新概念英語第二冊(cè)lesson-4-An-exciting-trip4頁

1、Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激動(dòng)人心的旅行課文內(nèi)容：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 Australia

2、n car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre 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.Notes on the text 課文注釋1 He has been there for six months. 他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個(gè)月了。關(guān)于動(dòng)詞

3、的現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，可以參看第1冊(cè)第83至87課。2 a great number of, 許多，用于修飾復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞。3 in the centre of, 在中部。本文參考譯文我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信，他正在澳大利亞。他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個(gè)月了。蒂姆是個(gè)工程師，正在為一家大公司工作，并且已經(jīng)去過澳大利亞的不少地方了。他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車，現(xiàn)在去了澳大利亞中部的小鎮(zhèn)艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久還將到達(dá)爾文去，從那里，他再飛往珀斯。我弟弟以前從未出過國，因此，他覺得這次旅行非常激動(dòng)人心?！菊n文】First listen and then answer the question.聽錄音，然后回答以下問題

4、。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 Australi

5、an car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre 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.【課文翻譯】我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信，他正在澳大利亞。他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個(gè)月了。蒂姆是個(gè)工程師，正在為一家大公司工作，并且已經(jīng)去過澳大利亞的不少地方了。他剛

6、買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車，現(xiàn)在去了澳大利亞中部的小鎮(zhèn)艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久還將到達(dá)爾文去，從那里，他再飛往珀斯。我弟弟以前從未出過國，因此，他覺得這次旅行非常激動(dòng)人心?！旧~和短語】exciting   adj. 令人興奮的receive   v. 接受，收到firm   n. 商行，公司different   adj. 不同的centre   n. 中心abroad  adv. 在國外【知識(shí)點(diǎn)講解】1 receive   動(dòng)詞，得到、接到；接待（客人、成員等）、接納

7、或承認(rèn)某人。receive sth from sb./ sth.例句：I received a letter from my teacher.我收到了老師的來信。receive sb. with sth例句：She was received with warm applause.大家以熱烈的掌聲歡迎了她。詞語擴(kuò)展：received   形容詞 公認(rèn)為正確而普遍接受的received opinion  公認(rèn)為正確的看法2  work for sb./ sth.   做工作；從事體力勞動(dòng)或腦力勞動(dòng)例句：He works for

8、a supermarket to make a living.他在一家超市謀生。短語擴(kuò)展：work sth. off  除去，消除work out  結(jié)果是；事情演變?yōu)椋挥?jì)算出work sb. out  了解某人的秉性例句：Have you worked out the cost?你計(jì)算出花費(fèi)的金額了嗎？3 firm  名詞 公司，商號(hào)；商行a firm of accountants  會(huì)計(jì)師事務(wù)所詞語擴(kuò)展：這個(gè)詞做形容詞也很常見，表示堅(jiān)實(shí)的，結(jié)實(shí)的；牢固的；堅(jiān)定的，堅(jiān)決的The ice on the lake is not firm enou

9、gh to walk on.湖上的冰不夠結(jié)實(shí)，不能在上面站立。短語擴(kuò)展：be on firm ground  對(duì)事實(shí)確信無疑；立場堅(jiān)定hold firm to sth.  不放棄原則、理論等firm sth. up  使某物最后達(dá)到固定的形式或狀態(tài)例句：He is on firm ground that Lily wins the match.他確信是莉莉贏得了比賽。4 a great number of 許多，用于修飾復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞英語中表示“許多”的短語有很多。plenty of ，a lot of ，lots of ，a quantity of ，quanti

10、ties of，a supply of ，supplies of，a mass of，masses of 可與可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞連用a number of ，a variety of ，varieties of，a good/great many  后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)a great amount of， amounts of ，a great/good deal of 后接不可數(shù)名詞a sum of 修飾貨幣例句：A large quantity of dictionaries has been sold out.許多字典已經(jīng)賣出。I spent a great deal of mo

11、ney on this project.我花了很多錢在這個(gè)項(xiàng)目上。5 He is working for a big firm.這是一個(gè)現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)句型。構(gòu)成方法：現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)由 am/is/are 加現(xiàn)在分詞構(gòu)成。用法說明：表示此時(shí)此刻或現(xiàn)階段正在進(jìn)行的動(dòng)作。例如：Theyre having a meeting.他們?cè)陂_會(huì)。He is singing happily in the KTV.她在KTV唱得正high呢。表示計(jì)劃或安排好了的將來動(dòng)作，常與一個(gè)表示將來的時(shí)間狀語連用。如：Mike is coming home on Thursday. 邁克星期四回來。Theyre having a party next week.他們下周將舉行一個(gè)派對(duì)。注意：表示安排將要做的事，人作主語宜用現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)，事物作主語，宜用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。試比較：Im not going out this evening.今晚我不準(zhǔn)備出去。(不宜說I dont)The concert starts at 7: 30. 音樂會(huì)七點(diǎn)半開始?，F(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時(shí)與always, often, forever等連用表示贊揚(yáng)、厭煩等語氣。如：Youre always interrupting me!