Lesson 23 A new house新居
1、complete adj./n.
adj. （很少有比较级、最高级的变化）
1) 全部的，完备的
the complete works of Hemingway 海明威全集
a large house complete with swimming pool
一所设备齐全带有游泳池的大房子
2) 彻底的，完全的
a complete victory 完胜
a complete failure 彻底的失败
be complete完成/ be finished eg. My work will be complete next week.
我的工作将于下周完成。
vt. 完成，做完，完结
eg. The bridge isn’t completed yet.
这座桥还没有竣工。
completely adv. 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。
2、 at a loss： not knowing what to do or say
不知如何是好; 茫然; 困惑
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
3、modern adj.
1) 现代的，近代的
modern times 现代a modern discovery 最近的发现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。
modern school （英国不升大学的）中等学校modernization n. 现代化
modern (a.) → modernize (v.) 使…现代化
→ modernization (n.) 现代化the four modernizations 四个现代化
类似的变化：
real → realize → realization
globe → global → globalize → globalization
4、strange adj. 奇怪的，陌生的，生疏的，外行的，不习惯的 eg. I am quite strange here. 我对这里相当不熟悉。
be strange at football 对足球是个外行光触媒滤网
eg. He was still strange to the work.
他对工作还很生疏。
eg. The idiom is strange to an English ear. 这句成语英国人听起来很别扭。
stranger n. 陌生人，异乡人，外行
生物航煤
eg. Do they admit strangers to the tennis court? 他们承认对网球是外行吗？
make a stranger of sb 冷淡地对待某人
make no stranger of sb 热情地对待某人
eg. He makes no stranger of me. 他不把我当外人。the little stranger 新生婴儿
eg. He is no stranger to me. 他对我来说并不陌生。an utter stranger to shame 一个恬不知耻的人
eg. He is a stranger to fear. 他不知道什么叫害怕。
5、district n. 区，地区，（美）选举区
a poor district inhabited by the London working people 伦敦劳动人民居住的贫困区
administrative district 行政区a business district 商业区an electoral [ɪ'lektərəl] district 选区
1、一般将来时：will + V. 原形
例： i'ii see you tomorrow.
2. 将来进行时：will + be + v. -ing
将来某时正在做某事或对将来某事的一种判断，推测，或是用将来进行时提问更加客气礼貌。
例:What will you be doing tomorrow? 明天你干什么呀？
3. 过去完成时： had+过去分词
例: After he had finished work he went home.
他完成工作之后回家了。
4. 间接引语
He said that; He told me that
区别：said+所说内容；
told + sb+所说内容
5. if条件句
主句用将来时，从句用一般现在时。
例: If you open the door, you will get a surprise.
如果你开门的话，你会大吃一惊的。
6. 情态动词：must, can(could)，may(might) must, can /could, may / might + v.原形
7. 动名词
例：Fishing is my favorite sport. 钓鱼是我最喜欢的运动。
8. have的用法：
1)拥有/own；possess
2)帮助构成现在完成时have+过去分词
3)其它含义：吃，喝，做，度过...
9. 被动语态be+过去分词
例: It was bought by my grandfather many years ago.
很多年前它是被我祖父买的。
练习
1. 用正确的时态填空：
l) After he had read the book, he ____ (write) a review of it. (wrote)
2) He did not leave his office until he had ____ (finish)work. (finished)
3)If he ____ (break) his promise, I'II never speak to him again. (breaks)
4)If the weather is fine, we will ____ (go) for a picnic.(go/shall go)
2. 用said或told填空用动词的正确时态填空：
I)She ____ me she ____ (will) be absent from work. (told, would)
2)I ____ my mother that I ____ (lose) the key. (told, had lost)
3. 用恰当的动词来替换括号中的词：
l) He ( ) a new house (owns)
He has a new house--
2) He( )a lot of money (possesses)
He has a lot of money.
3)I ( )a bath before dinner. (took)
I had a bath before dinner.
4) ( ) a biscuit. (Take)
Have a biscuit.
5) ( )you( )use your telephone please? (Will, let me) Can I use your telephone please?
May I use your telephone please?
6) ( ) the play ( ) begin at any moment. (Perhaps, will) The play may begin at any moment.
7) ( )begun already. (Perhaps it has)
It may have begun already. 8) ( ) take a taxi. (It is necessary for me to)
I must take a taxi.
I have to take a taxi
眉笔刀1、I had a letter from my sister yesterday.
have a letter from sb 收到某人的来信
/receive a letter from sb /hear from sb
letter n. 信，函件
a letter of introduction 推荐信
an open letter 公开信
eg. I must answer his letter. 我必须给他回信。
2、acknowledge one’s letter 向某人表示来信已收到acknowledge [ək'nɔlidʒ] vt.承认, 供认；告知已收到；鸣谢, 感谢
have a letter registered 寄挂号信
drop a letter into a mailbox 把信投进邮箱
3、mailbox （美）邮箱
letter box / post box （英）邮箱
an express letter 快信
blind letters 地址、姓名不详，无法投递的信letters 文学a man of letters 文人 art and letters 文艺to the letter 照字面意思，严格地，彻底地
carry out the order to the letter 彻底地执行命令
4、She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year.
Nigeria [nai'dʒiəriə] n.尼日利亚(非洲中西部国家) Nigerian [nai'dʒiəriən] a. 尼日利亚的n. 尼日利亚人5、surprise
1) n. 惊人的事物，料想不到的事物
eg. His success was a great surprise to me .
他的成功对我来讲是个意外。
eg. The ring of the telephone surprised the man dozing during working hours.
