新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第72課(1)

　　Lesson 72: A car called bluebird “藍鳥”汽車

　　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.

　　句子講解：

　　1、The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.

　　杰出的賽車選手馬爾科姆•坎貝爾爵士是第一個以每小時超過300英里妁速度駕車的人。

　　語言點 sb. be the first to do sth.某人成為第一個去做某事的人：Zhang Jian was the first Chinese to swim across the English Channel.張健是第一個成功游過英吉利海峽的中國人。

　　2、He set up a new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah.

　　他于1935年9月在猶他州的邦納維爾鹽灘創(chuàng)造了一項新的世界紀錄。

　　語言點 set up a new world record創(chuàng)造一項新的世界紀錄(見Lesson 36)

　　3、Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been specially built for him.

　　他駕駛的“藍鳥”牌汽車是專門為他制造的。

　　4、It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500-horsepower engine.

　　它的車身長30多英尺，裝有一個2500馬力的發(fā)動機。