Lesson 33 A day to remember难忘的一天 非限定性定语从句

 to remember ^后置定语

• Gandalf, my old friend ... this will be a night to remember. ^{难忘的一夜}
• The important thing to remember is to eat a variety of healthy food. ^{重要的是要记住吃各种各样健康的食物。}

We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong.

have experienced ^经历过

• It has the memorable events we have experienced together.^{那里有我们一起经历过的难忘的事情。}
• We have all experienced how something as simple as a toothache can affect other parts of the body. ^{我们都体会过，好像牙痛那么小的事，也可以影响身体的其它肢体。}

go wrong ^{出错，出问题，不顺利}

• everything goes wrong ^{每件事都出错、不顺利（事事不顺）}
• Our marriage began to go wrong after we had our first child. 
• Something's gone wrong with my computer.
• An advertisement which begins with the magic word FREE can rarely go wrong.
• It is all too easy to blame the railway authorities when something does go wrong.

造句：We have all experienced days when life seems to be a bowl of cherries. ^{我们都经历过生活幸福如意的日子。}
造句：We have all experienced moments of misery and despair.^{我们都经历过痛苦和绝望的时候。}

A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control.

suddenly ^{adv.突然地}

• all of a sudden ^{突然地，出乎意料地}
• Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden.
• all at once ^{突然地；出乎意料地、同时；一起}
• All at once, I noticed that my wife seemed to be filled with alarm. ^NCE3-33

get out of control / hand ^{(变得)失去控制}

• Just make sure your list doesn't get out of control.^{确保你的表不失控。}
• Inflation could get out of hand.^{通货膨胀可能失控。}

get sth. under control ^{掌握中(在控制下)}

• There's no need to flap—I've got everything under control. ^{不必担心—一切都已在我控制之中。}
• We've got to get the economy under control or it will literally eat us up. ^{我们必须控制住经济，否则它真地就会把我们困住。}
• He believes that from a military standpoint, the situation is under control. ^{他认为从军事角度来看，局势已得到控制。}

What invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong at precisely the same moment.

What invariably happens is that ... ^{往往总是…}

• What happens is that taking snapshots actually increases the load. ^{当获取快照的时候，事实上反而会增大负载。}
• What happens is that during an El Nino, the weather pattern changes.^{他说，“在厄尔尼诺现象期间，天气模式发生了变化。”}
• As we go down a column, what happens is that the ionization energy decreases.^{当我们沿着列向下走的时候，会发现电离能是在降低的。}
• And what happens is that people, they start to see themselves in this space.^{结果是，这些人开始在这个空间看到自己。}
• We see what happens is that when the markets -people are chasing past returns. ^{我们所见的就是当市场，当人们盯着过去的收益时。}

造句：What invariably happens is that those who work most get paid least. ^{往往总是干得最多的人收入最少}
造句：What invariably happens is that once teachers leave the class will be in a state of chaos.^{往往总是老师们一走班里就陷入一片混乱状态。}

choose to do ^{决定、选择做某事：指做出决定选择去做某件事情。}

• More and more people are choosing to live alone.  ^选择
• Catherine chose to ignore the doctor's warning. ^决定

It never rains but it pours.  ^{不雨则已，一雨倾盆。（祸不单行、不鸣则已一鸣惊人）}
As the old saying goes, happiness comes alone while misfortune loves company. ^{俗话说，福无双至、祸不单行。}
If anything can go wrong, it will.  — Murphy's law

It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.

其它可以表示“导致”的写作替换

a chain of reactions ^{一连串的反应}

It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain / series / train / trail / string of reactions. ^替换

• a chain reaction ^连锁反应
• a domino effect ^{多米诺效应}
• a ripple effect. ^涟漪效应

Let us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby at the same time.

keep an eye on sth. / sb. ^{留意、照看(人有2只眼，用另一只眼去看)}

• Would you please keep an eye on my suitcase while I'm away?

