Lesson 69 The car race
There is a car race near our town every year.
In 1995, there was a big race.
There were hundreds of people there.
My wife and I were at the race.
Our friends Julie and Jack were there, too.
You can see us in the crowd.
We are standing on the left.
There were twenty cars in the race.
They were English cars, French cars, German cars, Italian cars, American cars and Japanese cars.
It was an exciting finish.
The winner was Billy Stewart.
He was in car number fifteen.
Five other cars were just behind him.
On the way home, my wife said to me, 'Don't drive so quickly! You're not Billy Stewart!'
New Word and expressions 生词和短语
year n. 年
race n. 比赛 (强调竞技性强、激烈的)
town n. 城填
crowd n. 人群
stand v. 站立
exciting adj. 使人激动的
just adv. 正好,恰好
finish n. 结尾,结束
winner n. 获胜者
behind prep.在……之后
way n. 路途
Lesson 70 When were they there?
stationer n. 文具店
Denmark n. 丹麦
A Complete these sentences using at, on or in.
1. We were at the stationer's on Monday.
2. We were there at four o'clock.