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【New words and expressions】生詞和短語(yǔ)（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

★burst v. 爆裂

① vi. 爆炸，爆裂

A tyre burst during the second run.

The balloon burst.

② vt.& vi. 突然打開(kāi)

We burst the door open.

While I was reading, the door burst open and John came in.

【Text】

The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He set

up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, had

been specially built for him. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500-horsepower engine. Although Campbell

reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst

during the first run. After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299

miles per hour. However, a few days later, he was told that a mistake had been made. His average speed had been

301 miles per hour. Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds over 600 miles an hour. Following in his

father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. Like his father, he was

driving a car called Bluebird.

參考譯文

杰出的賽車(chē)選手馬爾科姆.坎貝爾爵士是第一個(gè)以每小時(shí)超過(guò)300英里的速度駕車(chē)的人。他于1935 年9

月在猶他州的邦納維爾鹽灘創(chuàng )造了一項新的世界紀錄。他駕駛的“藍鳥(niǎo)”牌汽車(chē)是專(zhuān)門(mén)為他制造的。它的

車(chē)身長(cháng)30 英尺，有一個(gè)2,500 馬力的發(fā)動(dòng)機。盡管坎貝爾達到了每小時(shí)超過(guò)304 英里的速度，但他很難

把汽車(chē)控制住，因為在開(kāi)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(shí)速是

299 英里。然而，幾天之后，有人告訴他說(shuō)弄錯了。他的平均時(shí)速實(shí)際是301 英里。從那時(shí)以來(lái)，賽車(chē)選

手已達到每小時(shí)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(zhù)父親的足跡，也創(chuàng )造了一

項世界紀錄。同他父親一樣，他也駕駛著(zhù)一輛名叫“藍鳥(niǎo)”的汽車(chē)。

【課文講解】

1、The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles

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新概念英語(yǔ)第二冊筆記

per hour.

在the second，the next/the last以及表示最高級的如the best，the most intelligent 等后可以用to引導的不

定式短語(yǔ)做定語(yǔ)，這些詞語(yǔ)后面可以接名詞或one(s)，也可以不接：

She’s always the first to arrive and the last to leave.

You’re the best person to advise me about buying a house.

你是我買(mǎi)房子的最好顧問(wèn)。

the only后必須接一個(gè)名詞或one(s)：

You’re the only person/one to complain.

per 表示“每一，每”，通常用于商業(yè)及技術(shù)用語(yǔ)，日常用語(yǔ)大多用a/an：

You can stay at the hotel at $10 per person per night.

You must have been driving at seventy miles an/per hour.

2、It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500-horsepower engine.

30 feet in length 30 英尺長(cháng)

3、Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the

car because a tyre burst during the first run.

have difficulty (in) doing sth. 做……有困難

He has grown a beard and I had difficulty (in) recognizing him.

the first run 開(kāi)始的行程

the next run is forty miles. 下一段賽程為40 英里。

4、Following in his father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record.

follow in one’s footsteps 步某人的后塵，仿效某人，繼承某人的事業(yè)

He intends to follow in his father’s footsteps and to become a dentist.

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