Lead—in
Do you like travelling? Have you been to Australia? What do you know about Australia?
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Sydney Opera House
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Snapshot of Key words
exciting [ɪk‘saɪtɪŋ] adj. 令人兴奋的 receive [rɪ‘siːv] v. 接受；收到 firm[fɜːm] n. 商行；公司 different [‘dɪf(ə)r(ə)nt] adj.不同的 centre [‘sentə] n. 中心 abroad [ə‘brɔːd] adv. 在国外
get abroad 出去, 出门; (谣言)传出去, 传开 go abroad 去国外 live abroad 到国外定居 study abroad 到国外学习
【近形词区别】abroad与aboard abroad = a + broad(adj. 宽的;辽阔的) adv. 到海外 aboard = a + board(n. 板子; 甲板) adv. 在船上; 在飞机上
Lesson 4 An exciting trip
默写 Lesson 3
• 1 Postcards - spoil - holidays • 2 summer - Italy • 3 museums - sat - gardens • 4 waiter - few - Italian • 5 lent - book, but - understand • 6 Every day - thought - postcards • 7 holidays - quickly - not - cards - friends • 8 last day - decision • 9 early - thirty-seven cards • 10 whole day - room - not - single card
She received his present, but she didn’t accept it. 【Exercise 选词填空】
I ____A_____ the invitation. A. accepted B. received
firm[fɜːm] n. 商行；公司
1. n. 公司，商号 law firm 法律公司 e.g. 他在一家工程公司工作。
He works for an engineer firm.
2. adj. 结实的，稳固的 e.g. 这部小汽车非常坚固。
The car is very firm.
【了解】有关“公司”的表达：firm 中小型公 司；company正规公司；business商行；
centre [‘sentə] n. 中心 （美式center）
课文精析
➢ I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.
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➢ He is in Australia. He has been there for six months.
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➢ Tim is an engineer.
e.g. 他在国外生活了许多年。 He lived abroad for many years.
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watch the video then answer the following question
Questiona letter from his brother? Yes, he has.
➢ He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a
great number of different places in Australia.
Q2. Where is the writer’s brother? He is in Australia.
Q3. How long has Tim been there? He has been there for six months.
Q4. What's Tim’s job? He's an engineer.
the center of town 市中心 town centre= downtown 市中心，市区
经典用法： in the center of: 在中间, 在中央 ＝ in the middle of
in the centre (of sp),
adj. central中央的，中心的
abroad [ə‘brɔːd] adv. 在国外
exciting [ɪk‘saɪtɪŋ] adj. 令人兴奋的
exciting a.令人兴奋的, 使人激动的（主语让别人感 到兴奋）
e.g. This news is very exciting .
excited a.（主语自己）感到兴奋的（主语是通常为 人）
e.g. We are very excited about this news.
原文 I have just received a letter from my brother，Tim. 我刚刚收到我兄弟Tim的来信。
词组 receive a letter from sb. = hear from sb. 收到某人的来信
区别用法：receive 和 accept 1. receive（客观情况）只表示被动地接受 2. accept（主观情况）总表示主动而且高兴地接受 e.g.她收到了他的礼物，但是没有接受
-ed主语自身感到 e.g. interested, bored, ... -ing主语令别人感到 e.g. interesting,boring, …
【Exercise: 中译英】
这是多么令人兴奋的消息！
【参考译文】What exciting news this is!
receive [rɪ‘siːv] v. 接受；收到