Lesson72Acarcalledbluebird“藍鳥”汽車【Newwordsandexpressions】（7）racing n.競賽per prep.每Utah n.猶他（美國州名）horsepower n.馬力burst v.爆裂average adj.平均的footstep n.足跡★racing n.競賽race[c]速度競賽eg.ahorserace賽馬比賽aboatrace賽船比賽acarrace汽車比賽n.(廣泛指)競爭，比賽eg.araceforthechampionship冠軍之戰v.和…賽跑（人，馬，車）參加競賽eg.Inthestoryarabbitracedwithatortoise.龜兔賽跑的故事。Thirtycarswillracefortheprize.為了這個獎品30輛汽車將參加比賽。v.疾走，使疾走；趕快eg.Heracedalongthestreetonhisbike.他騎著自行車沿著這條路疾行。n.人種，種族/adj.人種的，種族的eg.thewhiterace白色人種theyellowrace黃色人種theblackrace黑色人種thebrownrace棕色人種theraceproblem種族問題thehumanrace人類racingn.[u]賽馬或賽車的嗜好，運動或職業（做定語）eg.aracingman賽馬迷/賽車迷aracingdriver賽車選手aracingcar比賽用的汽車★per prep.每，每一（用以表示比率，價格，時間，長度等）per后接無冠詞的單數名詞eg.perhour每小時perday每天peryear每年perperson每個人percent百分率century世紀，百年asper(口)按asperinstruction依照指示★horsepower n.馬力意譯：honeymoon蜜月Whitehouse白宮Oxford牛津音譯：CocaCola可口可樂coffee咖啡chocolate巧克力sofa沙發人名:Mary地名：London★burst v.爆裂(1)爆炸，爆裂（burstburstburst）eg.Wehadtoburstthedooropen.我們必須破門而入。=breakintoTheballonsuddenlyburst.氣球突然爆了。Thetyreburst.輪胎爆了。(2)突然…起來，使突然…起來eg.Thedoorburstopen.門突然打開。burstintotears突然大哭起來burstintolaughter突然大笑起來burstintocheers突然歡呼起來★average adj.平均的(1)adj.平均的eg.theaverageage平均年齡theaveragescore平均分數theaveragetemperature平均溫度theaveragespeed平均速度(2)adj.一般的eg.anaveragestudent中等生(3)n.平均數eg.Theaverageof7,8and9is8.7,8,9的平均數是8。Workoutanaverage.算出平均數。(4)[u]普通，標準eg.abovetheaverage高于平均belowtheaverage低于平均ontheaverage平均地（5）v.求得平均數eg.Ifyouaverage7,14and6,youwillget9.假如算7，14和6的平均數，你能得到9。★footstep n.足跡，腳步（聲）eg.Iheardhersoftfootstepsonthestairs.我聽到她走在樓梯上輕輕的腳步聲。followinone’sfootsteps=walkinone’sfootsteps繼承（某人的）事業，效法某人footprint腳印footnote腳注footsore腳痛的footwear鞋類【Text】Thegreatracingdriver,SirMalcolmCampbell,wasthefirstmantodriveatover300milesperhour.HesetupanewworldrecordinSeptember1935atBonnevilleSaltFlats,Utah.Bluebird,thecarhewasdriving,hadbeenspeciallybuiltforhim.Itwasover30feetinlengthandhada2,500horsepowerengine.AlthoughCampbellreachedaspeedofover304milesperhour,hehadgreatdifficultyincontrollingthecarbecauseatyreburstduringthefirstrun.Afterhisattempt,Campbellwasdisappointedtolearnthathisaveragespeedhadbeen299milesperhour.However,afewdayslater,hewastoldthatamistakehadbeenmade.Hisaveragespeedhadbeen301milesperhour.Sincethattime,racingdrivershavereachedspeedsover600milesanhour.Followinginhisfather'sfootstepsmanyyearslater,SirMalcolm'sson,Donald,alsosetupaworldrecord.Likehisfather,hewasdrivingacarcalledBluebird.參考譯文杰出的賽車選手馬爾科姆.坎貝爾爵士是第一個以每小時超過300英里的速度駕車的人。他于1935年9月在猶他州的邦納維爾鹽灘創造了一項新的世界紀錄。他駕駛的“藍鳥”牌汽車是專門為他制造的。它的車身長30英尺，有一個2,500馬力的發動機。盡管坎貝爾達到了每小時超過304英里的速度，但他很難把汽車控制住，因為在開始的行程中爆了一只輪胎。比賽結束后，坎貝爾非常失望地得知他的平均時速是299英里。然而，幾天之后，有人告訴他說弄錯了。他的平均時速實際是301英里。從那時以來，賽車選手已達到每小時600英里的速度。很多年之后，馬爾科姆爵士的兒子唐納德踏著父親的足跡，也創造了一項世界紀錄。同他父親一樣，他也駕駛著一輛名叫“藍鳥”的汽車。【課文講解】1、Thegreatracingdriver,SirMalcolmCampbell,wasthefirstmantodriveatover300milesperhour.Sir爵士，冠于爵士或準爵士的名字之前或名字與姓之前（但不可只用于姓之前）driveat…以…速度駕車at以…（的速度，價格，比率等）eg.Thetrainwastravelingat100kilometersanhour.火車以每小時100公里的速度行駛。