情景對話：

A: How do you plan to spend your holiday?

你打算怎樣過假期？

B: I had thought of going to Europe for a month.

我本想到歐洲旅游一個月。

A: Good idea!

好主意！

B: But my failure in the final exam will send everything up in smoke.

可我期末考試沒及格，一切打算都化為鳥有了。

1. 詞海拾貝

send something up in smoke：使……化為烏有

e.g. The crashed stock market sent his life savings up in smoke.

股市崩盤后使他的畢生積蓄化為烏有。

2. 語匯積累

1. think of：考慮，想著

e.g. Does she really think of adopting teaching as a profession?

她真想拿教書作正式的職業(yè)嗎？

e.g. Think of the end at every beginning.

凡事開頭時就要想到它的后果。

2. failure in：在……方面上的失敗

e.g. His failure in the competition humbled him.

競賽失利使他丟了臉。

e.g. He was upset by his failure in the exam.

他因考試不及格而感到沮喪。