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A day to remember Part-1

ə deɪ tuː rɪˈmɛmbə pɑːt-1

            难忘的一天

    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 ˈsʌdnli ˈɛvrɪθɪŋ siːmz tuː gɛt aʊt ɒv kənˈtrəʊl. wɒt ɪnˈveərɪəbli ˈhæpənz ɪz ðæt ə greɪt ˈnʌmbər ɒv θɪŋz ʧuːz tuː gəʊ rɒŋ æt prɪˈsaɪsli ðə seɪm ˈməʊmənt. ɪt ɪz æz ɪf ə ˈsɪŋgl ˌʌnɪmˈpɒtənt ɪˈvɛnt sɛt ʌp ə ʧeɪn ɒv ri(ː)ˈækʃənz. lɛt ʌs səˈpəʊz ðæt juː ɑː prɪˈpeərɪŋ ə miːl ænd ˈkiːpɪŋ ən aɪ ɒn ðə ˈbeɪbi æt ðə seɪm taɪm. ðə ˈtɛlɪfəʊn rɪŋz ænd ðɪs mɑːks ðə ˈprɛljuːd tuː ən ˌʌnfɔːˈsiːn ˈsɪəriːz ɒv kəˈtæstrəfiz. waɪl juː ɑːr ɒn ðə fəʊn, ðə ˈbeɪbi pʊlz ðə ˈteɪb(ə)lˌklɒθ ɒf ðə ˈteɪbl, ˈsmæʃɪŋ hɑːf jɔː bɛst ˈkrɒkəri ænd ˈkʌtɪŋ hɪmˈsɛlf ɪn ðə ˈprəʊsɛs. juː hæŋ ʌp ˈhʌrɪdli ænd əˈtɛnd tuː ˈbeɪbi, ˈkrɒkəri, ɪtˈsɛtrə. ˈmiːnˈwaɪl, ðə miːl gɛts bɜːnt. æz ɪf ðɪs wɜː nɒt ɪˈnʌf tuː rɪˈdjuːs juː tuː teəz, jɔː ˈhʌzbənd əˈraɪvz, ˌʌnɪksˈpɛktɪdli ˈbrɪŋɪŋ θriː gɛsts tuː ˈdɪnə.

我们大家都有过事事不顺心的日子。一天开始时，可能还不错，但突然间似乎一切都失去了控制。情况经常是这样的，许许多多的事情都偏偏赶在同一时刻出问题，好像是一件无关紧要的小事引起了一连串的连锁反应。假设你在做饭，同时又在照看孩子。这时电话铃响了。它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。就在你接电话时，孩子把桌布从桌子上扯下来，将家中最好的陶瓷餐具半数摔碎，同时也弄伤了他自己。你急急忙忙挂上电话，赶去照看孩子和餐具。这时，饭又烧糊了。好像这一切还不足以使你急得掉泪，你的丈夫接着回来了，事先没打招呼就带来3个客人吃饭。

任务配置：L0、L3、L4

知识笔记：

单词与短语

seems to do sth似乎发生某事

get out of control失去控制

invariably 经常

a great number of things许多事情

at precisely the same moment在同一时刻

set up a chain of reactions引起一连串的连锁反应

Let us suppose that 假设

keep an eye on照看某人

catastrophes灾难

prelude 某事的来临

crockery餐具

感悟：做了一半，没有日毕。