Notes on the text課文注釋
1 get sb. to do sth. ，說服某人做某事。
2 in the least，一點兒也不，完全不。
3 It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. 這并不是說布魯斯總是低估困難。
4 sooner or later，作“遲早”、”總有一天”講。
5 giving way to a stretch of plain，出現(xiàn)了一片平原。
give way to…，此處作“為……所代替”解。
6 charge at，沖向。
參考譯文
穿越平原的道路高低不平，開車走了不遠(yuǎn)，路面愈加崎嶇。我們想勸說布魯斯把車開回到我們出發(fā)的那個村莊去。盡管路面布滿石頭，坑坑洼洼，但布魯斯卻一點兒不慌亂。他瞥了一眼地圖，告訴我們前面再走不到20英里就是一個村莊。這并不是說布魯斯總是低估困難，而是他壓根兒沒有一點兒危險感。他認(rèn)為不管路面情況如何，車必須以高速度前進(jìn)。
我們在塵土飛揚(yáng)的道路上顛簸，車子?xùn)|拐西彎，以躲開那些大圓石。車輪攪起的石塊錘擊車身，發(fā)出不祥的錘擊聲。我們相信遲早會飛起一個石塊把油箱砸開一個窟窿，或者把發(fā)動機(jī)砸壞。因此，我們不時地掉過頭，懷疑車后是否留下了機(jī)油和汽油的痕跡。
突然大石塊不見了，前面是一片平地，的障礙只有一簇簇灌木叢。這使我們長長地松了口氣。但是更糟糕的事情在等著我們，離我們不遠(yuǎn)處，出現(xiàn)了一個大裂縫。我們再次央求布魯斯小心，他這才把車停了下來。我們紛紛下車察看那個大裂縫，他卻呆在車上。我們告訴他那個大裂縫長50碼，寬2英尺，深4英尺。這也沒有對他產(chǎn)生任何影響。布魯斯掛上慢檔，把兩只前輪分別擱在裂縫的兩邊，順著彎彎曲曲的裂縫，以發(fā)瘋的速度向前開去。我們還未來得及擔(dān)心后果，車已重新開上了平地。布魯斯又看了一眼地圖，告訴我們那座村莊離我們只有15英里了。下一個障礙是一片約半英里寬的淺水塘。布魯斯向水塘沖去，但車開到水塘當(dāng)中，嘎吱一聲停住了。儀表盤上一盞黃燈閃著刺眼的光芒，布魯斯興致勃勃地宣布發(fā)動機(jī)里沒油了！
Multiple choice questions多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 Why were the passengers so relieved when the boulders disappeared?
a．Bruce could now drive even faster.
b．They had covered the greater part of the distance to the village.
c．It seemed less likely that they would meet with disaster.
d．They had seen the huge fissure that lay ahead of them.
2 When they reached the fissure, Bruce stopped the car because ______ .
a．the passengers had begged him to do so
b．he wanted to know the exact dimensions of the fissure
c．he thought it was safer to drive across it without the passengers
d．he was not sure whether the car was wide enough to bridge it
3 Bruce's reaction to the final episode shows that ______ .
a．he was not the sort of person to be perturbed by anything
b．he was extremely brave in face of danger
c．he had underestimated the depth of the pool
d．when it came to crossing water, his driving was not good enough
Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 He believed ______ a car as fast as it could possibly go. (11. 7-8)
a．driving in
b．he would drive
c．to drive
d．in driving
5 ______ when the boulders suddenly disappeared. (1. 13)
a．How relieved we felt
b．What a relief we were feeling
c．So relieved we felt
d．How we felt relieved
6 Bruce ______ when the car came to a grinding halt. (1. 21)
a．had charged through it midway
b．charged through it to the middle
c．charged midway through it
d．was in the middle of charging through it
7 Bruce cheerfully announced that the engine ______ out of oil. (1. 22)
a．ran
b．had run
c．was running
d．has run
Vocabulary
詞匯
8 Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was ______ twenty miles away. (11. 4-5)
a．simply
b．boringly
c．only
d．in significantly
9 ---- where nothing could ______ but clumps of trees. (11. 13-14)
a．hinder our progress
b．spoil our course
c．hold up our train
d．harm our way
10 When we pleaded ______ , Bruce stopped. (1. 15)
a．a(chǎn)fresh
b．a(chǎn)loud
c．repeatedly
d．forcibly
11 He said: ‘It's fifteen miles ______ the village. ’ (11. 19-20)
a．until
b．to
c．from
d．before
12 ---- obstacle was a shallow pool of water half a mile ______ . (11. 20-21)
a．side by side
b．from top to bottom
c．from side to side
