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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 the trip very exciting.
Summary writing:
The writer has just received a letter from his brother, Tim. Tim is an engineer and he has been in Australia for six months. He has already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He is in Alice Springs now. He has never been abroad before, so he is enjoying his trip very much.
Key structures:
A
1, I have just had breakfast.
2, He has been in prison for six months.
3, The police have not caught the thief yet.
4, You have already asked that question three times (already).
5, Have you ever been to Switzerland?
6, I have never been to Switzerland.
7, He is a wonderful runner. He has broken two records so far.
8. I haven't seen George lately.
现在完成时的时间概念有时是不确定的，常用一些表示不确定的时间状语按，如 just, already, ever, never, lately, yet等。注意这些时间状语的位置。
B
I have just received a letter from my brother, Tim. He is in Australia. He have been there for six months. Tim is an engineer. He is working for a big firm and he already visited a great number of different places in Australia. He has just buy an Australian car and has gone to Alice Springs...My brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.
C
1, He has just left the room.
2, He has just had breakfast.
3, She has just written a letter.
4, My sister has just turned on the radio.
5, My mother has just made the bed.
6, She has jusy bought a new hat.
D
1, He hasn't washed the dishes yet.
2, She hasn't made the bed yet.
3, He hasn't combed his hair yet.
4, She hasn't swept the carpet yet.
5, We hasn't read "Macbeth" yet.
still 用于进行时态，位置在助动词和现在分词之间。yet 只能用在完成时态的否定句或疑问句中，其位置在句尾。
E
1, Have you seen the new play at "The Globe" yet?（yet下同）
2, Have you taken your holidays?
3, Have you read this book?
4, Have you done your homework?
5, Have you finished your work?
肯定句中的already改为疑问句后用yet.
Special difficulties:
1, Yesterday I received a present from Aunt Jane.
2, Have you received a letter from him yet?
3, I took the letter with me.
4, He has taken some flowers to her.
5, Why did you take this book off the shelf?
以文中Tim的视角复述：
My name is Tim. I am an engineer and I am working for a big firm in China. I am in Australia on vacation now. I have been here for six months, during which I have visited many different places in Australia. I have just bought an Australian car and have come to Alice Springs, a small town in the centre of Australia. I plan to visit Darwin next. And from there, I will fly to Perth. I have never been abroad, so I find my trip here very interesting. I have just written my brother a letter to tell him that I am having the time of my life in beautiful Australia!
记录：难度☆ 2016年2月24日19:16:24
1，学习了现在完成时，还行吧。
2，Pay attention to the usage of still, already and yet.
3，新概念课后的选择题真的很灵活，经常错。
4，quickly重在描述速度之快，而shortly描述时间之短，相当于soon.
总体来说不难。不过一开始误以为Tim本身就是在Australia工作，导致文章后头看到"My brother has never been abroad before"有点懵。用时1小时23分，搞定回家。明天老头归来，今天做PPT有点辛苦。
