Lesson 23 A new house

·单词

complete v.    完成

    ·complete the race    完成这个比赛

    ·complete adj.    完整的

        ·a complete story    一个完整的故事

modern adj.    新式的，与以往不同的

strange adj.    奇怪的

    ·stranger n.    陌生人

district n.    地区

    ·CBD = Central Business District

·本课句型

·课文

    I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a surprise. We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people. It must be the only modern house in the district.

look strange    看起来奇怪：形容某人或某物的外观、行为等与正常情况不符，给人一种奇怪的感觉

·知识拓展

不规则变化的动词：

There be 句型

There be + n.    “有”（客观存在，have 是“拥有”）

There be + n. + 介词短语

    ·There is a girl in the classroom.

    ·There was a book on the table.

    ·There is still some honesty in this world.

There be + n. + doing

    ·There is a girl crying.

There be + n. + 介词短语/doing

    ·There is a girl crying in the classroom.

    ·There were some people rowing on the river.