英语学习乐园：The car race

There is a car race near our town every year.

In 1995, there was¹ a very bigrace.

There were hundreds of people there. My wife² and I were at the race. Our friends Julie and Jack³ were there, too. You can see us in thecrowd. We are standing⁴ on the left.

There were 20 cars in the race. There were English cars, French⁵ cars, German⁶ cars, Italian⁷ cars, American cars and Japanese⁸ cars.

It was an exciting finish. The winner⁹ was Billy Stewart. He was in car number 15. Five other cars werejust behind him.

On the way home, my wife said¹⁰ to me, "Don't drive so quickly! You're not Billy Stewart!"

 

year n. 年

race n. 比赛 （强调竞技性强、激烈的）

town n. 城填

crowdn. 人群

stand v. 站立

excitingadj. 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（抽象）

 

含有-ed的形容词，表达“使人产生…的情绪”（被动）

This is an  interesting book.

He is an  interesting man.

This is  exciting news¹¹.

含有-ing的形容词，表达“…情绪”（主动）

I am  interested in this book.

She is  excited at the news.

It is an  exciting finish.

 

just用法：

1 用在名词和名词词组前

2 用在形容词和副词、介词词组前

just two  o'clock

just my size

just here

just behind  him

just right

1 was   

v.(is,am的过去式)是，在

参考例句：

• He said he was right.他说他是正确的。
• He was cold and hungry.他又冷又饿。

2 wife   

n.妻子，太太，老婆

参考例句：

• She is my wife.她是我妻子。
• He is a tall man but his wife is a short woman.他是个子很高的男人，但他妻子很矮。

3 jack   

n.插座，千斤顶，男人；v.抬起，提醒，扛举；n.（Jake）杰克

参考例句：

• I am looking for the headphone jack.我正在找寻头戴式耳机插孔。
• He lifted the car with a jack to change the flat tyre.他用千斤顶把车顶起来换下瘪轮胎。

4 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

5 French   

adj.法国(人)的，法语的；n.法语；vt.剁肉，蔬菜切成长条

参考例句：

• She reads French quite well,but doesn't speak it.她法语的阅读能力相当强，但不会讲。
• The only French city she enjoyed was Paris.巴黎是她惟一喜欢的法国城市。

6 German   

adj.德国的，德国人的，德语的；n.德国人，德语

参考例句：

• He is studying German.他在学习德语。
• Besides English,he has to study German and French.除英语外，他还要学德语和法语。

7 Italian   

adj./n.意大利的；意大利(人/语)的

参考例句：

• They were speaking in Italian.他们在讲意大利语。
• We'll cook them a nice Italian meal.我们会给他们做一顿美味的意大利餐。

8 Japanese   

n.日本人；日语；日文；adj.日本的；日本语的

参考例句：

• This is of Japanese make.这是日本制造的。
• He began to learn Japanese three years ago.3年前他开始学日语。

9 winner   

n.胜利者，优胜者

参考例句：

• There will be a prize for the winner.优胜者将获得奖品。
• I think she is the winner.我认为她是优胜者。

10 said   

v.动词say的过去式、过去分词

参考例句：

• He said to me that he could not come.他对我说他不能来。
• He said to his mother that he would do it by himself.他对他的母亲说他将自己独立做那件事。

11 news   

n.新闻，消息

参考例句：

• No news is good news.没有消息就是好消息。
• I like reading hot news.我喜欢读热点新闻。