动的是……
• The most surprising thing about it is that 最令人惊讶的事情是……
• It excited me that… 让我激动的是……
• ★handsome adj. 漂亮的, 美观的 • handsome adj. 形容男孩, 英俊, 一般与男孩子连用 • handsome与人连用有阳刚的美，与物相连表示美观大
their cars than in them? • 5. What was the speed of the winning car? • 6. Why did the driver of the winning car have a lot of
trouble trying to stop it? • 7. What did the race bring to people?
• The picture is beautiful.
• pretty adj. 美丽(用于女孩或小孩)，有柔美之意 • pretty 跟男性连用就表示没有阳刚气，女性化
• Your wife is pretty.
• pretty boy / pretty girl / pretty woman • nice adj. 美好的(人，天气, 食物, 物品的品质
面的, 对立的, 相反的, 对等的, 对应的 • opponent n. 对手, 反对者(持反对意见的人,
同某人对立的敌方) • enemy n. 敌人 • rival adj. 势均力敌的；n. 势均力敌的对手
• ★speed（sped，sped） v. 疾驶 • ① v. 疾驶，急行 • The police car sped past us.
等) • You are nice. 你长得不错 • lovely adj. 可爱的 • This is a lovely story. 这是一个可爱的故事
• good-looking adj. 很好看的
• smart 的(人)
adj. 小巧而美丽的(物)或时髦而美丽
She is smart.
• cute adj.漂亮的，可爱的 常用来形容小孩
的, 通情达理的, 讲道理的）
• I have a piece of sound advice. • 我有一个合理的建议。
• soundly adv. deeply, completely
He sleeps soundly.
• ★excitement n. 激动, 兴奋 • to one's excitement… 令某人激动的是…… • The most exciting thing is that… 最令人激
• ★rival n. 对手 • competition n. 竞争, 竞赛
• The person who takes part in the competition.
• competitor n. 竞争者, 对手 • rival 和competitor 都可以指比赛中的竞争者 • opposite n. 相反的事物；adj. 相对的, 对
• The baby is cute.
• What a cute baby! 多漂亮的宝宝啊!
• How cute you are! 你多漂亮啊!(可爱啊!)
• ★explosion n. 爆炸, 轰响 • explosive n. 爆炸物,炸药；adj. 爆炸(性)的,
爆发(性)的, 暴露 • explode vt. 使爆炸；vi. 爆炸, 爆发, 破除, 推
翻, 激发 • bomb n. 炸弹；vt. 投弹于, 轰炸
• The bomb exploded.
• ★course n. 跑道，行程 • ① n. 跑道，行程 • on the course 按照轨道运行 • off course 偏离轨道 • of course 当然 • ② n. 课程
• This term, I took/take seven courses. 这学期我学了七门课
新概念英语第二册56 课PPT课件
Read the text, trying to keep in mind some important details, then close your books and answer the following questions.
• 1. How often is the race held? • 2. Why was a Benz unusual in last year’s race? • 3. When was the oldest car built? • 4. Why did some drivers spend more time under
方，并表示制作精良；handsome跟女性连用的时 • 候就表示这个女孩子有阳刚气，类似女侠的概念
• Your husband is handsome. • beautiful 形容人的时候表示utiful.
• Flowers are beautiful.
• The two men sped out of the room. • ② n. 速度 • at the speed of 以……的速度 • The car goes at the speed of 40 miles an
hour / at 40 miles an hour. • 在车后的3 speed/4 speed表示档位 • speed up 速度的增加, 加速；slow down 减速 • blow up 风力的增加
【New words and expressions】 • ★sound n. 声音 • ① n. 声音 • sound n. 任何声音都可以 • voice n. 人的声音 • noise n. 和周围不和谐的声音, 躁音 • ② v. 听起来 + adj./n. • ③ adj. 合理的（等于reasonable adj.合理的, 有道理