（标题）
A day to remember
… to remember 难忘的
（第一段）
We
have all experienced days when everything goes wrong.
知识点（1）
go wrong 出错，出问题，不顺利
We have all experienced days when everything goes
wrong.
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.
【课文表达扩展】
We have all experienced days when … （句式）我们都经受过…的日子
A
day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of
control.
知识点（1）
表达“突然之间”：
suddenly
all of a sudden
all at once
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, I noticed that my wife
seemed to be filled with alarm.
知识点（2）
get out of control / hand 失控
A．Discuss the situation with the person in charge of the
dormitory.
B．Ask her roommate not to make so much noise.
C．Go to bed after midnight.
D．Send a letter to the residents.
W: You know the noise in my dorm has really gotten out of
control. My roommate and I can rarely get to sleep before
midnight.
M: Why don’t you take the problem up with the dorm
supervisor?
Q: What does the man suggest the woman do?
Answer: (A) Discuss the situation with the person in charge of
the dormitory.
6级选择题：
We started burning some leaves in our yard, but the fire
got ___A___ and we had to call the fire department to
put it out.
A．out of hand 失控
B．out of order 出故障
C．out of the question 不可能
D．out of the way 闪开
get sth. under control 控制住…
A．The air will be cleaner if they go to a different city.
B．It’ll soon be too late to control the pollution.
C．Society will not pay attention to the new laws.
D．The situation will improve if changes are made.
M: Look at all the pollution going into the air from those
factories. Do you think they’ll ever get that under
control?
W: With the new laws and social awareness, we’ll turn things
around.
Q: What does the woman predict will happen?
Answer: (D) The situation will improve if changes are
made.
What
invariably happens is that a great number of things choose to go wrong
at precisely the same moment.
语法分析：
What invariably happens（主语从句） is that a great number of
things choose to go wrong（表语从句） at precisely the same
moment（时间状语）.
知识点（1）
写作句式：
what invariably happens is that … 往往总是……
知识点（2）
choose to do 选择做某事，决定做某事
知识点（3）
It never rains but it pours. 【谚】祸不单行
As the old saying goes, happiness comes alone while（而） misfortune
loves company. 福无双至，祸不单行
If anything can go wrong, it will. (Murphy’s law) 墨菲定律
It
is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions.
语法分析：
It is as if a single unimportant event
set（if引导的虚拟语气，这里是过去式，不是第三人称单数） up a chain of
reactions.
知识点（1）
set up 导致
【近义词组】表达“导致”：
cause
effect
lead to
result in
bring about
give rise to
produce
create
trigger / spark 触发、导致
知识点（2）
【近义词组】表达“一连串的”：
a series of reactions
a train of reactions
a trail of reactions
a string of reactions
【区分】
a chain reaction 连锁反应
a domino effect 连锁反应
a ripple effect 连锁反应
Let
us suppose that you are preparing a meal and keeping an eye on the baby
at the same time.
知识点（1）
keep an eye on sth. / sb.
照顾、照料
【近义词组】表达“照顾、照料”：
look after / take care of /
watch
babysit v.代人临时照看小孩；当临时保姆
babysitter n. 临时保姆；代人临时照看小孩的人
The
telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of
catastrophes.
知识点（1）
ring vi; vt
The doorbell rang.
ring the doorbell
go off （警报器等）突然发出巨响
strike 打；击
知识点（2）
mark 标志着
mark the prelude to …
标志着…的序幕、预示着…
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.
语法分析：
While you are on the phone（时间状语从句）, the baby pulls the
tablecloth off the table, smashing half your best crockery
and cutting himself in the process.
(现在分词短语当结果状语)
知识点（1）
be on the phone 通话中
answer the phone 接电话
… answer the door 应门
I’ll get it. 我来看门
知识点（2）
【口语】打电话
场景1：找人
问：
May I speak to Mr. John Smith?