电话的铃声惊动了那个在上班时间打盹的人。(doze [dəuz] 打盹儿，瞌睡)
surprise 用人作宾语
eg. She will be much surprised by your visit.
surprised adj. 感到惊讶的
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
eg. I was very surprised to hear the news.
听到这个消息，我感到惊讶。
/ I was very surprised at the news.
be surprised that
eg. They were surprised that he got injured in the traffic accident. 他在车祸中受伤了，他们感到吃惊。surprising 令人惊奇的，令人意外的
a surprising rumor 令人意外的流言蜚语rumor [‘ru:mə] n. 传闻, 风闻；谣言, 谣传
eg. That’s not so surprising. 没什么好惊奇的。
有关surprise的短语：
in surprise 吃惊的，在惊慌中
eg. He hid himself in surprise. 他惊慌地躲了起来。
to one’s surprise 令…吃惊的是
eg. To my surprise, she was the mother of two children. 令我吃惊的是，她是两个孩子的母亲。
surprise 指出乎意料之外，使人吃惊
shock [ʃɔk] 使震惊，使震怒
astonish [əs'tɔniʃ] 使大吃一惊，使惊愕
astound [ə'staʊnd] 使人震惊得几乎一时发呆，语意最强
3、We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.
house 房子，屋子，住宅 room 房间
eg. How many rooms are there in your house?
bring down the house 博得满堂喝彩
keep house 料理家务 enlarge a house 扩建房子
a gambling house gambling [‘gæmblɪŋ] n. 赌博, 赌钱
a movie house 电影院
a steak house 牛排馆a customs house 海关
a green house 温室
play house 玩过家家的游戏
on the house 免费的
in the country 在乡下
bbzsWork on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago.
ago （用于过去时态）
eg. Two years ago, I left the company.
before （用于过去完成时态）
eg. That was the club which I had joined two years before. 那是我两年前加入的俱乐部。
In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.
lovely adj. 可爱的，美丽的
a lovely child 一个可爱的孩子
lovely weather 很好的天气
表情感emotion的词汇:
love 爱affection 喜爱 delight 高兴 hatred 仇恨pleasure 愉快sorrow 悲哀fear 害怕 grief 忧伤anger 愤怒despair 绝望 jealousy ['dʒeləsi:] 嫉妒 joy 高兴
love n.10658154
first love 初恋
maternal love / maternal affection 母爱 maternal [mə'tə:nl] adj.母亲的; 母亲般的
love affair 风流韵事
eg. Love is blind. （谚语）爱是盲目的。
fall in love 坠入爱河
eg. I fell in love with her at first sight. 一见钟情
love vi. 想做
(与would, should 连用，为女性爱用的说法)
eg. Will you please dance with me? 能请你跳舞吗？I’d love to. 我很愿意。
lovebirds （口语）一对情侣
garden 庭院
garden 一般种植花草，果树，蔬菜等
yard 房屋周围的土地，可能有草坪、道路等
play catch in the yard 在院子里练习接球 (right)
play catch in the garden (wrong)
garden party 游园会
botanical [bə'tænikəl] gardens 植物园
zoological [,zəʊə'lɔdʒɪkəl] gardens 动物园
gardener 花匠，园丁
there be 存在，有
there is/are…there was/were…there will be…
It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people.
it 指代上文提到过的事物
表时间：eg. What’s the time It is 5 o’lock.
表距离：
eg. How far away is the station from here?
It is 5 miles away.
表天气：
eg. What’s the weather like? It is very cold.
look v. 看起来
eg. He looks very tired.
eg. You look very beautiful today.
It must be the only modern house in the district. must be 一种比较有把握的判断（一定是）
铝合金切削液配方Special Difficulties
Exercise：用it或there 填空
1. It is a pity that he could not come.
2. There is a bus that leaves in ten minutes.
3. There were some men digging up the road outside my house.
4. Look at those clouds. I think there will be a thunderstorm.
5. It is unusual for him to be late.
6. It has been very cold this year.
7. There has been no news of him.
8. I am sure it will be fine tomorrow. 9. After dinner there will be a long discussion on politics.
10. When will it be convenient for you to come?
l. I like my sister' s house
It's a_____.
A. new beautiful house
B. beautiful house new
C. beautiful new house
C. new house beautiful
分析：
形容词的一般词序是品质在尺寸，新旧，颜之前；
C. 美丽的新房子，最符合语法，词义，也最通顺。
2. I told her she could stay with us. That's what I ____.
A. said to her
B. said her
C. told to her
D. told
分析：
A. said to her同前面句子中的told her意思相同：
B. 不符合语法规则，her作间接宾语时前面应该加介词to;
C. tell是及物动词，直接加入作宾语：
D. 不符合语法，缺少宾语。
3. She will come to England ____ year.
A. last
B. next
C. the other
D. the last
分析：
这个句子的谓语动词是将来时，需要补充将来的时间状语，只有B. next year才表示将来的时间；A. 表示“过去了，去年”；C。the other year; D. the last year都不是正确的搭配。
4. Every man in this country has the right to live where wants to, _____ the color of his skin.
A. with the exception of
B. in the light of
C. by virtue of
D. regardless of
分析：
A. 除…之外；
B. 根据，依据：
C. 依靠，凭借，由于；
D. 不顾，不管。
翻译：不管肤如何，这个国家的每一个人都有权利生活在他想生活的地方。
量词
A spell of一段（某活动或状况延续的时间）
例: After a long spell of unemployment, Geoff finally found a job.
杰夫失业了很长一段时间终于到了一份工作。
a sum of 一笔（钱）
例: Sid was left a large sum of money by his aunt.
锡德继承了他姑母一人笔遗产。
