on a big scale： in/on a big way 在很大程度上
Things can go wrong on a big scale as it did in the case of Parramatta.
Keep an eye on：
= look after
= take care of
Can you keep an eye on this for me please?
have/keep your eye on somebody ： 监视某人
While you are on the phone, the baby pulls the table cloth off the table smashing half your best crockery and cutting himself in the process. You hang up hurriedly and attend to baby, crockery, etc.
We have all experienced days when everything goes wrong. A day may begin well enough, but suddenly everything seems to get out of control.
Go wrong: 出岔子
They all experienced days when the exams went wrong. An exam may begin well enough, but suddenly every question seems to be suddenly difficult.
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.
catastrophe n.
Disaster Cataclysm Catastrophe
灾难 大动乱 大灾难
Crash 撞车
You think you know who you are. You have no idea. = I don’t know.
windscreen: [B]
windshield 【A】
Get burnt: 灼伤
Don't forget you can still get burnt when you're swimming
reduce you to tears:
Reduce sb to + 名词： 迫使某人处于……状态 Reduce sb to silence.
Things can go wrong on a big scale as a number of people recently discovered in Parramatta, a suburb of Sydney.
Learner:
Learner driver ： 初学开车者（英） Advanced learner ： 程度较高的学习者
slide:
区别： slip : 滑倒
Tim slid across the ice. ↓引申为“溜”
slide into/out of etc： Daniel slid out of the room when no one was looking.
1 what 作关系代词，既可指人又可指物 【无先行词】
Please hand in what you have written.
= (the things that)
She was not what she was several years ago.
= (the girl that)
2. what 作关系形容词，what+名词，意为 “所有的…= all ”
Lesson 33 A day to remember
prelቤተ መጻሕፍቲ ባይዱde:
a prelude to something： - - -的序幕 Love is only a prelude to life. 爱情仅仅是生活的序曲
series n.
a series of pictures连环画 a series of books 丛书 TV series 连续剧 soap opera 肥皂剧
You can take away what books on this project.
What people I’ve met are sincere and hospitable.
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.
Greedily adv.
A simple rule dictates my buying: Be fearful when others are greedy, and be greedy when others are fearful.
devour v.
Wolf down : Nibble ： 一点一点的咬。
on the phone：
off the phone
on the boil 正在沸腾 on the go 正在忙碌 on the watch 正在监视
attend to: 忙着做
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.