新概念二Lesson56 课堂内容

Faster than sound!

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

Part 1 Basic words and expressions just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a 1. sound n.声音 Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz Rolls-Royce Silver which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car We heard sounds of laughter from the next room. 我们听到隔壁房间传来的阵阵笑声。 taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began. The sounds from the next room woke up the child. 隔壁房间传来的喧闹声把孩子弄醒了。

Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time their cars than in them! A few cars, 2. excitement under n.激动，兴奋 however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed The boys were running in excitement. 男孩们兴奋地跑来跑去。

of forty miles an hour--much faster than any of its rivals. It sped The visiting pop-singer was an excitement to everyone in town. downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble 流行歌手的到来使镇上每个人都感到兴奋。 trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of 3. handsome adj.漂亮的，美观的 pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less John is a very handsome young man. 约翰是一个非常英俊的年轻人。 exciting. 4. Rolls-Royce 劳斯莱斯 5. Benz n.奔驰 6. wheel n.轮子

There are four wheels in a car.

7. explosion n.爆炸，轰响

There was a terrible explosion at the chemical plant. 那家化工厂发生了一起可怕的爆炸事故。

The explosion was heard miles away. 那爆炸声几英里外都可以听到。 8. course n.跑道；行程

Many of the cars broke down on the course. 很多汽车在途中抛锚了。

9. rival n.对手

They are rivals for the same job. 他们是同一个工作的竞争对手。

He is the rival which lets me admire. 他是让我佩服的对手。

10. speed (sped, sped) n.速度 v. 加速

The train is traveling at a speed of eighty miles an hour. 火车正以每小时八十英里的速度行驶。

The train soon speeded up. 火车不久就加快了速度。 11. downhill adv.下坡

Business has been going downhill recently. 近来生意在走下坡路。

12. 短语复习

once a year, enter for, a great deal of, one of, a great many, break down, a few, at the end of

Part 2 Structure and Vocabulary

1. A. lot of cars entered for this race. There were ________ cars in it.

A. much A. It built A. an older A. ran A. the same as A. pretty A. used A. knocks A. were in pieces A. opponents

B. lot of B. Built B. the oldest B. ran with B. the same with B. beautiful B. common B. hits

B. were broken up B. enemies

C. lots of C. It was built C. an elder C. went at C. same with C. seemly C. vulgar C. bangs C. couldn’t go C. competitors

D. plenty of D. Having built D. the eldest D. drove with D. same as D. nice D. accustomed D. thumps D. were spoilt D. partners

2. ________ in 1885. so it was the oldest car in the race. 3. It was the oldest car taking part. There wasn’t ________ one.

4. It reached a speed of forty miles an hour. It ________ forty miles an hour. 5. It was different from modern cars. It wasn’t ________ modern cars. 6. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce. It was a ________ car. 7. The most unusual car was a Benz. It wasn’t a ________ car. 8. There were many loud explosions. There were many loud ________. 9. Many of the cars broke down. They ________.

10. It went faster than any of its rivals. It went faster than its ________.

Part 3 Grammar

一、表示比较的句型

形容词、副词原级、比较级、最高级的用法 （1）原级用法

1）只能修饰原级的词：very，quite，so，too。

如：He is too tired to walk on. 他太累了以至于不能再继续走了。

My brother runs so fast that I can’t follow him. 我弟弟跑得那么快以至于我跟不上他。

2）“as+形容词、副词原级+as”

如：My handwriting is as beautiful as yours.

I love music as much as Betty does.

3）“not as/so+形容词、副词原级+as” 如：She is not so busy as him.

She doesn’t dress so/as strangely as the other girls.

4）“甲+be+(倍数)+as+形容词原级+as+乙”，表示“甲和乙程度相同”或“甲是乙的几倍”。例如：Tom is as old as Kate. 汤姆和凯特年龄一样大。

Tom is twice as old as Kate. 汤姆的年龄是凯特的二倍。

5）“甲+实意动词+(倍数)+as+副词原级+as+乙”，表示“甲和乙程度相同”或“甲是乙的几倍”。例如：Tom runs as fast as Mike. 汤姆和迈克跑得一样快。

Tom runs twice as fast as Mike. 汤姆跑得速度是迈克的二倍。 （2）比较级

1）形容词/副词比较级+than句型，在than后面的人称代词用主语和宾语均可。 如：He is older than I / me.

