一、單詞

exciting /?k?sa?t??/ adj. 令人興奮的，令人激動的；

excited 興奮的

-ed 自己感到..

-ing 令人感到（別人）

該單詞是形容詞，+名詞進(jìn)行造句

① an exciting trip

I had an exciting trip

have a good trip 旅途愉快

receive /r??si?v/ v. 得到，收到；

accept 是主觀上的接受

① receive sth from sb

I receive a postcard from Zen every year.

常用的還有 get a letter from sb

have a letter from sb

hear from sb.

take, accept, receive 近義詞

receive 只表示被動的接到或收到某東西，不涉及是否接受

accept 表示經(jīng)過慎重考慮之后接受某人的東西、好意或批評

take: 作為接受講，相當(dāng)于強調(diào)言出必行，另外還有把某人、某物從說話人所在地拿走、帶走之意

Do you take this man to be your lawful wedded husband?

I take an umbrella with me every day.

firm /f??m/ n. 公司，商行；

①He is working for a big firm

work for … 在…工作

He has worked for his firm for 3 years.

different /?d?fr?nt/ adj. 不同的；?

形容詞+名詞進(jìn)行造句

① different places + v.

go to different places

I like to go to different places.

② A be different from B

I am different from you 我和你不同

centre /?sent?(r)/ n. （地理位置）中間，中心點；

① in the centre of sw.

China is in the centre of this map.

abroad /??br??d/ adv. 在國外，到國外；

① go broad?live abroad??study abroad

I hope you’ll enjoy living abroad.

二、原文

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.

三、課文和語法

1.?I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.

現(xiàn)在完成時：過去發(fā)生，對現(xiàn)在有影響 (NCE1 L83-90)

receive a letter from a friend

receive an email from my professor.

my brother, Tim 同位語

同位語是對前一個名詞的解釋和進(jìn)一步說明

My boss, Mr. Williams, will meet me in the afternoon.

2. in Australia

國家的名字前用in

in China?

in Canada

3. He has been there for six months.

現(xiàn)在完成時表持續(xù)(過去發(fā)生，一直持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在，可能還會持續(xù)下去)

for + 時間段

since+ 時間點

just

這三個都是現(xiàn)在完成時的標(biāo)志

I haven’t met him since Monday.

4.?He’s working for a big firm

work for 在…工作

work in a lawyer’s office

work at a bank

5. He has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.

①already 現(xiàn)在完成時的標(biāo)志， 變否定用yet

已經(jīng)完成就是現(xiàn)在完成時

I’ve already seen that film.

Jane hasn’t read that novel yet.

②a great number of?很多

a number of + 可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)

a small number of 少量

a great/large number of?相當(dāng)大量的

a great many + n.復(fù)數(shù)

There are a large number of visitors in the museum.

6. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.

①have gone to 已經(jīng)去了（在路上或已到達(dá)）

have been to?曾經(jīng)去過(已回來)

have been in/at 已經(jīng)在某地待了多久

②Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia?同位語

7. He will fly to Perth

一般將來時

fly to 乘飛機去某地

fly to Paris = go to Paris by air/plane.

8. My brother has never been abroad before, …

never … before … 現(xiàn)在完成時

立足現(xiàn)在看過去

Sue has never heard of such a thing.

Sue hasn’t heard of such a thing before.

Sue has never heard of such a thing before.

9. so he is finding this trip very exciting.

①主謂賓賓補結(jié)構(gòu)

very exciting 是賓語this trip 的補足語

賓語的特點是，可以和賓語+be構(gòu)成邏輯上通順的句子

This trip is very exciting.

I find this office very tidy.

② He’s finding 這里可以換成He finds 陳述客觀事實

四、習(xí)慣用法

have a great trip

receive sth. from sb.

work for

A be different from B

in the centre of sw.

go abroad

live abroad

study abroad

a great number of

have gone to sw.

fly to sw.

find n. adj.