1、Lesson 56Faster than sound比声音还快racing carsold cars race Listen to the tape then answer the question.How fast of the winning car?The winner car reached a speed of forty miles an hour.sound n.声音 sound n.任何声音都可以 voice n.人的声音 noise n.和周围不和谐的声音,噪音 v.听起来 sound like听起来像 He sounds like a little boy.That sou
2、nds good.adj.等于reasonable 合理的,讲道理的，（身体）好的 His body was still sound.I have a piece of sound advice.我有一个合理的建议。soundly adv.香甜的 sleep soundlyexcitement n.激动,兴奋 to ones excitement 令某人激动的是 To everyones excitement,though it was very difficult,he won the prize.令大家激动的是，尽管很难，但是他仍然赢得了那个奖项。The most exciting thi
3、ng is that 最令人激动的是 The most exciting thing is that he wins the first prize.The most surprising thing about sth is that 某事最令人惊讶的是 The most surprising thing about the competition is that he wins the first prize.excitevt.使兴奋,使激动 I only take on work that excites me,even if it means turning down lots of
4、money.我只承接让我感兴趣的工作，即使这意味着损失很多钱。handsome adj.漂亮的,美观的 一般与男孩子连用，形容男孩,英俊；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。Your husband is handsome.He gives me a handsome present.She is a handsome policewoman.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.pretty 美丽(用于
5、女孩或小孩)，有柔美的意思pretty跟男性连用就表示没有阳刚气，女性化 nice 美好的(人，天气,食物,物品的品质等)good-looking adj.很好看的 lovely 可爱的good-looking adj.很好看的 smart 小巧而美丽的(物)或时髦而美丽的(人)cute 漂亮,常用来形容小孩wheel n.轮子，车轮 The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels.the wheels of a car 汽车轮子 Put your shoulder to the wheel.努力工作。America is
6、 a country on the wheel.Australia is a country on the back of sheep.wheel chair 轮椅 walking stick 拐杖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 down explosive 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,
7、激发 乔治发现她脸色不好，决定最好在她爆发之前离开。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/off course 按照轨道运行/偏离轨道 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 这学期我学了七门课 This term,I t
8、ook/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 sped past us.放慢些,你超速了。Slow down.Your
9、e 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/down 加速/减速downhill adv.下坡 downhill adv.下坡；向下；每况愈下;adj.下坡的；容易的;n.下坡；滑降 go downhill 下山 He headed downhill toward the river.他朝山脚下的小河走去。uphill adj.上坡的，向上的;adv.向上地；往上坡;n.上升；登高 He had been running
10、 uphill a long way.他向上坡跑了很长的一段路。去楼下 go downstairs downtown 市中心的商业区 Once a year,a race 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 entere
11、d for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before 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
12、做单数看待的 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 The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels.most最高级 the mo
13、st beautiful most 大部分 most of the students almost adv.差不多，几乎 The couple had been dating for almost three years.这对情侣谈恋爱差不多三年了。The effect is almost impossible to describe.这影响几乎无法言表。Built in 1885,it was the oldest car taking part.built in 1885 过去分词做状语，表示原因 taking part 现在分词短语作定语 take part 参加 take part i
14、n 参加活动 join in/enter for take place 按计划必然发生 happen（偶然发生）The next race will take place next year.take the place of 代替的地位=instead of She took the place of him.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 t
15、han in them!break down 车子抛锚，（机械等）出故障 This morning I was late for work,because my car broke down twice.under/in the car 在车下面修理/正常驾驶 So I spent almost 2 hours under the car,but only 15 minutes in the car!所以我花了将近2个小时修理，却只开了15分钟的车。A few cars,however,completed the race.The winning car reached a speed of
16、forty miles an hour-much faster than any of its rivals.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 else,anyone else It sped downhill at the end of
17、 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 cause of the fire.The race gave everyone a great deal o
18、f 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”;=the same，still no less exciting 一样的激动 not less.than 不亚于，不少于 How Was the Steel Tempered affected Chinese people should be not less than three generations.钢铁是怎样炼成的影响国人，应该不少于三代。no lessthan与.一样，不比.差（强调比较双方程度都很高）She is no less charming than her daughter.
