新概念第三册33A day to remember

Lesson33Adaytoremember难忘的一天

I.Vocabulary

1.preluden.序幕，前奏actionoreventthathappensbeforeanotherlargerormoreimportantone

andformsanintroductiontoit.Intro-dictionarymovementformingthefirstpartofasuite.（a

shortpieceofmusic）

Hisfrequentdepressionwerethepreludetoacompletementalbreakdown.他经常抑郁寡欢，后

来精神完全崩溃了。

introductionintroductiontothehook;preface前言foreword序

2.unforeseenadj.notknowninadvance;unexpected意料之夕卜的fbresee=seebeforehand:

unforeseendevelopments/difficulties未预见的发展/困难theywentthroughalotof

unforeseendifficulties.

Iforeseeabrightfutureforyouforeseeable可预见的foreseeing预料之中的unfbreseeing意

料之外的.

Foretell预言predict预言，预示（语气比较强）forecast预测，预报Eg:Hepredictedthatit

wouldhappenintenyears.forecast:预测，预报（主要指天气的预报）Eg:Timelysnowforetells

abumperharvest.瑞雪照丰年

3.seriesn.系列series单复数形式同形aseriesof=achainof一系列；We'vegotaseries

ofgoodharvest.chain连

串，连锁；aseriesofreaction一系列反应achainofreaction一系歹!j反应；chainstore连

锁店，但是：连锁反应用：chainreaction；chainsmoker吸烟很严重的人；烟鬼heavy

smoker/

（win-tippler酒鬼，酒仙/drunkard酒鬼/tippler酒鬼）

succession侧重时间上的连续；asuccessionoffailures一系列的失败Eg.:We'vegota

successionofsuccesses.string连续不断相似的事件Eg.:astringofcars一连串的汽车

train一个接一个发生的事；atrainofthoughts/ideas一个个的想法

4.catastrophe：n.asuddengreatdisasterormisfortune大祸，灾难；worldwidecatastrophe世

界范围的灾难nationalcatastrophe波及全国的灾难;disaster灾难，不幸（语气较弱）;calamity

灾害，不幸事件；naturecalamity自然灾害Theearthquakeisaterriblecatastrophe.这次地

震是可怕的灾难。

5.crockery:（U）（alsocrockspl.）cups,plates,dishesetcmadeofbakedclay陶器,瓦器

6.suburb:placeoutsidethecentralpartofatownoracityadj.suburban.liveinthe

suburbs住在市郊

Inner/outersuburbs近郊，远郊,anindustrialsuburb城郊工业区

7.collide:meansdirectlyrunin/against指迎面相撞，同义词bump,clash

8.panicn.惊慌,恐慌:uncontrollablequicklyspreadingfearorterror,fear,usually

groundlessgetintoapanic陷入惊慌之中Hesuddenlygot

intoapanicandstophiscar.bestruckwithpanic==beseizedwithpanic'惊

慌失措，惊恐万状Hewasseizedwithpanic.

terror惊骇；horror恐惧;fright害怕;alarm惊恐

9.alongside:①closetothesideof;Therailwayrunsalongsideoftheroad.铁路顺着公路

延伸。

②workorfighttogetherwith...

Volunteersworkedalongsideprofessionalbuildersinamassivereconstructionprogramme.

在一个大型的重建项目中，志愿者们与专业的建筑人员并肩工作。

Inthebattle,BritishtroopsfougtalongsideUSmarines.战斗中，英国部队与美国海军陆战队并

肩作战。

(3)asimportantasWhenhedieshewilltakehisplacealongsideShakespeareandDickensas

oneofthetrulygreatwritersofhistime.他死后会成为他那个时代真正的伟大作家之一。

10.stray：adj.lost,notintheiroriginalplace迷失的，离群的straydogs野狗

(fig比喻)straypaperslitteredhisdesk.他的书桌上都是乱七八糟的纸。

v.:moveawayfromone'sgroupsorproperplace离群，走失Thedogstrayedfromhome.

