新概念第二冊(cè)Lesson56課件

1、Lesson 56Faster than soundListen and answer the question:How fast did the winning car go?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

2、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, com

3、pleted 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 bu

4、t no less exciting. Key words and expressions 1.sound n 聲音: v 聽起來; adj 合理的 等于reasonable i have a piece of sound advice 我有一個(gè)合理的建議soundly香甜的sleep soundlyvoice人的聲音noise和周圍不和諧的聲音，躁音2.excitement n 激動(dòng)，興奮:to ones excitement令人激動(dòng)的是the most exciting thing is that 最令人激動(dòng)的是the most surprising thing about it is t

5、hatit excited me that讓我激動(dòng)的是3. handsome adj 漂亮的，美觀的you look _. (beautiful, pretty, nice, lovely, good-looking, smart小巧而美麗的（物）,時(shí)髦而美麗的（人）,cute漂亮，常用來形容小孩)4.Rolls-Royce 羅樂斯-羅伊斯5.Benz n 奔馳6.wheel n 輪子7.explosion n 爆炸，轟響explode vexplosive n 炸藥bomb n 炸彈the bomb exploded8. course n 跑道，行程on the course按照軌道運(yùn)行of

6、f course 偏離軌道course n 課程this term， i took seven courses這學(xué)期我學(xué)了七門課9.rival n 對(duì)手competition n 競(jìng)爭(zhēng)，競(jìng)賽competitor：the person who takes part in the competition競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者，對(duì)手opposite相反的opponent n 對(duì)手，持相反意見的人enemy敵人rival勢(shì)均力敵的，勢(shì)均力敵的對(duì)手10. speed v 疾駛: sped spedspeed 速度at the speed of 以.的速度the car goes at the speed of 40 m

7、iles/hour在車后的3 speed/4 speed表示檔位blow up風(fēng)力的增加speed up速度的增加，加速slow down減速11. downhill adv 下坡downstairs下樓upstairs上樓go down stairsgo downhill 下山downtown市中心的商業(yè)區(qū)ill go to the downtown listen , answer and readQuestions on the textWhat kind of race is held once a year?It was held last year, wasnt it?How man

8、y cars entered for it?Which was one of the most handsome?Which was the most unusual?When was it built?Was there another car as old as the Benz?Was there a lot of excitement before the race?Was there just one loud explosion?What happened to many of the cars on the course?Where did some drivers spend

9、a lot of their time?How many cars completed the race? Text study1once a year,每年一次。 once+表示時(shí)間的名詞可以表示“每一次”： The postman calls once a day. 郵遞員每天來一次。 2. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. 去年有很多汽車參加了這項(xiàng)比賽。比賽開始之前，人們異常激動(dòng)。 enter for表示“

10、報(bào)名參加”。（cf第8課詞匯學(xué)習(xí)） much, a great / good deal of 和 a little of 用于修飾不可數(shù)名詞3. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. 最漂亮的汽車之一是羅爾斯-羅伊斯生產(chǎn)的銀鬼汽車。4. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885,it was the oldest car taking part. 而最不尋常的一輛則要屬只有3只輪子的奔馳牌汽車了。該車造

11、于1885年，是參賽車中最老的一輛。 built引導(dǎo)的過去分詞短語起狀語的作用，說明動(dòng)作發(fā)生的背景或情況。主句可以補(bǔ)全為it was the oldest car taking part in the race。 5. 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! 在好一陣喧鬧的爆炸聲之后，比賽開始了。很多汽車在途中就拋了錨，而

12、有些駕駛員花在汽車底下的時(shí)間比坐在汽車?yán)锩娴臅r(shí)間還長(zhǎng)。 break down為固定短語，其含義之一是“（機(jī)械等）出故障”、“出毛病”： This morning I was late for work, because my car broke down twice. 6. 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. 然而還是有幾輛汽車跑完了全程。獲勝的那輛車達(dá)到了時(shí)速40英里

13、遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過任何對(duì)手。 （1）winning為現(xiàn)在分詞作定語： Those of the winning team jumped happily. 獲勝隊(duì)的隊(duì)員們高興地跳著。 （2）表示速度為多少時(shí)可用a speed of+數(shù)量詞這個(gè)結(jié)構(gòu)： You must have been driving at a speed of seventy miles an hour. 你剛才一定是以每小時(shí)70英里的速度在開車。 （3）破折號(hào)后面的部分補(bǔ)充說明這個(gè)速度。much是用得較多的 與比較級(jí)連用的修飾語： Houses are much more expensive these days. 7. It spe

14、d downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. 它在接近終點(diǎn)時(shí)，沖下了山坡，駕駛員費(fèi)了好大勁才把車停下來。 （1）speed作不及物動(dòng)詞時(shí)可以表示“疾駛”、“急行”等含義： The police car sped past us. The two men sped out of the room. （2）表示“在的末尾最后部分”時(shí)可以用at the end of這個(gè)短語： Ill return the books to you at the end of the w

15、eek/ month. He spoke a few words at the end of the meeting. （3）表示“做某事遇到麻煩困難”時(shí)可以用have trouble doing sth. ： They had some trouble finding out the cause of the fire. 8. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting. 這次比賽使每個(gè)人都挺開心。它雖然與現(xiàn)代汽車比賽大不相同，但激動(dòng)人心的程度并不亞于現(xiàn)代汽車大賽。2. Lets have a discussion Retell the storyOnce a year-race-old carsA lot-last year-excitement-beganMost h