Lesson 4: An exciting trip Why is Tim finding this trip exciting 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 center 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. firm n. 公司 近义词:company, corporation adj. 结实的,牢固的,强有力的 e.g. 1) The ice on the lake is not firm enough to walk on. 2) They have a firm friendship. 3) The quick handshake was firm and cool. firmly adv. 坚定地 e.g. “I need a good sleep,” she said firmly. a great number of… 许多…… 修饰可数名词复数 e.g. a great number of trees a number of… 许多,大量… 后面加可数名词复数,谓语也用复数; the number of… 表示…的数量,后面也是加可数名词复数,但谓语动词用单数。 e.g. 1) A number of leaves are falling. 2) The number of students is much bigger than you think. 3. Australia n. 澳大利亚 Australian n. 澳大利亚人; adj. 澳大利亚的,澳大利亚人的 类似的:Canada-Canadian 4.in the centre/center of… 在…中部 e.g. East Nanjing Road is in the center of Shanghai. 在…旁边________________________________在…后面 ___________________ 5. 现在完成时: He has been there for six months. 他在那儿已经住了6个月了。(用live改写) __________________________________________________________ 改写一下句子,将括号中的时间状语放在恰当的位置。 1)I have had breakfast. (just) ________________________________________________________ 2) He has been in prison. (for six months) _________________________________________________________ 3) The police have not caught the thief. ( yet ) ___________________________________________________________ 4) You have asked that question three times. ( already ) ____________________________________________________________ 5) Have you been to Switzerland ( ever ) ____________________________________________________________ 6) I have been to Switzerland. ( never ) _____________________________________________________________ 7) He is a wonderful runner. He has broken two records. ( so far ) ______________________________________________________________ 8) I haven’t seen George. ( recently ) ______________________________________________________________ Lesson 5 No wrong numbers What does ‘No wrong numbers’ mean Mr. James Scott has a garage(汽车修理铺)in Silbury and now he has just a bought another garage in Pinhurst. Pinhurst is only five miles from Silbury, but Mr. Scott cannot get a telephone for his new garage, so he has just bought twelve pigeons(鸽子). Yesterday, a pigeon carried the first message from Pinhurst to Silbury. The bird covered the distance in three minutes. Up to now, Mr. Scott has sent a great many requests for spare parts and other urgent message from one garage to the other. In this way, he has begun his own private ‘telephone’ service. garage n. 汽车修理铺,车库 e.g. 1) Nancy took her car to a garage for a check-up. 2) My parents have turned the garage into a study. 2. from(Silbury), prep. 1) 距…, 离…, 常与away 连用 e.g. Beijing is far away from Shanghai. 2) 从…地方 常与 to 连用 e.g. It’s six miles from Century Park to the supermarket. Where are you from = Where do you come from 3. cover n. 封面,盖子,掩蔽物 e.g. The cover of the book is green. v. 盖住,覆盖 ; e.g. The desk was covered with paper. 走过(一段距离) e.g. It would not be easy to cover 5 miles. 4. up to now(= up till now=until now) 到现在为止,作时间状语,句子多用现在完成时 e.g. I haven’t finished my homework up to now. 5.a great many 许多… 大量… 后面加可数名词复数,谓语动词也用复数 e.g. A great many trees have been planted. There are a great many wrong ideas about food. many a… 许多的, 后面加可数名词单数,谓语动词用单数 e.g. Many a person has a cold because of the bad weather. I met him many a time in the bus. 完形填空: Cartoon films have very few limits.If you can draw something, you can make it __1__ on the cinema screen. The use of new ideas and modern computer programs means that cart-oons are becoming exciting again for people of ___2___ ages. By 1970, the cinema world had decided that cartoons were __3___ for children. But soon after that, one or two film makers had some new ideas. They proved that it was __4_ to make films in which both grown-ups and children could enjoy them. However, not every cartoon film was successful. The Black Cauldron, for example, failed, mainly because it was too ___5__ for children and too childish for grown-ups. Film makers learnt from this mistake, and then cartoons were welcomed by both children and grown-ups and ___6___ the film companies began to make large amounts of money. ( ) 1. A. arrive B. stay C. stand D. move ( ) 2. A. some B. either C. all D. both ( ) 3. A. never B. only C. still D. already ( ) 4. A. possible B. difficult C. complete D. interesting ( ) 5. A. interesting B. popular C. relaxing D. frightening ( ) 6. A. once B. however C. again D. ever 阅读理解: A Recently, an Internet game has become a new fashion among young office workers and students. People can “farm“ on a piece of “land“ and “grow“, “sell“ or even “steal“ “veget-ables“, “flowers“ and “fruits“ on the Internet. They can earn some e--money and buy more “seeds“, “pets“ and even “houses“. Joyce interviewed some young people. Here are their opinions. Harold: I don’t quite understand why they are so mad about the childish game. Maybe they are just not confident (自信的) enough to face the real world. Allan: I enjoy putting some “bugs”in my friends gardens and we’ve become closer because of the game. Having fun together is the most exciting thing about it. Laura: You know, people in the city are longing for the life in the countryside. It reduces my work pressure ; besides, it gives me the exciting experience of being a “thief” Ivy: Well, it’s just a waste of time. Teenagers playing the game spend so many hours on it that they cannot focus on (专注于) their study. ( ) 1. According to the passage, people can’t _______ things in this game. A. grow B. borrow C. steal D. sell ( ) 2. Among the people Joyce interviewed, _______ dislikes the game. A. Laura B. Allan C. Harold D. none ( ) 3. From Laura’s words, we can guess that she’s most probably ______. A. a students B. an office worker C. a farmer D. a thief ( ) 4. Ivy thinks the Internet game is bad for ________. A. adults B. thieves C. policemen D. teenagers ( ) 5. Which is not the reason why people like the game They are longing for country life. B. They can have fun with friends. C. They are confident enough to face the real world. D. The game can relax people and give them a new experience.