【课文】

I have just received a letter from my brother,tim. he is in Australia. he was 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 place in Australia. he just bought an Australia 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.

【单词】

1、receive：接收  receive sth from sb, 收到从某人那里送出的礼物

2、Australia:澳大利亚

at home, on the internet, on the phone

3、engineer:工程师

4、firm:公司

5、a great number of ...许多，修饰可数（a number of...）

many:修饰可数

a lot of = lots of 即可修饰可数又可修饰不可数

6、centre:中心

7、in the centre 

8、abroad:在国外

9、trip ：旅行

10、exciting：使人兴奋的

11、work for...在...上班任职

同位语：一个句子的成分被用来说明或解释另一个句子成分，后者称之为前者的同位语，同位语多由名字和代词充当

i have two sister, jane and mary

【短语】

1、for +时间 ：表示某一段时间，不能和瞬间动词连用

i have lived in shanghai for ten years

2、visit +某地 ：参观某地

visit +sb：拜访某人

3、fly to +go by plane

driver to :开车去某地

walk  to somewhere :走路去某地

【句子】

1、He will soon visit Darwin

一般将来时，will表示将来要发生的事情

2、my brother has never been abroad before. so he is finding this trip very exciting.

这个句子有两个简单句组成，中间用so 引导，表示结果的状语从句

find作为 发现，发觉讲时，宾语往往带补足语，说明宾语的状况和性质

【现在完成时】

表示过去发生的事情对现在的影响，经常和现在完成时连用的副词和副词短语

before，now, so for(到目前为止）；up to now（直到现在），just（刚刚），already（已经），lately（最近）

疑问和否定：even，yet，never，not...even

eg:

Have you washed the dishes yet?

i 'm washing them now--进行

i have just made the cakes--完成

i'm making cakes---进行时