New words:
★exciting adj.令人兴奋的excited:激动的excite:激动
★interesting:令人感到有趣的
interested: 感到有意思的
★receive v.(1)接受，收到，得到：（2）招待，接待：
receive/have.
★firm n.商行，公司（与company同意）
★different adj.不同的
★centre n.中心
★abroad adv.在国外
★Australia澳大利亚
★engineer n.工程师
★town镇
Phrases短语:
★a great number of......许多......
★work for强调工作
★receive/have a letter from somebody
★go abroad去国外
★ in the centre of…, 在……中部
★in Australia在澳大利亚
★different from
★go to
★has been + in 地点
An exciting trip
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.
Vocabulary词汇
1.Tim is working for a big firm.He is working for a big ________.
(a) society(b) company(c) factory(d) store
2.He has visited a great number of different p1aces.He hasn\'t stayed in ______p1ace.(a) the only(b) a similar(c) the same(d) alike
3.Alice Springs is a small town.A town is usually ________.
(a) bigger than a village but smaller than a city(b) bigger than a city
(c) the same size as a city(d) the same size as a village
4.He will soon visit Darwin.He will visit Darwin _________.
(a) quick1y(b) for a short time(c) shortly(d) in a hurry
5.He will fly to Perth.He will go there ________.
(a) with air(b) in air(c) by air(d) through air phrases短语
1.Jim has been studying ____ for 3 years .
a.abroadb.aboardc.roadd.broad
2.Willam felt very happy because he ____ a letter from Cambridge University .a.sentb.lentc.borrowedd.received
3.Ann is a kind girl so she has ____ friends.
a.a great much ofb.a great number ofc.the much ofd.the little of
4.Tim went ___ America 6 months ago .
a.tob.intoc.atd.in
5.Xi’an is a city in the ___ of China.
a.middleb.centrec.frontd.back
6.How is this book different ____ that ?
a.fromb.aboutc.ofd.to
7.Tim is in Australia.He went ______ Australia six months ago.
(a) to(b) in(c) at(d) into
Structure结构
1.Tim is in Australia.How long _______ there?
(a) is he(b) has he been(c) has he(d) was he
2.Tim has been in Australia for six months.His brother hasn\'t seen him ____January.(a) for(b) since(c) from(d) by
3.He has just bought an Australian car.He bought one _________.
(a) a short time ago(b) a long time ago(c) last year(d) six months ago
4.He has just gone to Alice Springs.He has never __________ there before.(a) went(b) being(c) been(d) was Comprehension理解
1.Only one of these statements is true.Which one?
(a) The writer has been in Australia for six months.
(b) Tim is a mechanic and he\'s working in Australia.
(c) Tim is working for an Austrian firm.
(d) Tim is working for a big firm as an engineer.
2.Only one of these statements is true.Which one?
(a) Tim has been in Darwin for six months.
(b) It\'s the first time Tim has ever been to another country.
(c) Perth is in the centre of Australia.
(d) Tim’s brother has never been abroad before.
