I. Dialog 实用会话
A: Where's Chen from?
B: He's from Malaysia.
A: Really? He looks Chinese.
B: As a matter of fact, he is Chinese, but he really is from Malaysia.
A: That's very interesting.
甲：小陈是哪一国人?
乙：他是马来西亚人。
甲：真的吗?他看起来像中国人。
乙：事实上，他是中国人，不过他来自马来西亚。
甲：真有趣。
II. Key Points 重点提示
- really [ˈriəˌli, ˈrili] adv.真正地
- look [lʊk] vi. 看起来(之后接形容词)
例: He looks happy today.
(他今天看起来很快乐。)
3.as a matter of fact 事实上
本短语有副词的功能，使用时常置于旬首，再置逗号，修饰之后的整个句子。
例: He knows many English words. As a matter of fact, he is a walking dictionary.
(他英文单词懂得很多。事实上，他是本活字典。)
III. 请于下列空格填入适当的字
I 1 many foreign friends. Bill 2 from England. He's 3. Sue is from 4. she's Mexican. Todd and Larry 5 from Brazil. 6 Brazilian. We're from different 7, but 8 all good friends.
解答→ 1. have 2. is ( 或 comes) 3. British 4. Mexico 5. are ( 或 come) 6. They're 7. countries 8. we're
