Lesson 23   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.

    New words and expressions 生詞和短語

    complete v. 完成

    modern adj. 新式的，與以往不同的

    strange adj. 奇怪的

    district n. 地區(qū)

    參考譯文

    昨天我收到了姐姐的一封信，她住在尼日利亞。在信中她說她明年將到英國來。如果她來了，她會感到非常驚奇了。我們現(xiàn)在住在鄉(xiāng)間的一棟漂亮的新住宅里。這棟房子在我姐姐離開之前就已動工了，是在5個月以前竣工的。我在信中告訴她，她可以和我們住在一起。這棟房子里有許多房間，還有一個漂亮的花園。它是一棟非常現(xiàn)代化的住宅，因此在有些人看來很古怪。它肯定是這個地區(qū)唯一的一棟現(xiàn)代化住宅。