FasterthansoundFasterthansound1soundFasterthansound①n.聲音soundn.任何聲音都可以voicen.人的聲音noisen.和周圍不和諧的聲音,噪音②v.聽(tīng)起來(lái)soundlike聽(tīng)起來(lái)像Hesoundslikealittleboy.Thatsoundsgood.③adj.等于reasonable

合理的,講道理的，（身體）好的Hisbodywasstillsound.Ihaveapieceofsoundadvice.soundlyadv.香甜的sleepsoundlysound2excitementn.激動(dòng),興奮

Alotofcarsenteredforthisracelastyearandtherewasagreatdealofexcitementjustbeforeitbegan.

toone'sexcitement…令某人激動(dòng)的是……Toeveryone’sexcitement,thoughitwasverydifficult,hewontheprize.Themostexcitingthingisthat…最令人激動(dòng)的是……Themostexcitingthingisthathewinsthefirstprize.Themostsurprisingthingaboutsthisthat某事最令人驚訝的是……Themostsurprisingthingaboutthecompetitionisthathewinsthefirstprize.excitementn.激動(dòng),興奮3handsomeadj.漂亮的,美觀的OneofthemosthandsomecarswasaRolls-RoyceSilverGhost.一般與男孩子連用，形容男孩,英俊與人連用有陽(yáng)剛的美，與物相連表示美觀大方，并表示制作精良；跟女性連用的時(shí)候就表示這個(gè)女孩子有陽(yáng)剛氣，類似女俠的概念

Yourhusbandishandsome.Hegivesmeahandsomepresent.Sheisahandsomepolicewoman.beautiful形容人的時(shí)候表示內(nèi)在和外在美的統(tǒng)一,完美的概念Youlookbeautiful.Flowersarebeautiful.handsomeadj.漂亮的,美觀的4prettyadj.美麗(用于女孩或小孩)，有柔美的意思pretty跟男性連用就表示沒(méi)有陽(yáng)剛氣，女性化Yourwifeispretty.prettyboy/prettygirl/prettywomanniceadj.美好的(人，天氣,食物,物品的品質(zhì)等)Youarenice.你長(zhǎng)得不錯(cuò)good-lookingadj.很好看的

good-lookinglegssmartadj.小巧而美麗的(物)或時(shí)髦而美麗的(人)

Sheissmart.prettyadj.美麗(用于女孩或小孩)，有5wheeln.輪子，車輪ThemostunusualcarwasaBenzwhichhadonlythreewheels.

thewheelsofacarPutyourshouldertothewheel.努力工作Americaisacountryonthewheel.Australiaisacountryonthebackofsheep.wheelchair輪椅walkingstick拐杖wheeln.輪子，車輪6explosionn.爆炸，轟響Afteragreatmanyloudexplosion,theracebegan.abombexplosionanexplosionoflaughterAfterthesecondexplosion,allofLondon'smaintrainandsubwaystationswereshutdownThe21thcentryisapopulationexplosioncentury.explosive

adj.爆炸(性)的,爆發(fā)(性)的n.爆炸物,炸藥；Thegroupisenjoyingexplosivegrowth.Thereareexplosivesinthebedroom.explosionn.爆炸，轟響7explodevt.使爆炸；vi.爆炸,爆發(fā),推翻,激發(fā)explodeabomb.Thefireworksexplodedinhishand.Thepopulationexplodesto400,000duringthetouristseason.bombn.炸彈；vt.投彈于,轟炸Thebombexploded.explode8coursen.跑道，行程，進(jìn)程Manyofthecarsbrokedownonthecourseandsomedriversspentmoretimeundertheircarsthaninthem!①行程，進(jìn)程thecourseofhistoryThecourseoflearningEnglishisbitter,buttheresultisexciting.②n.跑道，行程onthecourse按照軌道運(yùn)行offcourse偏離軌道ofcourse當(dāng)然Theshipisoncourse.Theplanewasmanymilesoffcourse.③n.課程anEnglishcourseThisterm,Itook/takesevencourses.coursen.跑道，行程，進(jìn)程9

rivaln.對(duì)手，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者

Thewinningcarreachedaspeedoffortymilesanhour--muchfasterthananyofitsrivals.

abusinessrivalaviolinistwithoutrivalsarivalcompany

competitorn.比賽中的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者,對(duì)手opponentn.對(duì)手,反對(duì)者(持反對(duì)意見(jiàn)的人,如辯論賽上和政治上的)enemyn.敵人challengern.挑戰(zhàn)者rivaln.對(duì)手，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)者10speed（sped，sped）v.疾駛Itspeddownhillattheendoftheraceanditsdriverhadalotoftroubletryingtostopit.①v.疾駛，急行Thepolicecarspedpastus.②n.速度atthespeedof以……的速度

Thecargoesatthespeedof40milesanhour/at40milesanhour.speedup速度的增加,加速；slowdown減速

blowup風(fēng)力的增加

speed（sped，sped）v.疾駛11downhilladv.下坡

uphilladv.上坡downstairs下樓upstairs上樓downriver順流upriver逆流downwards朝下upwards朝上downwind順風(fēng)upwind逆風(fēng)godownhill下山，惡化，每況愈下downtownn.&adj.&adv.市中心的商業(yè)區(qū)uptown遠(yuǎn)離商業(yè)區(qū)I'llgotothedowntown.downhilladv.下坡12Onceayear,araceisheldforoldcars.

