英語新概念第三冊第三十三講Lesson33 A day to remember

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33We

have

all

experienced

days

when

everythinggoes

wrong.

A

day

may

begin

well

enough,

butsuddenly

everything

seems

to

get

out

of

control.What

invariably

happens

is

that

a

great

numberof

things

choose

to

go

wrong

at

precisely

thesame

moment.

It

is

as

if

a

single

unimportantevent

set

up

a

chain

of

reactions.

Let

us

supposethat

you

are

preparing

a

meal

and

keeping

aneye

on

the

baby

at

the

same

time.Lesson33

A

day

to

rememberThe

telephone

rings

and

this

marks

the

preludeto

an

unforeseen

series

of

catastrophes.

Whileyou

are

on

the

phone,

the

baby

pulls

the

table-cloth

off

the

table,

smashing

half

your

bestcrockery

and

cutting

himself

in

the

process.

Youhang

up

hurriedly

and

attend

to

baby,

crockery,etc.

Meanwhile,

the

meal

gets

burnt.

As

if

thiswere

not

enough

to

reduce

you

to

tears,

yourhusband

arrives,

unexpectedly

bringing

threeguests

to

dinner.Things

can

go

wrong

on

a

big

scale

as

anumber

of

people

recently

discovered

inParramatta,

a

suburb

of

Sydney.

During

the

rushhour

one

evening

two

cars

collided

and

bothdrivers

began

to

argue.

The

womanimmediately

behind

the

two

cars

happened

tobe

a

learner.

She

suddenly

got

into

a

panic

andstopped

her

car.

This

made

the

driver

followingher

brake

hard.His

wife

was

sitting

beside

him

holding

a

largecake.

As

she

was

thrown

forward,

the

cake

wentright

through

the

windscreen

and

landed

on

theroad.

Seeing

a

cake

flying

through

the

air,

a

lorry-driver

who

was

drawing

up

alongside

the

car,pulled

up

all

of

a

sudden.

The

lorry

was

loadedwith

empty

beer

bottles

and

hundreds

of

themslid

off

the

back

of

the

vehicle

and

on

to

the

road.This

led

to

yet

another

angry

argument.

Meanwhile,the

traffic

piled

up

behind.

It

took

the

police

nearlyan

hour

to

get

the

traffic

on

the

move

again.

In

themeantime,

the

lorry-

driver

had

to

sweep

uphundreds

of

broken

bottles.

Only

two

stray

dogsbenefited

from

all

this

confusion,

for

they

greedilydevoured

what

was

left

of

the

cake.

It

was

just

oneof

those

days!We

have

all

experienced

days

when

everything

goes

wrong.

A

daymay

begin

well

enough,

but

suddenly

everything

seems

to

get

outof

control.我們大家都有過事事不順心的日子。一天開始時(shí)，可能還不錯，但突然間似乎一切都失去了控制。What

invariably

happens

is

that

a

great

number

of

things

chooseto

go

wrong

at

precisely

the

same

moment.

It

is

as

if

a

singleunimportant

event

set

up

a

chain

of

reactions.情況經(jīng)常是這樣的，許許多多的事情都偏偏趕在同一時(shí)刻出問題，好像是一件無關(guān)緊要的小事引起了一連串的連鎖反應(yīng)。Let

us

suppose

that

you

are

preparing

a

meal

and

keeping

an

eyeon

the

baby

at

the

same

time.

The

telephone

rings

and

thismarks

the

prelude

to

an

unforeseen

series

of

catastrophes.假設(shè)你在做飯，同時(shí)又在照看孩子。這時(shí)電話鈴響了。它預(yù)示著一連串意想不到的災(zāi)難的來臨。While

you

are

on

the

phone,

the

baby

pulls

the

table-cloth

offthe

table

,

smashing

half

your

best

crockery

and

cutting

himselfin

the

process.就在你接電話時(shí)，孩子把桌布從桌子上扯下來，將家中最好的陶瓷餐具半數(shù)摔碎，同時(shí)也弄傷了他自己。You

hang

up

hurriedly

and

attend

to

baby,

crockery,

etc.Meanwhile,

the

meal

gets

burnt.你急急忙忙掛上電話，趕去照看孩子和餐具。這時(shí)，飯又燒糊了。As

if

this

were

not

enough

to

reduce

you

to

tears,

your

husbandarrives,

unexpectedly

bringing

three

guests

to

dinner.好像這一切還不足以使你急得掉淚，你的丈夫接著回來了，事先沒打招呼就帶來3個(gè)客人吃飯。Things

can

go

wrong

on

a

big

scale

as

a

number

of

peoplerecently

discovered

in

Parramatta,

a

suburb

of

Sydney.就像許多人最近在悉尼郊區(qū)帕拉馬塔發(fā)現(xiàn)的那樣，有時(shí)亂子會鬧得很大。During

the

rush

hour

one

evening

two

cars

collided

and

bothdrivers

began

to

argue.一天傍晚交通最擁擠時(shí)，一輛汽車撞上前面一輛汽車，兩個(gè)司機(jī)爭吵起來。The

woman

immediately

behind

the

two

cars

happened

to

be

alearner.

She

suddenly

got

into

a

panic

and

stopped

her

car.緊跟其后的一輛車上的司機(jī)碰巧是個(gè)初學(xué)者，她一驚之下突然把車停了下來。This

made

the

driver

following

her

brake

hard.她這一停使得跟在后頭的司機(jī)也來個(gè)急剎車。His

wife

was

sitting

beside

him

holding

a

large

cake.

As

she

wasthrown

forward,

the

cake

went

right

through

the

windscreen

andlanded

on

the

road.司機(jī)妻子正坐在他身邊，手里托著塊大蛋糕。她往前一沖，蛋糕從擋風(fēng)玻璃飛了出去掉到馬路上。Seeing

a

cake

flying

through

the

air,

a

lorry-driver

who

was

drawingup

alongside

the

car,

pulled

up

all

of

a

sudden.此時(shí)，一輛卡車正好從后邊開到那輛汽車邊上，司機(jī)看見一塊蛋糕從天而降，緊急剎車。The

lorry

was

loaded

with

empty

beer

bottles

and

hundreds

ofthem

slid

off

the

back

of

the

vehicle

and

on

to

the

road.卡車上裝著空啤酒瓶。成百只瓶子順勢從卡車后面滑出車外落在馬路上。This

led

to

yet

another

angry

argument.

Meanwhile,

the

trafficpiled

up

behind.

It

took

the

police

nearly

an

hour

to

get

the

trafficon

the

move

again.這又引起一場唇槍舌劍的爭吵。與此同時(shí)，后面的車輛排成了長龍，警察花了將近一個(gè)小時(shí)才使車輛又開起來。In

the

meantime,

the

lorry-

driver

had

to

sweep