[词汇]（6）

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

★return   v. 返回

① v. 回，返回

He’s just returned from abroad.

② v. 回复

Spring will return soon.

He returned to his copy of the New York Times.

他又重读起他那份《纽约时报》来。

③ v. 归还；退还

I lent him my records and he never ruturned them!

我把自己的唱片借给他，而他却从未归还！

[课文]

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!

[课文注释]

1、next-door  隔壁的

2、the R.A.F.= the Royal Air Force  英国皇家空军

3、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