新概念英语第二册第23课
精品文档---下载后可任意编辑 新概念英语第二册第23课:A new house 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. 昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信,她住在尼日利亚 In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. 在信中她说她明年将到英国来。假如她来了,她会感到特别惊诧了 We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. 我们如今住在乡间的一栋美丽的新住宅里。这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已开工了 The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. 是在5个月以前竣工的。我在信中告知她,她可以和我们住在一起 The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. 这栋房子里有很多房间,还有一个美丽的花园 It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district. 它是一栋非 常现代化的住宅,因此在有些人看来很奇怪。它确定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅。 New words and Expressions生词和短语 complete v. 完成 modern adj. 新式的,与以往不同的 strange adj. 惊奇的 district n. 地区 Notes on the text课文解释 1 get a surprisc中的,surprise这里作“使人惊诧、意外的事物”解,是可数名词。 2 Work on it had begun.,住宅的建设在就开始了。work是名词,作主语,it指房屋。 3 The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.这栋房子里有很多房间,还有一个美丽的花园。 there is这个结构在第1册第42-44课中曾经出现过,用来说明人、物的存在。 Lesson 23 自学导读First things first 课文详注 Further notes on the text 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如今住在乡间的一栋美丽的新住宅里。 〔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状况。 〔2〕country指“乡下”〔与town相对〕时,一般与the连用,而不与my等全部格形容词连用,指“祖国”时则可以: I enjoy living in the country. 我喜爱住在乡下。 My country is China. 我的祖国是中国。 3.If she comes, she will get a surprise.假如她来了,她会感到特别惊诧的。 surprise 在这里是可数名词,指“令人惊诧的事”、“意想不到的事”: Its a surprise to me that they cant 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 也可以作不行数名词,表示“惊异”: She looked at the man in surprise. 她惊异地看着那人。 4.Work on it had begun before my sister left. 这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已开工了。 work〔工作,作业〕在这里是抽象的不行数名词,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也是抽象的不行数名词〕 5.I told her that she could stay with us.告知她说,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. 它确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. 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. 英国北部的湖区特别秀丽。 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