In
1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of $1,000
to the first man who would fly across the English Channel.
知识点（一）
offer sb. sth. 给某人提供某个东西
offer sth. to sb. 给某人提供某个东西
句式平衡，具体使用哪个看句子长度
In 1908 Lord Northcliffe offered a prize of £1,000 to
the first man who would fly across the English
Channel.
An aeroplane offers you an unusual and
breathtaking view of the world.
Shops cater for the do-it-yourself craze not only by running
special advisory services for novices, but by offering
consumers bits and pieces which they can assemble at
home.
offer to do = volunteer to do 主动提出去做某事
In times of peace, when business was bad, Hawkwood and his men
would march into a city-state and, after burning down a few farms, would
offer to go away if protection money was paid to
them.
He offered to train Mendoza and his young pupil
was quick to learn.
知识点（二）
a ￡1,000 of prize X错误
a prize of ￡1,000 √正确
a ransom of ￡1,000 赎金
a reward of ￡1,000 酬金
a debt of ￡1,000 债务
a fund of ￡1,000 基金
a scholarship of ￡1,000 奖金
an investment of ￡1,000 投资
知识点（三）
4 The first man ___C___ across the English Channel would receive Lord Northcliffe’s prize. (11.1-2)
(a) who was going to fly (b) flying (c) to fly (d) having flown
动词 + across + 宾语
fly across the English Channel
cross + 宾语 + 方式状语
cross the English Channel by plane
知识点（四）
the (English) Channel 英吉利海峡
strait n. 海峡；困境
the Bering Strait
the Taiwan Strait
Over a
year passed before the first attempt was made.
知识点（一）
知识点复习：before 强调主句发生的时间特别长，before
要翻译成“才”；比预期的短要翻译成“就”，有的时候要翻译成“然后”。
Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o’clock, but the
bell struck thirteen times before（才） it
stopped.
I hadn’t waited long before （就）he
came.
I shaved before （然后）I went to the
party.
Alfred stayed in the camp a week before（然后）
he returned to Athelney.
when “才”“就”“然后”
He had travelled only seven miles across the Channel
when （就） his engine failed and he was forced to land
on the sea.
The plane had been planting seed for nearly a month
when（才） it began to rain.
Shrugging my shoulders, I began to walk away
when（然后）, a moment later, he ran after me and
thrust the pen into my hands.
知识点（二）
make … attempt to do 做尝试
make an / no / little / the first
/ another attempt to do
Latham made another attempt a week later and got
within half a mile of Dover, but he was unlucky again.
造句：过了一个多月才有人发现了这具尸体。
Over a month passed before the body was
found.
造句：过了十年 (decade) 多才有人出来揭示
(reveal) 了这个秘密。
Over a decade passed before the secret was
revealed.
On
July 19th, 1909, in the early morning, Hubert Latham took off from the
French coast in his plane the ‘Antoinette IV.’
知识点（一）
in the early/ late morning / afternoon /
evening 在早上/晚上/下午
at dawn / the crack of dawn /
daybreak / sunrise 在凌晨
at dusk / sunset /
sundown / twilight 在黄昏
知识点（二）
take off 起飞
land 着陆
take off sth. 脱衣服
put on sth. 穿衣服
take … off … 使……脱离……
It is almost impossible to take your mind
off the journey.
She was so pretty—I couldn’t take my eyes
off her.
“Have you seen James without his beard?” “I know—it
takes years off
him!”（年轻好几岁）
take time off 请假
--- Do you still live there?
--- Oh yes, yes. My husband’s there now. He couldn’t take
time off to come to New York with me.
I have to take time off from work
/ school to go to the dentist.
take a day off 请一天假
take the afternoon off 请一下午假
He
had travelled only seven miles across the Channel when his engine failed
and he was forced to land on the sea.
知识点（一）
travelled 本文强调走过了多长的距离，不强调方式
知识点（二）
fail v. (fml.) （零部件）失灵
break down v.（交通工具, 大型机器） 抛锚,
停止工作
malfunction v. (fml.) 出故障
sth. goes wrong with … （口语化）出故障
区分：fail to do 没能完成某事
知识点（三）
be forced to do 不得不
be/feel obliged to do
不得不做某事（强调道义，责任）
However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the
Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions
given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily
similar.
be/feel compelled to do
不得不做某事（强调外界压力）
be/feel impelled to do
不得不做某事（强调内心的动力）
be / feel bound to do
不得不做某事（强调由法律，协定）
necessary
must do / have to do
不得不做某事(普通表达)
The
‘Antoinette’ floated on the water until Latham was picked up by a
ship.
