lesson 56

sound n 聲音
excitement n 激動，興奮
handsome adj 漂亮的，美觀的
Rolls-Royce 羅樂斯-羅伊斯
Benz n 奔馳
wheel n 輪子
explosion n 爆炸，轟響
course n 跑道，行程
rival n 對手
speed v 疾駛
downhill adv 下坡
sound v 聽起來
adj 合理的 等于reasonable
i have a piece of sound advice
我有一個合理的建議
soundly香甜的
sleep soundly
voice人的聲音
noise和周圍不和諧的聲音，躁音
to one's excitement令人激動的是
the most exciting thing is that
最令人激動的是
the most surprising thing about it is that
it excited me that
讓我激動的是
you look beautiful
一般形容人，形容人的時候表示內在和外在美的統一
she is pretty
flowers are beautiful
picture is beautiful
pretty美麗（用于女孩或小孩）
pretty boy pretty girl pretty woman
nice
you are nice你長得不錯
lovely可愛的
this is a lovely story這是一個可愛的故事
lovely girl
good-looking
smart小巧而美麗的（物）
時髦而美麗的（人）
cute漂亮，常用來形容小孩
the baby is cute
what a cute baby
how cute you are
handsome形容男孩
pretty跟男性連用就表示沒有陽剛氣，女性化
handsome跟女性連用的時候就表示這個女孩子有陽剛氣
explode v
explosive n 炸藥
bomb n 炸彈
the bomb exploded
on the course按照軌道運行
off course 偏離軌道
course n 課程
this term， i took seven courses這學期我學了七門課
competition n 競爭，競賽
competitor：the person who takes part in the competition競爭者，對手
opposite相反的
opponent n 對手，持相反意見的人
enemy敵人
rival勢均力敵的，勢均力敵的對手
speed sped sped
speed 速度
at the speed of 以...的速度
the car goes at the speed of 40 miles/hour
在車后的3 speed/4 speed表示檔位
blow up風力的增加
speed up速度的增加，加速
slow down減速
downstairs下樓
upstairs上樓
go down stairs
go downhill 下山
downtown市中心的商業區
i'll go to the downtown

text

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. One of the most
handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver
Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz
which had only three wheels. Built in
1885, it was the oldest car taking part.
After a great many loud explosions, the
race began. Many of the cars broke down
on the course and some drivers spent
more time under their cars than in them !
A few cars, however, completed the race.
The winning car reached a speed of forty
miles an hour--much faster than any of
its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of
the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave every-
one a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no
less exciting.

how fast did the winning car go？

race車賽
enter for報名參加
a great deal of 大量的
a great number of
a great many
a large amount of
there was a great deal of excitement人們非常激動
break down車子拋錨
many cars許多車子
many of the cars 車子當中的許多
many students許多學生
many of my students 我叫過的許多學生
some pictures一些照片
some of the pictures那些照片中的一些
much faster快得多
a little faster快一點
any of its rival＝any rival
any 在比較級中一旦出現，它往往要加可數名詞得單數
Beijing is bigger than any city
如果是不定代詞，可以說someone else，anyone else
如果不是不定代詞，要在名詞前加otherany other competitor
have trouble doing sth干...有麻煩
give sb pleasure
give sb a fraight
give me a fright你嚇了我一跳
give you a surprise給你一個驚喜
give sb＋n
be different from和...不同
no more和no less都表示和...一樣，only，the same
there are no more than 100 students
表示不相同用
not more；not less
not less ＝ more
not more ＝ less
not less exciting更令人激動
no less exciting一樣得激動
no more than you 和你

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