新概念第三册 Lesson33

1、Lesson33A day to remember 难忘的一天 By KittyRevision the words salvage Barents sunken cargo bullion scour chest contents belongings item cruiser find log book piece convoy torpedo submarine naval ministry Revision the sentences The editor sent a fax to the journalist instructing him to get the news. I a

2、m under the impression that he is the manager of the store. They piece the log book together. Please piece up the dress.New words and expressions prelude n. 序幕，前奏 unforeseen adj. 意料之外的 series n. 系列 catastrophe n. 大祸，灾难 crockery n. 陶器，瓦器 suburb n. 郊区 collide v. 猛撞 learner n. 初学者 panic n. 惊慌，恐慌 windsc

3、reen n. （汽车的）挡风玻璃 alongside prep. 在的旁边，与并排 slide v. 滑 stray adj. 离群的 confusion n. 混乱 greedily adv. 贪婪地 devour v. 狼吞虎咽地吃Fast reading 1 What would have most upset the woman the day everything went wrong for her?a. She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.b. The meal she had cooked for the t

4、hree guests had got burnt.c. Her husband had not told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.d. She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.c 2 What might have prevented a chain reaction following the initial collision?a. If the two drivers who had collided had not begun to argue.b. Ha

5、d there been a more experienced driver behind the two cars.c. If, instead of panicking, the woman had made no attempt to stop.d. Had the wife of the man who braked not thrown a cake through the window.b 3 There was a second angry argument because _ .a. the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake f

6、or his accidentb. the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move againc. the lorry driver did not think he shouldbe made to sweep up the glassd. two dogs had devoured what was left of the cakeaText A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control. get out of contro

7、l 失控=uncontrollable, beyond control It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. It is as if =It seems as if =It looks as if 似乎好象看起来set up (1)= cause 引起，导致，造成-What set up the accident?(2)= creat 创立，建立-set up a world record 创世界纪录 Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and

8、 keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. keep an eye on the baby 照料孩子keep an eye on = look after = take care of-Please keep an eye on my house while I am out.(1)keep ones eyes open 睁大眼睛(2)eye for eye 以牙还牙(3)have eyes only for 只要，只爱-I have eyes only for you. (4)look sb in the eyes 两眼直视某人(5)eye t

9、o eye with sb 与某人看法完全一样-I see eye to eye with my sister. (6)turn a blind eye to sth. 对视而不见-He even turned blind eye to me. (7)make eyes at sb 含情报脉脉地看着某人-The boy is making eyes at hisgirlfriend. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. prelude n. 序幕，前奏a

10、prelude to sth 的前奏-a prelude to serious trouble 麻烦的前奏introduction 导言，绪论-introduction to the book preface 序，前言foreword 序unforeseen adj. 意料之外的unforeseeing adj. 意料之外的反义词foresee v. = see before hand-I foresee a bright future for you.foreseeable adj. 可预见的foreseeing adj. 预料之中的区别foretell v. 预言，主语可以是人或物pred

11、ict v. 预言，预示（语气较强），主语必须是人-He predicted that it would happen in tenyears. forecast v. 预测，预报（主要指天气的预报）-Timely snow foretells a bumper harvest. 瑞雪照丰年series n. 系列单复数形式同形a series of-Weve got a series of good harvest.chain 连串，连锁a chain of 一系列a series of reaction 一系列反应=a chain of reaction一系列反应chain store 连

12、锁店，chain smoker 吸烟很严重的人succession sksn侧重时间上的连续a succession of failures 一系列的失败-Weve got a succession of successes.string str连续不断相似的事件a string of cars 一连串的汽车train 一个接一个发生的事a train of thoughts/ ideas 一个个的想法 catastrophe n. 大祸，灾难worldwide catastrophe 世界范围的灾难national catastrophe 波及全国的灾难disaster 灾难，不幸（语气较弱

13、）calamity klmti灾害，不幸事件nature calamity 自然灾害 While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the tablecloth off the table smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. pull off 拉下来pick off 取下来knock off 碰落下来smash half 摔成两半 You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. atten

14、d to = look after = deal with 处理 -Please attend to my baby.-Excuse me, I have something urgent to attend to. As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.reduce you to tears.reduce sb to + 名词 迫使某人处于状态-You almost reduce me to te

15、ars. -His comforting words almost reduced his wife to tears.-His answer reduced me to silence.-The bomb reduced the city to ruins. Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney. on a big scale = to a great degree = to great extent在很大程度

16、上在很大程度上 During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue.during the rush hour 上下班高峰期 The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. happen to do 恰巧-I happened to hear the news.-It happened that I heard about it the day before yesterday. She sudd

17、enly got into a panic and stopped her car. panic n. uncontrollable quickly spreading fear or terror惊慌，恐慌get into a panic 陷入惊慌之中-He suddenly got into a panic and stop his car.be struck with panic= be seized with panic 惊慌失措-He was seized si:zd抓住with panic. terror ter(r) 惊骇horror hr(r) 恐惧fright 害怕alarm

18、 lrm 惊恐 It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. get the traffic on the move 使得车辆开动起来on the move = move from place to placeon the rise 正在上升on the boil 正在沸腾on the go 正在忙碌中on the watch 正在监视on the turn 正在转变中on the run 正在逃跑中on the fly 正在飞行中on the decrease 正在减少 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!stray adj. 迷失的，离群的-The dog strayed from home.-Every dog has its day .每个人都会有飞黄腾达的日子benefit from 从.得益-You benefit a lot from your reading.confusion n. 混乱=out of order