新概念英语第三册 课件-Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots.ppt

1. In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of $1,000 to thefirst man who would fly across the English Channel.Over a year passed before the first attempt was made. 1908年，诺斯克利夫勋爵拿出1,000英镑，作为对第一个飞越英吉利海峡的人的奖励。然而一年多过去了才有人 出来尝试。 lord n. 主人，君主，贵族，上帝 live like a lord 过着贵族式的豪华生活 treat sb. like a lord 阔绰地款待某人 drunk as a lord 酩酊大醉 Lord bless me! 上帝保佑！ Oh, my Lord!哎呀，我的妈呀！ lord of creation 万物之灵 辨析：long before和before long 辨析 例句 long before 很久以前 一般用于过去完成时。 before作连词时后跟句子“在…之前已很久” We had not waitedf，or him long beforehe returned. He came back beforelong. before long 不久之后 可以指过去、将来的时 间，谓语动词可用现在 时、过去时或将来时 【例1】 用before long和long before填空 It is said that_______the spaceship of Shenzhou Ⅷ will besent up. The teacher told us that_______we would have a sportsmeeting. _______people had to use something called huoyou tolight. The old temple existed_______. 2. On July 19th, 1909, in the early morning, HubertLatham took off from the French coast in his planethe ‘Antoinette IV’. 1909年7月19日凌晨，休伯特·莱瑟姆驾驶“安特瓦特4号”飞机从法国海岸起飞。 take off脱掉，起飞 take away 剥夺，拿开 take apart 拆开，严惩 take down 取下，把记录下来 take in吸入，留（某人）寄宿，理解，欺骗 take on承担（责任）等，呈现出 take over 接任，接管 take up占用，开始做（尤指为消遣） 3. He had travelled only seven miles across the Channelwhen his engine failed and he was forced to land onsea. The Antoinette floated on the water until Lathamwas picked up by a ship. 但他只在海峡上空飞行7英里，引擎就发生了故障，他 只好降落在海面上。“安特瓦特”号飞机在海上漂浮， 后来有船经过，莱瑟姆方才获救。 fail v. 失败，衰竭，出故障 The president’s health is failing fast.总统的健康每况愈下 failure：衰竭 She died of heart failure. 她死于心脏衰竭。 force v.强迫 force sb. to do sth./into doing sth. 强迫某人做某事 force the door open 强行打开门 force n. ①力 force of gravity 重力 ②暴力，武力 by force 用暴力 ③部队;兵力 the air force空军 put..nto force 使……生效 come into force 生效，实施 例∶Our plan came into forceeventually 4. Two days alter, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with aplane called ‘No. XI’. Bleriot had been making plane ssince 1905 and this was his latest model. 两天之后，路易斯·布莱里奥驾驶一名为“11号”的飞机 来到加来四周。布莱里奥从1905年起便开始研制飞机，“11号”飞机是他制作的必威体育精装版型号。 with 要翻译成