A new house

 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.

New words and expressions 生词和短语

complete  v. 完成          modern  adj. 新式的，与以往不同的
strange  adj. 奇怪的       district  n. 地区

重点用法：

1．complete
　　（1）vt. （工程，项目等）完成，结束：
　　The house was completed five months ago.
　　这栋房子是5个月以前竣工的。
　　Work on the new school will be completed next year.
　　新学校明年能竣工。
　　（2）adj. 完整的，全部的：
　　Do you know the complete story?
　　你知道整个故事吗？
　　This is a complete family.
　　这是个父母双全的家庭。
　　（3）adj. 十足的，彻底的，绝对的：
　　There is complete silence in the room.
　　房间里一点儿声音也没有。
　　That was a complete surprise.
　　那完全是件意外的事。

2. get a surprise：感到惊奇
　　    to one's surprise
　课后练习答案

P101关键句型练习答案
　　C   1 wrote  2 had finished  3 breaks  4 shall/will go
　　D  1 told…would  2 told…had lost  3 said…did not like
　　p102难点练习答案
　　1 It  2 There  3 There  4 there  5 It
　　6 It  7 There  8 it  9 there  10 it
　　多项选择题答案
　　1a  2a  3a  4c  5c  6a　7d  8d  9b  10b  11a  12d