新概念英语第一册第69-70课:The car rac

新概念英语第一册第69-70课:The car rac

　　Lesson 69   The car race汽车比赛

　　Listen to the tape then answer this question.Which car was the winner in 1995?
　　听录音，然后回答问题。哪辆车在1995年的比赛中获胜？
　　There is a car race near our town every year. In 1995, there was a very big race.
　　在我们镇子附近每年都有一场汽车比赛。1995年举行了一次盛大的比赛。

　　There were hundreds of people there. My wife and I were at the race. Our friends,
　　Julie and Jack were there, too. You can see us in the crowd. We are standing on the left.
　　许许多多人都去了赛场。我和我的妻子也去了。我们的朋友朱莉和杰克也去了。
　　你可以在人群中看到我们。我们站在左面。

　　There were twenty cars in the race. There were English cars, French cars, German cars,
　　Italian cars, American cars and Japanese cars.
　　参加比赛的有20辆汽车。有英国、法国、德国、意大利、美国和日本的汽车。

　　It was an exciting finish. The winner was Billy Stewart. He was in car number fifteen.
　　Five other cars were just behind him.
　　比赛的结尾是激动人心的。获胜者是比利.斯图尔特。他在第15号车里，其他5辆汽车跟在他后面。

　　On the way home, my wife said to me, “Don’t drive so quickly! You’re not Billy Stewart!”
　　在回家的途中，我妻子对我说：“别开得这样快！你可不是比利.斯图尔特！”

　　New words and Expressions生词和短语
　　year
　　n. 年

　　race
　　n. 比赛

　　town
　　n. 城填

　　crowd
　　n. 人群

　　stand
　　v. 站立

　　exciting
　　adj. 使人激动的

　　just
　　adv. 正好，恰好

　　finish
　　n. 结尾，结束

　　winner
　　n. 获胜者

　　behind
　　prep.在……之后

　　way
　　n. 路途

　　Lesson 70   When were they there?他们是什么时候在那里的?

　　Lesson 69-70   自学导读First things first

　　课文详注Further notes on the text
　　Julie and Jack是Our friends的同位语。
       语法Grammar in use
       (3)用介词in的时间短语通常可表示: 一天中的某段时间(如 in the evening在晚上)，月份(如 in March在3月)，年份(如 in 1997 在1997年)，季节(如in Spring在春天)，世纪(如in the 20th century在20世纪)，节日(如in Easter week在复活节那一周)，时期(如in the holidays在假期里)等。