答：（肯定）
This is John Smith speaking. 我就是。。。。
This is he. 我就是
Speaking. 我就是
问
Who is it? 你是哪位
Who is there? 你是哪位
Who is calling? 你是哪位
答：（否定）
One moment, please. 等一下
Hold on / Hang on, please. 请稍等
叫人接电话
John, there’s a phone call for you. 有你的电话
John, you are wanted on the phone. 有你的电话
John, Tom’s on the line. Pick up the phone on your desk.
有你的电话
答：（拒绝）
Sorry, Mr. Smith is in a meeting right now. Would you like to
leave a message / May I take a message?
场景2：给总机打电话
问：
Can you connect me with John Smith in the advertising
department?
I’d like to place / make a collect
call(对方付费电话) to Australia.
答：
The connection is very bad. I can barely hear you.
There’s something wrong with the phone. Let’s hang up. I’ll call
you right back.
知识点（3）
语法：结果状语
1.to do型的状语通常表示出乎意料，不大好的结果
2.分词型的状语通常是正常结果
He studied very hard (only) to fail the
exam. （only加上语气更强）
The firefighters raced up the building, (only) to
be the first victims.
Farm labourers said that they always woke up to
find that work had been done overnight.
知识点（4）
in the process : at the same time
在这个工程中、于此同时
You hang
up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc.
知识点（1）
【近义词组】表达“挂电话”：
hang up
put the phone down
slam the phone down
get cut off
A．Eating in a cafeteria.
B．Buying something in a store.
C．Talking on the telephone.
D．Getting money at a bank.
M: Did you get cut off?
W: No, they asked me to hang up and try
again later.
Q: What has the woman been doing?
Answer: (C) Talking on the telephone.
知识点（2）
【近义词组】
hurriedly 匆忙的
in a hurry / rush in haste
表达“不着急”：
There’s no hurry / rush.
What’s the hurry / rush?
Take your time.
走遍美国
Excuse me, ma'am. Ticket, please.
Would you kindly hold these keys, please? I have a ticket, I
know. I was in the smoking section.
It's OK, lady. Take your time.
知识点（3）
【近义词组】表达“等等”：
et cetera (etc.)
and so on
and so forth
and the like （口语）
and what not （口语）
Meanwhile, the meal gets
burnt.
【近义词组】表达“与此同时”：
meanwhile
at the same time
in the process
(in the) meantime
As
if this were not enough to reduce you to tears, your husband arrives,
unexpectedly bringing three guests to dinner.
语法分析：
As if this were(虚拟语气) not enough to reduce you to tears,
your husband arrives, unexpectedly bringing three guests to
dinner（伴随状语）.
知识点（1）
语法复习：虚拟语气
'Oh, that,' he said with a smile as if he
were talking about an old friend.
Don’t act as if you were the only pebble
on the beach.
知识点（2）
reduce sb. to sth. 使某人陷入某个（不好的）状态
reduce sb. to tears 使某人陷入哭泣
reduce sb. to despair 使某人陷入绝望
reduce sb. to silence 使某人陷入沉默
知识点（3）
unexpectedly
adv. 出乎意料地，意外地
unforeseenly
（第二段）
Things
can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in
Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
语法分析：
Things can go wrong on a big scale, as a number of people
recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
（as引导的非限定型定语从句，关系代词as充当discovered的宾语）
知识点（1）
on a … scale 描述规模，注意介词用on
on a small
scale 小规模
on a limited scale
有限规模
on a big / large /
great / grand / vast
scale 大规模的
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 /
international / worldwide scale
世界规模的
知识点（2）
语法：as 引导的非限定性定语从句与 which
引导的非限定性定语从句的区别。
1、as 作为关系代词指代整个主句，而 which
作为关系代词指代整个主句或先行词均可。
2、as 引导的非限定性定语从句位于主句前、中、后均可，而which
引导的非限定性定语从句不能位于主句之前。
As a poet points out, life is but a dream.
