):完全的,完整的
★modern adj. 新式的,与以往不同的
现代的 modern history/house/art
modernization 5:现代化
★strange adj. 奇怪的
stranger 6:陌生人
strange:奇怪的,陌生的
be strange to sth. 对……不习惯
★district n. 地区 行政划分的区域
【课文讲解】
get a surprise:感到惊奇
to one's surprise
shock 7
get a shock
离一个名词最近的词跟该词的关系最密切
beautiful new house
spare old cloth 8
work后面要加名词的话一定要加on
【Special difficulties】
Exercise
1. It is a pity that...
2. there
3. there
There+be+sb.+doing+地点
某地有某人正在做某事
4. 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
5. it
6. it
7. there
8. it
9. there
10.it
When will it be convenient 9 for you to come?什么时候对你来说最方便?
- This district has three factories.这个地区有三个工厂。
- Take me to the shopping district.载我到购物区。
- ritualized expressions of grief 以例行的方式表达悲伤
- The fashionable remarks of today often become the commonplace expressions of tomorrow. 今天的时髦话往往变成明天的陈词滥调。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Trade is always good over the Christmas period.圣诞节期间生意一向很好。
- He nursed the company through a difficult period.他帮助公司渡过了一段困难时期。
- She raised a hand for silence.她举手示意大家安静。
- They drove home in silence.他们默不作声地开车回家。
- This will help us achieve modernization.这有助于我们实现现代化。
- The Chinese people are sure to realize the modernization of their country.中国人民必将实现国家现代化。
- A stranger walked up to me and asked me the time.一个陌生人走到我跟前,问我时间。
- It's hard for a stranger to make friends in this town.外地人在这个城里很难交朋友。
- The news gave us a shock.这消息使我们震惊。
- Her death was a shock to him.她的死对他是个打击。
- I have to find a convenient location for the shelves.我得找一合适的地方放这些书架。
- Come at any time that is convenient to you.你哪会儿方便就哪会儿来吧。