The telephone rings and this marks the prelude to an unforeseen series of catastrophes.
这时电话铃响了。它预示着一连串意想不到的灾难的来临。
新概念英语第三册 Lesson 33 A day t remember

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

telephone ['tɛlə'fon] 词频1 词根: tele
n. 电话;电话机;（电话机的）话筒;受话器; vt.& vi. 以电话传送（消息），给（某人）打电话;用电话与（某人）交谈;
💡 tele远，传送+phone声音→远方声音传过来 → 电话
"The telephone was out of order, but is functional now."
电话刚才坏了, 但现在可以用了.
近义：phone, call, blower, telephonic
prelude ['prɛljud] 词根: lud
n. 序曲，前奏曲;开场戏，序幕;前兆，预兆; v. 为…作序，开头;成为…的序曲;演奏序曲，唱开场戏;
💡 pre前面+lude玩，演奏→先演奏→序曲
"The prelude to the musical composition is very long."
这首乐曲的序曲很长.
近义：herald, harbinger, prologue, prolog
series ['sɪriz] 词频2 词根: 加入
n. 系列，连续;串联;（广播或电视上题材或角色相同的）系列节目;级数;
💡 ser(join)+ies(名词后缀)→连续；系列；丛书
"a series of racist attacks"
一连串的种族袭击行为
近义：array, procession, sequence, sequency, string, succession
unforeseen [[ˌʌnfɔ:'si:n]]
a. 未预料的
近义：incidental, lucky, random, spontaneous, sudden, surprise 反义：probable, expectable, expected
rings
n. 吊环（ring的复数）

📚 更多「新概念英语第三册」例句

Then he and Jane went horse-riding.
然后，他和简一起去骑马。
The idea that modern art can only be seen in museums is mistaken.
那种认为现代艺术只能在博物馆里才能看到的观点是错误的。
A match was held at Stilton, where both men fought for an hour.
于是两人在斯蒂尔顿设下赛场，厮打了一个小时。
A truly dedicated bargain hunter must have patience, and above all, the ability to recognize the worth of something when he sees it.
一个到处找便宜的人必须具有耐心，而且最重要的是看到珍品时要有鉴别珍品的能力。
No matter what the conditions were, he believed that a car should be driven as fast as it could possibly go.
他认为不管路面情况如何，车必须以最高速度前进。
We gently woke him up and asked him to ferry us to the other side.
我们轻轻地把他唤醒，请他把我们摆渡过溪。