Children, as is always the case, love their
mother.
She became angry, as many could see.
3、as
引导的非限定性定语从句含有“众所周知”的意思，常译为“正如……”，而which
引导的非限定性定语从句则未必有这个意思。
The sun heats the earth, which makes it possible for plants to
grow.（不能换成as，没有“正如”的含义）
4、在“as + is/was +
done”结构中可省略“is/was”，而在 “which + is/was + done”可省略“which +
is/was”，而不能只省略 be 动词。
As (is) reported, a foreign delegation will visit the
city.
a puma (which was) at large
托福语法改错题：
As Napoleon once pointed it out, attack is the best method of
defense. X多了宾语
（美式认为错误）（英式中认为可以接受，as充当连词，不错宾语）
As Napoleon once pointed out, attack is the best method of
defense. √
During
the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to
argue.
rush hour 【U】（交通）高峰时间段
课文写法替换：
The
woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner.
语法分析：
The woman immediately behind the two cars（后置定语） happened
to be a learner.
知识点（1）
immediately 位置离得特别近
immediately behind / above / below /
in front of sth. 紧跟着某事
知识点（2）
【近义词组】表达“碰巧”：
… happened to be a learner.
… chanced to be learner.
课文写法替换：
It happened / chanced that the
woman immediately behind the two cars was a learner.
As it happened / As luck would have
it, the woman immediately behind the two cars was a
learner.
She suddenly
got into a panic and stopped her car.
课文写法替换：
This made the
driver following her brake hard.
【近义词组】表达“急刹车”：
brake hard / sharply
slam on the brakes
【近义词组】表达“车停下来”：
stop
draw up
pull up
come to a stop / halt
It came to a stop outside the
jeweler's.
Bruce charged at it, but in the middle, the car came
to a grinding halt.(急刹车)
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.
语法分析：
Seeing a cake flying (see…doing) through the
air（Seeing非谓语动词引导原因状语), a lorry driver who was
drawing up alongside the car（定语从句）, pulled up all of a
sudden.
知识点（1）
draw up 停车
【区分】
draw sth ⇔ up 起草
知识点（2）
alongside adv. & prep. 沿着、靠边
The
lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles and hundreds of them slid off
the back of the vehicle and on to the road.
知识点（1）
【近义词组】表达“以外的滑落、滑倒”：
… slid off the back …
… slipped off the back …
知识点（2）
vehicle 各种车辆
写作：上义词；同义词不好替换，用上义词替换
The lorry was loaded with empty beer
bottles and hundreds of them slid off the back of the
vehicle and on to the road.
Giant pandas are considered a national
treasure and the Chinese government are doing their best to protect this
endangered species.
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, …
This led to yet another
angry argument.
知识点（1） Lesson5复习
yet / still (another / one more…)
又一个、再一个
Meanwhile, the traffic
piled up behind.
知识点（1）
pile up 越来越多
It
took the police nearly an hour to get the traffic on the move
again.
语法分析：
It（形式主语） took the police nearly an hour to get the
traffic on the move again（真正主语）.
知识点（1） Lesson5复习
take 花费多少时间；主语是事物，也可以是人
spend 花费（主语只能是人）
知识点（2）Lsson18复习扩展
on the + noun.
处于某种状态，（不是所有的都适用）
The dog is on the alert.
He is always on the go.
The patient is on the recovery.
Crimes are on the rise.
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(没有定冠词) in public places.
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.
Only
two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they greedily
devoured what was left of the cake.
语法分析：
Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion, for they
greedily devoured what was left of the cake（宾语从句）.
（原因状语从句）
知识点（1）
benefit from … 得益于……（从里面得到好处）
benefit … 有益于……（对…有好处）
知识点（2） lesson3复习
what is left of sth. 留下的东西、残留的东西
= what remains of sth.
课文写法替换：
…, for they greedily devoured what remained of the
cake.
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.
It was just one of those
days!