L72 新概念二册.ppt

1、A car called BlueBird,New words and expressions,1. racing n. 竞赛 2. per prep. 每 3. Utah n. 犹他（美国州名） 4. horsepower n. 马力 5. burst v. 爆裂 6. average adj. 平均的 7. footstep n. 足迹,racing n. 竞赛 实际应用：赛车 car racing 赛马 horse racing per prep. 每 The car is travelling at 70 miles per hour. The apples cost 1 yuan p

2、er kilogram. burst v. 爆裂 One more cake, I will burst. 再吃一块蛋糕，我就撑了。 Everybody burst into laughter when the clown appeared in the funny hat. 词组拓展： burst out burst with anger 迸发；突发 勃然大怒 burst into tears burst into the room 放声大哭 闯入房间,4. average adj. 平均的；平常的，普通的 The number of visitors reaches 30 people a

3、 day on average. 每天来的游客数量达到了平均一天30个人。 词组拓展： above the average on the average 在一般水平以上, 中上 平均, 按平均数计 5. footstep n. 足迹，脚印；脚步声 Did you hear footstep behind us? 你听到身后的脚步声了吗？ 词组拓展： follow in the footsteps of 效法某人 dog ones footsteps 尾随某人, 钉梢,A car called bluebird,The great racing driver， Sir Malcolm Campb

4、ell， was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.,在the second，the next/the last以及表示最高级的如the best，the most intelligent等后可以用to引导的不定式短语做定语，这些词语后面可以接名词或one(s)，也可以不接：Shes always the first to arrive and the last to leave.,He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats， U

5、tah. Bluebird， the car he was driving， had been specially built for him.,It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2，500-horsepower engine. Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour， he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run.,After his

6、attempt， Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour. However， a few days later， he was told that a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since that time， racing drivers have reached speeds over 600 miles an hour.,Attempt try

7、endeavour strive 这些动词均含有“试图，努力，力图”之意。 attempt: 较正式用词，侧重已经开始，且希望完成，但常隐含着不一定有预期的结果。 try: 普通用词，可与attempt换用，但强调努力或尝试，后跟不定式表示努力或争取；后跟动名词表示尝试。 endeavour: 正式用词，指尽最大努力、认真地克服困难去做某事。 strive: 和endeavour一样，表示付出巨大努力，但strive侧重劳累与紧张，而不强调努力的结果。,Following in his fathers footsteps many years later， Sir Malcolms son， Donald， also set up a world record. Like his father， he was driving a car called Bluebird.,参考译文,杰出的赛车选手马尔科姆。坎贝尔爵士是第一个以每小时超过300英里的速度驾车的人。 他于1935年9月在犹他州的邦纳维尔盐滩创造了一项新的世界纪录。他驾驶的“蓝鸟”牌汽车是专门为他制造的。 它的车身长30英尺，有一个2，500 马力的发动机。尽管坎贝尔达到了每小时超过304英里的速度，但他很难把汽车控制住，因为在开始的行程中爆了一只轮胎。 比赛结束后，坎贝尔非常失望地得知他的平均时速是299