新概念-英语第二册-Lesson-72（共19张PPT）.pptVIP

Lesson 72 A car called bluebird;Sir Malcolm Campbell (1885 –1948) was an English racing motorist . He gained the world speed record on land and on water at various times during the 1920s and 1930s using vehicles/vihikl/机动车 called Blue Bird. His son, Donald Campbell, carried on the family tradition by holding both land speed and water speed records.;New words and expressions;Racing n.赛马，赛车，赛艇；竞赛;1) game 包含体力智力 (pl.)运动会 the Olympic Games 2) Match 一般指球赛 football match 3) racing/race 可互换 比速度 dragon-boat racing 赛龙舟 a racing driver/car 赛车手，赛车 4) contest 比赛 beauty contest 选美比赛 5) competition 抽象;per prep. 每，每一;burst(burst,burst) v. 爆裂 The balloon burst. burst into sth. 突然爆发 burst into tears / laughter burst out doing 突然……起来 be bursting to do sth. 急于做某事 突然而起，闯入 burst out of the door 突然出现在门边;average .平均的 the average age of the boys His school work is well above average. We receive 20 letters on average. 搭配： above/below the average 在一般水平以上/下 on the average 平均，一般的说;footstep n,足迹，脚步声 I heard footsteps in the room behind me. 搭配： dog sb’s footsteps 尾随某人，盯梢 follow/walk in sb’s footsteps 效仿某人，步某人后尘;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 fathers footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolms son, Donald, also set