振羽高飞的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练day55
[Day 2018-12-02]
Lesson56 Faster than sound!
Once a year, a race is held for old cars. A lot of cars entered for this race last year and there was a great deal of excitement just before it began. One of the most handsome cars was a Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost. The most unusual car was a Benz which had only three wheels. Built in 1885, it was the oldest car taking part. After a great many loud explosions, the race began. Many of the cars broke down on the course and some drivers spent more time under their cars than in them ! A few cars, however, completed the race. The winning car reached a speed of forty miles an hour--much faster than any of its rivals. It sped downhill at the end of the race and its driver had a lot of trouble trying to stop it. The race gave everyone a great deal of pleasure. It was very different from modern car races but no less exciting.
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我以前仅有的词汇量只知道漂亮用beautiful,今天知道还有handsome,它们有什么不同呢？问度娘：
1.beautiful adj.（形容词） 美丽的、出色地、出色的、迷人的、迷人地 （可以形容人和事物/风景，形容人的时候多用于女子）
2.pretty adj.（形容词） 漂亮的；可爱的；优美的 adv.（副词） 相当地；颇 n.（名词） 漂亮的人
3.handsome adj. （形容词）（用于形容男子）英俊的；可观的；大方的，慷慨的；健美而端庄的
总结： 1）当做“漂亮的”（形容词）意思解时，betutiful既可形容人也可用于事；pretty则多用于人；形容人的时候，多适用于形容女子； 2）handsome常用于指男子英俊、帅气。
而且还有一个儿歌就是《beautiful and handsome》，一下子就让你明白了，girl,she is beautiful.boy,he is handsome.
还有一个有趣的视频说：handsome,它是hand手,some多，在以前并不是说这个人长得帅，而是说有钱人，绅士对于干活的人给钱打赏的多，他手里阔绰，做人做的帅，后来引申为男士长得帅气，英俊。这就有点像中文汉字里讲解，有趣好懂易记。（更进一步想，是不是男人有钱就会觉得帅气几分呢？哈哈······）
