Lesson 93 Our new neighbor
听录音，然后回答问题。Why is Nigel a lucky man?
为什么说奈杰尔很幸运？
Mr Hill is our new next-door neighbour. He’s a pilot.
He was in the R.A.F.(皇家空军)
He will fly to New York next month.
The month after next he will fly to Tokyo.
At the moment（现在）, he’s in Madrid. He flew to Spain a week ago.
He will return to London the week after next.
He’s only forty-one years old, and he has already been to nearly every country in the world.
Mr Hill is a very lucky man. But his wife isn’t very lucky. She usually stays at home!
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
pilot
n. 飞行员
return
v. 返回
New York
n. 纽约
Tokyo
n. 东京
Madrid
n. 马德里
fly (flew, flown)
v. 飞行
参考译文
奈杰尔是我们新搬来的隔壁邻居。他是个飞行员。
他曾在皇家空军任职。
下个月他将飞往纽约。
再下个月他将飞往东京。
现在他在马德里。他是一星期以前飞到西班牙的。
再下个星期他将返回伦敦。
他只有41岁，但他却过世界上几乎每一个国家。
奈杰尔是个很幸运的人。但他的妻子运气不很好。他总是呆在家里！
自学导读
1．next-door, 隔壁的。
2．the month after next, 再下个月。
after next 表示“下下个”，如：
the week after next下下个星期
语法 Grammar in use
可与一般将来时连用的时间短语
（1） this week（这周）,next week（下周）,the week after next（下下周）,this month（这个月）,next month（下个月）,the month after next（下下个月）, this year（今年）,next year（明年）,the year after next（后年）.
注：一般过去时中通常会用last一词，而不是next.
（2） in a day's time（一天以后）, in a year's time（一年以后）, in two weeks time（两周后）, in three months' time（3个月后）等等。
词汇学习 Word study
1．return v.
（1）回，返回：
He's just returned from abroad.
他刚从国外回来。
He'll return to London the week after next.
下下个星期他将返回伦敦。
（2）回复：
Spring will return soon.
很快就又是春天了。
He returned to his copy of the New York Times.
他又重读起他那份《纽约时报》来。
（3）归还；退还：
I'm going to return these books to the library.
我要把这些书还给图书馆。
I lent him my records and he never returned them!
我把自己的唱片借给他，而他却从未归还！
2．lucky adj.
（1）有好运的，幸运的：
Nigel is a very lucky man.
奈杰尔是个很幸运的人。
She was lucky to get such a well-paid job.
她能得到这样一个报酬优厚的工作真幸运。
（2）侥幸的，碰巧的：
He didn't really know the answer----it was just a lucky guess.
他并非真知道答案——那不过是个侥幸的猜测。
It's lucky he's here.
他碰巧在这儿。
练习答案 Key to written exercises
Lesson 94
A
1 He will go to New York next week.
2 She will go to Sydney next month.
3 I will go to Paris the year after next.
4 We will go to Stockholm next year.
5 They will go to Geneva the week after next.
B
1 No, Helen won't return to Geneva next year. She'll return to Bombay.
2 No, I won't fly to London tomorrow. I'll fly to Geneva.
3 No, Tom and I won't go to Madrid next year. We'll go to London. w
4 No, Tom won't arrive from Moscow next month. He'll arrive from Madrid.
5 No, Carol and Helen won't stay in New York next month. They'll stay in Moscow.
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