舊式汽車的比賽每年舉行一次。

hold-held-held舉行beheldfor為……而舉行Ameetingwillbeheldfordiscussingtheproblem.once+表示時(shí)間的名詞每……一次onceaweek每周一次onceaday每天一次twiceayear一年兩次threetimesayear一年三次fourtimesayear一年四次用howoften對(duì)頻率副詞提問(wèn)Howoftenistheraceheldforoldcars?Onceayear,araceisheldfo13Alotofcarsenteredforthisracelastyearandtherewasagreatdealofexcitementjustbeforeitbegan.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)。enterfor報(bào)名參加Ihaveenteredforthemathscompetition.

agreatdealof+不可數(shù)名詞大量的……agreatdealofmoney

agreatnumberof+可數(shù)名詞agreatnumberofapplesagreatmany+可數(shù)名詞許多……agreatmanyapplesAlotofcarsenteredforthis14OneofthemosthandsomecarswasaRolls-RoyceSilverGhost.最漂亮的汽車之一是羅爾斯--羅伊斯生產(chǎn)的銀鬼汽車.oneof+pl.…中的一個(gè)，直接作主語(yǔ)的時(shí)候,它是做單數(shù)看待的Oneoftheanswersistrue.Oneofthosepeopleisgood.Oneofthemosthandsomecars15ThemostunusualcarwasaBenzwhichhadonlythreewheels.而最不尋常的一輛則要屬只有3只輪子的奔馳牌汽車了。most最高級(jí)themostbeautifulmost大部分mostofthestudents

mostboysThemostunusualcarwasaBen16Builtin1885,itwastheoldestcartakingpart.

該車造于1885年，是參賽車中最老的一輛。builtin1885過(guò)去分詞做狀語(yǔ)，表示原因takingpart現(xiàn)在分詞短語(yǔ)作定語(yǔ)takepart參加takepartin參加…活動(dòng)joininenterfortakeplace按計(jì)劃必然發(fā)生≈happen（偶然發(fā)生）Thenextracewilltakeplacenextyear.taketheplaceof代替…的地位=insteadofShetooktheplaceofhim.Builtin1885,itwastheolde17Afteragreatmanyloudexplosions,theracebegan.在好一陣喧鬧的爆炸聲之后，比賽開(kāi)始了。afterprep.conj.AfterbreakfastIsentthechildrentoschool.Afterhefinishedhishomework,hewentouttoplaywithhisfriends.agreatmany+pl.Thereareagreatmanyflowersinthegarden.Afteragreatmanyloudexplos18Manyofthecarsbrokedownonthecourseandsomedriversspentmoretimeundertheircarsthaninthem!

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)。

breakdown車子拋錨，（機(jī)械等）出故障ThismorningIwaslateforwork,becausemycarbrokedowntwice.underthecar指在車下面修理inthecar指正常駕駛。SoIspentalmost2hoursunderthecar,butonly15minutesinthecar!Manyofthecarsbrokedownon19Afewcars,however,completedtherace.然而還是有幾輛汽車跑完了全程。afew修飾可數(shù)名詞表肯定few修飾可數(shù)名詞表否定Thereareafeweggsinthebasket.Hehasfewfriendshere,sohefeelslonely.alittle修飾不可數(shù)名詞表肯定little修飾不可數(shù)名詞表否定Thereislittleinkinmybottle,canyougivemealittle.Afewcars,however,completed20Thewinningcarreachedaspeedoffortymilesanhour--muchfasterthananyofitsrivals.

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。

thewinningcar贏的車子aspeedof+數(shù)量詞速度為……muchfaster快得多；alittlefaster快一點(diǎn)修飾比較級(jí)的單詞much，alittle,far,even,rather等reach到達(dá)，夠到IreachedShangHaiat8:00.IarrivedinShangHaiat8:00.IgottoShangHaiat8:00.Ican’treachthebook,canyoupassittome?Thewinningcarreachedaspee21Itspeddownhillattheendoftheraceanditsdriverhadalotoftroubletryingtostopit.

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)。

attheendof…在……的末尾/最后部分Hespokeafewwordsattheendofthe