但是如果人称代词后有动词时，则只能用主格形式。 如：Tom found more red leaves than I did.

2）“甲+ be + the +形容词比较级+of the two+……”，表示“甲是两者中较……的”。 如：Look at the two boys. My brother is the taller of the two. 看那两个男孩，我弟弟是两个当中较高的那个。 3）“比较级+and+比较级”表示“越来越……”。

如：He is getting taller and taller. 他变得越来越高了。 4）“the+比较级，the+比较级”表示“越……，越……”。

如：The more careful you are，the fewer mistakes you’ll make. 你越认真，犯的错误越少。 5）“特殊疑问词+be+形容词比较级，甲or乙？”。

如：Which is bigger, the earth or the moon? 哪一个大，地球还是月球？ “特殊疑问词+实意动词+副词比较级，甲or乙？”。

如：Who draws better, Jenny or Danny? 谁画得比较好，詹妮还是丹尼？ （3）形容词、副词最高级用法

表示在三者或三者以上中程度最高的比较方式，副词前的定冠词the可以省略。 “the+形容词、副词最高级+…”

如：Jack is the tallest student in his class.

Of all the subjects, I like English (the) best.

3. 修饰形容词、副词比较级的副词。

可以修饰比较级的词有much，a lot，far，…的多；a little，a bit，…一点儿；even甚至，still仍然；但very不能和比较级连用。

如：Lesson One is much easier than Lesson Two. Tom looks even younger than before.

第一课比第二课容易得多。

汤姆甚至比以前更年轻。

这辆火车比那辆跑地快。 她开车仍然比她丈夫认真。

This train runs much faster than that one.

She drives still more carefully than her husband.

Exercise 1 根据句意用词的适当形式填空。

1. The road is as________ (long) as that one, but it is ________ (wide) than that one. 2. Lucy is three years________ (old) than I.

3. Her handwriting isn’t so________ (good) as yours. 4. Lesson Two is________ (easy) than Lesson Three.

5. The Beijing Library is one of ________ (big) libraries in China. 6. Look! The little boy is running________ (fast) and________ (fast). 7. He is ________ (busy) worker in our workshop.

8. Lesson 4 is________ (easy) than Lesson 6, but is not so________ (interesting) as Lesson 6. 9. The more you learn, the________ (great) knowledge you will get. 10. The zoo is the________ (beautiful) of the two.

二、易混淆词汇辨析

1. handsome, beautiful, pretty, good-looking

(1) beautiful （美丽的），多用于女性，一般不用于男性。注意它是一个语气很强的词，着重指脸蛋迷

人，体形匀称，比例完美，如：a beautiful girl （美女）。另外，它也可用来指小孩或事物。如：a beautiful girl / picture 美丽的小姑娘、图片。

(2) handsome 多用于男性，意为“英俊的”。如：a handsome young man （英俊的小伙），有时也用

于女性（一般只用于成年女性，不用于少女），意为“体态健壮”或“端庄稳重”。如：Do you describe her as beautiful or handsome？ （你是说她美丽呢，还是端庄稳重？）另外，它可用于事物，意为“美丽的”、“堂皇的”。如：a handsome building （堂皇的建筑）。

(3) pretty （漂亮的）与beautiful一样，也只用于女性、小孩或事物，但语气不如beautiful 强。它侧

重指“娇小”。如：a pretty boy box 一个漂亮的小男孩/盒子。 (4) good-looking （好看的）可用于男性或女性。但一般不用于事物。 Eg： He is a very handsome young man.

She used to be very pretty as a child. She is now a beautiful woman. She’s a very good-looking girl, and her boyfriend is good-looking, too. 2. reach, arrive

两者含义均为“到达某地”，但reach是及物动词，arrive是不及物动词，后加at表示小地点，加in表示大地点。除此之外，reach还有“到达（某种程度）、够得着”等含义。 Eg: The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour. Will you pass me that book please? I can’t reach it.

We arrived in New York yesterday. We arrived at the station in good time. 3. take part, take place

take part一般和in连用，表示参加，参与什么活动或聚会，着重在事件的参与者； take place后直接接n. 表示发生，举行之意，着重在事件的发出者。 Eg: It was the oldest car taking part.

The next race will take part in a year’s time.

Part 4 写作练习