1、Lesson 33 A day to remember,1. Have you ever experience days when everything goes wrong ? Say, an unforeseen series of catastrophes happen within a day ? 2. What incident began the series of accidents ? ie. Was there a prelude to them ?,II New words & Expressions,prelude n. 序幕，前奏 prelude与介词to搭配表示“的前
2、奏”a prelude to serious trouble 麻烦事的前奏vt. 为.奏序曲, 成为. 序幕 eg. prelude a talk with a joke以笑话开头进行讲话introduction n. 导言，绪论 （连to） introduction to the bookpreface n. 序，前言 （连to）foreword n. 序 （连to）,foresee (foresaw, foreseen) vt. 预见；预知 eg. foresee trouble 预见到有问题foreseen adj. 预见到的；预知的 eg. a foreseen danger 预见到的
3、的危险unforeseen adj. 未预见到的；意料之外的 eg. unforeseen result 意想不到的结果,series n. 一系列; 连续 eg.连续几天 a series of days a series of pictures 连环画 a series of books 丛书 the first series 第一辑 TV series 电视连续剧chain n. 暗示紧密连接或联系在一起的一系列东西 eg. a chain of proof 一连串证据一连串的反应a chain of reactions,catastrophe n 大祸，灾难 这个词强调严重，波及范围广
4、的灾难worldwide 世界范围的灾难 national 波及全国的灾难disaster n. 灾难，不幸 （比catastrophe 弱的多，不幸的程度是可以忽略的）,panic n. 惊恐，恐慌 Phrase: sb be in a panic 在惊慌中 sb get into a panic / sb be seized with a panic 惊慌失措 sth cause a panic 引起惊慌eg. 股市恐慌 a stock-market panic 剧院失火时，引起一阵恐慌。,When the theater caught fire, there was a panic. T
5、he audience got into a panic. The fire caused a panic.,slide, slid, slid v. 滑（常与into连用）不知不觉地陷入 她跌倒了，滑过了发亮的地板。滑冰 slide on the ice 偷偷溜进房间 slide into the room slide into bad habits 不知不觉地沾染上坏习惯 playground slide 儿童滑梯,She fell over and slid across the shiny floor.,The streets were empty except for a few s
6、tray cars.,stray vi. 失散; 堕落; 离题; (脑子)想到别处 eg. stray from / off the right path 偏离正道Dont stray from the point. 不要离题乱扯。 stray adj. 迷了路的, 离了群的; 意外的; 偶然见到的 eg.迷途的羔羊 a stray lamb偶然的顾客 a stray customer 除了偶然可以看到的几辆汽车外, 街上没有人迹。,devour vt. 吞食；贪婪地吃;破坏, 吞没, 毁灭,devour vt. 吞食；贪婪地吃;破坏, 吞没, 毁灭,The contestants were
7、devouring the food.,The snake devoured a big mouse .,The children were devouring the books in the room. (喻),The fire devoured the forest.,III Text Study Listen to the text and answer the question: What incident began the series of traffic accidents?,Two cars collided and the drivers began to argue.,
8、Listen to the first paragraph and fill in the blanks. It is invariable sometimes that everthing seems to _ _ _. It is as if a single unimportant event set up _ _ _ of reactions. A case in point : You are preparing a meal and _ _ _ _ the baby. The phone rings and this marks the _ to an _ _ _ _. While
9、 you are _ _ _, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table, _ half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and _ _ the baby, crockery, etc. At the same time, the meal gets burnt. Whats worse, your husband returned home, bringing guests to dinner out of yourexpec
10、tation.,III Text Study,We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. Structure: “when” introduces an attributiveclause to modify “days”. (2) phrase: go wrong 出错，失败，弄错，变坏了 The day went wrong. 天气变坏了。 His friends helped him go wrong. 他的朋友把他带坏了。My car has gone wrong.我的车坏了。,Let us suppose that
11、 you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time.Phrase: keep an eye on sb / sth 照看, 留心瞧着eg. Please keep an eye on the baby while I am out! Many wives keep an eye on their husbands in case of extra marriage.,While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the t
12、able, smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process.,While you are talking on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table. As a result, he smashes half your best crockery and cuts himself when he is doing so.,be on the phone=be on the line=talk on the telephone 在打电话，
13、在通话， in the process 在此过程中,As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.reduce sb to (doing) sth 强迫/迫使某人处于更坏的状态 She was reduced to begging. 她被迫乞讨。 这个消息更加使她恐惧/绝望/流泪/沉默。,The news reduced her to terror / despair / tears / silence.
14、She was reduced to terror / despair / tears / silence by the news.,As she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and loaded on the road. Paraphrase:Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. Paraphrase
15、:,When/Because she was thrown forward, the cake went right through the windscreen and loaded on the road.,A lorry driver was driving alongside the car. When/Because he saw a cake flying through the air, he stopped his lorry suddenly.,Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawi
16、ng up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden. draw up (使车、马等)停住; 逼近，追上(to, with); 草拟 pull up (使车、马等)停住;逼近, 追上(to, with); 拔起The driver pulled up / drew up at the gate of the school.司机在学校大门口停下了车。 The car pulled up / drew up at the gate and three men got out. 车在门口停了下来，三个男人走了下来。 Their car now bega
17、n to pull up / draw up (to the leading one). 他们的车现在开始逼近领头的那辆。,Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily dovored what was left of the cake.Paraphrase: Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily ate up the remains of the cake.benefit from 受益
18、于, 从中获利,1, What is the topic sentence for the first paragraph and for the whole text? “We have all experienced days when everything 2, What is the topic sentence for the second paragraph?“Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
19、”,3, What is the structure of the text? “P1 first tells us the topic we have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. Then the writer supposes a day when things go wrong on a small scale at home; P2 tells us a day when things go wrong on a big scale on the road. The two examples together pro
20、ve the topic sentence.”4, Why does the writer use the present tenses in describing the first day, but the past tenses in describing the second day? “Because the first day is a supposed case, while the second day is a real case discovered by a number of people recently in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.”,Thanks!,
