【課文】

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 everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.

【課文翻譯】

舊式汽車的比賽每年舉行一次。去年有很多汽車參加了這項比賽。比賽開始之前，人們異常激動。最漂亮的汽車之一是羅爾斯--羅伊斯生產的銀鬼汽車，而最不尋常的一輛則要屬只有3只輪子的奔馳牌汽車了。該車造于1885年，是參賽車中最老的一輛。在好一陣喧鬧的爆炸聲之后，比賽開始了。很多汽車在途中就拋了錨，而有些駕駛員花在汽車底下的時間比坐在汽車里面的時間還長。然而還是有幾輛汽車跑完了全程。獲勝的那輛車達到了時速40英里--遠遠超過任何對手。它在接近終點時，沖下了山坡，駕駛員費了好大勁才把車停下來。這次比賽使每個人都挺開心。它雖然與現(xiàn)代汽車比賽大不相同，但激動人心的程度并不亞于現(xiàn)代化汽車大賽。

【生詞匯總】

sound n. 聲音

excitement n. 激動，興奮

handsome adj. 漂亮的;美觀的

Rolls-Royce 羅爾斯--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

【短語匯總】

break down汽車拋錨

once a year一年一度

enter for報名參賽

【知識點講解】

1，a great deal of 與a great many of的區(qū)別

都表示很多，但是deal of用語不可數名詞(尤其是抽象名詞)，many of用語可數名詞。

例：I have gained a great deal of konwledge here.在這里學習我受益匪淺.

2，頻率的表達

once a+時間段，表示“……一次”如，once an hour，一小時一次。

twice a+時間段，用法類推

隔天怎么表示呢?every two days就是隔天一次。

3，no less+形容詞(It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting)

不比什么遜色

例：He is no less diligent than you=he is as diligent as you.他不比你少付出辛勞，他和你一樣勤奮。

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