新概念英语第二册 Lesson 56 学习笔记

新概念英语第二册 Lesson 56 Faster than sound! 比声音还快！ First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。 How fast did the winning car go? Once a year, a race is held for old cars. 旧式汽车的比赛每年举行一次。 A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. 去年有很多汽车参加了这项比赛。比赛开始之前，人们异常激动。 One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. 最漂亮的汽车之一是罗尔斯--罗伊斯生产的银鬼汽车， The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. 而最不寻常的一辆则要属只有3只轮子的奔驰牌汽车了。 Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. 该车造于1885年，是参赛车中最老的一辆。 After a great many loud explosions, the race began. 在好一阵喧闹的爆炸声之后，比赛开始了。 Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them! 很多汽车在途中就抛了锚，而有些驾驶员花在汽车底下的时间比坐在汽车里面的时间还长。 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. 然而还是有几辆汽车跑完了全程。获胜的那辆车达到了时速40英里--远远超过任何对手。 It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. 它在接近终点时，冲下了山坡，驾驶员费了好大劲才把车停下来。 The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. 这次比赛使每个人都挺开心。 It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting. 它虽然与现代汽车比赛大不相同，但激动人心的程度并不亚于现代化汽车大赛。 生词和短语 ★sound　n. 声音 sound　v.听起来 adj.合理的 等于reasonable I have a piece of sound advice. 我有一个合理的建议 soundly 香甜地 sleep soundly voice 人的声音 noise 和周围不和谐的声音，噪音 ★excitement　n. 激动，兴奋 excite　v. exciting adj. excited　adj. to one's excitement 令某人激动的是 the most exciting thing is that 最令人激动的是 the most surprising thing about it is that 最令人惊讶的事情是 It excited me that 让我激动的是 ★handsome　adj. 漂亮的；美观的 You look beautiful She is pretty. Flowers are beautiful. Picture is beautiful. pretty 美丽（用于女孩或小孩）一般强调外貌 跟男性连用表示没有阳刚气，女性化 pretty boy pretty girl pretty woman pretty baby nice　 You are nice. 你长得不错 lovely 可爱的 This is a lovely story.　这是一个可爱的故事 lovely girl good-looking 好看的 smart 小巧而美丽的（物） 时髦而美丽（人） She is smart. The baby is cute.　　cute 常用来形容小孩 What a cute ba