Lesson 23 A new house
【New words and expressions】（4）
complete v. 完成
modern adj. 新式的，与以往不同的
strange adj. 奇怪的
district n. 地区
★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，完备的
《鲁迅全集》中的“全集”就用“complete”
Do you know the complete story?
This is a complete family.
a large house complete with swimming pool 一所设备齐全带有游泳池的大房子
③ adj. 十足的，彻底的，绝对的，
There is complete silence in the room.
That was a complete surprise.
a complete victory 完胜
be complete完成/ be finished
eg. My work will be complete next week. 我的工作将于下周完成。
○4adv. 完全地，全部地
eg. I was completely at a loss what to do. 我完全不知道怎么办才好。
finish v. 完成
finish/complete homework
finish/complete doing sth. 某事做完了
I finish reading a book.
强调的副词：
quite 十分
absolutely / completely 完全地
much 非常
rather 相当地
considerably 颇
slightly 稍微
a bit, a little 有一点儿
★modern 1) adj. 新式的, 与以往不同的，现代的
modern history/art 现代史/ 现代艺术
2) 现代的，时髦的
eg. I’m afraid your ideas are not modern. 恐怕你的主意已经过时了。
modernization n.现代化
the four modernizations 四个现代化
★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 at sth. 对……是个外行
be strange at football 对足球是外行
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.
A strange thing happened this afternoon.
make a stranger of sb 冷淡地对待某人
make no stranger of sb 热情地对待某人
★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
Haidian District 北京的海淀区
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[5ri:dVEn] 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
【Text】
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.
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
