Lesson 56
第56課
Faster Than Sound!
比聲音還快！
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
How fast did the winning car go?
獲勝的汽車有多快？
Once a year, a race is held for old cars.
舊式汽車的比賽每年舉行。
A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.
去年有很多汽車參加了這項(xiàng)比賽。比賽開始之前，人們異常激動(dòng)。
One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
漂亮的汽車之一是羅爾斯--羅伊斯生產(chǎn)的銀鬼汽車，
The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels.
而不尋常的一輛則要屬只有3只輪子的奔馳牌汽車了。
Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part.
該車造于1885年，是參賽車中老的一輛。
After a great many loud explosions, the race began.
在好一陣喧鬧的爆炸聲之后，比賽開始了。
Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them!
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。
A few cars, however, completed the race.
然而還是有幾輛汽車跑完了全程。
The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour -- much faster than any of its rivals.
獲勝的那輛車達(dá)到了時(shí)速40英里--遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過任何對手。
It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it.
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。
The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure.
這次比賽使每個(gè)人都挺開心。
It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.
它雖然與現(xiàn)代汽車比賽大不相同，但激動(dòng)人心的程度并不亞于現(xiàn)代化汽車大賽。
第56課
Faster Than Sound!
比聲音還快！
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
How fast did the winning car go?
獲勝的汽車有多快？
Once a year, a race is held for old cars.
舊式汽車的比賽每年舉行。
A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began.
去年有很多汽車參加了這項(xiàng)比賽。比賽開始之前，人們異常激動(dòng)。
One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost.
漂亮的汽車之一是羅爾斯--羅伊斯生產(chǎn)的銀鬼汽車，
The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels.
而不尋常的一輛則要屬只有3只輪子的奔馳牌汽車了。
Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part.
該車造于1885年，是參賽車中老的一輛。
After a great many loud explosions, the race began.
在好一陣喧鬧的爆炸聲之后，比賽開始了。
Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them!
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。
A few cars, however, completed the race.
然而還是有幾輛汽車跑完了全程。
The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour -- much faster than any of its rivals.
獲勝的那輛車達(dá)到了時(shí)速40英里--遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超過任何對手。
It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it.
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。
The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure.
這次比賽使每個(gè)人都挺開心。
It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.
它雖然與現(xiàn)代汽車比賽大不相同，但激動(dòng)人心的程度并不亞于現(xiàn)代化汽車大賽。