A car called bluebird 蓝鸟汔车
racing n. 竞赛
The great racing driver 伟大的赛车手
Malcolm n. 马尔科姆（男子名）
Campbell n. 坎贝尔（姓氏）
Sir Malcolm Campbell 马尔科姆·坎贝尔爵士
was the first man 是…第一人
per prep. 每
to drive at over 300 miles per hour 以每小时300多英里的速度开车
set up a world record 创造一项世界纪录
set up a company 组建一个公司
set up a course 开设一门课程
dialogue n. 对话
set up a dialogue 建立对话
rival n. 对手；竞争者
they were trying to set up a dialogue between the rival groups 他们试图在两个对立的团体之间建立对话
set up an inquiry 调查
the government announced that they were setting up an inquiry into the affair 政府宣布他们正在对此事进行调查
He set up a new world record 他创造了一项新的世界纪录
in September 1935 1935年9月
Bonneville n. 博纳维尔
Flats 平原,低沼泽
Salt Flats 盐沼,盐滩
at Bonneville Salt Flats 在博内维尔盐滩
Utah 犹他州
Bluebird n. 蓝知更鸟
the car he was driving 他开的那辆车
had been specially built for him 是专门为他建造的吗
30 feet in length 30英尺长
It was over 30 feet in length 它的长度超过30英尺
horsepower n. 马力（功率单位）
and had a 2,500-horsepower engine 还有一台2500马力的发动机
Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour 尽管坎贝尔达到了每小时304英里的速度
he had great difficulty in controlling the car 但他还是很难控制汽车
burst v. 爆裂
tyre burst 爆胎
because a tyre burst 因为轮胎爆了
the first run 开始的行程
during the first run 在第一次运行中
After his attempt 在他尝试
disappoint 令….失望
the answer must have disappointed him 答案一定让他失望了
behave vi. 表现
you disappoint me: i had expected you to behave more responsibly 你让我失望了，我原指望你表现得更负责任
disappointing 令人失望的.
the results have generally been disappointing 结果是普遍让人失望的
discouraged 泄气,灰心
the father was discouraged by the disappointing progress of his son . 儿子令人失望的进步使父亲灰心丧气
disappointed adj. 失望的，沮丧的；受挫折的
he was disappointed that the other side had won . 他对对方获胜感到失望
i was disappointed to learn that the fee would be only fifteen pounds. 得知费用只有15英镑，我很失望
disappointment n. 失望；沮丧
to my disappointment, she came with her mother . 令我失望的是，她和她母亲一起来了
disaster n. 灾难，灾祸；不幸
he said it was a disappointment,but not a disaster . 他说这是令人失望的，但还够不成一场灾难
Campbell was disappointed to learn that 坎贝尔听到这个消息很失望
average adj. 平均的
his average speed had been 299 miles per hour 他的平均时速是299英里
have great difficulty in doing something 在做某事方面有困难
However conj. 然而；可是
a few days later 几天后
he was told that 他被告知
a mistake had been made 犯了一个错误
His average speed had been 301 miles per hour 他的平均时速是301英里
Since that time 从那以后
racing drivers 赛车驾驶员
have reached speeds over 600 miles an hour 时速超过600英里了吗
average adj. 平均的
Follow in one’s footsteps 追随某人的脚步
she is following in her sister’s footsteps 她正在追寻她姐姐的足迹
japan’s success with this technology has encouraged other countries to follow in its footsteps 日本在这项技术上的成功鼓励了其他国家竞相效仿.
Following in his father’s footsteps 跟随他父亲的脚步
many years later 许多年以后
Sir Malcolm’s son 马尔科姆爵士的儿子
Donald n. 唐纳德（男子名）
also set up a world record 也创造了一项世界纪录
Like his father 像他父亲
he was driving a car called Bluebird 他开着一辆叫蓝鸟的车
