新概念英语第二册 Lesson 56 Faster than sound 讲义

Lesson 56 Faster than sound

🌻Part 1: Text

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. 

🌻Part 2: New words and expressions

1 sound [saund] n.声音

2 excitement [ik'saitmənt] n.激动，兴奋

3 handsome ['hændsəm] a.漂亮的，美观的

4 Rolls-Royce['rəʊlz'rɔis] 罗尔斯—罗伊斯

5 Benz n.奔驰

6 wheel [wi:l] n.轮子

7 explosion[ik'spləuʒən] n.爆炸，轰响

8 course [kɔ:s] n.跑道；行程

9 rival['raivəl] n.对手

10 speed [spi:d] v.疾驶

11 downhill [ˌdaun'hil] ad.下坡

1） n. 声音

sound；voice；noise

2）v. 听起来

这听起来不错。That sounds good.

3） adj.   等于reasonable    合理的, 有道理的

我有一个合理的建议。

I have a piece of sound advice.   

1.to one's 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 everyone’s excitement, though it was very difficult, he won the prize.

2.excite vt. 使兴奋, 使激动

The most exciting thing is that…    最令人激动的是……

3.It excited me that…      让我激动的是……

 

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

用于其他事物时, 指“悦目或大方”。