2021-03-18

L55

1. it is said 据说  2.The pirates would often bury gold in the cave and then fail to collect it。（ fail to collect it 未能接走/取走) 3. Armed with the new machine, a search party went into the cave hoping to find buried treasure. 如果几个句子的主语是同一事物, 则可以把几个句子合并为一个句子。保留一个句子做主句, 其他的变成非谓语动词。非谓语动词采用何种形式, 则根据其与主语的关系, 如果是主动关系, 用-ing, 被动关系, 则用动词的-ed形式 

L56

1. There was a great deal of excitement just before it began. (excitement  激动、兴奋； a great deal of +不可数名词    大量的……a great number of +可数名词/a great many +可数名词) 2. handsome cars 3. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part.  4. explosion 可数  爆炸  a great many loud explosions 5.Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them!  (break down   车子抛锚; course 跑道; more.....than...)  6.The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour-- much faster than any of its rivals. 7.It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. (speed 急驶 ）8.The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. 9.It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting. （not less exciting  更令人激动）

L57

1.hesitate 犹豫 2.The assistant who served her did not like the way she was dressed. 3.She returned to the shop the following morning dressed in a fur coat, with a handbag in one hand and a long umbrella in the other. 4. seek out     找出, 找到 5. Not realizing who she was, the assistant was eager to serve her this time. 6.With great difficulty, he climbed into the shop window to get the dress. 7. She enjoyed herself making the assistant bring almost everything in the window before finally buying the dress she had first asked for.（ enjoy oneself doing sth.      从……中得到乐趣）