Two thousand dollars()enough for the car
Would you mind if I use your car? Of course not.()
We have()all the latest safety features into the design of the car.
Practice 6 ● You are the factory manager of a car company. You are waiting for urgently needed components from your purchasing department.
● Write a note to Mr. Smith, the Assistant Purchasing Manager:
● Enquiring about the reason for the delay;
● Stating when the components are needed;
● Suggesting a meeting to discuss future deliveries.
● write 30-40 words.
Helen was seriously injured in a car()
How much control you want to turn over to the car may()your age and where you are going.
There ’s no entrance information on your car 270的中文翻译为:您的卡上没有进站信息。
The London to Brighton Car Run The first London to Brighton run took place on November 14th, 1896. It was (1) org____ to celebrate the passing of a law which made it easier for cars in Britain to be driven on the roads.
Before then, the law (2) req____ a driver and an engineer in the car and a man walking in front of the (3) veh____ with a red flag warning of its approach.
Since then, this annual run has become one of the most popular events on the British motoring calendar, (4)____ crowds of over one million lining the route. Only the (5) v____ oldest cars, constructed during the ten years between 1895 and 1905, are allowed to take part in it. Lovingly polished by their drivers, who are dressed in the clothing of the period, the cars leave Hyde Park in London at 7:30 am and (6) ar____ , hopefully, in Brighton some three hours later.
The 60-mile run is not a race—there’s an official coffee stop on the way and the cars are restricted to an average speed of only 30kph. The only (7) rew____ for finishing is a medal, which is awarded to everyone who (8)____ (reach) Brighton before 4:00 pm. The run traditionally (9)____ (attract) participants from all four corners of the world, including Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. Since the youngest car is nearly a hundred years old, some of them (10)____down of course. But for the owners of the 400-plus vehicles, it’s simply being there that brings the greatest pleasure.
Britain’s car industry may be showing down but British engineers can still build the world’s fastest car. (1)____(construct) work begins today on a car that engineers hope will break the land speed record (2)____ more than 200 mph.
The car, Bloodhound, is designed to travel faster than 1,000 mph(1,600km/h)—far in (3) ex____ of the speed of sound and the equivalent of crossing four football pitches every second. The record of 763 mph was (4) s____ in 1997 by the Royal Air Force pilot Andy Green, who will also drive Bloodhound.
The time trial is (5) sch____ for 2011 and will take place in desert in the Northern Cape of South Africa.
The car’s pencil-shape shell is made from (6)____(forge) aerospace-grade aluminum.
Three engines lie under the bonnet: a 400 kg Euro-fighter Typhoon jet engine, a rocket and a third engine to pump fuel through to the rocket. This combination should produce 135,000 horsepower—(7) eq____ to the power of 180 Formula One cars.
Wing Commander Green, 46, will lie feet—first in Bloodhound. As the car (8)____ (acceleration) to 1,050 mph in 40 seconds he will experience a force of 2.5 G, or about twice his body weight, As he decelerates and experiences forces of up to 3G, the blood will drain from his head to his feet and he could black out. He will prepare (9)____ the trial by flying upside down in a stunt aircraft. “A huge advantage is (10)____ I’ve got 20 years’ experience of flying fast jets,” he said.