Chapter 1 France is calling

my brother has never been abroad before, so he is finding this trip very exciting.我弟弟以前從未出過國，所以他覺得這次旅行十分令人興奮。overseas（國外）是其同義詞，home（在本國）是其反義詞。go abroad 意為：出國，去國外。3. this year, why not spread your wings and visit france? 今年，何不走遠一些到法國去呢?why not 為何不why not, why don’t you 與what about 這三個句式是可以相互轉換的。e.g.: why not start the meeting at once? 為何不現在就開會?why don’t you start the meeting at once? 為何不現在就開會?what about starting the meeting at once? 現在就開會，如何?spread one’s wings 是個俚語，相當于start to fly，travel more widely，go somewhere further away than normal. 意為：展翅高飛。4. it is a huge country, with coasts on the english channel, the atlantic ocean and the mediterranean sea. 它（法國）幅員遼闊，擁有與英吉利海峽，大西洋和地中海相接的海岸線。在本例中，介詞with 意為：有，帶有。e.g.: the man with a wooden leg is the father of one of my classmates. 那個有一條木腿的男子是我一個同班同學的父親。除此之外，with還有以下的含義：和……一起。e.g.: the national flag rises with sun every day. 這面國旗每天與太陽一起升起。with those words, he went away. 說完那些話，他便走了。和……跟。e.g.: that young man had an argument with those three women tourists.那個年輕人和那三個女游客發生了爭執。用……（工具）e.g.: cut it with a knife. 用刀把它切開。the mother is feeding the baby with a spoon. 母親正在用勺子喂小孩兒。本句中有三個專有名詞：the english channel 英吉利海峽，the atlantic ocean 大西洋。the mediterranean sea 地中海。注意：河流，海洋，海峽等專有名詞前應加上定冠詞 the。5. in addition, it has many mountain regions which are excellent for skiing. 此外，它（法國）還擁有許多極其適合滑雪的山區。in addition, we went to the museum. 此外，我們還去了博物館。此句可改寫為：we went to the museum as well.e.g.: she can speak english. in addition, she speaks five other foreign languages. 她會說英語，此外，她還會說其他五種外語。＝she can speak english. she speaks five other foreign languages as well. 當我們需要表示“除……外”的含義時，還可以用in addition to，相當于as well as。上述的例子我們呢可以合并為：she speaks five foreign languages in addition to english.除了英語外，她還會說另外五種外語。＝she speaks five foreign languages as well as english. excellent 極好的，卓越的。e.g.: she speaks excellent japanese. 她說一口流利的日語。excellence（n.） 優秀，卓越。be excellence for 意為：非常適合于，相當于 be good for。e.g.: this court is excellent for playing tennis. 這個場地非常適合打網球。