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新概念英语第二册lesson 23 A new house
2021-01-25 12:27:05

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 district1.

New words and expressions2 生词和短语

complete v. 完成
modern adj. 新式的,与以往不同的
strange adj. 奇怪的
district n. 地区

参考译文

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信,她住在尼日利亚。在信中她说她明年将到英国来。如果她来了,她会感到非常惊奇了。我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了,是在5个月以前竣工的。我在信中告诉她,她可以和我们住在一起。这栋房子里有许多房间,还有一个漂亮的花园。它是一栋非常现代化的住宅,因此在有些人看来很古怪。它肯定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅。

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  自学导读
1.I had a letter from my sister yesterday. 昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信。
have在这里相当于 receive。(cf. 第18课语法)
2.She lives in Nigeria… We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. 她住在尼日利亚……我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。
(1)live指长期居住,一般不用进行时。第二个例句中的进行时是为了强调目前的居住情况。
(2)country指“乡下”(与town相对)时,一般与the连用,而不与my等所有格形容词连用,指“祖国”时则可以:
I enjoy living in the country.
我喜欢住在乡下。
My country is China.
我的祖国是中国。
3.If she comes, she will get a surprise.如果她来了,她会感到非常惊奇的。
surprise 在这里是可数名词,指“令人惊奇的事”、“意想不到的事”:
It’s a surprise to me that they can’t sell their flat.
他们无法卖掉他们的公寓,这对我来说是件意想不到的事。
surprise 也可以作不可数名词,表示“惊讶”:
She looked at the man in surprise.
她惊讶地看着那人。
4.Work on it had begun before my sister left. 这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了。
work(工作,作业)在这里是抽象的不可数名词,因此它前面不需要加冠词。我们还可以说:
Life is short.
生命是短暂的。(life也是抽象的不可数名词)
5.…I told her that she could stay with us.……告诉她说,她可以和我们住在一起。
stay 在这里是不及物动词,表示“暂住”、“逗留”。stay with是一固定搭配,表示“跟……暂住在一起”:
He stayed with his uncle last week.
上周他住在他叔叔那儿了。
6.It must be the only modern house in the district. 它肯定是这个地区惟一的一栋现代化住宅。
(1)modern 可以指“现代的”(相对于古代等时期而言),也可以指“现代化的”、“时髦的”、“新式的”:
This car/dress looks quite modern.
这辆车/这件衣服看上去很时髦。
Cars appeared only in the modern period3.
汽车是现代才出现的。
(2) district一般译为“地区”、“行政区”或“地域”、“地带”,通常隶属于某个整体或具有某些地理特征:
This district of London is very quiet.
伦敦的这个地区很冷清。
The Lake District of Northern England is very beautiful.
英国北部的湖区非常美丽。

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