Lesson 56 faster than sound

faster / the most handsome /the most unusual / the oldest/ no less exciting

enter for / take part in /once a year /twice a year / three times a year

began 发音[biˈɡæn] 不能读成 ei

a great deal of excitement/pleasure + 不可数名词

a great number of / a great many+ 可数名词

a great many explosions

wheel

many people/cars many of the cars

break down

on the course

some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them.

a few cars/ few cars

the plane reached a speed of five hundred kilometres an hour.

any of the rivals / any rival

sped / speed

downhill at the end of the race

I had a lot of trouble finding my glasses.

this race was very different from that one.