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Lesson 4
I have just received a letter from mybrother, Tim. He is in Australia.He hasbeen there for six months. Tim is anengineer. He is working for a big firmand he has already visited a great numberof different places in Australia. He hasjust bought an Australian car and hasgone to Alice Springs, a small town in thecentre of Australia. He will soon visitDarwin. From there, he willfly to Perth. My brother has never been abroad be-fore, so he is finding this trip very excit-ing.
lesson5
Mr James Scott has a garage in Silburyand now he has just bought anothergarage in Pinhurst.Pinhurst is only fivemiles from Silbury, but Mr Scott cannotget a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons. Yester- day, a pigeon carried the first messagefrom Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes.Up to now, Mr Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and otherurgent messages from one garage to theother. In this way, he has begun his own private telephone service.
生词表
1. New words and expreessions 生词和短语
exciting 令人兴奋的 pigeon 鸽子 different 不同的 request 要求,请求
receive 接受,收到 message 信息 centre 中心 spare part 备件
firm 商行,公司 cover 越过 abroad 在国外 service 业务,服务
distance 距离
听力练习
2.listen and read,then answer the following questions.
1). What has the writer just received from his brother, Tim?
2). Is Tim an engineer,or is he a doctor?
3). Where is he now?
4). Is he enjoying his trip very much or not?
5). Where has M.r Scott opened his second garage?
6). How far away is Silbury?
7). What has he bought?
3.词汇扩展:
★exciting adj. 令人兴奋的 excite:激动
excited: -ed: 自己感到 / -ing:令人感到
The man is interesting.
The exciting news, I am excited
扩展: 现在分词与过去分词的区别
1.在语态上,现在分词表主动意义,过去分词表被动意义,
例如: the surprising news 令人惊讶的消息 a surprised man 一个受惊吓的人
a moving film 一场感人的电影 the moved people 被感动的人们
2在时间上,现在分词表示正在进行的动作,过去分词表示已经完成的动作。 如:
the developing country 发展中国家 the developed country发达国家
★receive v. 接受, 收到
扩展:
accept : 同意接收
receive:客观的收到
This morning I received a bunch of flowers from a boy, but I didn't accept it.
take 也可以作收到
take the exam : 接收考试;
take advice接收建议
同义词引伸
★firm n. 商行, 公司
company
corporation
短语引伸
★abroad adv. 在国外 副词, 直接和动词连用
go abroad 去国外 live abroad 国外定居 study abroad 国外学习
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