练习材料：

L33 [1]：A day to remember

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.

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.

任务配置：

L0＋L4

知识笔记：

新词：invariably 总是，无不；precisely 精确、严格地；reaction 反应，反作用力；prelude 开场戏，征兆；unforeseen 意外的，未预见到的；series 串联，连续；

词组：set up a chain of reactions 引起了一连串的连锁反应；

练习感悟：

好像到了周末有些懒散。