新概念英语第二册56课PPT课件解析.ppt

Lesson 56 Faster than sound! Read the text, trying to keep in mind some important details, then close your books and answer the following questions. 1. How often is the race held? 2. Why was a Benz unusual in last year’s race? 3. When was the oldest car built? 4. Why did some drivers spend more time under their cars than in them? 5. What was the speed of the winning car? 6. Why did the driver of the winning car have a lot of trouble trying to stop it? 7. What did the race bring to people? 【New words and expressions】 ★sound n. 声音 ① n. 声音 sound n. 任何声音都可以 voice n. 人的声音 noise n. 和周围不和谐的声音, 躁音 ② v. 听起来 + adj./n. ③ adj. 合理的（等于reasonable adj.合理的, 有道理的, 通情达理的, 讲道理的） I have a piece of sound advice. 我有一个合理的建议。 soundly adv. deeply, completely He sleeps soundly. ★excitement n. 激动, 兴奋 to ones excitement… 令某人激动的是…… The most exciting thing is that… 最令人激动的是…… The most surprising thing about it is that 最令人惊讶的事情是…… It excited me that… 让我激动的是…… ★handsome adj. 漂亮的, 美观的 handsome adj. 形容男孩, 英俊, 一般与男孩子连用 handsome与人连用有阳刚的美，与物相连表示美观大方，并表示制作精良；handsome跟女性连用的时 候就表示这个女孩子有阳刚气，类似女侠的概念 Your husband is handsome. beautiful 形容人的时候表示内在和外在美的统一, 完美的概念 You look beautiful. Flowers are beautiful. The picture is beautiful. pretty adj. 美丽(用于女孩或小孩)，有柔美之意 pretty 跟男性连用就表示没有阳刚气，女性化 Your wife is pretty. pretty boy / pretty girl / pretty woman nice adj. 美好的(人，天气, 食物, 物品的品质等) You are nice. 你长得不错 lovely adj. 可爱的 This is a lovely story. 这是一个可爱的故事 good-looking adj. 很好看的 smart adj. 小巧而美丽的(物)或时髦而美丽的(人) She is smart. cute adj.漂亮的，可爱的 常用来形容小孩 The baby is cute. What a cute baby! 多漂亮的宝宝啊! How cute you are! 你多漂亮啊!(可爱啊!) ★explosion n. 爆炸, 轰响 explosive n. 爆炸物,炸药；adj. 爆炸(性)的, 爆发(性)的, 暴露 explode vt. 使爆炸；vi. 爆炸, 爆发, 破除, 推翻, 激发 bomb n. 炸弹；vt. 投弹于, 轰炸 The bomb exploded. ★course n. 跑道，行程 ① n. 跑道，行程 on the course 按照轨道运行 off course 偏离轨道 of course 当然 ② n. 课程