[13:38.44]Lesson 33
[13:41.99]prelude
[13:43.42]序幕，前奏
[13:44.84]The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
[13:48.93]这时电话铃响了，这预示着一串意想不到的灾难要降临了。
[13:53.02]The resolution was a prelude to more drastic actions.
[13:56.05]这次决议只是更激烈的步骤的前奏。
[13:59.08]The orchestra played a short prelude before the ballet began.
[14:02.36]管弦乐队在芭蕾舞开始之前演奏了一段很短的前奏曲。
[14:05.64]unforeseen
[14:07.26]意想不到的
[14:08.88]Many contractors will overestimate the costs
[14:11.75]很多承包商将把造价估高，
[14:14.62]in order to hedge against unforeseen problems
[14:17.04]以防在施工期间可能发生的不可预见的问题。
[14:19.45]that may arise durning construction.
[14:24.18]He knew clearly that,unless some unforeseen aid should arrive,
[14:27.67]他清楚地知道，大难要临头了，
[14:31.16]he was heading straight toward a disaster.
[14:33.38]除非有什么意外的援助。
[14:35.60]series
[14:37.07]系列
[14:38.55]There follweed a series of crashing explosions.
[14:41.23]接着是一阵轰隆隆的爆炸声。
[14:43.91]Then,suddenly,an incredible series of pictures appeared.
[14:46.94]突然出现了一组令人难以置信的画面。
[14:49.97]catastrophe
[14:51.49]大祸，灾难
[14:53.02]The company lost its biggest customer and that was a catastrophe for its future.
[14:56.90]公司失去了最大的客户，这对它的未来可谓是一大灾难。
[15:00.78]crockery
[15:02.20]陶器，瓦器
[15:03.63]You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby,crockery,etc.
[15:07.51]你急急忙忙挂上电话，赶去照顾孩子和陶器。
[15:11.39]He glanced at the crockery on the shelf and suddenly an idea dawned on him.
[15:15.02]他扫了一眼架子上的陶器，突然想出个主意。
[15:18.65]She has a weakness for crockery.
[15:20.72]她非常喜欢陶器。
[15:22.80]suburb
[15:24.24]郊区
[15:25.67]Things can go wrong on a big scale,
[15:27.90]就象许多人最近在悉尼郊区帕拉玛他所发现的那样，
[15:30.12]as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta,a suburb of Sydney.
[15:34.05]有时乱子出会连锁发生。
[15:37.98]One daym,while returning from the suburbs one of the tires of my bicycle was punctured.
[15:42.21]有一天从郊区回来的路上我的车胎被扎破了。
[15:46.44]Many people have moved away from the center of cities to the suburbs.
[15:49.86]许多人离开城市挪到郊区去住。
[15:53.29]collide
[15:55.22]猛撞
[15:57.15]During the rush hour one evening two cars collided and both drivers began to argue.
[16:01.62]一天傍晚交通最拥挤时，两辆汽车撞到一起，两个司机吵了起来。
[16:06.09]Two ships collided on the sea.
[16:08.27]两艘船在海上相撞。
[16:10.45]They collided with each other in the narrow corridor.
[16:13.02]他们在狭窄的走廊上撞了个满怀。
[16:15.59]learner
[16:17.03]初学者
[16:18.47]The woman immediately behind the two cars happened to be a learner.
[16:21.85]紧跟期后的一辆车上的司机碰巧是个初学者。
[16:25.23]The letter L on the back of a car generally stands for'learner'.
[16:28.77]汽车后部的L字母通常代表“初学者”。
[16:32.31]Don't be so severe on him;he is a new learner.
[16:35.24]别对他那么严，他才刚开始学。
[16:38.16]panic
[16:39.60]惊慌，恐惧
[16:41.04]She suddenly got into a panic and stopped her car.
[16:43.82]她惊恐之下突然把车刹住。
[16:46.60]Once or twice I experienced a moment of fear and it was fear bordering on panic.
[16:51.03]有一两次我感到恐惧，恐惧到了惊谎失措的地步。
[16:55.46]The few soldiers there withdrew in panic.
[16:57.94]驻守在那里的几个士兵仓皇地撤走了。
[17:00.42]windscreen
[17:01.95]挡风玻璃
[17:03.48]As she was thrown forward,the cake went right through the windscreen
[17:06.76]他住前一冲，蛋糕从挡风玻璃飞了出去，
[17:10.03]and landed on the road.
[17:11.81]掉在马路上。
[17:13.59]My daughter painted a scarlet bear on the windscreen of our car.
[17:16.85]我女儿在我们的挡风玻璃上画了一只鲜红的小熊。
[17:20.12]Somehow I am always a little amused and touched
[17:22.83]不知道为什么，每次看到挡风玻璃上的刮雨器忙碌地刮雨时，
[17:25.55]to see the wiper working busily to wipe the rain from the windscreen.
[17:29.08]我就觉得又好笑又感动。
[17:32.60]alongside
[17:34.13]在..旁边，与...并排
[17:35.66]Seeing a cake flying through the air,
[17:37.84]一辆卡车正好从后面开到那辆汽车边上，
[17:40.02]a lorry driver who was drawing up alongside the car,pulled up all of a sudden.
[17:44.15]司机看见一块蛋糕从天而降，猛地把车刹住。
[17:48.28]Nancy shut the door alongside her,then went around to the driver's seat.
[17:52.46]南茜把她身旁的那扇门关上，然后走到司机座那边。
[17:56.64]He walked alongside Jack until they came to the main street.
[17:59.67]他在杰克身边走着，一直走到大街上。
[18:02.70]slide
[18:05.07]滑
[18:07.45]The lorry was loaded with empty beer bottles
[18:09.97]卡车上装载着空啤酒瓶，
[18:12.49]and hundreds of them slid off the back of the vehicle and on to the road.
[18:15.91]结果成百瓶子从卡车后面滚到马路上。
[18:19.34]The leopard slid along the sides of the cage toward their pedestals.
[18:23.46]豹子轻快地沿着兽笼的边缘走向坐架。
[18:27.59]Workers slide boxes across the room.
[18:30.11]工人们把箱子从房间一头滑到另一头。
[18:32.63]stray
[18:34.11]迷失的，离群的
[18:35.58]Only two stray dogs benefited from all this confusion,
[18:38.82]只有两条野狗从这一片混乱中得到了好处，
[18:42.06]for they greedily devoured what was left of the cake.
[18:45.04]他们贪婪地吞掉了剩下的蛋糕。
[18:48.02]The Dead Sea scrolls were found by a shepherd pursuing a stray goat into a cave.
[18:51.79]《死海经卷》是一个牧羊人到山洞寻找一只离群的山羊时发现的。
[18:55.57]The kind lady's house was always open to stray animals.
[18:58.40]那位好心的太太永远为那些失群的动物敞开大门。
[19:01.24]devour
[19:03.07]狼吞虎咽地吃
[19:04.89]I devoured my bread and drank my coffee,
[19:07.52]我狼吞虎咽地吃下了面包，喝下了咖啡，
[19:10.15]but I should have been glad of as much more-I was still hungry.
[19:13.28]可是如果再来这么一份，我还是很高兴---我还饿。
[19:16.41]She devoured the books he brought from home.
[19:18.78]她贪婪地阅读着从他家拿来的书。
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