新概念英语第三册Lesson 33 知识点梳理.docx

LESSON 33:A DAY TO REMEMBER We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time.Precise:准确的，精确地 It was difficult to get precise information. 精确的细节 精确的时间 To be precise Shes a lot older than you, isnt she? Fifteen years, to be precise .as if The boy looks as if he is 30 years old She loves the boy as if she is his mother She loves the boy as if she his mother He looks as if he went to the moon yesterday He looks as if heto the moon yesterday The girl talks about Rome as if she has been there before The girl talks about Rome as if she It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment. It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time.1suppose Shell be there today, I suppose Suppose (that) the news is true: what then? Youre supposed to pay the bill by Friday Mrs Carver is supposed to have a lot of money.Keep an eye on keep an eye on to watch someone or something by occasionally going to look at them over a long period of time v phrase Keep an eye on the baby, in case he gets too near the fire. Tom kept an eye on the house while we were away Youd better come into hospital where we can keep an eye on you. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.2 序幕，前兆prelude The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the The bankruptcy of several small companies was the prelude to economic crisis. the prelude to His frequent depressions were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown You should break this habit as a prelude to losing weighttable smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.3 The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table-cloth off the table smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.attend to sth =deal with I may be late - I have got one or two things to attend to I have some urgent business to attend to. A nurse attended to his needs You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner. Sth使某人流泪 Sth reduce sb to tears 这个故事使我们泪流满面 The story reduced us to tearsTears Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a 这个故事感动得我们泪流满面 The story moved us to tears be close to tears burst into tears be filled with tearslearner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road.4 规模; 程度; 范围 on a big scale Nuclear weapons cause destruction on a massive scale Pollution could cause changes to weather patterns on a global scale. Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road.collide collide with（猛烈） 撞上 As the bus turned the corner, it collided with a van. 公共汽车转过拐角时与客货车相撞. The bus and the van collided. Two trains collided head-on I ran around the corner, and almost collided with Mrs Laurence. During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. happen to do I happened to see James in town. 我碰巧知道所有的答案 我碰巧认识她5 During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. panic: (v) to suddenly become so frightened that you can not think clearly I began to panic when the parachute didnt open Dont panic! Well soon get you out of there (n)get into a panic I got into a panic when I found the door was locked. go/be as white as a sheet She went as white as a sheet when the nurse came in with a needle You re as white as a sheet. Whats happened? During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue. The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car. This made the driver following her brake hard. His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake. As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and landed on the road. brake verb ADV. hard, heavily, sharply, suddenly, violently PHRASES brake to a halt The train braked to a halt. brake to avoid sth She braked suddenly to avoid a cat.6 Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry-driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry- driver had to sweep up hundreds of 滑，滑动slid-slid 我在冰上滑 I am sliding on the ice 我顺着坡滑下去（slope) I am sliding down the slopeslidebroken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days! The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry- driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days! Pile sth up Pile the books up 把衣服摞起来 pile up 增多; 积累: Evidence was piling up against them. 不利於他们的证据越来越多. Her debts are piling up and she has no money to pay them. 她债台日高已无力偿还.7The traffic piled up behind 车辆排起了长龙 This led to yet another angry argument. Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind. It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. In the meantime, the lorry- driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days! sth使sb受益 这本书使我受益重点动词：benefitdevour Fire devoured a huge area of forest 吞吃，狼吞虎咽的吃，大口狂吃 The man devoured his sandwich in seconds. He sat by the fire, devouring beef and onions. Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake. It was just one of those days!8