新概念英语第二册第四课讲解.doc

Lesson 4 An exciting trip 激动人心的旅行 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. New words and expressions 生词和短语 exciting adj. 令人兴奋的receive v. 接受，收到firm n. 商行，公司 different adj. 不同的centre n. 中心abroad adv. 在国外 Darwin [dɑrw?n] 参考译文 我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信，他正在澳大利亚。他在那儿已经住了6个月了。蒂姆是个工程师，正在一家大公司工作，并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了。他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车，现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯。他不久还将到达达尔文去，从那里，他再飞往珀斯。我弟弟以前从未出过国，因此，他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心。 1. An exciting trip激动人心的旅行 1) exciting adj. 令人激动的；使人兴奋的 e.g. (1) 激动人心的故事an exciting story (2) 我仍然认为这个工作令人振奋。I still find the job exciting. 注：find 常在其宾语后加doing(现在分词)/done(过去分词)/形容词做宾补。 adv. excitingly excited adj. ~(about/at/by sth) / ~(to do sth)激动的，兴奋的 e.g. 孩子们对打开礼物感到兴奋不已。The children were excited about opening their presents. excite v. 使激动，使兴奋 e.g. 她到达的消息使人群激动起来。The news of her arrival excited the crowd. excitement n. [u] 激动；兴奋；刺激 e.g. 这消息使她的朋友们兴奋不已。The news caused great excitement among her friends. [c] 令人兴奋的事 e.g. 假期一阵兴奋之后，生活会显得很平静。 Life will seem very quiet after the excitements of our holiday. （注：seem linking verb 1.~(to sb.)(to be)sth/~like sth(不用于进行时)好像，似乎，看来 e.g. 你好像很高兴。 You seem happy. 你觉得什么最好，就做什么。 Do whatever seems best to you. 他看来是个好人。He seems a nice man. 看来，他们知道自己在干什么。 They seem to know what they are doing. 2.[v to inf] (缓和语气)感觉好像，觉得似乎 e.g. 我大概是把书忘在家里了。 I seem to have left my book at home. 3. (it seems, it would seem)(表示不确切或客气)看来好像，似乎 e.g. 我们大家似乎都同意。 It would seem that we all agree.） 2) trip n. 1. (尤指短程往返的) 旅行，旅游，出行 e.g. (1) 你旅行顺利吗？Did you have a good trip? (2) 我们到山里去旅游了。We went on a trip to the mountains. (3) 一日游a d