单词详解：

1. complete  v. 完成

近义词：finish

短语：complete / finish doing sth.  完成做某事

adj. 完整的，全部的 

翻译：Wish the meeting a complete success. 预祝大会圆满成功。

2. modern  adj. 现代的，新式的

modern society 现代社会

modernization  n. 现代化

3. strange   adj. 奇怪的

猜猜以下句子中strange的意思：

 That morning, he saw a strange face in the classroom. 陌生的

派生：stranger  n. 陌生人

4. district  n. 地区

Xuhui District     徐汇区

business district   商务区

课文解析

1. I had (have) a letter from my sister yesterday.

l 词组：have a letter from = receive a letter from = hear from

翻译：我一直梦想着能收到哥哥的来信。

          I always dream of receiving a letter from my brother.

2. She lives (live) in Nigeria. In her letter, she said that she would come (come) to England next year.

l 翻译：Mary说她会永远离开我。

Mary said that she would leave me forever.

3. If she comes (come), she will get (get) a surprise.

l 语法：if引导条件状语从句，时态符合主将从现

翻译：如果你动作不快点，火车就赶不上了。

If you don’t hurry, you will miss the train.

4. We are now living (now live) in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun (begin) before my sister left (leave).

l 词汇：country表示乡下 = countryside

l 词组：work on sth. ……的工作

翻译：世博会的工作在Obama访问中国之前就开始了。

Work on Shanghai Expo had begun before Obama visited China.

l it这里指代building，指出下列句中it指代的内容：

What’s the time? It is five o’clock.  Time

How far away is the station from here? It is five miles away.  Distance

What’s the weather like? It is very cold.  weather

5. The house was completed (complete) five months ago.

l 用3种方法表示此句

1) Work on the house was over five months ago.

    2) Work on the house came to an end five months ago.

    3) Work on the house ended five months ago.

6. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has (have) many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.

l 模仿第二句造句：

翻译：这个公园有很多漂亮的花，还有一个可爱的旋转木马。

The park has many beautiful flowers and there is a lovely merry-go-round.

7. It is a very modern house, so it looks strange to some people.

l look 看起来，是系动词

看上去熟悉 look familiar   看上去年轻 look young

英语当中其他系动词：

sound 听起来        smell 闻起来  

taste 尝起来         feel 感觉起来

8. It must be the only modern house in the district.

l must 表猜测 “一定，准是”

翻译：走了这么远的路，你一定饿了吧。

      You must be hungry after all that walking.

【思考1】

district的近义词有哪些？

area / region / zone

【趣味知识】

Nigeria is located in western Africa. It is the most populous country in Africa and the seventh most populous country in the world.

【复习1】

条件状语从句还有哪两种时态规则？

主情从现，主祈从现

【思考2】

a beautiful new house，出现多个形容词时，要按照什么顺序排列呢？

美（描绘性形容词）小（尺寸大小）圆（形状）旧（新旧）黄（颜色），法国（国籍）木（材料）书房（用途）。

【复习2】

there be句型中be动词应遵循什么原则？

就近原则

【思考3】该句的否定形式：

It can’t be the only modern house in the district.

一般过去时态

现在完成时

过去完成时

形式

did

have/has done

had done

定义

纯粹发生在过去的动作，与现在无关联。

发生在过去的动作，与现在有关联，强调影响。

过去的过去

时间状语

明确的过去时间状语

较为模糊的时间状语

by / before