练习材料：Lesson 56 57
任务配置：L0
知识笔记：
Lesson56Faster than sound/saʊnd/!
Once a year, a race/reɪs/is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels/wiːl/. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course/kɔːs/and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them ! A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour--much faster than any of its rivals/ˈraɪ.vəl/. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.
Course赛道，车道
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Lesson57Can I help you, madam/ˈmæd.əm/?
A woman in jeans/dʒiːnz/stood at the window of an expensive shop. Though she hesitated for a moment, she finally went in and asked to see a dress that was in the window. The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed. Glancing at her scornfully/ˈskɔːn.fəl.i/, he told her that the dress was sold. The woman walked out of the shop angrily and decided to punish the assistant next day. She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur/fɜːr/coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other. After seeking out the rude assistant she asked for the same dress. Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time with great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. As soon as she saw it, the woman said she did not like it. She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.
Scornfully轻蔑的
