新概念第三册33.docVIP

Lesson 33 A day to remember 难忘的一天 I. Vocabulary 1. prelude n.序幕，前奏 action or event that happens before introduction to it. Intro-dictionary movement forming the first part of a suite.(a short piece of music) His frequent depression were the prelude to a complete mental breakdown. 他经常抑郁寡欢， 后来精神完全崩溃了。 introduction导言, 绪论 introduction to the book; preface前言 foreword 序 unforeseen adj. not known in advance; unexpected意料之外的 forsee=see before hand : unforeseen developments / difficulties 未预见的发展/ 困难they went through a lot of unforeseen difficulties. I foresee a bright future for you foreseeable可预见的 foreseeing预料之中的 unforeseeing 意料之外的. Foretell 预言 predict预言，预示（语气比较强）forecast 预测，预报Eg: He predicted that it would happen in ten years.forecast : 预测，预报（主要指天气的预报）Eg: Timely snow foretells a bumper harvest. 瑞雪照丰年  series n. 系列series 单复数形式同形 a series of= a chain of 一系列； We’ve got a series of good harvest. chain 连串，连锁； a series of reaction 一系列反应 a chain of reaction一系列反应； chain store 连锁店， 但是：连锁反应用：chain reaction ；chain smoker 吸烟很严重的人；烟鬼 heavy smoker/ win-tippler酒鬼/drunkard酒鬼/ tippler 酒鬼succession 侧重时间上的连续；a sucession of failures 一系列的失败Eg.: We’ve got a succession of successes.string 连续不断相似的事件 Eg.: 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. a sudden great disaster or misfortune 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）；calamity 灾害，不幸事件；nature calamity 自然灾害 5. crockery: (U) (also crocks pl.) cups, plates, dishes etc made of baked clay 陶器，瓦器 6. suburb: place outside the cent