Faster than sound!
                                     
                                     
Part 1  Basic words and expressions
1. sound  n.声音
          We heard sounds of laughter from the next room. 我们听到隔壁房间传来的阵阵笑声。
          The sounds from the next room woke up the child. 隔壁房间传来的喧闹声把孩子弄
醒了。
   
2. excitement  n.激动，兴奋
The boys were running in excitement. 男孩们兴奋地跑来跑去。
The visiting pop-singer was an excitement to everyone in town.
            流行歌手的到来使镇上每个人都感到兴奋。
3. handsome    adj.漂亮的，美观的
John is a very handsome young man. 约翰是一个非常英俊的年轻人。
4. Rolls-Royce  劳斯莱斯
5. Benz    n.奔驰
6. wheel  n.轮子
There are four wheels in a car.
7. explosion  n.爆炸，轰响
There was a terrible explosion at the chemical plant.
那家化工厂发生了一起可怕的爆炸事故。
              The explosion was heard miles away. 那爆炸声几英里外都可以听到。
8. course    n.跑道；行程
Many of the cars broke down on the course. 很多汽车在途中抛锚了。
9. rival    n.对手
          They are rivals秋瓷炫老公 for the same job. 他们是同一个工作的竞争对手。
He is the rival which lets me admire. 他是让我佩服的对手。
10. speed  (sped, sped)  n.速度  v. 加速
The train is traveling at a speed of eighty miles an hour. 火车正以每小时八十英里的速度行驶。
        The train soon speeded up. 火车不久就加快了速度。
11. downhill  adv.下坡
Business has been going downhill recently.大爱无边 近来生意在走下坡路。
12. 短语复习
    once a year, enter for, a great deal of, one of, a great many, break down, a few, at the end of
Part 2  Structure and Vocabulary
1.    A. lot of cars entered for this race. There were ________ cars in it.
    A. much    B. lot of    C. lots of    D. plenty of
2.    ________ in 1885. so it was the oldest car in the race.
    A. It built    B. Built    C. It was built    D. Having built
3.    It was the oldest car taking part. There wasn’t ________ one.
    A. an older    B. the oldest    C. an elder    D. the eldest
4.    It reached a speed of forty miles an hour. It ________ forty miles an hour.
    A. ran    B. ran with    C. went at    D. drove with
5.    It was different from modern cars. It wasn’t ________ modern cars.
光彩第二街歌词    A. the same as    B. the same with    C. same with    D. same as
6.    One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce. It was a ________ car.
    A. pretty    B. beautiful    C. seemly    D. nice
7.    The most unusual car was a Benz. It wasn’t a ________ car.
    A. used    B. common    C. vulgar    D. accustomed
8.    There were many loud explosions. There were many loud ________.
    A. knocks    B. hits    C. bangs    D. thumps
9.    Many of the cars broke down. They ________.
    A. were in pieces    B. were broken up    C. couldn’t go    D. were spoilt
10.    It went faster than any of its rivals. It went faster than its ________.
    A. opponents    B. enemies    C. competitors    D. partners
Part 3  Grammar   
一、表示比较的句型
形容词、副词原级、比较级、最高级的用法
（1）原级用法
1）只能修饰原级的词：very，quite，so，too。
如：He is too tired to walk on. 他太累了以至于不能再继续走了。
    My brother runs so fast that I can’t follow him. 我弟弟跑得那么快以至于我跟不上他。
2）“as+明星写真形容词、副词原级+as”
如：My handwriting is as beautiful as yours.
    I love music as much as Betty does.
3）“not as/so+形容词、副词原级+as”
如：She is not so busy as him.
    She doesn’t dress so/as strangely as the other girls.
4）“甲+be+(倍数)+as+形容词原级+as+乙”，表示“甲和乙程度相同”或“甲是乙的几倍”。例如：Tom is as old as Kate. 汤姆和凯特年龄一样大。
　 Tom is twice as old as Kate. 汤姆的年龄是凯特的二倍。
5）“甲+实意动词+(倍数)+as+副词原级+as+乙”，表示“甲和乙程度相同”或“甲是乙的几倍”。
例如：Tom runs as fast as Mike. 汤姆和迈克跑得一样快。
　 Tom runs twice as fast as Mike. 汤姆跑得速度是迈克的二倍。
（2）比较级
1）形容词/副词比较级+than句型，在than后面的人称代词用主语和宾语均可。
如：He is older than I / me.
但是如果人称代词后有动词时，则只能用主格形式。
如：Tom found more red leaves than I did.
2）“甲+ be + the +形容词比较级+of the two+……”，表示“甲是两者中较……的”。
如：Look at the two boys. My brother is the taller of the two.
看那两个男孩，我弟弟是两个当中较高的那个。
3）“比较级+and+比较级”表示“越来越……”。
jizz in my pants如：He is getting taller and taller. 他变得越来越高了。
4）“the+比较级，the+比较级”表示“越……，越……”闫肃简历。
如：The more careful you are，the fewer mistakes you’ll make. 你越认真，犯的错误越少。
5）“特殊疑问词+be+形容词比较级，甲or乙？”。
如：Which is bigger, the earth or the moon? 哪一个大，地球还是月球？
　“特殊疑问词+实意动词+副词比较级，甲or乙？”。
如：Who draws better, Jenny or Danny? 谁画得比较好，詹妮还是丹尼？
（3）形容词、副词最高级用法
表示在三者或三者以上中程度最高的比较方式，副词前的定冠词the可以省略。
“the+形容词、副词最高级+…”
如：Jack is the tallest student in his class.
    Of all the subjects, I like English (the) best.
3. 修饰形容词、副词比较级的副词。
可以修饰比较级的词有much，a lot，far，…的多；a little，a bit，…一点儿；even甚至，still仍然；但very不能和比较级连用。
如：Lesson One is much easier than Lesson Two.    第一课比第二课容易得多。
Tom looks even younger than before.                      汤姆甚至比以前更年轻。
This train runs much faster than that one.            这辆火车比那辆跑地快。