Lesson 72 A car called bluebird

  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.

        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。

课堂笔记

单词：
1）racing n.竞赛
a racing car赛车
a racing yacht赛艇
race n.
run a race with sb.同某人赛跑
race against/with sb/sth.与......竞赛/赛跑
a race against time和时间赛跑
v.进行速度竞赛
I'll race you to school.我们赛跑到学校
急速移动
The patient has to be raced to hospital.病人得急速送往医院。
n.种族，人种
people of mixed race 混血种的人

2）to引导的不定式短语为the first man的定语。类似的可用于这种句型的词语有the second，the next/the last以及表示最高级的如the best，the most beautiful等。这些词语后面可以接名词或one（s），也可以不接。
She's always the first to arrive and the last to leave.她总是第一个来到，最后一个离开。
You're the best person to advise me about buying a house.你是我买房子的最好的顾问。
the only后必须接一个名词或one（s）
You're the only person /one to complain.
你是唯一抱怨的人。

3）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 dollars per person per night
你们可以每人每晚花10美金住这家旅馆。

4)30 feet in length 30英尺长
   30 feet in width30英尺宽
   30 feet in height 30英尺高

5）He had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run...他很难把汽车控制住，因为在开始的行程中爆了一只轮胎。
difficulty难，困难时为不可数名词，表示某事有困难时可以用have difficulty in doing sth 结构。in通常可省略
I have difficulty in learning English.
Gary has grown a beard and I had difficulty (in) recognizing him.
加里蓄胡子，我很难认出他来。

5）burst
vi.爆炸，爆裂
A tyre burst during the second run在第二段赛程中一只轮胎爆了。
The balloon burst气球爆了

vt.突然打开
While I was reading, the door burst open and John came in
我正看书时，门猛然地开了，john闯了进来。
We burst the door open
我们猛然把门撞开
burst into tears控制不住哭泣