| New words and expressions 生词和短语 exciting adj. 令人兴奋的receive v. 接受，收到firm n. 商行，公司different adj. 不同的centre n. 中心abroad adv. 在国外 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 Australian 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.参考译文 我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。他在那儿已经住了6个月了。蒂姆是个工程师，正在一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久还将到达达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。 1.excite 兴奋的vt. 使兴奋, 使激动 This announcement greatly excited us. 这个通知使我们大为激动。 激发, 引起 The professor's lecture excited our interest. 那个教授讲的课引起了我们的兴趣。 I'm not really interested in English 我对英语不感兴趣。 2.receive [riˈsi:v] vt.收到；受到；接待，接见，欢迎 I have just received a letter from my brother ,Tim。 i have just received a letter from my girlfriend 3个接受： accept:同意接收，主观上乐意 receive（与have通用）：客观的收到 receive/have a letter from sb eg:This morning I received a bunch of flowers from a boy,but I didn't accept it. take:接受，与前两词无可比性，只需记住两个搭配： take the exam;take advice 3.He has been there for six months.他在那儿已经住了6个月了 have you been kunming? i have been kunming。 4.Tim is an engineer蒂姆是个工程师 问：what do you do?what is your job?你是做什么的？ I am a student.我是个学生。 5.He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.他正在一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。 work in强调地点 work for强调工作。 a great number of大量的 a great number of+可数名词复数/a lot of可加可数名词也可加不可数名词.它们是约等于的关系 6.He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice springs,a small town in the centre of Australia.他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯 i have bought a chinese car我买了一辆中国制造的车， A small boat topsail /topsail is a famous little boat in the centre of在。。。中心 7.He will soon visit Darwin，From there, he will fly to Perth他不久还将到达达尔文去.从那里，他再飞往珀斯。 Visit 拜访 From there =from Darwin Fly/by air From to.. 从什么地方飞往什么地方 8.My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心. Find 发现 we're finding Kangqiao teacher very exciting.. find+宾语+形容词做宾补 find trip exciting;find the room clean |