新概念英语第三册+Lesson+20Pioneer+pilots+讲义

Lesson20Pioneer pilots□Part1:TextIn1908Lord Northcliffeoffered aprize of1000to the first man who would fly across theEnglish Channel.Over ayear passedbefore the first attemptwas made.On July19th,1909,in theearly morning,Hubert Lathamtook off from the French coast in his plane theAntoinetteIV.He hadtravelled onlyseven milesacross the Channel whenhis enginefailed and he was forced to landon the sea.The Antoinettefloated on the water untilLatham waspicked upby a ship.Two dayslater,Louis Bleriotarrived nearCalais witha planecalled No.XI*.Bleriot hadbeenmaking planessince1905and thiswas hislatest model.A weekbefore,he hadcompleted a successfuloverland flightduring whichhe coveredtwenty-six miles.Latham,however didnot give up easily.He,too,arrived nearCalais on the sameday witha newAntonette*.It looksas ifthere wouldbe anexciting raceacross theChannel.Both planeswere going to take off on July25th,but Lathamfailed toget upearly enough.After makingashort testflight at

4.15a.m.,Bleriot setoff half an hourlater.His greatflight lastedthirtyseven minutes.When he landed nearDover,the firstperson togreet himwas alocalpoliceman.Latham madeanother attempta weeklater andgot withinhalfa mile of Dover,but he was unluckyagain.His engine failedand helanded on thesea for the second time.□Part2:New wordsand expressions先驱

1.pioneer[paiania]n.对（英国）贵族的尊称;勋爵

2.lord[lo:d]n.加来（法国港口城市）

3.Calais[kaelei]n.陆上的

4.overland[^uvolaend]a.★「.先驱pioneer paiania]n先锋；开拓者；先驱

1.n.在..方面的先锋be a pioneer in•他是最早使用光的人He wasapioneerin theuse ofX-rays.X他们是少先队员They areYoung Pioneers.开辟；首倡

2.v..他们开垦了西北领土They pioneeredthe NorthwestTerritory★对（英国）贵族的尊称；勋爵lord[lo:d]n.

1.n.君王；勋爵；统治者；worship theLord崇拜上帝Lords house教堂The kingand allthe greatlords werepresent.国王和所有的贵族都出席了

2.v,使…成君主;支配；She refusedto belorded over.她拒绝从命★.陆上的overland[duvslaend]aoverland service陆上运输An overlandroute iscomparatively safe.陆路相对来说安全些□Part3:Notes onthe text★In1908Lord Northcliffeoffered aprize of1000to thefirstmanwhowouldfly across the English Channel.

1.offer aprize提供奖品,提出…•offer sb.sth.，

2.the firstman序数词和the连用表示第一个

3.序数+todsth代替从句可转换为:thefirstman toflyacrosstheEnglishChannel.

4.the englishChannel英吉利海峡★Over ayear passedbefore thefirst attemptwas made.

1.before引导时间状语从句,翻译为才…••

2.thefirstattempt第一次尝试attempt1n.尝试make anattempt to do sth.2V.尝试做某事attempt to do sth.He attemptedto finishhis homeworkbefore8:

00.★On July19th1909in theearly morning,Hubert Lathamff tookofffromtheFrenchcoastinhisplanethe AntoinetteIV

1.0n July19th,1909具体的某一天，用介词on

2.in theearly morning早上很早at dawn黎明，破晓

3.take off1起飞the aircraftwas readyto takeoff2取下I canttake thelid off,its stuck!这盖子卡住了，我拿不下来★He hadtravelled onlyseven milesacrosstheChannel whenhisenginefailedand hewas forcedto landonthesea.TheAntoinette floatedonthewateruntilLatham waspicked upbyaship.

1.过去完成时态的应用

2.across表示横跨，through表示在内部通过

3.fail表示引擎出现问题=break downfail todo sth.失败做某事The planefailed totravel acrosstheChannel.

4.be forcedtodo sth被迫做某事Jerry wasforcedtoplay theguitar.

5.pick up=save营救★A weekbefore,he hadcompletedasuccessful overlandflightduring whichhe coveredtwenty-six miles.

1.过去完成时态的应用，表示到过去的时间为止已经完成的动作

2.a weekbefore一星期前，表示一个时间点★Latham,however didnot giveup easily.He tooarrivedf fnearCalais onthe sameday witha newAntonette.giveup放弃Jerry didnot giveup hisdream tobe adoctor.★It looksas ifthere wouldbe anexciting raceacross theChannel.Both planesweregoingtotakeoffonJuly25th butfLathamfailed toget upearly enough.

1.across横跨

2.as if.…可在look,seem等系动词后引导表语从句，表达的是虚拟语气好像、似乎、仿佛的意思

3.failtodosth.He failedto finishthe processon time.

4.get up起床★Latham madeanother attempta weeklater andgot withinhalfamileofDoverbut hewas unluckyagain.His engineffailedandhelandedontheseaforthe secondtime.make anattempt todosth.thesecondtime序数词+the,第二次□Part4:GrammarDifficult points过去完成时态引导的从句as if当引导的从句是“主语系动词”结构，可省略主语和系动词等成份，这样后就只asif as if剩下名词、不定式、形容词短语或动词ing形式等He lefthurriedly,as if hewasangry.He actsas ifhewasa fool.asif+to doHenodded hishead asifhewas goingto agreethe offero□Part5:Homework.背诵lesson20单词课文重点语句解析需背诵

1.重点词记忆

2.练习总结课文3。