新概念英语第二册56课PPT课件.ppt

1、Lesson 56 Faster than sound!,Read the text, trying to keep in mind some important details, then close your books and answer the following questions.,1. How often is the race held? 2. Why was a Benz unusual in last years race? 3. When was the oldest car built? 4. Why did some drivers spend more time

2、under their cars than in them? 5. What was the speed of the winning car? 6. Why did the driver of the winning car have a lot of trouble trying to stop it? 7. What did the race bring to people?,【New words and expressions】 sound n. 声音 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

3、+ adj./n. adj. 合理的（等于reasonable adj.合理的, 有道理的, 通情达理的, 讲道理的） I have a piece of sound advice. 我有一个合理的建议。 soundly adv. deeply, completely He sleeps soundly.,excitement n. 激动, 兴奋 to ones excitement 令某人激动的是 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 It ex

4、cited me that 让我激动的是,handsome adj. 漂亮的, 美观的 handsome adj. 形容男孩, 英俊, 一般与男孩子连用 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；handsome跟女性连用的时 候就表示这个女孩子有阳刚气，类似女侠的概念 Your husband is handsome. beautiful 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

5、孩或小孩)，有柔美之意 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.漂亮的，可爱的 常用来形容小孩 The bab

6、y 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!),explosion n. 爆炸, 轰响 explosive 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

7、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 who takes part in the competition. competitor n. 竞争者, 对手 rival 和competitor 都可以指比赛中的竞争者 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, 同某人对立的敌方) enemy n. 敌人 rival adj. 势均力敌的；n. 势均

8、力敌的对手,speed（sped，sped） v. 疾驶 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. 在车后的3 speed/4 speed表示档位 speed up 速度的增加, 加速；slow down 减速 blow up 风力的增加,1、Once a year, a race is held for

9、 old cars. =Old car race is held once a year. once +表示时间的名词 每一次 The postman calls once/twice a day. be held for 比赛为而举行,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 +不可数名词 大量的 There was/is a great deal

10、of excitement. 人们非常激动 a great number of +可数名词 a great many +可数名词 许多 a large amount of +不可数名词 just before =just 起强调作用,3、One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. one of 直接作主语的时候, 它是做单数看待的 One of the answers is ture. One of those people is good. 如果在定语从句中出现了one of作为先行词，它后边的关系代词指代的是后

11、面的复数名词；如果在one of前面还有一修饰词only，那么后边的关系代词将指代one这个词，才作单数看 。 He is the only one of those rare people who believes in ancient myths. He is one of those rare people who believe in ancient myths.,4、Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. The car was built in 1885. taking part 理解为taking part (in th

12、e race) 5、After a great many loud explosions, the race began. after explosions 许多爆炸声之后,6、Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them! many cars ；many of the cars many students ；many of my students some pictures ；some of the pictures most p

13、eople; most of the people break down 车子抛锚，（机械等）出故障，出毛病 This morning I was late for work, because my car broke down twice. under the car指在车下面修理；in the car指正常驾驶。句中的under 和in都是斜体，英文中的斜体字起强调作用 spent more time under their cars than in them 他们花在车下的时间比在车里的时间还多,7、The winning car reached a speed of forty mil

14、es an hour - much faster than any of its rivals. the wining car 获胜车 a speed of +数量词 速度为 You must have been driving at a speed of seventy miles an hour. much faster 快得多；a little faster 快一点 any of its rivalsany rival 任何一个 any 在比较级中一旦出现, 它往往要加可数名词的单数 Beijing is bigger than any other city. （注意 “other” 不

15、能丢） 如果是不定代词, 可以说someone else, anyone else；如果不是不定代词, 要在名词前加other. any other competitor,8、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/最后部分 He spoke a few words at the end of the meeting. have trouble (in) doing sth. 干有麻烦，做很困难（troubl

16、e既可数又不可数） They had some trouble finding out the cause of the fire. difficulty,9、The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. give sb.+n. 给某人 give sb. pleasure It will give sb. a great deal of pleasure. =There was a great deal of excitement. give sb. a fright 吓了某人一跳 give sb. a surprise 给某人一个惊喜,10

17、、It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting. be different from 和不同 A is much different from B. no more和no less都表示“和一样”, 相当于only, the same There are no more than 10 students in the room. 这个房间仅有10个学生。 no less exciting 一样的激动 no more than you 和你一样 not less exciting 更令人激动 Hearing th

18、e news, I was not less surprised than you.,【Key structures】 比较关系的句型 asas 和一样 the same () as 与相同/同样 Youve made the same mistake as Tom. 有时the same可以单独使用： My mother is much younger than yours. She isnt! Theyre about the same age. Those two dress are the same.,not soas / not asas 不如 be different from 与

19、不同（different前面可加very，much，a little等修饰语） Is French food very different from Italian food? A Frenchman could tell you better than I can! Were planning something different this year from what we did last year. litte和 few在口语中多用not much，not many代替： There isnt much sugar/arent many sweets, but you can have a little/few.,much , many a lot of lots of a great/good deal of+不可数名词 a great/good/large number of+复数名词， a great/good many of+复数名词。,Review,Summary writing,A lot of old cars entered for the race, whi