“When a person really desires something, all the universe conspires to help that person to realize his dream."
Words & Expressions
1. credulous/?kred??l?s/, always believing what you are told, and therefore easily deceived =gullible
eg. He charmed credulous investors out of millions of dollars.
2. coincidence/ko???ns?d?ns/, when two things happen at the same time, in the same place, or to the same people in a way that seems surprising or unusual→coincide,coincidental
by coincidence
By coincidence, John and I both ended up at Yale.
sheer/pure coincidence(=completely by chance)
It was sheer coincidence that we were staying in the same hotel.
not a coincidence/more than coincidence(=not chance, but deliberate)
I think it is more than coincidence that all the complaints have come from the same group of people.
3. wildly improbable/?m?prɑ?b?b?l/, a.?not likely?to happen or to be true=unlikely, OPP:probable; b.surprising and slightly strange=unlikely?
--a film with an improbable plot
--It?seems highly improbable that he had no knowledge of the affair.
--improbable combinations of colours
4. obscure/?b?skj?r/, a. not well known and usually not very important; b. difficult to understand?
--an obscure poet
--The details of his life remain obscure.
--obscure legal phrases
--For some obscure reason, the group is very popular.
5. wickedly/?w?k?dli/, behaving in a way that is morally wrong=evil;?spoken,?very good
--a wicked witch
--That’s a wicked bike!
--It also plans to build up its strength in wealth management (for the truly,wickedly?rich).
6. plot/plɑ?t/, a. a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal. b. STORY/FILM the events that form the main story of a book, film,?or play
plot to do something:a plot to bomb the UN headquarters
plot against:?a plot against the king
--The court heard how she and her lover hatched a plot(=planned a plot)to kill her husband.
--The plot to overthrow the military government was foiled(=prevented from being successful).
an assassination plot?
--The plot was a little confusing.
--We discover that Jack isn’t as innocent as he seems, as the plot unfolds(=gradually becomes clearer).
7. downfall, a. complete loss of your money, moral standards, social position etc. or the sudden failure of an organization; b.something that causes a complete failure or loss
--His lack of experience had led to his downfall.
--Jeremy's honesty had been his downfall.
8. conspire/k?n?spa?r/, a. to secretly plan with someone else to do something illegal=conspiracy; b. if events conspire to do something, they happen at the same time and make something bad happen.
conspire (with somebody) to do something:All six men admitted conspiring to steal cars.
conspire against:There was some evidence that he had been conspiring against the government.
conspire to do something:Pollution and neglect have conspired to ruin the city.
conspire against:Emily felt that everything was conspiring against her.
9. bring to a conclusion=jump to conclusions=draw a conclusion
We're in no rush?to?bring?this?to?a?conclusion.
It would be unwise to draw firm conclusions from the results of a single survey.
10. pour scorn on somebody/something, to say that something or someone is stupid and not worth considering
The programme?poured scorn on the concept?of "a new world order."
11. be fully acquainted with something,?to know about something, because you have seen it, read it, used it etc.
--She was well acquainted with classical literature.
12. needless to say, used when you are telling someone something that they probably know or expect
Needless to say, we're on a very tight budget.
13. become of (人或事物的)結果是(怎樣)，遭遇(如何)，(某事)發生在(某人)身上；(某人)出了(什么事)；(人或事物)到哪兒去了[只出現于直接或間接的問句中，與作主語的 what 或 whatever 連用]：
What is to become of me if you go away?如果你走的話，我的結果將是怎樣呢?
I don't know what will become of me if my husband divorces me.如果我丈夫與我離婚，我真不知道我會有什么樣的遭遇。
Whatever became of that nice girl who neighbored nearby??住在鄰近的那位可愛的女孩后來怎樣了?
Sentences
We are less credulous than we used to be.
人們不再像以前那樣輕易相信別人了。
A novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with a series of coincidences--most of them wildly improbable.
小說作者常在故事結束的時候給讀者呈現一系列的巧合，大部分在現實生活中是極不可能發生的。
Pronunciation
unacceptable /??n?k?sept?b?l/連讀