Someofthecattlehavestrayed.有些牛走失了。Childrenshouldnotallowtostrayfromtheir

parents.…到处乱跑

11.confusion:n.co〃力°order,昆舌L;inconfusion舌L七八糟；becoveredwith

confusion局促不安；throwsbintoconfusion使某人惊慌失措inorder秩序井然；out

oforder混舌L12.greedy:greed:

nexcessivedesireforfood,esp.whenoneisnothungry^/excessiveandselfishdesirefor

wealth,power心，贪婪.Thegirlisconsumedwithgreedandenvy.充满贪婪和嫉妒。

Greedy：filledwithgreedordesirelookatthecakeswithgreedyeyesgreedyfor

power贪图权力的

13.devourv.狼吞虎咽地吃devour:(1).eatlikeananimalThedogdevouredthecake.

(2).destroy吞灭，席卷Theflamesdevouredthewholebuilding

(3).takeineagerlywitheyes,ears,ormind贪婪地看Hiseyesdevouredthescene.他两眼贪婪

地看着。

TEXT

Haveyoueverexperienceadaywheneverythingseemstogowrong?

Answertothequestion:Twocarscollidedandthenthedriversbegantoargue.

Thetextbeginsbytellingusthatsometimeseverythingseemstogowrongand

thenwearegivenasceneunrealtoillustratehowbadadaycanbe(第一段给的情景

是假设的).Thenthesecondparagraphstartswith“thingscanbegowrongonabig

scale”.Soitisatransitionfromtheimaginaryscenetotherealincidents(从虚幻的情

景过渡到真实的事件).Therewasindeedachainofco-incidentswhichmakethings

aterriblemass.Whenthetextendsitsaysitwasjustoneofthosedays(oral,means:

itwasjustonedaywheneverythingseemstogowrong.这就是那么事事不顺的一

天)。

Languagepoint:

1.getoutofcontrol:bebeyondsb'scontrol(uncontrolable)反义beundercontrol

在...控制之中Iamafraiditisbeyondmycontrol.

Don'tworry,everythingisundercontrol.所以都在控制之中

Havecontrolof/oversth=beincontrolofsth/takecontrolofsth控制反义lose

controlofsth2.choosetodo:decidetodosthdeliberately.

Hehasdeliberatelychosentoleadthelifeheleads...文中用choosetogo

wrong是拟人用法。Eg.

Hechosetostayawayfromthepartyhiswifeheldfbrhim.他故意没去参加他妻子为他

举办的晚会3.setup:make/causeapossessstarthappening是一连串的事

情发生.Butsetupcanalsomeanssomething

else.Eg.Thecommitteewassetuplastyear,(established)

Doesanyoneknowhowtosetupthismachine?(makesthstart)Whatsetupthe

accident?Insomepeople,thisdrugsetsupreaction,(makereaction

happen)在有些人中，这个药品会引起反应Achainof(reaction)=aseriesof一

系列的，一连串的(反应)achainreaction连锁反应4.Letus

supposethat...:meansimagineifyouarepreparing...

Lefssuppose/supposethatyoulostyourjobtomorrow,whatwouldyoudo?想象一

下，如果・・・5.keepaneyeon:means“lookafter”,butlessformalthan

lookafterCanyoukeepaneyeonmy

luggageforaminuteplease?6.

Thetelephoneringsandthismarksthepreludetocmunforeseenseriesof

catastrophes.prelude:hereitisusedfigurativelymeans

“事件的序幕”Therecentchangeswere

regardedasapreludetoareform.最近这些变化被视为是改革的序幕。The

unimportanteventisthepreludetotrouble.不重要的事情是麻烦事的前奏

7.catastrophe：synonymsisdisaster,butstrongerthandisaster

Ifwarbrokeout,itwouldbeacatastropheforthewholeworld.如果战争爆发将对全世

界都是一个灾难8.attendto:carefor,dealwithHeisattendingtothe

customersnow.正在接待顾客9.meanwhilethemealgets

burnt.burrnburnt-buniKBr.)：bumed-burned(Am.)但表“烧糊了"只用burnt10.

reducesbtotears：makesbcry.Reducesbto使人陷入不快的状态

Hisquestionreducedmetosilence.他的问题使我陷入沉默。Theyareallunpleasant

situationsorHiscomforting

wordsalmostreducehiswifetotears.lessactivestates.

