新概念英语第二册第72课-A car called bluebird.docxVIP

PAGE 1 PAGE 1 ——文章来源网络，仅供参考 新概念英语第二册第 72 课:A car called bluebird Lesson 72 A car called Bluebird“蓝鸟”汽车 First listen and then answer the question. 听录音，然后回答以下问题。What mistake was made? 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 up a world record. Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird. 参考译文 杰出的赛车选手马尔科姆.坎贝尔爵士是第一个以每小时超过 300 英里的速 度驾车的人。他于 1935 年 9 月在犹他州的邦纳维尔盐滩创造了一项新的世界 纪 录。他驾驶的“蓝鸟”牌汽车是专门为他制造的。它的车身长 30 英尺，有一个 2,500 马力的发动机。尽管坎贝尔达到了每小时超过 304 英里的速度，但他很难把汽车控制住，因为在开始的行程中爆了一只轮胎。比赛结束后，坎贝尔非常失望地得知 他的平均时速是 299 英里。然而，几天之后，有人告诉他说弄错了。他的平均时速实际是 301 英里。从那时以来，赛车选手已达到每小时 600 英里的速度。很 多年之后，马尔科姆爵士的儿子唐纳德踏着父亲的足迹，也创造了一项世界纪录。同他父亲一样，他也驾驶着一辆名叫“蓝鸟”的汽车。 New words and expressions 生词和短语racing n. 竞赛 per prep. 每 Utah n. 犹他（美国州名） horsepower n. 马力 burst v. 爆裂 average adj. 平均的 footstep n. 足迹 Lesson 72 自学导读 First things first 课文详注 Further notes on the text The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. 杰出的赛车选车马尔科姆·坎贝尔爵 士是第一个以每小时超过 300 英里的速度驾车的人。 to 引导的不定式短语为 the first man 的定语。类似的可用于这种句 型的词语有 the second, the next/the last 以及表示最高级的如 the best, the most intelligent 等。这些词语后面可以接名词或 one（s），也可以不接： Shes always the first to arrive and the last to leave.