Lesson 4 An exciting trip 【New words and expressions】 （6） exciting adj.令人兴奋的receive v.接受，收到firm n.商行，公司different adj.不同的centre n.中心abroad adv.在国外★exciting adj.令人兴奋的exciting adj.令人兴奋的；excited adj.兴奋的-ed: 自己感到 / -ing:令人感到The news exciting.exciting boy 令人兴奋的男孩I am excited.excite v.激动（这类动词的宾语一定是人，让后面的人感到……）The news excited me.interesting adj.令人感到有趣的；interested adj.感到有意思的interesting manThe man is interesting.interest v.对……感兴趣The book interests me.那本书让我感到很有趣★receive v.接受, 收到；招待，接待① vt.接到，收到，得到When did you receive that letter?② vt.招待，接待You need a large room if you are going to receive so many guests.receive是“收到” ，指的是一个被动的动作，主观上接受与否不清楚。
receive/have a letter from sb.accept表示同意接收，有主观意愿的This morning I received a bunch of flowers from a boy,but I didn't accept it.take则是主动的“拿” 、 “取”I received a beautiful pen from my uncle. My brother took it from me yesterday.take 也可以作收到 take the exam 接受考试； take advice 接受建议acknowledge receipt ofI now need you to acknowledge receipt of the package so that I'm fully indemnified and no longer liable.现在需要你确认收到包裹，说明我安全送达不再负任何责任★firm ①n.商行, 公司law firm 法律事务所consulting firm 咨询公司accounting firm 会计事务所，会计师事务所investment firm 投资公司family firm 家族企业，家庭商号②adj.牢固的；坚定的firm foundation 坚实的基础firm belief 坚定的信念③adv.坚固地stand firm 挺立；站稳立场 ④v.使坚固；变坚固company n.公司 corporation n.公司；法人（团体） ；社团；大腹便便；市政当局,establishment n.确立，制定；公司；设施incorporation n.公司；合并，编入；团体组织★different adj.不同的；各种各样的① adj.不同的，相异的（经常与 from连用）We are planning something different this year. 我们今年有不同的打算。
My room is different from yours.② adj.各种各样的，不同的This department store sells a large number of different things.这家百货商店出售许多各种各样的东西He has visited many different places in China.他去过中国的不少地方different from 与…不同，不同于different kinds 不同的种类in different ways 以不同方式；用不同的方法；通过不同的方式totally different 完全不同different than 不同于different responses 差别反应different in kind 种类(或性质、本质)不同处★abroad adv.在国外（副词, 直接和动词连用）; adj.往国外的; n.海外；异国go abroad 去国外live abroad 国外定居study abroad 国外学习No, Scarlett, the idea of assistance from abroad is just a newspaper invention to keep up the morale of the South.不，思嘉，国外援助这个概念只不过是报纸发明出来用以维持南方士气的一个法宝而已。
Text】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 centre 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.参考译文我刚刚收到弟弟蒂姆的来信, 他正在澳大利亚. 他在那儿已经住了 6个月了. 蒂姆是个工程师, 正在一家大公司工作, 并且已经去过澳大利亚的不少地方了. 他刚买了一辆澳大利亚小汽车, 现在去了澳大利亚中部的小镇艾利斯斯普林斯. 他不久还将到达达尔文去, 从那里, 他再飞往珀斯. 我弟弟以前从未出过国, 因此, 他觉得这次旅行非常激动人心 . 【课文讲解】1、I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim.同位语：一个名词（或短语等）与另一个名词（或短语）并列而作为其说明或限定成分时称为同位语。
同位语与它所补充说明的成分之间用逗号隔开在译成汉语时，同位语或者插入主句中，或者另译为一句，很少像英语中那样用逗号隔开This is John, one of my best friends.这位是约翰，他是我最好的朋友之一Mrs. Smith, my neighbore, has never been abroad.我的邻居史密斯夫人从来没有出过国2、He has been there for six months.one month；two months 注意读音，将 th省略I have arrived in Beijing.（arrive 是瞬间动词不能和段时间连用）has been + in 地点He has been in Beijing for one year.He has been in America for tow years.3、He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.work for 在……上班/任职，强调 workI am working for a school.work in 强调地点（在哪个地方上班） I am working in the New Oriental School.work at 上班She works at a department store.a number of后面一定要加可数名词复数；通常 number前有great，large，good，small，certain 等形容词，数量大小也随之改变。
a great number of 类似于, 约等于 a lot of；A large/great number of our students are Danish.There are a small number of spelling mistakes in your homework.a lot of 可加可数名词也可加不可数名词I have a lot of friendsI have a great number of friends.4、He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs(艾丽斯斯普林斯(澳大利亚中部城市，全国地理中心)), a small town in the centre of Australia. has gone to 去了某地没回来has been to 曾经去过某地, 现在不在那个地方（强调已经不在那个地方了）Have you been to Paris?5、From there, he will fly to Perth.from there 从那地方起from 即可以加时间又可以加地点from half past 8 to half past 11from Beijing to Tianjingfly to Perth = go to Perth by air6、My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.before在句子后是副词, 译为“在此之前” ，是现在完成时态的标志find作“发现” 、 “发觉”讲时宾语往往带补足语（一般为形容词） ，说明宾语的状况、性质等。
find +宾语+形容词（做宾补）find the room cleanfind her happybe finding在口语中经常使用 I'm finding... . . We’re finding... ... 下面表示状态、感觉、情绪、精神活动的动词不可用于进行时：believe，doubt，see，hear，know，understand，belong， think，consider，feel，look，seem，show，mind，have，sound，taste，require，possess ，care，like，hate，love，detest，desire【Key structures】现在完成时现在完成时表示动作现存的结果，或者过去发生的事对现在的影响常与现在完成时连用的副词和副词短语：before (now)（以前） ；it’s the first time（第一次） ；so for（到目前为止） ；so far this morning（到上午为止） ；up to now（直到现在） ；up to the present（直到目前） ；just（刚刚） ；recently（最近） ；already（已经） ；lately（最近） ；now（现在） ；for 一段时间； since+时间；still（还；仍） ；。