Notes on the text課文注釋
1 get out of control，失去控制。
2 It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. 就好像一件無關(guān)緊要的小事引起了一連串的連鎖反應(yīng)。as if 引導(dǎo)的從句中用的是虛擬語氣；set up，引起，產(chǎn)生； a chain of，一連串。
3 keep an eye on，照看，照管。
4 you are on the phone，你在接電話。
5 reduce you to tears，使你流淚。
6 on a big scale，大規(guī)模地。
7 rush hour，上下班時間。
8 draw up，追上。
9 pull up，停車。
10 get the traffic on the move，使車輛動起來。
參考譯文
我們大家都有過事事不順心的日子。一天開始時，可能還不錯，但突然間似乎一切都失去了控制。情況經(jīng)常是這樣的，許許多多的事情都偏偏趕在同一時刻出問題，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)。假設(shè)你在做飯，同時又在照看孩子。這時電話鈴響了，它預(yù)示著一連串意想不到的災(zāi)難的來臨。就在你接電話時，孩子把桌布從桌子上扯了下來，將家中好的陶瓷餐具半數(shù)摔碎，同時也弄傷了他自己。你急急忙忙掛上電話，趕去照看孩子和餐具。這時，飯又燒糊了。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個客人吃飯。
就像許多人近在悉尼郊區(qū)帕拉馬塔所發(fā)現(xiàn)的那樣，有時亂子會鬧得很大。一天傍晚交通擁擠時，一輛汽車撞上前面一輛汽車，兩個司機爭吵起來。緊跟其后的一輛車上的司機碰巧是個初學(xué)者，她一驚之下突然把車停了下來。她這一停使得跟在后頭的司機也來了個急剎車。司機的妻子正坐在他身邊，手里托著塊大蛋糕。她往前一沖，蛋糕從擋風(fēng)玻璃飛了出去掉在馬路上。此時，一輛卡車正好從后邊開到那輛汽車邊上，司機看見一塊蛋糕從天而降，緊急剎車?？ㄜ嚿涎b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。這又引起了一場唇槍舌劍的爭吵。與此同時，后面的車輛排成了長龍，警察花了將近一個小時才使車輛又開起來。在這段時間里，卡車司機不得不清掃那幾百只破瓶子。只有兩只野狗從這一片混亂中得到了好處，它們貪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕。這就是事事不順心的那么一天！
Multiple choice questions
多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 What would have most upset the woman the day everything went wrong for her?
a．She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.
b．The meal she had cooked for the three guests had got burnt.
c．Her husband had not told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.
d．She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.
2 What might have prevented a chain reaction following the initial collision?
a．If the two drivers who had collided had not begun to argue.
b．Had there been a more experienced driver behind the two cars.
c．If, instead of panicking, the woman had made no attempt to stop.
d．Had the wife of the man who braked not thrown a cake through the window.
3 There was a second angry argument because ______ .
a．the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident
b．the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move again
c．the lorry driver did not think he should be made to sweep up the glass
d．two dogs had devoured what was left of the cake
Structure 結(jié)構(gòu)
4 It is as if a single event that is ______ a chain of reactions. (11. 4-5)
a．no importance set up
b．of no importance set up
c．not any important sets up
d．not any importance sets up
5 - you are preparing a meal ______ keeping an eye on the baby. (11. 6-7)
a．a(chǎn)t the same time
b．a(chǎn)s you are
c．a(chǎn)s well
d．while
6 As if this ______ you to tears . . . (1. 10)
a．has not already reduced
b．were not already reducing
c．did not already reduce
d．would not already reduce
7 Immediately behind the two cars ______ happened to be a learner. (11. 13-14)
a．was a woman who
b．a(chǎn) woman
c．the woman
d．there was the woman who
8 The police spent nearly an hour ______ the traffic on the move again. (11. 19-20)
a．to get
b．until getting
c．getting
d．having got
Vocabulary詞匯
9 You are preparing a meal and ______ the baby at the same time. (11. 6-7)
a．looking at
b．seeing
c．watching
d．seeing to
10 She stopped her car ______ a sudden panic. (1. 14)
a．into
b．in
c．from
d．with
11 Hundreds of them ______ the back of the vehicle . . . (11. 18-19)
a．slipped off
b．slid down
c．slid over
d．slipped under
12 They greedily devoured the ______ of the cake. (11, 21-22)
a．left
