【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(xiàng)比賽。比賽開(kāi)始之前，人們異常激動(dòng)。最漂亮的汽車之一是羅爾斯--羅伊斯生產(chǎn)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(kāi)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(shí)間比坐在汽車?yán)锩娴臅r(shí)間還長(zhǎng)。然而還是有幾輛汽車跑完了全程。獲勝的那輛車達(dá)到了時(shí)速40英里--遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過(guò)任何對(duì)手。它在接近終點(diǎn)時(shí)，沖下了山坡，駕駛員費(fèi)了好大勁才把車停下來(lái)。這次比賽使每個(gè)人都挺開(kāi)心。它雖然與現(xiàn)代汽車比賽大不相同，但激動(dòng)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(dòng)，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(duì)手
speed v. 疾駛
downhill adv. 下坡
【短語(yǔ)匯總】
break down汽車拋錨
once a year一年一度
enter for報(bào)名參賽
【知識(shí)點(diǎn)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(yǔ)不可數(shù)名詞(尤其是抽象名詞)，many of用語(yǔ)可數(shù)名詞。
例：I have gained a great deal of konwledge here.在這里學(xué)習(xí)我受益匪淺.
2，頻率的表達(dá)
once a+時(shí)間段，表示“……一次”如，once an hour，一小時(shí)一次。
twice a+時(shí)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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