Lesson 33 A day t remember

Lesson 33：A day to rememberWe 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. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes. 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. 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.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. 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 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!We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control.我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子。

一天开始时，可能还不错，但突然间似乎一切都失去了控制。

1.when everything goes wrong为定语从句，其先行词为days。

由于days在定语从句中充当逻辑上的时间状语，所以连接词用关系副词when。

一般地，当定语从句修饰的名词为表示时间的名词时，若该时间名词在定语从句充当逻辑上的主语，宾语或表语时，使用关系代词which或that；若该名词在从句中充当逻辑上的时间状语，使用关系副词when，并且when也可以用in which或during which来代替。

如：I still remember the day that we spent together in the small village.我仍然记得我们在这个小村子里度过的那一天I still remember the day when we were together in the small village.2.go wrong为固定搭配，意思为“出毛病了，出故障”，其中go为连系动词，表示变化。

3.out of control的意思为“不受控制，失去控制”。

get out of control意思为“变得不受控制”，get为连系动词，意思为“变。

”，后面一般直接跟形容词或介词短语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.情况经常是这样的，许许多多的事情都偏偏赶在同一时刻出问题，好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。

1.invariably/ɪn’veə.ri.ə.bli/ adv. AlwaysThe train is invariably late.precisely/prɪ’saɪ.sli/adv.exactly and correctly [= exactly]He arrived at precisely 4 o'clock.precisely what/how/where etcIt is difficult to know precisely how much impact the changes will have.adv. used to emphasize that a particular thing is completelytrue or correctShe's precisely the kind of person we're looking for.adv. spoken formal used to say that you agree completely with sb.'It needs to be dealt with now.' 'Precisely, before it gets any worse.'2.what invariably happens为what引导的名词性从句，其用法相当于一个名词，在这里充当句子的主语，所以为主语从句。

3.that a great number of things…为表语从句。

所谓表语从句就是充当一个句子表语的从句。

表语从句一般由that引导，也可以由wh－疑问代词引导，如：What actually irritated me is what you have said in the meeting.真正惹恼我的是你在会上所说的话The fact is that you lied to me. 事实是你和我说谎4. a number of意思为“大量的，许多的”，只能用于修饰可数名词5.choose to do sth. 意思为“选择做某事”6.“it is as if + 从句”的意思为“好像是。

”，用于从句中的内容是假设的，虚拟的，所以从句中的谓语动词应该使用虚拟语气形式，即使用动词的过去式，如：It is as if you were the boss. 就好像你是老大似的It is as if he had been to Beijing. 就好像他真的取过北京一样Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time. The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.假设你在做饭，同时又在照看孩子。

这时电话铃响了。

它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。

1.prelude/’prel.juːd/n. a prelude to something if an event is a prelude to a more importantevent, it happens just before it and makes people expect itLiving together as a prelude to marriage is now considered acceptable in many countries.n. a short piece of music, especially one played at the beginning ofa longer musical piece or before a church ceremonyan organ preludeunforeseen/,ʌn.fə’siːn/ adj. an unforeseen situation is one that you did not expectto happenunforeseen circumstances/events/changes etcDue to unforeseen circumstances, the play has been cancelled.unforeseen problems/difficulties/delaysunforeseen delays in supplying the equipment catastrophe/kə’tæs.trə.fi/ n.a terrible event in which there is a lot of destruction,suffering, or death [= disaster]environmental/nuclear/economic etc catastropheThe Black Sea is facing ecological catastrophe as a result of pollution.prevent/avert a catastropheSudan requires food immediately to avert a humanitarian catastrophe.n. an event which is very bad for the people involved [= disaster]catastrophe forIf the contract is cancelled, it'll be a catastrophe for everyone concerned.2.that引导的从句为宾语从句，充当suppose的宾语3.在从句中使用了现在进行时，用来说明事件发生背景4.keep an eye on sth.为固定搭配，意思为“照看，密切注意”，如：You should keep an eye on the physical conditions of your wife.你要密切注意你妻子的身体状况He is always keeping an eye on international news everyday.他每天都密切注意着国际上的新闻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. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc.就在你接电话时，孩子把桌布从桌子上扯下来，将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。