Lesson 56 Faster than sound 课文详解+重点词汇语法学案-2022-2023学年新概念第二册

Lesson 56 文本  Faster than sound! Once a year a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. 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 ! A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour--much faster than any of its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.   文本解析 一）词汇学习Word study 1. handsome, beautiful, pretty与good-looking 这些单词都可以表示“美”，但含义和用法各不相同。handsome 通常用来形容男子，表示“漂亮的”、“英俊的”；beautiful表示“美的”、“给人美感的”、“令人愉悦的”、“完美的”等含义，多用于形容女子、孩童、花草、服饰等，不用来形容男子的长相；pretty表示“漂亮的”、“可爱的”、“令人怜爱的”等含义，多用于女子、孩子等；good-looking表示容貌“标致的”、“美貌的”、“好看的”，男女均适用，它所表示的美通常不及beautiful所表示的： Dan is a handsome/good-looking young man.丹是个英俊的/很帅的小伙子。Mary is a beautiful/good-looking/pretty girl.玛丽是个美丽的/好看的/漂亮的姑娘。 2. reach与arrive in/at（1）reach表示“到达”、“达到”。表示抵达某地时通常为及物动词，比arrive in/at要正式：When did you reach London?你们何时抵达伦敦的？reach适用的范围比较广，不仅仅限于地点，作不及物动词的情况较少：When you reach my age, you'll be able to understand it.等你到我这个年龄时，你就可以理解了。Can you get that book down for me please? I can't reach it.请你帮我把那本书拿下来好吗？我够不着。 （2）arrive为不及物动词，表示“到达”、“抵达”。它既可以单独使用，也可以与介词连用。在表示到达某个较大的地方时用arrive in, 到达某个较小的地方/场所用arrive at, 这由说话者决定：When I arrived at the station, the train had already gone.我到车站时，那列火车已经开走了。 3. take part与take place（1）固定短语take part(in)表示“参加”、“参与”：It was the oldest car taking part.它是参赛车中最老的一辆。How many of you are taking part in the play?你们当中有多少人参加了这个剧的演出？I didn't take part in their conversation.我没有加入他们的谈话。 （2）take place也是个固定短语，表示“发生”、“进行”