Lesson 23
               A new house
                  新居
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语

★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，与以往不同的
现代的　　modern history/house/art
modernization：现代化

★strange  adj. 奇怪的
stranger：陌生人
strange：奇怪的，陌生的
be strange to sth. 对……不习惯

★district  n. 地区 　行政划分的区域

    First listen and then answer the question.
    听录音，然后回答以下问题。
    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.

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。

【课文讲解】

get a surprise：感到惊奇
to one's surprise
shock
get a shock
离一个名词最近的词跟该词的关系最密切
beautiful new house
spare old cloth
work后面要加名词的话一定要加on

【Special difficulties】

Exercise
1. It is a pity that...
2. there
3. there
   There+be+sb.+doing+地点
　 某地有某人正在做某事
4. there
   在表示天气的时候，后面如果是动词或形容词，用it
                         如果是名词，用there be
5. it
6. it
7. there
8. it
9. there
10.it 
When will it be convenient for you to come?什么时候对你来说最方便？