d．up and down
1 get sb. to do sth. ，說服某人做某事。
2 in the least，一點兒也不，完全不。
3 It was not that Bruce always underestimated difficulties. 這并不是說布魯斯總是低估困難。
4 sooner or later，作“遲早”、”總有一天”講。
5 giving way to a stretch of plain，出現(xiàn)了一片平原。
give way to…，此處作“為……所代替”解。
6 charge at，沖向。
參考譯文
穿越平原的道路高低不平，開車走了不遠(yuǎn)，路面愈加崎嶇。我們想勸說布魯斯把車開回到我們出發(fā)的那個村莊去。盡管路面布滿石頭，坑坑洼洼，但布魯斯卻一點兒不慌亂。他瞥了一眼地圖，告訴我們前面再走不到20英里就是一個村莊。這并不是說布魯斯總是低估困難，而是他壓根兒沒有一點兒危險感。他認(rèn)為不管路面情況如何，車必須以高速度前進(jìn)。
我們在塵土飛揚(yáng)的道路上顛簸，車子?xùn)|拐西彎，以躲開那些大圓石。車輪攪起的石塊錘擊車身，發(fā)出不祥的錘擊聲。我們相信遲早會飛起一個石塊把油箱砸開一個窟窿，或者把發(fā)動機(jī)砸壞。因此，我們不時地掉過頭，懷疑車后是否留下了機(jī)油和汽油的痕跡。
突然大石塊不見了，前面是一片平地，的障礙只有一簇簇灌木叢。這使我們長長地松了口氣。但是更糟糕的事情在等著我們，離我們不遠(yuǎn)處，出現(xiàn)了一個大裂縫。我們再次央求布魯斯小心，他這才把車停了下來。我們紛紛下車察看那個大裂縫，他卻呆在車上。我們告訴他那個大裂縫長50碼，寬2英尺，深4英尺。這也沒有對他產(chǎn)生任何影響。布魯斯掛上慢檔，把兩只前輪分別擱在裂縫的兩邊，順著彎彎曲曲的裂縫，以發(fā)瘋的速度向前開去。我們還未來得及擔(dān)心后果，車已重新開上了平地。布魯斯又看了一眼地圖，告訴我們那座村莊離我們只有15英里了。下一個障礙是一片約半英里寬的淺水塘。布魯斯向水塘沖去，但車開到水塘當(dāng)中，嘎吱一聲停住了。儀表盤上一盞黃燈閃著刺眼的光芒，布魯斯興致勃勃地宣布發(fā)動機(jī)里沒油了！
Multiple choice questions多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 Why were the passengers so relieved when the boulders disappeared?
a．Bruce could now drive even faster.
b．They had covered the greater part of the distance to the village.
c．It seemed less likely that they would meet with disaster.
d．They had seen the huge fissure that lay ahead of them.
2 When they reached the fissure, Bruce stopped the car because ______ .
a．the passengers had begged him to do so
b．he wanted to know the exact dimensions of the fissure
c．he thought it was safer to drive across it without the passengers
d．he was not sure whether the car was wide enough to bridge it
3 Bruce's reaction to the final episode shows that ______ .
a．he was not the sort of person to be perturbed by anything
b．he was extremely brave in face of danger
c．he had underestimated the depth of the pool
d．when it came to crossing water, his driving was not good enough
Structure結(jié)構(gòu)
4 He believed ______ a car as fast as it could possibly go. (11. 7-8)
a．driving in
b．he would drive
c．to drive
d．in driving
5 ______ when the boulders suddenly disappeared. (1. 13)
a．How relieved we felt
b．What a relief we were feeling
c．So relieved we felt
d．How we felt relieved
6 Bruce ______ when the car came to a grinding halt. (1. 21)
a．had charged through it midway
b．charged through it to the middle
c．charged midway through it
d．was in the middle of charging through it
7 Bruce cheerfully announced that the engine ______ out of oil. (1. 22)
a．ran
b．had run
c．was running
d．has run
Vocabulary
詞匯
8 Glancing at his map, he informed us that the next village was ______ twenty miles away. (11. 4-5)
a．simply
b．boringly
c．only
d．in significantly
9 ---- where nothing could ______ but clumps of trees. (11. 13-14)
a．hinder our progress
b．spoil our course
c．hold up our train
d．harm our way
10 When we pleaded ______ , Bruce stopped. (1. 15)
a．a(chǎn)fresh
b．a(chǎn)loud
c．repeatedly
d．forcibly
11 He said: ‘It's fifteen miles ______ the village. ’ (11. 19-20)
a．until
b．to
c．from
d．before
12 ---- obstacle was a shallow pool of water half a mile ______ . (11. 20-21)
a．side by side
b．from top to bottom
c．from side to side
d．up and down