Words and expressions
1. Prelude 前奏曲送挑；序幕
2. Unforeseen 意料之外
Synonym: unexpected
Unforeseen circumstance 意外情況
3. Crockery 陶器丽惶，瓦器
4. Learner 初學(xué)者
E.g. Learner driver 學(xué)習(xí)駕車者
5. Stray 走失的骚腥，無主的
E.g. Stray dogs 流浪狗
6.Devour 狼吞虎咽地吃
Synonyms: gobble; wolf
7. A chain of 一系列（人或事）
E.g. A chain of event
8. Keep an eye on sb/sth 照看叛甫，留神
E.g. She asked her neighbors to keep an eye an her do while she is on her travel.
9. Attend to sb/sth 處理，照顧典唇，關(guān)懷
E.g. She has some business to attend to.
10. Reduce sb to sth 陷入（更壞的）境地完疫；使淪落
E.g. She was reduced to tears by her boyfriend's bad behavior.
11. Scale 程度，范圍滞乙；等級奏纪，級別；刻度斩启；秤序调；比例；魚鱗兔簇；音階发绢；牙垢
On a bit/large scale
On a scale from
A scale of 1:100 1:100 的比例
12. Rush hour 交通高峰期
Morning/ evening rush hour 早、晚高峰
Bet the rush 錯峰出行
13. Lorry（英式）卡車
Truck（美式）卡車
14. Happen to be 碰巧垄琐，恰好
E.g. You don't happen to know her?
15. As if/ as though 引導(dǎo)虛擬語氣
E.g. It sounds as if he had a good time.
