练习材料：

L33 -1：A day to remember

We 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.

/wiː/ /hæv/ /ɔːl/ /ɪksˈpɪərɪənst/ /deɪz/ /wɛn/ /ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ/ /gəʊz/ /rɒŋ/./ə/ /deɪ/ /meɪ/ /bɪˈgɪn/ /wɛl/ /ɪˈnʌf/,/bʌt//ˈsʌdənli/ /ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ/ /simz/ /tu/ /gɛt/ /aʊt/ /ʌv/ /kənˈtroʊl/. /wʌt/ /ɪnˈvɛriəbli/ /ˈhæpənz/ /ɪz/ /ðæt/ /ə/ /greɪt/ /ˈnʌmbər/ /ʌv/ /θɪŋz/ /ʧuz/ /tu/ /goʊ/ /rɔŋ/ /æt/ /prɪˈsaɪsli/ /ðə/ /seɪm/ /ˈmoʊmənt/. /ɪt/ /ɪz/ /æz/ /ɪf/ /ə/ /ˈsɪŋgəl/ /ənɪmˈpɔrtənt/ /ɪˈvɛnt/ /sɛt/ /ʌp/ /ə/ /ʧeɪn/ /ʌv/ /riˈækʃənz/. /lɛt/ /ʌs/ /səˈpoʊz/ /ðæt/ /ju/ /ɑr/ /priˈpɛrɪŋ/ /ə/ /mil/ /ænd/ /ˈkipɪŋ/ /ən/ /aɪ/ /ɑn/ /ðə/ /ˈbeɪbi/ /æt/ /ðə/ /seɪm/ /taɪm/. /ðə/ /ˈtɛləˌfoʊn/ /rɪŋz/ /ænd/ /ðɪs/ /mɑrks/ /ðə/ /ˈpreɪˌlud/ /tu/ /ən/ /ˌʌnfɔrˈsin/ /ˈsɪriz/ /ʌv/ /kəˈtæstrəfiz/. /waɪl/ /ju/ /ɑr/ /ɑn/ /ðə/ /foʊn/, /ðə/ /ˈbeɪbi/ /pʊlz/ /ðə/ /ˈteɪbəlˌklɔθ/ /ɔf/ /ðə/ /ˈteɪbəl/, /ˈsmæʃɪŋ/ /hæf/ /jʊər/ /bɛst/ /ˈkrɑkəri/ /ænd/ /ˈkʌtɪŋ/ /hɪmˈsɛlf/ /ɪn/ /ðə/ /ˈprɑˌsɛs/. /ju/ /hæŋ/ /ʌp/ /ˈhɜridli/ /ænd/ /əˈtɛnd/ /tu/ /ˈbeɪbi/, /ˈkrɑkəri/, /ˌɛtˈsɛtərə/. /ˈminˌwaɪl/, /ðə/ /mil/ /gɛts/ /bɜrnt/. /æz/ /ɪf/ /ðɪs/ /wɜr/ /nɑt/ /ɪˈnʌf/ /tu/ /rəˈdus/ /ju/ /tu/ /tɛrz/, /jʊər/ /ˈhʌzbənd/ /əˈraɪvz/, /ˌʌnɪkˈspɛktɪdli/ /ˈbrɪŋɪŋ/ /θri/ /gɛsts/ /tu/ /ˈdɪnər/.

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

get out of control 失控

a great number of 许多的

precisely adv.恰好

at precisely the same moment 赶趟(precisely在短语中起到强调的作用)

set up 发生

set-set-set

a chain of 一系列

as if引导方式状语从句，从句用虚拟语气，从句中的set为过去时，表示对现在情况的虚拟。

Keep an eye on 照看

unforseen adj.意料之外的

prelude n.预示

the prelude to 预示着....../某事物的前兆

series /ˈsɪriz/n.系列

a series of 一连串

catastrophe /kəˈtæstrəfi/n.灾难

you are on the phone你在接电话

tablecloth n.桌布

pull off 扯下来

smash v.打碎

crockery n.陶器

hang up 挂断

burn v.烧毁

reduce you to tears 使你流泪

练习感悟：

Never leave the things until tomorrow you can do today.