新概念英语-第二册-Lesson-56教学教材

• I have a piece of sound advice.
• sound adj. 香甜的
• I had a sound sleep last night.
★excitement n. 激动, 兴奋 • to one's excitement… 令某人激动的是…… • to one's surprise 令某人惊讶的是...... • to one's joy令某人高兴的是...... • to one's disappointment令某人失望的是...... • excite vt.使激动； • excited adj.感到激动的 • exciting adj.令人激动的
• 1. What kind of race is held once a year? • A race for old cars. • 2. It was held last year, wasn’t it? • Yes, it was. • 3. How many cars entered for it? • A lot of cars. • 4. Which was one of the most handsome? • A Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. • 5. Which was the most unusual? • A Benz with three wheels.
★course • 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 seven courses.
★rival n. 对手 • competitor n. 竞争者, 对手 • enemy n. 敌人
• 6. When was it built? • In 1885. • 7. Was there another car as old as the Benz? • No, there wasn’t. • 8. Was there a lot of excitement before the race? • Yes, there was. • 9. Was there just one loud explosion? • No, there wasn’t. • 10. What happened to many of the cars on the course? • They broke down.
many a • 只能修饰不可数名词的量词： • a great deal of; a large amount of ；much • 两者皆可修饰的量词：
• 11. Where did some drivers spend a lot of their time?
• Under their cars. • 12. How many cars completed the race? • A few cars did.
• Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.
• Flowers are beautiful.
• pretty • 美丽(用于女孩或小孩)，有柔美的意思 • 跟男性连用就表示没有阳刚气，女性化 • pretty boy / pretty girl / pretty woman
★explosion n. 爆炸, 轰响 • 在第二次爆炸之后，伦敦的主要火车和地铁站都关闭了。
★speed（sped，sped）
• ① v. 疾驶，急行
• 警车急驰而过，超过了我们。

• The police car sped past us.
• ② n. 速度
• at the speed of 以……的速度
• speed up
速度的增加, 加速
• slow down 减速
★downhill adv. 下坡 • downstairs 楼下 • upstairs 楼上 • go downstairs 下楼 • go downhill 下山 • downtown 市中心的商业区
• be held for为了...被举办
• enter for报名参加 take part in 参加
• a lot of 许多（修饰可数名词复数和不可数 名词）=lots of
• a great deal of 许多（修饰不可数名词）
• 只能修饰可数名词的量词(许多)： • a (large)number of ; a great many; many;
• After the second explosion, all of London's main train and subway stations were shut down.
• explode • vt. 使爆炸；vi. 爆炸
• bomb • n. 炸弹；vt. 投弹于, 轰炸
• The bomb exploded.
★handsome adj. 漂亮的, 美观的 • 形容男孩, 英俊, 一般修饰男性 • 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
• 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
• 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.
新概念英语-第二册-Lesson-56
★sound
• ① n. 声音 • sound • voice • noise
n. 任何声音都可以 n. 人的声音 n. 和周围不和谐的声音, 躁音
• ② v. 听起来
• 这听起来不错。
• That sounds good.
• ③ adj. 等于reasonable 合理的, 通情达理的