知识点（一）
float on the water 飘在水面上
ride the waves 飘在水（大的）面上
知识点（二）
pick up(副词) ↔︎ sb.
I’d really like to pick up Grandpa at the
railroad station. 开车接某人
Railroad stations or airports, Grandpa always tells us he’ll get
here by himself. He’s something!
知识点（三）
save / rescue 救某人、某事，（不强调方式）
When you rescued your trousers, did you find the
note was whiter than white?
When a passing tanker rescued them five days
later, both men were genuinely sorry that they had to leave.
salvage 只能表示救物资
pick up(副词) ↔︎ sth.
（多义词）1.捡起来；2.买到便宜货
pick up where we left off 从中断的地方继续
After lunch shall we pick up where we left
off?
老友记
Chandler: Wait! I just want you to know that ... I’m so happy
you’re going to be here.
Janice: Oh, me too ...
Chandler: Because ... that way ... we can pick up where
we left off.
Janice: Huh?
Chandler: I never stopped loving you.
Two
days later, Louis Bleriot arrived near Calais with a plane called ‘No.
XI’.
知识点（一）
法语名称发音，“s”不发音
Louis 路易
Illinois 伊利诺伊
Calais 加来
Charles 查理
Chamonix 沙莫尼
知识点（二）
课文主人公介绍
Louis Blériot (1872-1936), French engineer and
pioneer aviator.
After designing and building various types of experimental aircraft,
he concentrated on developing the monoplane.
On July 25, 1909, he flew from Calais, France, to Dover, England, in
one of his monoplanes, becoming the first aviator to cross the English
Channel in a heavier-than-air machine.
During World War I Blériot’s factory produced about 10,000 airplanes
for the armed forces of France and the other Allied powers.
Bleriot
had been making planes since 1905 and this was his latest model.
model n.（车辆、机器的）型号
the latest model 最新型号
the most popular model 爆款
My car is the latest model.
They produce a range of different computers, but this is
the most popular model.
A
week before, he had completed a successful overland flight during which
he covered 26 miles.
可数 不可数
flight aviation
voyage navigation
造句：早在 20 世纪 30
年代，红军就完成了长征，在这期间他们走过了 25,000 里。
As long ago as the 1930’s, the Red Army had completed the Long
March during which they covered 25,000 li.
Latham, however, did not
give up easily.
stick it out （习语）坚持下去
Latham, however, stuck it out.
老友记
Rachel: Oh God, I hate my job, I hate it, I hate my job, I hate
it.
Monica: I know honey, I’m sorry.
Rachel: Oh, I wanna quit, but then I think I should stick it
out.
He,
too, arrived near Calais on the same day with a new ‘Antoinette’.
It
looked as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel.
知识点（一）
It seems / looks as if / as though … 看似,
好像……
知识点（二）
race 竞速比赛
match【英】 / game【美】
对垒比赛
contest 强调由裁判打分的比赛
知识点（三）
promise to do 很可能
It promised to be an exciting race across the
Channel.
It promises to be warm today.
阅读真题：
Groundbreaking research by two French geophysicists
promises to shed some light on the
mystery.
课后习题讲解：
7． It ___D___ to be an exciting race across the
Channel. (11.1 1-12)
(a) would promise (b) would have promised (c) was promising (d)
promised （表达将来的含义）
Both
planes were going to take off on July 25th, but Latham failed to get up
early enough.
After
making a short test flight at 4.15 a.m., Bleriot set off half an hour
later.
表达“动身出发”不强调方式：
set out / off
start out / off
His great flight lasted 37
minutes.
When
he landed near Dover, the first person to greet him was a local
policeman.
Latham
made another attempt a week later and got within half a mile of Dover,
but he was unlucky again.
within … of … 离……不到……
His
engine failed and he landed on the sea for the second time.
短语辨析：
for the second time 第二次发生
at the second time 在第二次的时候
for the first time 首次做某次
at the first time 在第一次的时候
In 1929, three years after his flight over the North Pole, the
American explorer, R.E. Byrd, successfully flew over the South Pole
for the first time.
走遍美国
Is something still wrong, Robbie?
I’ll be OK.
Going away to college for the first time always
makes one a little nervous.
I guess so. I’ll be OK. I just need time to think.