Hewasreducedtobeggingeventually.最终不得不乞讨

Thebombreducedthecitytoruins.是城市沦为废墟

释义："Everythinginthehouseisoutorder,youcanimaginethefeelingofthewife,

drawaconclusion:troublenevercomessingle.

11.collide:同义词bump,clash.Collide：meansdirectlyrunin/against指迎面

相撞12.immediately:usedtoemphasize

Helivedinanapartmentimmediatelyabovemine.他住的公寓就在我家楼上

Thefarmersweretheimmediatelyaffectedbythenewpolicy.农民是受到这新政策

影响的直接人群13.getinto:usuallyisusedtoexpress"becaughtinan

unpleasantsituationGetintoapanic/trouble/difficulties/

amess惹麻烦panic：fearand

usuallygroundless无根据的恐慌

Shegotintoarealpanicthatshewouldforgetherlinesonstage.他——想至上台后会忘

记台词就非常恐慌。14.bethrownforward:bepushedviolentlyforward猛地向

前一冲Throw:用来表示强烈的动作

Hethrewthedooropen.他猛地把门摔开15.flythroughthe

air：flyisusedtomakedescriptionvividly;throughtheair:thespaceaboveoraround

Thecatfell10storeysthroughtheairwithouthurtinghimself.猫从10层楼上跳下

来，没有•…Throwyourgundownandputyourhandsintheair.放下武

器，举起手来16.thisledtoyetanotherangryargument.

Yet:visedtoemphasize,means“still”

Havingalreadyowned20pairsofshoes,sheboughtyetanotherpairtoday.已经有

了，又买了一双Sorrytodisturbyouryetagain.抱歉再次打扰你。He

madeayetworsemistake.犯了更严重个的错误Yet表示强调时，常与another

有一个,again又一次或比较级一起连用17.

pileup:accumulate堆积，积累即可修饰具体名称，也可修饰抽象名词

Snowwaspilinguoovernight.一夜间雪堆积了很多Hisdebtsarepilingup.债务

越积越多18.Stray:lost,notintheiroriginalplace

Hisdrawerisfullofstraysocks.他的抽屉里满是单只的袜子。

18.devour:吞咽，也可用于引申用法如饥似渴的做…

Hewasaverykeenreader-hewoulddevouronebookafteranother.(hewould

eagerlyreadonebookafteranother)

课文因为讲述的是有很多巧合事件会引起一个重大的事故，sotherearealotof

adverbsusedtodescribethewrothingprocesstoemphasizetheco-incidences.以强

调这些巧合还用了些动词来强调巧合

Whatinvariablyhappensisthatagreatnumberofthingschoasitorowroneatpreciselythe

samemoment.强调时间Thewomanimmediatelybehindthetwocarshappenedtobea

learner.Shesuddenlygotintoapanicandstoppedhercar.强调空间上的巧

八口…

thecakewentrightthroughthewindscreenandlandedontheroad.

Thisledtoyetanotherangryargument.强调在此之前情况已经够糟糕的了

Comingbacktothetopic.Thetextsaysthatalotofchoosetogowrongatexactlythesametime,

calledco-incidence.有的人比较理性,客观，认为巧合纯粹是偶然的，co-incidencesare

purelyaccidental,solongasyouarrangethingscarefullyandconsciously,theycanbeavoided.

但是还有一些人认为，生活就是有巧合构成的，他们会把巧合认为是fhteordestinyorthe

God'swill天意，thiskindofpeopleiscalledfatalisticpeople.宿命的人，howeverwechooseto

understandco-incidences,suchadayisreallyadaytoremember.

Happens:occursprecisely:exactly

Preparing:getting...ready,cookingcatastrophes:disasters,accidents

Smashing:breakingintheprocess:atthesametime

Reduceyoutotears:makeyoucry

Makesureyouunderstandit.Andtheninnotmorethan80wordsdescribewhat

happenedfromthetimewhenthecargotpasttheboulderstothemomentitstopped

intheshallowpool(Para3).Useyourownwordsasfaraspossible.

III.Summary-writingpoints

1.Driverbehind-braked2.Wife-thrownforward-large

cake-windscreen-landedonroad

3.lorry-pulledup