The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.

ring ^{vi./vt. 响铃}

• The doorbell rang. ^vi.响铃
• ring the doorbell. ^vt.按响

go off ^{突然爆炸或发出巨响、发出特定的声音}

• The alarm clock went off.
• He heard the alarm go off. ^{他听见警报器响了。}

strike ^v.打响

• The clock is striking the hours. ^打点报时
• The clock began to strike twelve.

marks ^{v.标志、标记}

• It marked the end of the great tradition of ships with sails and the beginning of a new era.
• The foundation of the People's Republic of China marked the beginning of a new historical period in China.

mark the prelude to ...^预示着⋯

• The dark clouds marked the prelude to a heavy storm.
• The Lugouqiao Incident marked the prelude to China's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.

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.

be on the phone ^{在打电话（持续进行）}

• answer the phone ^接电话

While you are answering the phone, ...

• answer the door = I'll get it. ^应门
• May I speak to Mr. John Smith? ^{我可以和约翰·史密斯先生讲话吗?}
• This is I'm John Smith speaking. ^{我是约翰·史密斯。}
• This is he me. ^{这就是他。}
• speaking ^请讲
• Who is it? Who are you? ^你是谁？
• Who is there? = Who is calling? ^是谁？
• One moment, please. ^请稍等
• Hold on / Hang on, please.  ^请等一下
• John, there's a phone call for you. ^{约翰，有你的电话。}
• John, you are wanted on the phone.^{约翰，有你的电话。}
• John, Tom's on the line. Pick up the phone on your desk. ^{约翰，汤姆来电话了。拿起你桌上的电话。}
• Sorry, Mr. Smith is in a meeting right now. Would you like to leave a message / May I take a message? ^{对不起，史密斯先生正在开会。你要留言吗/我可以帮你留言吗?}
• Can you connect me with John Smith in the advertising department? ^{你能帮我接广告部的约翰·史密斯吗?}
• I'd like to place / make a collect call to Australia.^{我想打一个对方付费电话到澳大利亚。}
• The connection is very bad. I can barely hear you. ^{信号很差。我几乎听不见你说什么。}
• There's something wrong with the phone. Let's hang up. I'll call you right back. ^{电话有点问题。我们挂电话吧。我马上给你回电话。}

in the process ^{at the same time 与此同时}

• I stood up to say hello and spilt my drink in the process.
• In the process, he enjoyed himself thoroughly and kept telling everybody how much he hated hospitals.

You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc. Meanwhile, the meal gets burnt.

hang up =put the phone down ^挂电话

• slam the phone down ^{砰地挂断电话：生气或失望时用力挂断电话。}
• get cut off ^{（电话）断线了}

hurriedly ^{do sth. in a hurry / rush 匆忙地}

• in haste ^匆忙
• There's no hurry / rush. ^不着急
• What's the hurry / rush? ^{着什么急啊？}
• Take your time. ^{慢慢来，不着急}

A:'Excuse me, ma'am. Ticket, please.' B:  'Would you kindly hold these keys, please? I have a ticket, I know. I was in the smoking section.' A: 'It's OK, lady. Take your time.'

etc. ^{来自拉丁文 et cetera 等等}

• and so on
• and so forth
• and the like
• and what not

As if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.

As if ^{好像（引导方式状语从句可以用虚拟语气）}

• 'Oh, that,' he said with a smile as if he were talking about an old friend.
• He acted as if he had never lived in England before.
• Don't act as if you were the only pebble on the beach.

reduce sb. to sth. ^{使某人不快或使某人处于不良状态或情况}

• reduce sb. to tears ^{使某人落泪}
• reduce sb. to despair ^{使某人绝望}
• reduce sb. to silence ^{使某人沉默}

unexpectedly / unforeseen ^{出乎意料地、意外的}

• The plane was unexpectedly delayed.^{飞机意外地延误了。}
• Radiation may damage cells in a way that was previously unforeseen. ^{辐射也许会以以前未预见的方式损坏细胞。}

* Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.

on a big / large / great / grand / vast scale ^大规模的

• on a small scale ^小规模的
• on a limited scale ^{有限规模的}
• on a colossal / huge / enormous / immense / gigantic scale ^{特大规模的}
• on a national / nationwide scale ^{全国规模的}
• on a global / an international / a worldwide scale ^{世界规模的}

As Napoleon once pointed it out, attack is the best method of defense. ^{正如拿破仑曾经指出的，进攻是最好的防御方法。}

During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue.

the morning / evening rush hour ^{早/晚高峰时间（不可数）}

• Don't travel at rush hour. ^{不要在交通高峰期出行。}

When the traffic was very heavy, ... ^替换

The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner. 

immediately behind / above / below / in front of sth. ^{（地点上）紧临着、紧靠地}

 chanced to do ^碰巧

It happened / chanced that the woman immediately behind the two cars was a learner. ^替换

As it happened / As luck would have it, the woman immediately behind the two cars was a learner. ^替换

She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car.

