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★burstv.爆裂
① vi.爆炸，爆裂
A tyre burst during the second run.
The balloon burst.
② vt.& vi.突然打开
We burst the door open.
While I was reading, the door burst open and John came in.
【课文讲解】
1、The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour.
在the second，the next/the last以及表示最高级的如the best，the most intelligent 等后可以用to引导的不定式短语做定语，这些词语后面可以接名词或one(s)，也可以不接：
She’s always the first to arrive and the last to leave.
You’re the best person to advise me about buying a house.
你是我买房子的最好顾问。
the only后必须接一个名词或one(s)：
You’re the only person/one to complain.
per 表示“每一，每”，通常用于商业及技术用语，日常用语大多用a/an：You can stay at the hotel at $10 per person per night.
You must have been driving at seventy miles an/per hour.
2、It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2,500-horsepower engine.
30 feet in length30英尺长
3、Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run.
have difficulty (in) doing sth.做……有困难
He has grown a beard and I had difficulty (in) recognizing him.
the first run开始的行程
the next run is forty miles.下一段赛程为40英里。
4、Following in his father\'s footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm\'s son, Donald, also set up a world record.
follow in one’s footsteps步某人的后尘，仿效某人，继承某人的事业He intends to follow in his father’s footsteps and to become a dentist.1
