Lesson 93 Our new neighbour我們的新鄰居
Listen to the tape then answer this question.Why is Nigel a lucky man?
聽錄音，然后回答問題。為什么說奈杰爾很幸運？
Mr Hill is our new next-door neighbour. He’s a pilot.
奈杰爾是我們新搬來的隔壁鄰居。他是個飛行員。
He was in the R.A.F.(皇家空軍)
他曾在皇家空軍任職。
He will fly to New York next month.
下個月他將飛往紐約。
The month after next he will fly to Tokyo.
再下個月他將飛往東京。
At the moment, he’s in Madrid. He flew to Spain a week ago.
現(xiàn)在他在馬德里。他是一星期以前飛到西班牙的。
He will return to London the week after next.
再下個星期他將返回倫敦。
He’s only forty-one years old, and he has already been to nearly every country in the world.
他只有41歲，但他卻過世界上幾乎每一個國家。
Mr Hill is a very lucky man. But his wife isn’t very lucky. She usually stays at home!
奈杰爾是個很幸運的人。但他的妻子運氣不很好。他總是呆在家里！
New words and Expressions生詞和短語
pilot
n. 飛行員
return
v. 返回
New York
n. 紐約
Tokyo
n. 東京
Madrid
n. 馬德里
fly (flew, flown)
v. 飛行
Notes on the text課文注釋
1 next-door neighbour 隔壁鄰居。next-door是一個復合詞.作定語。
2 the R.A.F.=The Royal Air Force,英國皇家空軍。
3 He is only forty-one years old, and he has…
本句中的and相當于but(而...)，起轉(zhuǎn)折作用。