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 buildingWork 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 finishedeg. 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 homeworkfinish/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.【课文讲解】1. I had a letter from my sister yesterday.have a letter from sbreceive a letter from sbhear from sb收到某人的来信2、If she comes, she will get a surprise.get a surprise 感到惊奇（这里surprise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.surprise也可以作不可数名词，表示“惊讶”She looked at the man in surprise.to one's surprise = I get a shock. 吃了一惊in surprise 吃惊的，在惊慌中eg. He hid himself in surprise. 他惊慌地躲了起来。
be surprised at sth / doing sth 对…感到惊奇eg. We were surprised at the fact. 我们对这个事实感到惊奇。
be surprised to do sth 对做某事感到惊讶2、We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.a beautiful new house离一个名词最近的词跟该词的关系最密切, 冠词肯定是放在最前面的spare old cloth 不穿的旧衣服a big red flag 大红旗3、Work on it had begun before my sister left.work（工作，作业）是抽象的不可数名词，“……的工作”后面必须用介词on4、In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us.stay with 跟……暂住在一起（stay vi. 暂住，逗留）He stayed with his uncle last week.【Special Difficulties】There is and It is在说明或询问人或物等的存在时可用there be结构。
这种结构可以用一般现在时、一般过去时、一般将来时及现在完成时等时态。
在用there表示过存在后，就必须用it或人称代词作进一步说明：There’s a bus coming, but it’s full.There’s a man at the door. It’s the postman.it作为“虚主语”表示时间、距离、天气等概念时，不能用there be结构 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+地点 : 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.It is raining(动词)/It is cold(形容词).There be +名词 : There is a rain. 那儿有一场雨thunderstorm [5WQndEstC:m] n.雷暴, 大雷雨9 After dinner ______ will be a long discussion on politics.thereon politics 关于政治 (politics [5pClitiks] n.政治, 政治学, 政纲, 政见)10 When will ______ be convenient for you to come?itWhen will it be convenient for you? 什么时候对你来说最方便?s。
