Lesson 72 A car called bluebird“蓝鸟”汽车单元复习

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

per ^{表示“每一，每”，通常用于商业及技术用语，日常用语大多用 a/an}

• You can stay at the hotel at $10 per person per night.
• You must have been driving at seventy miles an/per hour.

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

set up a new world record ^{创造一项新的世界纪录}

• Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently. ^{安装、搭建}
• He has surely set up a record for the thousands of children who dream of evading school. ^创造记录

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

同位语&插入语 ^{解释说明的“内容”时候叫同位语，在“位置”额外插入到中间时叫插入语。}

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

30 feet in length ^{三十英尺长}

• The fish is two feet in length.^{这条鱼有两英尺长。}
• ten feet in width ^宽10英尺

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.

have difficulty (in) doing sth. ^{做…有困难}

• He has grown a beard and I had difficulty (in) recognizing him.

the first run ^{开始的行程}

• the next run is forty miles. ^{下一段赛程为 40 英里。}

After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour.

be disappointed to ^{感到失望：表示对某事感到失望或遗憾。}

• He was disappointed to see she wasn't at the party.

However, a few days later, he was told that a mistake had been made.

Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds over 600 miles an hour.

Since + 过去 = 现在完成时

• over 600 miles an hour = over 600 miles pre hour

Following in his father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record.

follow in one’s footsteps ^{步某人的后尘，仿效某人，继承某人的事业}

• He intends to follow in his father’s footsteps and to become a dentist.

Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird.

a car called Bluebird ^{被叫着“蓝鸟”的车}

• At a village fair, I decided to visit a fortune-teller called Madam Bellinsky.
• A new machine called 'The Revealer' has been invented, and it has been used to detect gold buried in the ground.
• The Games will be held just outside the capital and the whole area will be called 'Olympic City'.
• The 'taxi' is a small Swiss aeroplane called a 'Pilatus Porter'.
• We have an old musical instrument.It is called a clavichord.It was made in Germany in 1681.

埋头苦学莫问前程！

• The last leg of a journey marks the halfway point. ^{行百里者半九十}

重点：纵向循环复习1、25、49、73一起复习，2、26、50、74一起复习...

• accelerator (UK): I wanted to go faster, so I put my foot on the accelerator.
• brake: I pressed the brakes and tried to stop.
• clutch: Putting your foot on the clutch disengages the gears.
• emergency brake (US): The footbrake wasn’t working, so I used the emergency brake.
• gas pedal (US): I wanted to go faster, so I put my foot on the gas pedal.
• gear lever (UK): I put my hand on the gear lever so I could change gears.
• gearshift (US): I put my hand on the gear shift so I could change gears.
• gear stick (US): I put my hand on the gear stick so I could change gears.
• handbrake (UK): The footbrake wasn’t working, so I used the handbrake.
• ignition key: I turned the ignition key and started the car.
• seat belt:  As soon as I got in the car, I put on my seat belt.
• steering wheel:  A driver should always have at least one hand on the steering wheel.
• speedometer:  I checked the speedometer to see how fast we were going.