Wedroveattopspeed.我們以疾速行駛。Iboughtthesenecktiesat(thepriceof)10dollarseach.我以每條10元的價格買了這條領帶。driveat意指，打算eg.Whatareyoudrivingat?你什么打算呢?在thesecond，thenext/thelast以及表示最高級的如thebest，themostintelligent等后可以用to引導的不定式短語做定語，這些詞語后面可以接名詞或one(s)，也可以不接：eg.She’salwaysthefirsttoarriveandthelasttoleave.You’rethebestpersontoadvisemeaboutbuyingahouse.你是我買房子的最好顧問。theonly后必須接一個名詞或one(s)：You’retheonlyperson/onetoplain.per表示“每一，每”，通常用于商業及技術用語，日常用語大多用a/an：eg.Youcanstayatthehotelat$10perpersonpernight.Youmusthavebeendrivingatseventymilesan/perhour.2、HesetupanewworldrecordinSeptember1935atBonnevilleSaltFlats,Utah.setupanewworldrecord創造新的世界紀錄=buildupanewworldrecord=makeanewworldrecord=createanewworldrecord3、Bluebird,thecarhewasdriving,hadbeenspeciallybuiltforhim.thecarhewasdriving是個同位語成分bebuiltfor為…建造(被動語態)=build…for(主動語態)eg.Hebuiltadoghouseforhisdog.他為他的狗搭了個狗窩。buildup樹立，建立build…on奠定基礎=build…uponeg.Ourbusinessisbuiltontrust.我們的生意建立在信任的基礎上。buildn.體格，造型eg.amanofstrongbuild體格健壯的男人buildern.建設者，建立者，創始者buildingn.建筑物ahighrisebuilding高樓建筑schoolbuilding校舍4、Itwasover30feetinlengthandhada2,500horsepowerengine.inlength長度上inlength–longinwidthwide寬度上inheight–high高度上atlength最后，詳細地，絮叨地Helayatfulllengthonthegrass.他伸展全身躺在草地上。tellastoryatlength詳細地講個故事5、AlthoughCampbellreachedaspeedofover304milesperhour,hehadgreatdifficultyincontrollingthecarbecauseatyreburstduringthefirstrun.havegreatdifficultyindoingsth.做某事有極大的困難=havegreatdifficultydoingsth.controlv.支配，控制eg.Thepolicecouldn’tcontrolthemob.警察無法控制暴徒。Thegovernmentcontrolsthepriceofrice.政府控制米價。克制（情感）,抑制eg.controlone’sanger控制自己的怒火controloneself控制自己n.控制，抑制eg.beyondcontrol控制不住undercontrol在控制之中losecontrolof…對…失去控制thefirstrun開始的行程eg.thenextrunisfortymiles.下一段賽程為40英里。6、Afterhisattempt,Campbellwasdisappointedtolearnthathisaveragespeedhadbeen299milesperhour.attemptn.嘗試，企圖eg.Hemadeanattempttolearntoski.他嘗試想學滑雪。Hefailedinhisattempttowinthefirstprize.=Hefailedinhisattemptatwinningthefirstprize.他想得一等獎的企圖失敗了。v.嘗試…eg.attemptadifficultproblem試著解答難題attemptanescape企圖逃跑attempttodosth.企圖做某事bedisappointedtolearnthat…很失望地得知某事7、However,afewdayslater,hewastoldthatamistakehadbeenmade.Hisaveragespeedhadbeen301milesperhour.makeamistake犯錯誤同義詞：error（比mistake更加正式）eg.Correcterrors,ifany.有錯則改。betoldIamtold…我聽說eg.I’mtoldthatyoucaughtacold.我聽說你感冒了。Younevercantell.誰也不敢說。=Youcannevertell.8、Hisaveragespeedhadbeen301milesperhour.Sincethattime,racingdrivershavereachedspeedsover600milesanhour.sincethattime從那時起=sincethenreachv.伸出（手）以觸到，抓到或拿到某物eg.Ireachedacrossthetableforthejam.我伸手到桌的那側去拿果醬。Wemustreachouttothoseinneed.我們應該伸出援之手，幫助有困難的人。伸手取某物，把某物遞給某人eg.Canyoureachmemyslippers?Theyareunderthebed.你能把拖鞋遞給我嗎？它們在床下。Icanjustaboutreachtheapplesonthetopbranch.我只差一點就能夠著最上面樹上的蘋果了。與（某人）取得聯系，（尤指）給（某人）打eg.Reachherathomeon689174.打689174到她家與她聯系。到達某人/某處那里；達到eg.reachNewYorkbyoneo’clock一點鐘到紐約reachtheendofthechapter讀到這一章的末尾Notasoundreachedourears.我們一點聲音都聽不見。reachaspeedof500mph達到每小時500英里（mph=milesperhour）達成，達到，獲得eg.reachaconclusion