情景对话:
A: How do you plan to spend your holiday?
你打算怎样过假期?
B: I had thought of going to Europe for a month.
我本想到欧洲旅游一个月。
A: Good idea!
好主意!
B: But my failure in the final exam will send everything up in smoke.
可我期末考试没及格,一切打算都化为鸟有了。
1. 词海拾贝
send something up in smoke:使……化为乌有
e.g. The crashed stock market sent his life savings up in smoke.
股市崩盘后使他的毕生积蓄化为乌有。
2. 语汇积累
1. think of:考虑,想着
e.g. Does she really think of adopting teaching as a profession?
她真想拿教书作正式的职业吗?
e.g. Think of the end at every beginning.
凡事开头时就要想到它的后果。
2. failure in:在……方面上的失败
e.g. His failure in the competition humbled him.
竞赛失利使他丢了脸。
e.g. He was upset by his failure in the exam.
他因考试不及格而感到沮丧。