新概念英语第二册Lesson23：A new house新居 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后答复以下问题 Why is the new house special? 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. 惊奇的 district n. 地区 参考译文 昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利亚。
在信中她说她明年将到英国来假如她来了，她会感到特别惊异了我们现在住在乡间的一栋美丽的新住宅里这栋房子在我姐姐离开之前就已开工了，是在5个月以前竣工的我在信中告知她，她可以和我们住在一起这栋房子里有很多房间，还有一个美丽的花园它是一栋特别现代化的住宅，因此在有些人看来很奇怪它确定是这个地区的一栋现代化住宅。
