内容正文:
新概念英语二
Lesson 72 A car called Bluebird
教学目标:
1. 掌握burst、average、footstep、run(有关的短语)等重点词汇及短语。
2. 掌握该课重点句型及结构:
(1)现在分词做状语
(2)让步状语从句
(3)have difficulty in doing、follow one’s step
3. 能够独立完成课后练习。
4. 熟悉背诵文章,并能够学以致用
课文回顾:
The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He __________________________________________________(创立一项新的世界纪录) in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been specially built for him. It was over ______________(30英尺长) and had a 2500 horse-power engine. Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he ____________________________________
_____________________________(很难把汽车控制住) because a tyre burst during the first run. After his a______________, Campbell was d______________ to learn that his a__________ speed had been 299 miles per hour. However, a few days later, he was told that a mistake had been made. His a_____________ speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds of over 400 miles an hour. _____________________________(踏着父亲的足迹) many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird.
Part I
There are four choices marked [A] [B] [C] and [D] for each sentence below. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
从[A]、[B]、[C]、[D]四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Not only _________interested in football but _________beginning to show an interest in it.
A. the teacher himself is; all his students are
B. the teacher himself is; are all the students
C. is the teacher himself; are all his students
D. is the teacher himself; all his students are
2. The annual death rate in the United States is 11 per thousand, ________ that of Latin America is 23 per thousand.
A. when B. while C. however D. though
3. As is well known to us, _________ a force of attraction between two objects.
A. it always exists B. there always exists
C. it always exis