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新概念第三册Lesson 33 A day to remember What incident began the series of traffic accidents? Two cars collided and the drivers began to argue. Why was There a second angry argument ? Because the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident What might have prevented a chain reaction following the initial collision? Had there been a more experienced driver behind the two cars. 1, What is the topic sentence for the first paragraph and for the whole text? “We have all experienced days when everything 2, What is the topic sentence for the second paragraph? “Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.” 3, What is the structure of the text? “P1 first tells us the topic – ‘we have all experienced days when everything goes wrong.’ Then the writer supposes a day when things go wrong on a small scale – at home; P2 tells us a day when things go wrong on a big scale – on the road. The two examples together prove the topic sentence.” 4, Why does the writer use the present tenses in describing the first day, but the past tenses in describing the second day? “Because the first day is a supposed case, while the second day is a real case discovered by a number of people recently in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.” prelude n.序幕，前奏If an event is a prelude to a more important event, it happens just before it and makes people expect it. be a prelude to sth. 是…的序幕/前奏/开端 麻烦事的前奏 a prelude to serious trouble Introduction n.导论，绪论（连to） Introduction to the book Preface n.序，前言（连to) Foreword n.序（连to） 相关： …的开端 the beginning of …的结束 the end of …的转折点 the turning point of …的里程碑 the milestone of unforeseen adj.意料之外的unforeseen result 意想不到的结果 a foreseen danger Foresee v.预见，预知（=see before hand/see in advance) -I can foresee a bright future for you. Foreseeable adj.可预见的 Foreseeing adj.意料之中的 Unforeseeing adj.意料之外的 Foretell v.（普通用词）预言（主语可用人或物） Predict v.预言，预示（语气比foretell强，主语是人） -He predicts that it