(完整版)新概念英语第二册笔记第72课

Lesson 72 A Famous Clock 一个著名的大钟

【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 father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird.

【课文翻译】

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

【生词讲解】

1.racing 竞赛

race

1) n 速度竞赛[c]

a horse-race 赛马比赛

a boat-race 赛船比赛

a car race 赛车比赛

2）n （广泛指）竞争，比赛

a race for the championship 冠军之战

lose a presidential race 在总统选举中败北

a race against time 赶工（和时间竞赛）

3）v 和…赛跑，（人，马，车）参加赛

eg：In the story a rabbit raced with a tortoise.

在故事里，一只兔子和一只乌龟赛跑。

eg：Thirty cars will race for the prize.

有三十辆汽车将参加这次比赛角逐这个奖杯。

4）v 疾走，使疾走；赶快

Eg: He raced along the street on his bike.

他骑着自行车沿着这条路疾行。

5）n 人种，种族

the white race 白色人种

the yellow race 黄色人种

the black race 黑色人种

the brown race 棕色人种

6） adj 人种的，种族的

the race problem 种族问题

the human race 人类

racing n. 赛马或赛马的嗜好，运动或职业（做定语）

a racing man 赛马迷/ 赛车迷

a racing driver

a racing car

2. per perp 每，每一（用以表示比率，价格，时间，长度等），后面接无冠词的单数名词

per hour 每小时（注意hour前不加任何冠词）

per day 每天

per person 每个人

percent 百分比/ 百分率（cent本身有百年/世纪的意思，century 世纪，百

年。6 percent百分之六）

as per （口）按

as per instruction 依照指示

per capita 没人（的），按人分配（的）

per year/ per annum 每年

3.horsepower n 马力

horse名词马，power名词力，这种翻译成为意译，

如：honeymoon n 蜜月

White house n 白宫

Oxford n 牛津（英国城市）ford名词，河的浅滩处ox名词大公牛音译：

Coca Cola 可口可乐

coffee 咖啡

chocalate 巧克力

sofa 沙发