英国剑桥夏季景色图（英读廊坐过山车感觉比飙车还快）

Why does riding a roller coaster feel so much faster than driving in a car at a similar speed?【译】为什么坐过山车感觉比以同样速度开车要快得多？【语法】faster than 形容词或副词比较级 than，是“比...更...”的意思；例句：He is younger than me. 他比我（更）年轻。He runs faster than me. 他比我跑得（更）快。【单词】riding ['rahy-ding][raɪd] v. 骑；乘【短语】roller coaster 过山车【单词】driving ['drahy-ving][draɪv] vt. 开车；驱赶；迫使【单词】speed [speed][spiːd] n. 速度；迅速

Your body can feel changes in speed and changes in direction.【译】你的身体能感觉到速度和方向的变化。【单词】direction [dih-'rek-shuh n, 'dahy-][də'rekʃn] n. 方向；指导；用法说明；趋势；目标；管理

Ask your mommy or daddy to speed up really fast, slow down really fast, or turn the car really fast.【译】让你的妈妈或爸爸加速得很快，减速非常快，或者把车转得很快。【单词】mommy ['mom-ee]['mɒmi] n. 妈咪 = mummy(美).【单词】daddy ['dad-ee]['dædi] n. <口>爸爸

You will feel it like a roller coaster.【译】你会感觉像坐过山车。

However, doing these things on a road tends to be dangerous because you can crash.【译】然而，在路上做这些事情往往是危险的，因为你可能会撞车。【用法】tend to表示“朝某方向；趋向；偏重”，后面接动词原形。如：We tend to make mistakes when we do things in a hurry.忙中不免出错。【单词】tends [tend][tend] v. 趋向；易于；朝向 v. 照料；照管【单词】dangerous ['deyn-jer-uhs, 'deynj-ruhs]['deɪndʒərəs] adj. 危险的；不安全的【单词】crash [krash][kræʃ] v. 撞击；坠毁；发出巨响；崩溃

Rollercoasters change speed and direction more quickly than a car because it is safe to do on a track.【译】过山车会比汽车更快地改变速度和方向，因为在轨道上做是安全的。【单词】safe [seyf][seɪf] adj. 安全的；安然无恙的；可靠的；谨慎的【单词】track [trak][træk] n. 轨道；跑道；踪迹；小路

Your body feels those changes.【译】你的身体感觉到了变化。

Your body cannot feel unchanging speed, though your body can feel wind from speed.【译】你的身体感觉不到恒定的速度，尽管你的身体能感觉到来自速度的风。【单词】unchanging [ʌn'tʃeɪndʒɪŋ] adj. 不变的【单词】wind [wind, Literary wahyd][wɪnd] n. 风；（随食物或饮料）吞下的气；呼吸；气息

The faster you go the more wind there is.【译】你走得越快风就越大。

In a normal car, the windshield stops the wind from hitting you, so you don't feel it.【译】在一辆普通的汽车里，挡风玻璃阻止风吹到你身上，所以你感觉不到。【单词】windshield ['wind-sheeld, 'win-]['wɪndʃiːld] n. 挡风玻璃【单词】hitting [hit][hɪt] vi. 打（击）；袭击；达到 vt. 要求；打（击）；碰撞

In a roller coaster, there is usually no windshield to block the wind so you feel the wind and feel the speed.【译】在过山车里，通常没有挡风玻璃阻挡风，所以你可以感受到风和速度。【单词】block [blok][blɒk] v. 阻塞，阻挡

The reason you can only feel changes in speed and not speed itself is because once everything in your body gets moving at the same speed, nothing in your body is pushing it pulling against itself and there's nothing to feel (other than the wind.) If you have flown in an airplane and drank water, you will notice the water stays normal in a cup even though you are moving very fast.【译】你之所以只能感觉到速度的变化而不能感觉到速度本身，是因为一旦你身体里的一切都以同样的速度运动，你的身体里就没有任何东西在推动它自己，也没有什么可以感觉到的（除了风）。如果你坐过飞机喝过水，你会发现杯子里的水也会保持正常，虽然你的速度很快。【词法】even though是“尽管”的意思，为连词，引导让步状语从句用于引导让步状语从句。如：He went out even though it was raining. 尽管在下雨，他还是出去了。even though与even if很多情况下可以互换，但是还是有一些细微的区别。even though 引导的从句内容往往是真实的，主要用于引出不利用于主句情况的信息，相当于汉语的“尽管”，“虽然”。如上面例句中。而even if 引导的从句是往往是假设性的，相当于汉语的“即使”，“纵然”，如：Even if it rains tomorrow, we won't change our plan. 即使明天下雨，我们也决不改变计划。【单词】pushing ['poosh-ing][pʊʃ] v. 推；按；挤；逼迫；催促【单词】pulling [pool][pʊl] v. 拉；拖；牵；拔；吸引【单词】flown [flohn][flaɪ] v. 飞；坐飞机；驾驶；逃跑；悬挂【单词】airplane ['air-pleyn]['eəpleɪn] n. 飞机【单词】drank [drangk][drɪŋk] v. 喝；饮【单词】notice ['noh-tis]['nəʊtɪs] vt. 注意；留心

But if you hold that cup of water when the plane is speeding up for takeoff or slowing down for landing, the water will splash around.【译】但是当飞机加速起飞或减速着陆时，如果你拿着那杯水，水就会四处飞溅。【单词】plane [pleyn][pleɪn] n. 飞机【单词】speeding ['spee-ding][spiːd] v. 加速；急行【单词】takeoff ['teyk-awf, -of]['teɪkɔːf] n. 起飞；模仿；起跳【单词】slowing [sloh][sləʊ] v. 放慢；减速【单词】landing ['lan-ding]['lændɪŋ] n. 着陆；登陆【单词】splash [splash][splæʃ] v. 溅（湿）

Your body can also feel it's own liquid and soft stuff splashing as you speed up or slow down.【译】当你加速或减速时，你的身体也能感觉到液体和软物质在飞溅。【单词】liquid ['lik-wid]['lɪkwɪd] adj. 液体的；液态的；清澈的；清脆的 n. 液体【单词】soft [sawft, soft][sɒft] adj. 柔软的；柔和的；温和的；不强烈的；轻的 n. 柔软的东西【单词】stuff [stuhf][stʌf] n. 东西；原料；材料