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【New words and expressions】生詞和短語（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
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(chuàng)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(fā)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(jié)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(chuàng)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、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
定式短語做定語，這些詞語后面可以接名詞或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.
你是我買房子的最好顧問。
the only后必須接一個名詞或one(s)：
You’re the only person/one to complain.
per 表示“每一，每”，通常用于商業(yè)及技術用語，日常用語大多用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
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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