# 第一册 Lesson 69 The car race 汽车比赛

## 一、课文原文

There is a car race near our town every year. In 1995, there was a very big race.

There were hundreds of people there. My wife and I were at the race. Our friends, Julie and Jack were there, too. You can see us in the crowd. We are standing on the left.

There were twenty cars in the race. There were English cars, French cars, German cars, Italian cars, American cars and Japanese cars.

It was an exciting finish. The winner was Billy Stewart. He was in car number fifteen. Five other cars were just behind him.

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

## 二、重点词汇详解

| 单词 | 音标 | 词性 | 释义 | 用法说明 |
|------|------|------|------|----------|
| year | /jɪə/ | n. | 年 | every year 每年 |
| race | /reɪs/ | n. | 比赛 | a car race 汽车比赛 |
| town | /taʊn/ | n. | 城镇 | near our town 在我们镇附近 |
| crowd | /kraʊd/ | n. | 人群 | in the crowd 在人群中 |
| stand | /stænd/ | v. | 站 | standing on the left 站在左边 |
| exciting | /ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ/ | adj. | 令人激动的 | 修饰物；excited 修饰人 |
| finish | /ˈfɪnɪʃ/ | n. | 结尾，终点 | an exciting finish 激动人心的结尾 |
| winner | /ˈwɪnə/ | n. | 获胜者 | win v. 获胜 → winner n. 获胜者 |
| behind | /bɪˈhaɪnd/ | prep. | 在……后面 | behind him 在他后面 |
| way | /weɪ/ | n. | 路 | on the way home 回家的路上 |

## 三、语法知识点

### There be 结构的过去时

| 时态 | 结构 | 例句 |
|------|------|------|
| 一般现在时 | There is/are... | There is a car race every year. |
| 一般过去时 | There was/were... | There was a very big race in 1995. |

**was/were 的选择**：
- 单数/不可数 → was：There was a big race.
- 复数 → were：There were hundreds of people.

### hundreds of 数百

| 表达 | 含义 | 例句 |
|------|------|------|
| hundreds of | 数百 | hundreds of people 数百人 |
| thousands of | 数千 | thousands of cars 数千辆车 |
| millions of | 数百万 | millions of people 数百万人 |

**注意**：数字+hundred/thousand/million 不加 -s，如 two hundred people。

### 一般过去时实义动词（预告）

本课主要用 be 动词过去时，下课将学习实义动词过去时。

## 四、重点句型分析

### 1. There is a car race near our town every year.
- There be 结构，一般现在时
- every year 每年（一般现在时标志词）

### 2. In 1995, there was a very big race.
- In + 年份，用过去时
- there was（单数）

### 3. There were hundreds of people there.
- hundreds of 数百（约数，加 -s）
- there were（复数）

### 4. We are standing on the left.
- 现在进行时（照片描述）
- on the left 在左边

### 5. on the way home 回家的路上
- the way home 回家的路
- on the way to... 去……的路上

## 五、课文翻译

我们镇附近每年都有一场汽车比赛。1995年，有一场非常大的比赛。

那里有成百上千的人。我和妻子也在观看比赛。我们的朋友朱莉和杰克也在那里。你能在人群中看到我们。我们站在左边。

比赛中有二十辆车。有英国车、法国车、德国车、意大利车、美国车和日本车。

结尾非常激动人心。获胜者是比利·斯图尔特。他在十五号车里。另外五辆车紧跟在他后面。

回家的路上，我妻子对我说："别开这么快！你不是比利·斯图尔特！"

## 六、语言点精讲

1. **There be 的过去时** — is → was, are → were。根据后面名词的单复数选择。
2. **hundreds of** — 表示约数时 hundred 加 -s 并接 of。但 two hundred（具体数字）不加 -s。
3. **an exciting finish** — exciting 修饰物（比赛令人激动），excited 修饰人（人感到激动）。
4. **car number fifteen** — 十五号车。number 简写 No.，如 No.15。
5. **on the way home** — home 是副词，前面不加 to。对比：on the way to school。
6. **幽默结尾** — 妻子提醒丈夫别开快车，因为他不是赛车手。

## 七、课后练习要点

1. 掌握 There be 的过去时（was/were）
2. 区分 hundreds of 与 two hundred 的用法
3. 练习 In + 年份的表达
4. 掌握 exciting 与 excited 的区别

## 八、本课小结

- 核心语法：There was/were...（一般过去时）
- 核心词汇：race, crowd, exciting, winner, behind
- 核心句型：There was a big race. / hundreds of / on the way home
- 文化要点：汽车比赛文化；国籍形容词作定语