英语情景口语[88]:distance and speed距离与速度

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　　088　distance and speed
        　　Words
        　　Near/close far rush hurry crawl pace velocity wide tall long short length
deep narrow broad high depth shallow short-cut long-distance rapid slow fast
quick height low faraway
        　　Phrases
        　　Take…(time)
        　　A … drive/walk
        　　A distance of
        　　In the distance
        　　Stretch for (distance)
        　　Beginner
        　　A: how long will it take us to drive to London?
        　　B; I think it’s a distance of 180 kilometers from here to London, so it
should be a two-hour drive on the motorway.
        　　A; that’s unless there is a traffic jam. It could take three hours.
        　　B; you’re right. We will be able to travel at high speeds at the beginning
and end of the journey, because we will be in built-up area.
        　　A: so, shall we allow three hours to cover the distance?
        　　B; ok. You haven’t seen my company car, have you?
        　　A; no. let me take a look….it’s longer than my car.
        　　B: I think it’s over five meters long. I can’t remember exactly. It has a
maximum speed of over 200 kilometers an hour.
        　　A; wow! That’s fast! I don’t think we will be traveling that fast on the
motorway.
        　　B; we can’t. if we went that fast, we would break the speed limit.
        　　Intemp3ediate
        　　A: how are the children doing at sport?
        　　B: I’m very pleased with their perfomp3ances. Timmy can cover the 100
meters in 12 seconds. That’s very fast for a kid his age.
        　　A: he’s not very good at the long jump though, is he?
        　　B; he’s not bad. He can jump a distance of over four meters. I think he
just prefers running to jumping. Jimmy’s very good at the high jump. He can jump
over two meters. Again, that’s fine for someone his age.
        　　A; two meters? That means that the high jump bar is above his head! Are any
of them good at long-distance running?
        　　B: the longest race we run is the 1500 meters. A few of the boys and one
girls can do it in less than five minutes.
        　　A: how are they at swimming?
        　　B; they’re ok. I ask them to swim 500 meters each day. That’s 20 lengths of
the swimming pool. They’re not very fast, but that’s ok. I just want them to
build their strength up and keep in shape.
        　　A; kate is very good at diving from a height of 10 meters.
        　　B: I’d be afraid to jump from that height!
        　　A: I think that these kinds haven’t learnt to be afraid yet. She started
diving from a lower height, but she soon wanted to go higher.
        　　B; it seems that they really enjoy to go faster, higher and further.