【New words and expressions】（6）
exciting adj. 令人興奮的
receive v. 接受，收到
firm n. 商行，公司
different adj. 不同的
centre n. 中心
abroad adv. 在國外
★exciting adj. 令人興奮的
exciting adj. 令人興奮的；excited adj. 興奮的
-ed: 自己感到 / -ing:令人感到
The news exciting.
exciting boy 令人興奮的男孩
I am excited.
excite v. 激動 （這類動詞的賓語一定是人，讓後麵的人感到……）
The news excited me.
interesting adj. 令人感到有趣的；interested adj. 感到有意思的
interesting man
The man is interesting.
interest v. 對……感興趣
The book interests me. 那本書讓我感到很有趣
★receive v. 接受, 收到
① vt. 接到，收到，得到
When did you receive that letter?
② vt. 招待，接待
You need a large room if you are going to receive so many guests.
receive是“收到”，指的是一個被動的動作，主觀上接受與否不清楚。
receive/have a letter from sb.
accept 同意接收
This morning I received a bunch of flowers from a boy,
but I didn't accept it.
take則是主動的“拿”、“取”
I received a beautiful pen from my uncle.
My brother took it from me yesterday.
take 也可以作收到
take the exam 接受考試； take advice 接受建議
★firm n. 商行, 公司
company n. 公司
★different adj. 不同的
① adj. 不同的，相異的（經常與from連用）
We are planning something different this year.我們今年有不同的打算。
My room is different from yours.
② adj. 各種各樣的，不同的
This department store sells a large number of different things.
這家百貨商店出售許多各種各樣的東西。
He has visited many different places in China.他去過中國的不少地方。
★abroad adv. 在國外（副詞, 直接和動詞連用）
go abroad 去國外
live abroad 國外定居
study abroad 國外學習
【Text】
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in
He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great
number of different places in
an Australian car and has gone to
in the centre of
he will fly to
so he is finding this trip very exciting.
參考譯文
我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信, 他正在澳大利亞. 他在那兒已經住了
6個月了. 蒂姆是個工程師, 正在一家大公司工作, 並且已經去過
澳大利亞的不少地方了. 他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車, 現在去了
澳大利亞中部的小鎮艾利斯斯普林斯. 他不久還將到達達爾文去,
從那裏, 他再飛往珀斯. 我弟弟以前從未出過國, 因此, 他覺得這
次旅行非常激動人心.
【課文講解】
1、I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.
同位語：一個名詞（或短語等）與另一個名詞（或短語）並列而作為
其說明或限定成分時稱為同位語。同位語與它所補充說明的成分之間
用逗號隔開。在譯成漢語時，同位語或者插入主句中，或者另譯為一
句，很少像英語中那樣用逗號隔開。
This is John, one of my best friends.
這位是約翰。他是我最好的朋友之一。
Mrs. Smith, my neighbor, has never been abroad.
我的鄰居史密斯夫人從來沒有出過國。
2、He has been there for six months.
one month[mQnW]；two months[mQnWs] 注意讀音 將/W/省略
I have arrived in
has been + in 地點
He has been in
He has been in
3、He is working for a big firm and he has already visited
a great number of different places in
work for 在……上班/任職，強調work
I am working for a school.
work in 強調地點（在哪個地方上班）
I am working in the New Oriental school.
work at 上班
She works at a department store.
a number of後麵一定要加可數名詞複數；通常number前
有great，large，good，small，certain等形容詞，
數量大小也隨之改變。a great number of 類似於, 約等於a lot of；
A large/great number of our students are Danish.
There are a small number of spelling mistakes in your homework.
a lot of 可加可數名詞也可加不可數名詞
I have a lot of friends
I have a great number of friends.
4、He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to
a small town in the centre of
has gone to 去了某地沒回來
has been to 曾經去過某地, 現在不在那個地方
Have you been to
5、From there, he will fly to
from there:從那地方起
from 即可以加時間又可以加地點
from half past 8 to half past 11
from
fly to
6、My brother has never been abroad before, so he is fending
this trip very exciting.
before在句子後是副詞, 譯為“在此之前”，是現在完成時態的標誌
find作“發現”、“發覺”講時賓語往往帶補足語（一般為形容詞），
說明賓語的狀況、性質等。
find +賓語+形容詞做賓補
find the room clean
find her happy
be finding在口語中經常使用
I'm finding... . . We’re finding... ...
下麵表示狀態、感覺、情緒、精神活動的動詞不可用於進行時：believe，
doubt，see，hear，know，understand，belong，think，consider，
feel，look，seem，show，mind，have，sound，taste，require，
possess，care，like，hate，love，detest，desire
【Key structures】
現在完成時
現在完成時表示動作現存的結果，或者過去發生的事對現在的影響。常與
現在完成時連用的副詞和副詞短語：before (now)（以前）；so for（到
目前為止），up to now（直到現在），just（剛剛），already（已經），
lately（最近），now（現在），for 一段時間；疑問句和否定句中常
用ever，yet，never，not…ever等。
【Multiple choice questions】
3 Tim is in
a. to b. in c. at d. into
at… 表示位置 （be at是典型表示位置的介詞短語）
go to… 隻要有to這個感念, 它的後麵一定要有賓語, go to the theater
go in… (in 做副詞)很少加賓語 He went in.
go into… 有去向的動作, 還有進入的動作 go into the room
move常用的意義是“動”、“移動”，在表達“搬家”這個意思時move可以單
獨使用，也可組成短語move to，move into，move in，move out。
move in:搬進來
move to the new house:正在搬
move into :搬進去了
move out 搬走
Jack has moved out. John will move in the day after tomorrow.
4 Tim is in
a. is he b. has he been c. has he d. was he
how long...對段時間提問, 跟現在完成時相連
11 He will soon visit
a. quickly b. for a short time c. shortly d. in a hurry
quickly 指的是動作上的快
He went quickly .
for a short time 不久, 表示動作延續一段時間
soon = shortly 不久以後, 表示在這段時間之後，強調的是時間上的快
in a hurry:匆忙的（指動作）
