04_An_Exciting_Trip

04 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.

center 美式，centre 英式

Expressions

• have a great trip 旅途愉快

• receive sth. from sb. 收到某人的某物

• work for sb. -- He has worked for this firm for 6 years. 为某人/某公司工作

• A be different from B A 与 B 不同

• in the center of sw. 在某地的中心

• go abroad 出国

• live abroad 住在国外

• study abroad 出国留学

• a great number of + 复数可数名词

• have gone to sw. 去了还没回来

• have been to sw. 去过已经回来了

• fly to sw. 飞往某地

• find n. adj. -- Men usually find women very beautiful in the bar at night. 觉得某人/某物……

现在完成时

肯定句：have/has done

否定句： have/has not done

一般疑问句：have/has提前&done不变

用法1：过去的事情对现在产生了影响（⾔之过去，意在当下）≈ did

例句：They have gone out.(They are not at home now.)

用法2：从过去持续到现在的事情

例句：I have lived in Beijing for 10 years/since 2012.