★complete v. 完成
finish
complete the building
finish/complete homework
finish/complete doing sth.
complete(adj.):完全的,完整的

★modern adj. 新式的,與以往不同的
現(xiàn)代的 modern history/house/art
modernization:現(xiàn)代化

★strange adj. 奇怪的
stranger:陌生人
strange:奇怪的,陌生的
be strange to sth. 對……不習(xí)慣

★district n. 地區(qū) 行政劃分的區(qū)域

First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音,然后回答以下問題。
Why is the new house special?

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.

參考譯文

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信,她住在尼日利亞。在信中她說她明年將到英國來。如果她來了,她會感到非常驚奇了。我們現(xiàn)在住在鄉(xiāng)間的.一棟漂亮的新住宅里。這棟房子在我姐姐離開之前就已動工了,是在5個月以前竣工的。我在信中告訴她,她可以和我們住在一起。這棟房子里有許多房間,還有一個漂亮的花園。它是一棟非�，F(xiàn)代化的住宅,因此在有些人看來很古怪。它肯定是這個地區(qū)唯一的一棟現(xiàn)代化住宅。

【課文講解】

get a surprise:感到驚奇
to one's surprise
shock
get a shock
離一個名詞最近的詞跟該詞的關(guān)系最密切
beautiful new house
spare old cloth
work后面要加名詞的話一定要加on

【Special difficulties】

Exercise
1. It is a pity that...
2. there
3. there
There+be+sb.+doing+地點
某地有某人正在做某事
4. there
在表示天氣的時候,后面如果是動詞或形容詞,用it
如果是名詞,用there be
5. it
6. it
7. there
8. it
9. there
10.it
When will it be convenient for you to come?什么時候?qū)δ銇碚f最方便?