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Leon 56 Faster than sound!【New words and expreions】 ★sound n.声音
① n.声音
sound n.任何声音都可以 voice n.人的声音 noise n.躁音 ② v.听起来
③ adj.合理的（=reasonable adj.合理的, 有道理的）I have a piece of sound advice.我有一个合理的建议。soundly adj.香甜的 sleep soundly ★excitement n.激动, 兴奋
to one's excitement„ 令某人激动的是„„
The most exciting thing is that„ 最令人激动的是„„ It excited me that„ 让我激动的是„„ ★handsome adj.英俊的，漂亮的, 美观的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跟女性连用表示这个女孩子有阳刚气，类似女侠的概念
beautiful 形容人的时候表示内在和外在美的统一, 完美的概念 Flowers are 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.nice adj.美好的(人，天气, 食物, 物品的品质等)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, 常用来形容小孩 What a cute baby!多漂亮的宝宝啊!★explosion n.爆炸, 轰响
explosive n.炸药；adj.爆炸(性)的，explode vt.使爆炸；vi.爆炸，推翻, 激发
bomb n.炸弹；vt.投弹于, 轰炸 The bomb exploded.★course n.跑道，行程
① n.跑道，行程
on the course 按照轨道运行 off course 偏离轨道 of course 当然 ② n.课程
This term, I took/take seven courses.这学期我学了七门课 ★rival n.对手
rival adj.势均力敌的；n.势均力敌的对手
competition n.竞争, 竞赛 competitor n.竞争者, 对手 opposite n.相反的事物；adj.相对的, 相反的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
★speed（sped，sped）v.疾驶
① v.疾驶，急行
The police car sped past us.② 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 ★downhill adv.下坡
downstairs 下楼；upstairs 上楼 go down stairs go downhill 下山
downtown n.&adj.&adv.市中心的商业区（反意词uptown 远离商业区）I'll go to the downtown.【课文讲解】
1、Once a year, a race is held for 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 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 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.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.6、Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them!many students 许多学生；many of my students 我教过的许多学生 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
7、The winning car reached a speed of forty miles 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.any of its rivals＝any 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 competitor8、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（trouble 可/不可）They had some trouble finding out the cause of the fire.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、It was very different from modern car races but no le exciting.modern car race 现代车赛
be different from 和„„不同
no more 和no le都表示“和„„一样”, 相当于only, the same There are no more than 100 students.这个房间仅有一百个学生。no le exciting 一样的激动 no more than you 和你一样
表示“和„„不相同”用not more= more；not le= le not le exciting 更令人激动 【Letter writing】常用开头语：
I am sorry it has taken me so long to write, but„ I was glad to hear from you at last and to learn that„ 【Key structures】 比较关系的句型 as„as 和„„一样
the same(„)as 与„„相同/同样 You’ve made the same mistake as Tom.有时the same可以单独使用： My mother is much younger than yours.She isn’t!They’re about the same age.Those two dre are the same.not so„as / not as„as 不如„„
different from 与„„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!
Reach and Arrive in/at
reach vt.到达，达到（适用的范围比较广，不仅仅限于地点）When you reach my age, you’ll be able to understand it.Can you get that book down for me please? I can’t reach it.arrive vi.到达，抵达
在表示到达某个较大的地方时用arrive in，到达某个较小的地方/场所用arrive at We’re 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 isn’t much sugar/aren’t many sweets, but you can have a little/few.much 和many 通常用于否定句和疑问句（正式文体除外）。在日常谈话中，通常避免在肯定句中使用
much和many，而用别的数量词。口语中用得最多的表示“许多”的数量词是a lot of，它既可以与复数可
数名词连用也可以与不可数名词连用，后面的动词用单数还是复数取决于名词。比a lot of正式一些的表达
方式有：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。
在 what 引导的感叹句中不用much/many： What a lot of sweets Tom’s bought!I am le lucky.我还不如他们幸运.more exciting 更激动= not le exciting.【Special difficulties】
Handsome, Beautiful, Pretty, Good-looking handsome adj.漂亮的，英俊的，一般用来形容男子，也可以指东西的制作精良 beautiful adj.美丽的，给人美感的，令人愉悦的，完美的，强调内在和外在的结合，用来形容女
子、孩童、花草、服饰等，一般不用来形容男子的长相
pretty adj.漂亮的，可爱的，令人怜爱的，强调女孩和小孩的外表美丽 good-looking adj.好看的，标致的，美貌的，男女均适用 My furniture is good-looking.When I arrived at the station, the train had already gone.Take part and Take place take part(in)参加，参与
I didn’t take part in their conversation.It was the lodest car taking part.take place＝happen 发生，进行，举行 What happened? = What took place? All these took place before you were born.The Olympic Games will take place in our country in four years’
time.
