1、Lesson 56,Faster than Sound,老式跑车,老爷车,老爷车,Words and phrases,sound excitement handsome Benz wheel explosion course rival speed downhill,n. 声音 n. 激动，兴奋 adj. 漂亮的；美观的 n. 奔驰 n. 轮子 n. 爆炸，轰响 n. 跑道；行程 n. 对手 v. 疾驶 adv. 下坡,sound n. 声音 sound voice Noise v. 听起来 这听起来不错。 That sounds good. adj. 等于reasonable 合理的, 有道
2、理的, 通情达理的, 讲道理的 我有一个合理的建议。 I have a piece of sound advice. soundly adj. 香甜的 sleep soundly,excitement n. 激动, 兴奋每个人都处在非常激动的状态中。 Everyone is in a state of great excitement.to ones excitement 令某人激动的是令大家激动的是，尽管很难，但是他仍然赢得了那个奖项。 To everyones excitement, though it was very difficult, he won the prize.The mo
3、st exciting thing is that 最令人激动的是It excited me that 让我激动的是,handsome adj. 漂亮的, 美观的 形容男孩, 英俊, 一般修饰男性 与人连用有阳刚的美 与物相连表示美观大方，并表示制作精良 跟女性连用的时候就表示这个女孩子有阳刚气，类似女侠的概念 你丈夫很帅气。 Your husband is handsome.Beautiful 形容人的时候表示内在和外在美的统一, 完美的概念 You look beautiful. Flowers are beautiful. Picture is beautiful.,pretty adj
4、. 美丽(用于女孩或小孩)，有柔美的意思 跟男性连用就表示没有阳刚气，女性化 pretty boy / pretty girl / pretty womannice adj. 美好的(人，天气, 食物, 物品的品质等) 你真好 You are so nice. lovely adj. 可爱的 这是一个可爱的故事 This is a lovely story. good-looking adj. 很好看的 美腿 Good-looking legs,smart adj. 小巧而美丽的(物)或时髦而美丽的(人) 她很时髦 She is smart.cute adj. 漂亮, 常用来形容小孩 The
5、baby is cute. 多漂亮的宝宝啊! What a cute baby! 你多可爱啊! How cute you are!,explosion n. 爆炸, 轰响 在第二次爆炸之后，伦敦的主要火车和地铁站都关闭了。 After the second explosion, all of Londons main train and subway stations were shut downexplosive adj. 爆炸(性)的, 爆发(性)的, 暴露 n. 爆炸物,炸药；explode vt. 使爆炸；vi. 爆炸, 爆发, 破除, 推翻, 激发 乔治发现她脸色不好，决定最好在她爆
6、发之前离开。 George caught the look and decided that he had better leave before she exploded. bomb n. 炸弹；vt. 投弹于, 轰炸 炸弹爆炸了。 The bomb exploded.,course n. 跑道，行程 on the course 按照轨道运行 off course 偏离轨道 of course 当然 那只船沿著航线航行 The ship is on course. 那架飞机偏离航线很多英里 The plane was many miles off course. n. 课程 这学期我学了七门
7、课 This term, I took/take seven courses.,rival n. 对手那本书在同类书中鹤立鸡群 The book has no rival in its petitor n. 竞争者, 对手 opposite n. 相反的事物；adj. 相对的, 对面的, 对立的, 相反的, 对等的, 对应的 opponent n. 对手, 反对者(持反对意见的人, 如辩论赛上的和政治上的) enemy n. 敌人 rival adj. 势均力敌的；n. 势均力敌的对手,speed（sped，sped） v. 疾驶，急行 警车急驰而过，超过了我们。 The police car
8、 sped past us. 放慢些,你超速了 Slow down. Youre speeding. n. 速度at the speed of 以的速度 此车以车速40公里/小时的速度行驶。 The car goes at the speed of 40 miles an hour. speed up 速度的增加, 加速 slow down 减速,downhill adv. 下坡 downstairs 楼下 upstairs 楼上 去楼下 go downstairs 下山 go downhill downtown 市中心的商业区,Text analysis,Once a year, a rac
9、e is held for old cars. =Old car race is held once a year. once +表示时间的名词 每一次 邮递员一天来一次。 The postman calls once a day.be held for 为而举行 明天要召开一个会议来讨论这个问题。 A meeting will be held for discussing the problem.,A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before
10、 it began. enter for 报名参加a great deal of +不可数名词 大量的 a great number of +可数名词 a great many +可数名词 许多 a large amount of +不可数名词 just before中的just 起强调作用,One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.one of 直接作主语的时候, 它是做单数看待的 其中的一个答案是正确的。 One of the answers is true. 这些人中有一个是好人。 One of those
11、people is good. He is the only one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. He is one of those rare people who believe in ancient myths.如果在定语从句中出现了one of作为先行词，它后边的关系代词指代的是后面的复数名词； 如果在one of前面还有一修饰词only，那么后边的关系代词将指代one这个词，作单数看,Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. The car was b
12、uilt in 1885. It was the oldest car taking part in the race. Take part in 参加活动 Take place 按计划必然发生happen（偶然发生） Take the place 代替=instead,After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them!break d
13、own 车子抛锚，（机械等）出故障 今天早上我上班迟到了，因为我的车坏了两次。 This morning I was late for work, because my car broke down twice. under the car指在车下面修理 in the car指正常驾驶。 所以我花了将近2个小时修理，却只开了15分钟的车。 So I spent almost 2 hours under the car, but only 15 minutes in the car!,A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car
14、 reached a speed of forty miles an hour - much faster than any of its rivals. A few 表肯定 Few 表否定 the wining car 获胜车 a speed of +数量词 速度为 much faster 快得多；a little faster 快一点 any of its rivalsany rival 任何一个 any 在比较级中一旦出现, 要加可数名词的单数 北京比其他城市都要大。 Beijing is bigger than any other city. 如果是不定代词, 可以说someone e
15、lse, anyone else,It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it.at the end of 在的末尾/最后部分 他在会议要结束的时候，讲了几句话。 He spoke a few words at the end of the meeting.have trouble (in) doing sth. 干有麻烦，做很困难 他们在找出火灾的原因的时候遇到了困难。 They had some trouble finding out the cau
16、se of the fire.,The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure.give sb. Pleasure 给某人带来欢乐 give sb. a fright 吓了某人一跳 give sb. a surprise 给某人一个惊喜，惊讶 见到你使我非常高兴 It gave me great pleasure to meet you. 蛇抬起了它的头，并把舌头伸出来，每个人都害怕了。 The snake picked up its head and stuck out its tongue which gave everyone a fright,It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting. be different from 和不同no less “和一样，仍然” 相当于the same，still 这也一样地好 It is no less good. no less exciting 一样的激动 表示“和不相同” not more= more；not less= less not less exciting 更令人激动 你之富裕与他相比有过之而无不及 You are not less rich than he.,
