Lesson 32:Trains GoFaster.
1 频度副词:always总是, usually通常, often经常, sometimes有时, never从不
【课文原句】How do you usually travel to other cities?
你通常怎么去其他城市?
2 your first time 你第一次
【课文原句】Talk about your first time taking a train.
谈谈你第一次坐火车。
3 In the 1700s 十八世纪
4 work on 从事
5 steam engines 蒸汽机
【课文原句】In the 1700s, many scientists worked on steam engines.
在18世纪,许多科学家研究蒸汽机。
6 In the 1760s 十八世纪六十年代
7 a way to ...的一种方式
【课文原句】In the 1760s, a scientist in England found a way to put steam engines and wheels together.
在18世纪60年代,英国的一位科学家发现了把蒸汽机和轮子结合在一起的方法。 a type of
8 a type of 一种类型的…
【课文原句】Soon people had a new type of transportation: the steam train.
不久,人们有了一种新的交通工具: 蒸汽火车。
9 the first train engine 第一个火车头
10 be born 出生于
【课文原句】In 1804, the first train engine was born in England.
1804年,第一台火车发动机在英国诞生。
11 in two hours 在两小时内
【课文原句】It travelled only about fifteen kilometres in two hours.
它两个小时只走了大约15公里。
12 in 1825 1825年
【课文原句】In 1825, the first passenger railway opened.
1825年,第一条客运铁路开通。
13 all over the world 全世界
14 start to do sth. 开始做某事
【课文原句】During the 1830s, countries all over the world started to build railways.
19世纪30年代,世界各国开始修建铁路。
15 fifty years later 五十年后
【课文原句】Fifty years later many countries had railways.
五十年后,许多国家有了铁路。
16 train stations 火车站
17 get on 上车
18 get off 下车
【课文原句】People built many train stations to help passengers get on and off the trains easily.
人们建造了许多火车站,帮助乘客方便地上下车。
19 by today&39;s standards 以今天的标准来看
【课文原句】Early trains were slow by today&39;s standards.
以今天的标准来看,早期的火车很慢。
20 a top speed of 最高速度
21 per hour 每小时
【课文原句】The Rocket had a top speed of only 45 kilometres per hour.
火箭的最高时速只有45公里。
22 high-speed trains 高速列车
【课文原句】Today&39;s high-speed trains can travel at about 300 kilometres per hour.
如今的高铁时速约为300公里。
23 形容词最高级
【课文原句】The fastest trains can go about 500 kilometres an hour.
最快的火车每小时能跑500公里。
24 have no wheels 没有轮子
25 in the future 在将来
【课文原句】Maybe trains will have no wheels in the future.
也许未来的火车将没有轮子。
26 ride on air 骑着空气
【课文原句】Maybe they will ride on air. That would be amazing!
也许他们会骑着空气。 那太棒了!