b．leave
c．leftover
d．remains
1 get out of control，失去控制。
2 It is as if a single unimportant event set up a chain of reactions. 就好像一件無關(guān)緊要的小事引起了一連串的連鎖反應(yīng)。as if 引導(dǎo)的從句中用的是虛擬語氣；set up，引起，產(chǎn)生； a chain of，一連串。
3 keep an eye on，照看，照管。
4 you are on the phone，你在接電話。
5 reduce you to tears，使你流淚。
6 on a big scale，大規(guī)模地。
7 rush hour，上下班時間。
8 draw up，追上。
9 pull up，停車。
10 get the traffic on the move，使車輛動起來。
參考譯文
我們大家都有過事事不順心的日子。一天開始時，可能還不錯，但突然間似乎一切都失去了控制。情況經(jīng)常是這樣的，許許多多的事情都偏偏趕在同一時刻出問題，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)。假設(shè)你在做飯，同時又在照看孩子。這時電話鈴響了，它預(yù)示著一連串意想不到的災(zāi)難的來臨。就在你接電話時，孩子把桌布從桌子上扯了下來，將家中好的陶瓷餐具半數(shù)摔碎，同時也弄傷了他自己。你急急忙忙掛上電話，趕去照看孩子和餐具。這時，飯又燒糊了。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個客人吃飯。
就像許多人近在悉尼郊區(qū)帕拉馬塔所發(fā)現(xiàn)的那樣，有時亂子會鬧得很大。一天傍晚交通擁擠時，一輛汽車撞上前面一輛汽車，兩個司機爭吵起來。緊跟其后的一輛車上的司機碰巧是個初學(xué)者，她一驚之下突然把車停了下來。她這一停使得跟在后頭的司機也來了個急剎車。司機的妻子正坐在他身邊，手里托著塊大蛋糕。她往前一沖，蛋糕從擋風(fēng)玻璃飛了出去掉在馬路上。此時，一輛卡車正好從后邊開到那輛汽車邊上，司機看見一塊蛋糕從天而降，緊急剎車?？ㄜ嚿涎b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。這又引起了一場唇槍舌劍的爭吵。與此同時，后面的車輛排成了長龍，警察花了將近一個小時才使車輛又開起來。在這段時間里，卡車司機不得不清掃那幾百只破瓶子。只有兩只野狗從這一片混亂中得到了好處，它們貪婪地吃掉了剩下的蛋糕。這就是事事不順心的那么一天！
Multiple choice questions
多項選擇題
Choose the correct answers to the following questions.
Comprehension 理解
1 What would have most upset the woman the day everything went wrong for her?
a．She had not expected her husband to arrive so early.
b．The meal she had cooked for the three guests had got burnt.
c．Her husband had not told her he was bringing anyone to dinner.
d．She had not got enough crockery left to serve the meal with.
2 What might have prevented a chain reaction following the initial collision?
a．If the two drivers who had collided had not begun to argue.
b．Had there been a more experienced driver behind the two cars.
c．If, instead of panicking, the woman had made no attempt to stop.
d．Had the wife of the man who braked not thrown a cake through the window.
3 There was a second angry argument because ______ .
a．the lorry driver blamed the owner of the cake for his accident
b．the traffic was extremely slow to get on the move again
c．the lorry driver did not think he should be made to sweep up the glass
d．two dogs had devoured what was left of the cake
Structure 結(jié)構(gòu)
4 It is as if a single event that is ______ a chain of reactions. (11. 4-5)
a．no importance set up
b．of no importance set up
c．not any important sets up
d．not any importance sets up
5 - you are preparing a meal ______ keeping an eye on the baby. (11. 6-7)
a．a(chǎn)t the same time
b．a(chǎn)s you are
c．a(chǎn)s well
d．while
6 As if this ______ you to tears . . . (1. 10)
a．has not already reduced
b．were not already reducing
c．did not already reduce
d．would not already reduce
7 Immediately behind the two cars ______ happened to be a learner. (11. 13-14)
a．was a woman who
b．a(chǎn) woman
c．the woman
d．there was the woman who
8 The police spent nearly an hour ______ the traffic on the move again. (11. 19-20)
a．to get
b．until getting
c．getting
d．having got
Vocabulary詞匯
9 You are preparing a meal and ______ the baby at the same time. (11. 6-7)
a．looking at
b．seeing
c．watching
d．seeing to
10 She stopped her car ______ a sudden panic. (1. 14)
a．into
b．in
c．from
d．with
11 Hundreds of them ______ the back of the vehicle . . . (11. 18-19)
a．slipped off
b．slid down
c．slid over
d．slipped under
12 They greedily devoured the ______ of the cake. (11, 21-22)
a．left
b．leave
c．leftover
d．remains