新概念英語第一冊Lesson 93 Our new neighbour

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[詞匯](6)
    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
    ★return v. 返回
    ① v. 回,返回
    He’s just returned from abroad.
    ② v. 回復
    Spring will return soon.
    He returned to his copy of the New York Times.
    他又重讀起他那份《紐約時報》來。
    ③ v. 歸還;退還
    I lent him my records and he never ruturned them!
    我把自己的唱片借給他,而他卻從未歸還!
    [課文]
    Nigel is our new next-door neighbour. He's a pilot.
    He was in the R.A.F.
    He will fly to New York next month.
    The month after next he'll fly to Tokyo.
    At the moment, he's in Madrid. He flew to Spain a week ago.
    He'll 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.
    Nigel is a very lucky man. But his wife isn't very lucky. She usually stays at home!
    [課文注釋]
    1、next-door 隔壁的
    2、the R.A.F.= the Royal Air Force 英國皇家空軍
    3、the month after next 再下個月
    after next 表示“下下個”,如:the week after next下下個星期