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Lesson 69 The car race Text 课文 Listen to the tape then answer this question. Which car was the winner in 1995? 听录音，然后回答问题。哪辆车在1995年的比赛中获胜？ There is a car race near our town every year. In 1995, there was a very big race. There were hundreds of people there. My wife and I were at the race. Our friends Julie and Jack were there, too. You can see us in the crowd. We are standing on the left. There were twenty cars in the race. There were English cars, French cares, German cars. Italian cars. American cars and Japanese cars. It was an exciting finish. The winner was Billy Stewart. He was in car number fifteen. Five other cars were just behind him. On the way home, my wife said to me, 'Don't drive so quickly! You're not Billy Stewart!' New words 生词 year [jiə] n.年 race [reis] n.比赛 town [taun] n.城镇 crowd [kraud] n.人群 stand [stænd] v.站立 exciting [ik'saitiŋ] a.使人激动的 just [dʒʌst] ad.正好，恰好 finish ['finiʃ] n.结尾，结束 winner ['winə] n.获胜者 behind [bi'haind] prop.在…之后 way [wei] n.路途 Grammar focus 语法 1. a. There is a car race near our town every year. b. In 1995, there was a very big race. 在我们镇子附近每年都有一场汽车比赛。1995年举行了一次盛大的比赛。 A: 因为a句中的时间状语是every year，每年都举行这样的比赛，所以时态用的是一般现在时，又因为后面是单数形式，所以谓语动词用的是is. B: b句中的时间状语是In 1995，在1995年，发生在过去，是一般过去时，其后也是单数，所以谓语动词用的是was. C: 与year相关的词组有： this year今年 last year去年，the year before last (year)前年 next year明年，the year after next (year)后年 all the year round一年到头 year after year一年又一年 In recent years近年来 2. a.There were hundreds of people there. b.My wife and I were at the race. c.Our friends Julie and Jack were there, too. d.You can see us in the crowed. 许许多多的人都去了赛场。我和我的妻子也去了。我们的朋友朱莉和杰克也去了。你可以在人群中看到我们。 A: a句中hundreds of表示数以百计的，同样的表达还有：thousands of数以千计的，millions of数百万的； B: b句中，主语My wife and I是复数，所以谓语动词用的是are的过去式were。在英文中，为了表达谦虚要把第一人称放在后面；如果有三个人称，则顺序为第二人称，第三人称，第一人称。如： You, he and I should help each other. 我、你、他应该互相帮助。 C: c句中的Julie and Jack是Our friends的同位语；同位语就是一个名词对另一个名词进行解释或补充说明。如： Mr. Smith, our new teacher, is very kind to us. 史密斯先生，我们的新老师，对我们非常友好。 D: d句中in the crowd表示在人群中，在crowd的结尾加上ed就将它变成了一个形容词，crowded表示拥挤的。如： It's so crowded on the bus today. 今天公共汽车上太拥挤了。 3. It was an exciting finish. 比赛的结尾是激动人心的。 exciting表示激动人心的，而excited表示令人感到激动的。类似的词还有intinteresting有趣的，interested对什么感到有兴趣。如： I have some exciting news to tell you. 我有一些令人兴奋的消息要告诉你。 Right now I'm feeling very excited. 现在，我觉得非常激动。 I am reading a very interesting book. 我正在读一本十分有趣的书。 I feel more and more interested in this book. 我对这本书越来越感兴趣了。 4. The winner was Billy stewart. He was in car number fifteen. 获胜者是比利·斯图尔特。他在第15号车里。 A: winner获胜者，是由动词win衍生而来，类似的还有runner赛跑者，swimmer游泳者。 B: car number fifteen表示第15号车。类似的表达还有： Bus No. 8 第8路车 Page 7 第7页 Lesson 6 第6课 5. On the way home, My wife said to me, 'Don't drive so quickly! You're not Billy Stewart!'. 在回家的途中，我妻子对我说：“别开得这样快！你可不是比利·斯图尔特”。 A: on one's way home在谁回家的路上，如：on my way home在我回家的路上； I met Andy on my way home yesterday. 我昨天在回家的路上碰见了安迪。 B: on one's way to在……去……的路上，如：on his way to work在他去工作的路上。 My father lost his wallet on his way to work this morning. 我爸爸今天早上在去上班的路上丢了钱包。 Lesson 69 学习视频 Lesson 70 When were they there? New words 生词 stationer [ˈsteɪʃənə] n. 文具商 (station名词，表示各种机构的站，如bus station汽车站，train station火车站，metro station地铁站，gas station加油站，fire station消防局，police station警察局) Denmark ['denmɑ:k] n. 丹麦 (Danish表示丹麦人/丹麦语，首都是Copenhagen哥本哈根；丹麦是童话大师安徒生的故乡) Exercise 练习 A. Complete these sentences using at, on or in. 1. We were at the stationer's on Monday. 2. We were there at four o'clock. 3. They were at Australia in September. 4. They were there in spring. 5. On November 25th, they were in Canada. 6. They were there in 1990. B. Write questions and answers using we/they and at/in/on. Examples: Sam and Penny/the staioner's/Monday Where were Sam and Penny on Monday? They were at the Stationer's on Monday. you and Penny/Australia/July Where were you and Penny in July? We were at Australia in July. You and Susan/the office/March 23rd (第1题) Where were you and Susan on March 23rd? We were at the office on March 23rd. Sam and Penny/India/1986 (第2题) Where were Sam and Penny in 1986? They were in India in 1986. |
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