It looked as if there would be an exciting race across the Channel.
看來會有一場激烈的飛越英吉利海峽的競爭。
新概念英語第三冊
Lesson 20 Pioneer pilots
?? 句中詞匯解析
從本句中提取的重要詞匯
adj. 使人興奮的，令人激動的;
v. 刺激（excite的現在分詞）;
?? excit興奮+ing...的→使人興奮的
"Riding bulls is always an exciting event at a rodeo."
騎公牛總是放牧人競技會上激動人心的表演.
近義：heady, inflaming, moving, sensational, stimulating, tantalizing
反義：humdrum, insipid, insufferable, irksome, irritating, lethal
prep. 穿過;橫穿，橫過;與…交叉;在…對面;
adv. 橫過，越過;在對面;交叉;斜對面;
?? cro, cru =cross,表示”十字形,交叉”
"The only access to the farmhouse is across the fields."
去那農舍的唯一通路是穿過田野。
近義：through, athwart, on, per, thru, to
n. 頻道，波道;渠道;途徑;海峽;
vt. 引導，開導;形成河道;
?? chann管道+el表名詞 →航道
"What's on Channel 4 tonight?"
電視四臺今晚有什么節目？
近義：waterway, watercourse, trench, dike, ditch, dyke
n. 賽跑;人種;競爭;民族;
v. 參加比賽;快速移動;空轉;
?? 比賽跑（r=run）第一（ace，撲克a）
"Much to his chagrin, he did not win the race."
使他大為懊惱的是他賽跑沒獲勝.
近義：hurry, nip, run, scurry, speed, sprint
反義：pace