Lesson4 An exciting trip学习笔记

An exciting trip（ne要连读）

I have just received a letter from my brother，Tim.(同位语）He is in Australia.(letter,t浊化为d，r卷舌）

just 常常出一般现在时语句中

receive a letter from = hear from 收到某人的来信
write a letter @ send an E-mail 写信给某人/发邮件给某人

speaker vs receiver 话筒和听筒

accept：接受

receive：收到实物但不一定会接受

I received present  om my birthday but I did't accept it

receive：接待

reception：前台

receptionist 接待人员

receipt 收据 （p不发音）

He has been there for six months.(发音拥堵，拥堵时取舍，去掉th，读s）

has been....(知道主语还在那儿）

has gone.....（不知道主语是否还在那儿，有比较小的可能已经不在那儿）

six of one  and half a dozen of the other 半斤八两

He is engineer.(重音在n上）

engine ：引擎

He is working for a big firm 

is working for...强调时间的短暂性

She works for a toy company

比较久

|'m with a big bank

|'m with my family

I sometimes have to work overtime 加班

I'm still working on it 我正在忙这件事呢

Nice work=good job=well done

firm：坚固

company：公司

corporation[ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃn]：(大) 公司; 法人; 法人团体; 市政委员会;

Sydeny Opera House：悉尼歌剧院

and he is already visited a great number of different palaces in Australia

already和一般现在时连用

a great number of/a great many+可数名称

a great deal of+U=a large amount of+U

a large sum of money 一大笔钱，特殊搭配

A  is different from B in C 某方面A与B不同

=A differs from B in C

It  makes no difference（没有影响，没有用)

-->It doesn't make a sense(理解不同）

places of interest（名胜古迹）

He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs

a sports car 跑车

a racing car 赛车

car race 赛车比赛

spring：从地下冒上来 春天/弹簧/泉水/跳跃

hot-spring 温泉

fountain 泉水

a small town in the center of Australia.He will soon visit Darwin(长大嘴巴读）

town hall 市政厅

townsman 镇民/老乡

countryman 乡下人/同胞

patriot 爱国者,词根 patri

municipal 市政的

in the center of/east of China

concentrate on centr表示center，con表示together，ate表示使...表示专注

concentrate on = focus on

Central Park/Century Park 中央公园/世纪公园

From there,he will fly to Perth.

travel to Perth by air-->ship to Shanghai

My brother has never been abroad before,

I have never been to Beijing before 从来没去过北京

Have you ever been to Beijing before?

study/go/live abroad 在国外学习，去国外，定居国外

international/oversea students=students studying abroad  留学生

Have  a good trip = Have a nice journey

make a plan for the trip 为...作计划

so he is finding this trip is very exciting.

临时性