Lesson 23 A new house

新居

First listen and then answer the question: Why is the new house special?

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria.

昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信,她住在尼日利亚。

In her letter, she said that she would come to England next year.

在信中她说她明年将到英国来。

If she comes, she will get a surprise.

如果她来了,她会感到非常惊奇了。

We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.

我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。

Work on it had begun before my sister left. The house was completed five months ago.

这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已动工了,是在5 个月以前竣工的。

In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us.

我在信中告诉她,她可以和我们住在一起。

The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden.

这栋房子里有许多房间,还有一个漂亮的花园。

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

它是一栋非常现代化的住宅,因此在有些人看来很古怪。

It must be the only modern house in the district.

它肯定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅。

时态 There be 单元复习

单词列表

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complete *

/ kəmˈpliːt /v. 完成

modern

/ ˈmɒd(ə)n /adj. 新式的,与以往不同的

strange

/ streɪndʒ /adj. 奇怪的

district

/ ˈdɪstrɪkt /n. 地区