课文
A new house「新居」
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.
译：
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，她会感到非常惊奇了。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。
词
complete：**v.完成**
complete/finish the work
A few cars completed the race.「一些车完成了比赛」
adj.完整的，彻底的，绝对的
He told us a complete story.「他告诉我一个完整的故事」
That was a complete surprise.「那完全是件意外的事」
外地的，异乡的
Living in a strange land is not always a pleasant thing.「客居他乡并不总是一件令人愉快的事」
陌生的
This city is quite strange to me.「我对这座城市恨不熟悉」
奇怪的，不平常的
A strange thing happened this afternoon.「这天下午发生了一件奇怪的事」
句子
There be句型
定义：在…有「客观存在，在哪里有什么，不是拥有」
形式：There be + n./There be + n. + 介词短语「有时态、单复数变化」
eg：
There is a girl.「哪儿有一个女孩（倒装句，a girl is there「一个女孩在哪，客观存在」）」
There is a girl in the classroom.
There are two girls in the classroom.
时态变化
There is a problem.
There was a problem.
There will be a problem.
There has been a problem.
简单句「复习」
定义：用一句话描述一件事
形式：n. + v.
主语 + 谓语
扩展成长句
给谓语加上时态、语态「被动语态」和情态「情态动词」
课文句子
We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country.「我们现在住在乡间的一栋漂亮的新住宅里」
country指「乡下（与town相对）」，一般与the连用，不与my等所有格形容词连用，指「国家」时则可以：
I enjoy living in the country.「我喜欢住在乡下」
My country is China.「我的祖国是中国」
I told her that she could stay with us.「我在信中告诉她，她可以和我们住在一起」
stay这里为不及物动词，表示「暂住，逗留」，stay with为固定搭配，表示「跟…暂住在一起」
He stayed with his uncle last week.「上周他住在他叔叔那儿了」