新概念英语第二册：第72课课文详解及语法解析
课文详注 Further notes on the text
1.The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. 杰出的赛车选车马尔科姆·坎贝尔爵士是第一个以每小时超过300英里的速度驾车的人。
(1)to引导的不定式短语为 the first man的定语。类似的可用于这种句型的词语有the second, the next/the last以及表示级的如 the best, the most intelligent等。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.
她总是第一个来到，最后一个离开。
You're the best person to advise me about buying a house.
你是我买房子的顾问。
the only后必须接一个名词或 one(s)：
You're the only pereson/one to complain.
你是惟一抱怨的人。
(2)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.
你们可以每人每晚花10英镑住在这家旅馆。
You must have been driving at seventy miles an/per hour.
你刚才一定是以每小时70英里的速度开车。
2.…he bad great difficulty in controlling the car because a tyre burst during the first run.……他很难把汽车控制住，因为在开始的行程中爆了一只轮胎。
(1)difficulty 表示“难”、“困难”时为不可数名词。表示做某事有困难时可以用 have difficulty(in)doing sth. 结构， in通常可省略：
Gary has grown a beard and I had difficulty (in) recognizing him.
加里蓄了胡子，我很难认出他来。
(2)run在这里为名词，表示“(赛跑的)路程/行程”：
The next run is forty miles.
下一段赛程为40英里。
3.Following in his father's footsteps…踏着父亲的足迹…… follow in sb.'s footsteps为固定短语，表示“步某人的后尘”、“仿效某人”或“继承某人的事业”：
He intends to follow in his father'/ uncle's footsteps and to become a dentist.
他打算继承父亲/叔叔的事业，当一名牙医。
