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。