She got into a sudden panic and stopped her car.  ^{替换(adv. → adj.)}

• She stopped her car in a sudden panic. ^{转换成简单句}

This made the driver following her brake hard.

brake hard / sharply ^{猛刹车/急刹车}

• slam on the brakes  ^猛踩刹车
• stop ^停车
• draw up  ^{停下来，停车}
• pull up ^{停下来，停车}
• Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden.
• come to a stop / halt ^{书面(文言)}
• It came to a stop outside the jeweler's.
• Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came to a grinding halt.

His wife was sitting beside him holding a large cake.

sit beside him ^{坐在他旁边}

• A young man and a young woman were sitting behind me.

Seeing a cake flying through the air, a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car, pulled up all of a sudden.

draw up ^停车

• A taxi drew up at the gate.

draw sth ↔ up ^{(有宾语)起草、草拟}

• ..., when the Marquis of Queensberry drew up the first set of rules.

alongside ^{adv.在旁边 & prep. 在...旁边}

• A car drew up alongside. ^{adv.在旁边}
• A police car pulled up alongside us. ^{prep. 在(我们)旁边“介宾”}

The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road.

... slid off the back .. ^{从背面滑落}

• ... slipped off the back ... ^替换

“上义词”替换

The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road. ^{卡车→汽车、车辆}

• Giant pandas are considered a national treasure and the Chinese government are doing their best to protect this endangered species. ^{大熊猫 → 濒危物种}
• Moreover, in the past two years other nearby cities may have begun to build similar golf courses or resort hotels.Indeed, the fact that Ocean View has already built these facilities might actually portend failure for Hopewell,... ^{高尔夫场、度假酒店 → 这些设施}

This led to yet another angry argument.

yet / still (another / one more...) ^{然而/还有(另一个/一个…)}

• yet one more question ^{再提个问题}
• still another example ^再举个例
• He sent yet another fax informing the journalist that if he did not reply soon he would be fired.

Meanwhile, the traffic piled up behind.

pile up ^积聚

• The work just keeps on piling up and makes me want to scream.

It took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again.

The police took nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move again. ^{take times to do sth.}

• The police spent nearly an hour (in) getting the traffic on the move again. ^{spent times (in) doing sth.}

on the + noun. ^{处于某种状态}

• The dog is on the alert.
• He is always on the go. ^忙碌
• The patient is on the recovery. ^{康复（待愈）}
• Crimes are on the rise. ^上升中
• While you are on the phone, ...
• Even people who take no interest in art cannot have failed to notice examples of modern sculpture on display in public places.
• There was also a great deal of machinery on display.
• The house is on sale.
• The workers are on strike.
• I'm here on vacation.
• I'm here on business.
• The nurse is on call 24 hours a day.

In the meantime, the lorry driver had to sweep up hundreds of broken bottles.

sweep up ^打扫干净

• Get a broom and sweep up that glass will you?^{拿一把扫帚把那些玻璃扫干净，行吗？}
• They did not sweep up the crumbs.^{他们没打扫碎屑。}
• I sweep up the pieces of his plate. ^{我清扫了他所打碎的盘子。}

Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.

 benefit from ^{得益于；得利于；因…而得到好处}

• I found I myself also benefitted from the translation.^{我发现我自己也从翻译过程中受益。}
• Your brain will benefit from this food. ^{你的大脑会从这种食物中受益。}

benefit ^有益于...

• This food will benefit your brain. ^{这种食物对你的大脑有益。}

what is left of sth. = what remains of sth. ^{某事还剩下什么}

..., for they greedily devoured what remained of the cake. ^替换

• It is recounted of Thomas Carlyle that when he heard of the illness of his friend, Henry Taylor, he went off immediately to visit him, carrying with him in his pocket what remained of a bottle of medicine formerly prescribed for an indisposition of Mrs. Carlyle's. ^NCE4-28