新概念英語第二冊 Lesson 72

新概念英語第二冊-Lesson 72

第一部分 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS

第二部分 TEXT

The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. 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 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 mites an hour. Following in his father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird.

參考譯文

傑出的賽車選手馬爾科姆·坎貝爾爵士是第一個以每小時超過300英里的速度駕車的人。他於1935年9月在猶他州的邦納維爾鹽灘創造了一項新的世界紀錄。他駕駛的"藍鳥"牌汽車是專門爲他製造的。它的車身長30英尺，有一個 2,500馬力的發動機。儘管坎貝爾達到了每小時超過304英里的速度，但他很難把汽車控制住，因爲在開始的行程中爆了一隻輪胎。比賽結束後，坎貝爾非常失望地得知他的平均時速是299英里。然而，幾天之後，有人告訴他說弄錯了。他的平均時速實際是301英里。從那時以來，賽車選手已達到每小時 600英里的速度。很多年之後，馬爾科姆爵士的兒子唐納德踏着父親的足跡，也創造了一項世界紀錄。同他父親一樣，他也駕駛着一輛名叫"藍鳥"的汽車。

第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS

1、The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man
to drive at over 300 miles per hour.
to引導的不定式短語爲 the first man的定語
per表示"每一"、"每"，通常用於商業及技術用語，日常用語大多用 a/an:
Ex
You can stay at the hotel at￡ 10 per person per night.
You must have been driving at seventy miles an/per hour.

2、He set up a new world record in September 1935.
set up:創造，建立

3、After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour. 
 語言點
disappoint:令...失望
The answer must have disappointed him.
You disappoint me: I had expected you to behave More responsibly.

disappointing:a.令人失望的
The results have generally been disappointing.
The father was discouraged by the disappointing progress of his son.

disappointed:失望的
He was disappointed that the other side had won.
I was disappointed to learn that the fee would be only fifteen pounds.

disappointment:n.失望
To my disappointment, she came with her mother.
He said it was a disappointment,but not a disaster.

4、 Following in his father's footsteps many years later...
following in one's footsteps:踏着某人的足跡;爲固定短語，表示"步某人的後塵"、"仿效某人"或"繼承某人的事業"

第四部分 KEY STRUCTURES AND USAGE

 課文中複雜句分析

=>The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell,（同位語） was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.
=>Although （讓步狀語從句） Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the car because （原因狀語從句） a tyre burst during the first run.
=>Following in his father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. 

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Exercises

一、中譯英
1、他們力圖在敵對雙方之間開始對話
2、政府聲稱他們正在對這件事情展開調查
3、她追尋這她姐姐的足跡
4、日本在這項技術上的成功促使其他國家競相效仿

二、課文理解
1 One of these statements is true. Which one?
(a) There was some doubt whether Sir Malcolm had maintained an average speed of 301 miles per hour.
(b) Sir Malcolm set up a new world record recently.
(c) Sir Malcolm's average speed was 299 miles per hour.
(d) Sir Malcolm's car had a 250-horsepower engine.

2 One of these statements is true. Which one?
(a) No one has ever driven faster than Sir Malcolm Campbell.
(b) Donald Campbell couldn't beat his father's record.
(c) More than one racing driver has driven faster than 300 miles per hour
since Sir Malcolm set up his record.
(d) Donald Campbell drove at 400 miles an hour.

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