新概念第二册56课.doc

Lesson 56 Faster than sound 比声音还快【一】 lead-in 1. Do you like cars?2. How many kinds of brands of cars do you know?3. Have you ever seen a car race? What do you think of it?【二】 Vocabularysound n. 声音 sound n. 任何声音都可以 voice n. 人的声音 noise n. 和周围不和谐的声音, 躁音 v. 听起来 That sounds good. The news sounds real. adj. 合理的 , 有道理的, 通情达理的, 讲道理的（等于 reasonable） I have a piece of sound advice. 我有一个合理的建议。 +ly 一般变副词时 soundly adj. 香甜的 sleep soundly excitement n. 激动, 兴奋 Everyone is in a state of great excitement.to ones excitement 令某人激动的是 To everyones excitement, though it was very difficult, he won the prize.exciting adj. 令人激动的 （形容物）The most exciting thing is that 最令人激动的是 The most surprising thing about it is that 最令人惊讶的事情是 excited adj. 令人激动的 （形容人）I was excited by the news.It excited me that 让我激动的是 handsome adj. 漂亮的, 美观的 handsome adj. 形容男孩, 英俊, 一般与男孩子连如 handsome 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；与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 Your husband is handsome.This is a handsome car.beautiful adj.漂亮的，美丽的 形容人的时候表示内在和外在美的统一, 完美的概念You look beautiful. Flowers are beautiful. The picture is beautiful. pretty adj. 美丽(用于女孩或小孩)，有柔美的意思pretty跟男性连用就表示没有阳刚气，女性化 Your wife is pretty. pretty boy / pretty girl / pretty woman nice adj. 美好的(人，天气, 食物, 物品的品质等) You are nice. 你长得不错 lovely adj. 可爱的 This is a lovely story. 这是一个可爱的故事 good-looking adj. 很好看的 smart adj. 小巧而美丽的(物)或时髦而美丽的(人) She is smart. cute adj.漂亮, 可爱的 常用来形容小孩 The baby is cute. What a cute baby! 多漂亮的宝宝啊! How cute you are! 你多漂亮啊!(可爱啊!) Rolls-Royce 罗尔斯-罗伊斯Benz 奔驰 wheel 轮子explosion n. 爆炸, 轰响 a great many loud explosionsexplosive n. 爆炸物,炸药；adj. 爆炸(性)的, 爆发(性)的, 暴露 explode vt. 使爆炸；vi. 爆炸, 爆发, 破除, 推翻, 激发 bomb n. 炸弹；vt. 投弹于, 轰炸 The bomb exploded. course n. 跑道，行程 n. 跑道，行程 on the course 按照轨道运行 off course 偏离轨道 of course 当然 n. 课程 This term, I took/take seven courses. 这学期我学了七门课rival n. 对手 competition n. 竞争, 竞赛 The person takes part in the competition. competitor n. 竞争者, 对手 opposite n. 相反的事物；adj. 相对的, 对面的, 对立的, 相反的, 对等的, 对应的 opponent n. 对手, 反对者(持反对意见的人, 如辩论赛上的和政治上的) enemy n. 敌人 rival adj. 势均力敌的；n. 势均力敌的对手 speed（sped，sped） v. 疾驶，急行 The police car sped past us. The two men sped out of the room. n. 速度 at the speed of 以的速度 The car goes at the speed of 40 miles an hour / at 40 miles an hour. speed up 速度的增加, 加速；slow down 减速 blow up 风力的增加 blow vt. & vi.（风） 吹 downhill adv. 下坡 downstairs 下楼；upstairs 上楼 go downstairs go downhill 下山 downtown n.&adj.&adv. 市中心的商业区（反意词uptown 远离商业区） Ill go to the downtown.【三】 Listen1. How often is the race held? Did a lot of old cars enter for the race or not?2. Did many of the cars break down on the course or not?3. What happened when the winning car was at the end of the race?Answers: The race is held once a year. A lot of old cars entered for the race.Many of the cars broke down on the course. .It sped downhill at the end of the race.【四】 Text1. Once a year, a race is held for old cars.Once 一次once +表示时间的名词 每一次once a year 一年一次once a month/week 一月/周一次twice a year 一年两次曾经The house where she lived was once the village post office.We once walked across the park at two in the morning. Be held 被动语态 被举行 heldhold vt. 举行，拿住，保留，保存He held the gun in his right hand.Please hold your paper. 2. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.enter for 报名参加a great deal of 大量的 ，许多（后接不可数）a great number of +可数名词a great many +可数名词a large amount of +不可数名词a lot of +可数/不可数just before :just 起强调的意思3. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.One of 直接作主语时，它是做单数用One of the answers is true.One of the people is good.如果在定语从句中one of 作先行词时，后面的关系代词指代的是后面的复数名词。如果在one of 前面加only 修饰，则后面的关系代词指代的是one这个词，作单数看，4. Built in 1885,it was the oldest car taking part.The car was built in 1885.It was the oldest car taking part in the race.Take part in 参加 join in Take place 发生（按计划的，必然会发生） happen 指偶然发生take the place of 代替5. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them. break down （机械等）出故障 失败，瓦解Negotiations between the two sides have broken down. (健康状况)变恶劣，垮Her health broke down under the pressure of work.Under the car 指在车子下面修理车In the car 指正常驾驶6. A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hourmuch faster than any of its rivals.A few 表示肯定Few 表示否定A speed of +数量词 速度为Much faster 快的多， a little faster 快一点Any of its rivals = any rival 任何一个7. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. At the end of 在的末尾/最后的部分 He spoke a few words at the end of the meeting. Have trouble (in)doing sth, 干有麻烦，做有困难 He had some trouble finding out the cause of the fire. 8. The race gave everyone a great of pleasure. give sb. Pleasure 给某人带了欢乐eg. It gave me great pleasure to meet you. give sb a surprise 给某人一个惊喜 Give sb a fright 吓某人一跳9. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.Be different from 和不同No less 和一样 仍然 相当于the same stillNo less exciting 一样的激动You are no less rich than him.【五】 Key structures1.He is as old as I am. 他和我同龄2. 她并不像我们想象的那样聪