Lesson 4 An exciting trip激動人心的旅行
    First listen and then answer the question.
    聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
    Why is Tim finding this trip exciting?
    I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He has been there for six months.
    我剛剛收到弟弟蒂姆的來信，他正在澳大利亞。他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個月了。
    Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he has already visited a great number of different places in Australia.
    蒂姆是個工程師，正在為一家大公司工作，并且已經(jīng)去過澳 大利亞的不少地方 了。
    He has just bought an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia.
    他剛買了一輛澳大利亞小汽車，現(xiàn)在去了澳大利亞中部的小鎮(zhèn)艾利斯斯普林斯。
    He will soon visit Darwin From there, he will fly to Perth.
    他不久還將到達(dá)爾文去，從那里，他再飛往珀斯。
    My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
    我弟弟以前從未出過國，因 此，他覺得這次旅行非常激動人心。
    New words and expressions 生詞和短語
    exciting
    adj. 令人興奮的
    receive
    v. 接受，收到
    firm
    n. 商行，公司
    different
    adj. 不同的
    centre
    n. 中心
    abroad
    adv. 在國外
    Notes on the text課文注釋
    1 He has been there for six months.他在那兒已經(jīng)住了6個月了。關(guān)于動詞的現(xiàn)在完成時，可以參看第1冊第83至87課。
    2 a great number of ... 許多…… 用于修飾復(fù)數(shù)可數(shù)名詞。
    3 in the centre of... 在……中部