Lesson 23 A new house
新居
First listen and then answer the question.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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.
生词和短语
complete v. 完成
modern adj. 新式的，与以往不同的
strange adj. 奇怪的
district n. 地区
课文注释
1 get a surprise中的surprise这里作“使人惊奇、意外的事物”解，是可数名词。
2 Work on it had begun...，住宅的建设在……就开始了。work是名词，作主语，it指房屋。
3 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。
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。如果她来了，她会感到非常惊奇的。我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里。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。我在信中告诉她，她可以和我们住在一起。这栋房子里有许多房间，还有一个漂亮的花园。它是一栋非常现代化的住宅，因此在有些人看来很古怪。它肯定是这个地区唯一的一栋现代化住宅。
