Lesson 4 An exciting trip

New Words and Expressions

1. exciting: creating or arousing excitement ；令人兴奋的

What exciting news this is! 这是多么令人兴奋的消息！

That is an exciting game. 那是一场令人兴奋的比赛。

It's such an exciting place. 真是一个令人兴奋的地方。

This is a very exciting book. 这是一本非常扣人心弦的书。

2. receive: 接受；收到

receive an invitation[a letter]from sb 接到某人的邀请函[信]

receive a sick person into a hospital 把病人收进医院

receive guests warmly 热烈欢迎客人

Did you receive any letters today? 你今天收到信了吗？

The police received several complaints about the noise from the plant. 警察局收到好几宗投诉, 抱怨工厂的噪音太大。

区别用法：receive, accept, take这三个词都有“接受”的意思。

receive只表示被动地接受

Then he smiled and told me I would receive an extra ￡100 a year! 后来他笑了，并且告诉我说，我将一年收到一百英镑的额外收入！

If you receive a request like this, you cannot fail to obey it! 如果你收到这样的一种请求，你不会不服从的！

A baby can only receive sense impressions, but it can not understand them. 婴儿只能接受感官方面的印象，而不能理解。

She has received his present, but she will not accept it. 她收到了他的礼物，但她是不会接受的。

accept总表示主动而且高兴地接受

I accepted the invitation. 我接受邀请。

The villagers have told him that they will not accept the inn even if he gives it away. 村民们告诉他说，即使他把那小酒店白送给人家，也没有人会接受的。

There is no accepted theory to explain the phenomenon. 没有公认的理论来解释这种现象。 take所表示的接受包含着有人赠给的意思

Did you take his advice? 你接受了他的建议了吗？

He takes anything he is given. 给他什么他就要什么。

Is there nobody to take my instructions? 难到没有人接受我的指令吗？

3. firm: n. n. 商行；公司

trading firms 贸易行

He has established his own firm. 他已建立起自己的公司。

adj 坚牢的，坚固的

You must always build on firm ground. 你必须始终脚踏实地。

Mother kept a firm hold on her son's hands as he said goodbye to her abroad. 儿子向母亲告别到国外去时,母亲紧紧地拉住他的双手。

(2) 稳定的；坚定的

a firm belief 坚定的信念

Prices are still firm. 物价仍然稳定。

The teacher was firm and did not change her mind. 老师很坚决，他不改变主意。

The pound stayed firm against dollar in London but fell a little in New York. 伦敦英镑对美元仍坚挺，但在纽约却跌了一点儿。

Parents must be firm with their children. 父母对孩子一定要严格。

联想: company公司， 商号

We organized a publishing company. 我们组织一出版公司。

4. center: n. 中心

the center of town 市中心

the center of a stage舞台中心

a medical center 医疗中心

a metropolitan center 大都市中心

cultural center 文化中心

The sun is the center of our solar system. 太阳是太阳系的中心。

Beijing is the political and financial center of China. 北京是中国的政治和金融中心。 经典用法：in the center of: 在中间, 在中央＝ in the middle of

5. abroad: adv. 在国外, 到海外; 在室外; 广泛地; 遍布; 流行; 到处传开;

get abroad 出去, 出门; (谣言)传出去, 传开

go [travel] abroad 到国外去

live abroad 住在国外

at home and abroad 在国内外

agency abroad 国外代办处

income earned abroad 国外收入

investment abroad 国外投资

market abroad 海外市场

representative abroad 国外代表

student studying abroad 留学生

He lived abroad for many years. 他在国外居住了许多年。

She is hungry for news of her husband working abroad. 她渴望得到国外工作的丈夫的消息。

Many people would like to take holidays abroad. 许多人愿意到国外度假。

He came to miss his homeland when he settled down abroad. 当他在国外安定下来时，他开始想念祖国了。

The news spread abroad. 消息传得很广。

A rumour is abroad. 谣言在传开。

经典用法：from abroad 从国外, 从海外

The conference delegates included representatives from abroad. 大会代表中有来自海外的代表。

6. a (great) number of: “许多”，修饰可数名词的复数

a great amount of：“许多”修饰不可数名词

During the past 20 years, a great number of power stations have been set up. 在过去的二十年间, 兴建了许多电站。

A number of people complained about the poor lighting in the museum. 那群人的人数并不多。许多人抱怨博物馆照明不好。

a great amount of intelligence 非常聪明

A large amount of money is spent on advertisements every year. 每年都要花费大量金钱在广

告上。

比较：a number of / the number of

A number of the workers are unskilled. 许多工人技术不熟练。

The number of skilled workers is small. 熟练工人数较少。

The amount of unemployed capital is very large. 未被利用的资金数量很大。

7. My brother has never been there before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.

find: (1) 找到

If you find any mistake, please correct it. 如发现有错, 请你改正。

I think I'm lost; I can't find the bridge. 我想我是迷路了，我找不到那座桥了。

The aim is to find meaning and enjoyment in work. 其目的是从工作中发现意义, 找到乐趣。

(2) 发现，发觉

find it difficult to explain 觉得难以说明

I find Russian grammar very difficult. 我发现俄语语法很难学。

I found him at home. 我发现他在家。

常用词组：find out 发现；揭露

I've found you out at last. 我终于把你揭露了。

Please find out when the ship sails for New York. 请打听一下那艘船什么时候开往纽约。 Please find out what time the delegation will come. 请查一查代表团什么时候来。

【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.