centre பைடு நூலகம்.中心，中央（美式center） adj. central中央的，中心的 e.g. in the centre (of sp), central park, the city centre
abroad adv. 在国外 e.g. go abroad, study abroad live abroad, be abroad
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Language points
1. I have just received a letter from my brother.
收到某人来信 get a letter from sb. have a letter from sb. hear from sb.
2.He is working for a big firm. 在…上班、任职,还可以用work at/in
Revision
寄，送 send 明信片 postcard 损坏 spoil
spoilt/spoiled 博物馆 museum
友好的 friendly 服务员 waiter 借给 lend 决定 decision 整个的 whole
公共的 public
唯一的 single
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exciting adj. 令人兴奋的
NCE-2
New Concept English
Lesson 4 An exciting trip
key points
I.Key words exciting, receive, firm, different…
II.Key structures The present perfect simple现在完成时
He has gone to the south.(还在) He has been to the south.(去过)
Grammar
比较 have/has been to , have/has gone to
He has gone to Shanghai. 他(已经)去上海了。
He has been to Shanghai. 他(曾经) 去过上海。
e.g.My father works for a company.
3. he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
a number of+可数名词的复数，number前一般 可用large, great, small等形容词强调数量大小。
a great many of + 可数名词 A great number of students are fond of music. A great number of boys like playing basketball.
Language points
4. He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice springs.
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.
5. He is finding this trip very exciting.
find+n+adj.觉得…怎么样
e.g. 1.I find the film disappointing 2.He finds the book very interesting? 3. We find him great. 4.I find the flowers beautiful.
e.g. receive a letter (from sb.) This morning I receive a bunch of flowers.
同义 accept同意，接受（主观） e.g. This morning I received a bunch of flowers but I didn’t accept it.
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firm n.商行，公司 law firm法律公司 company公司
different adj.不同的—— same相同的
adv. differently, n. difference e.g. My coat is different from yours.
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excited 感到兴奋的 -ed自己感到 interested, bored, -ing令人感到interesting,boring, e.g. I am interested in this book.
This is an interesting book.
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receive v.接受，收到（客观的收到）