scenario

名词 scenario:

1. an outline or synopsis of a play (or, by extension, of a literary work)
2. a setting for a work of art or literature
3. a postulated sequence of possible events

1. For the rest of the day the port presented a scenario of furious productivity, guaranteed to warm the cockles of the dock boss's heart.
   那天其余的时间里，码头掀起了戏剧化的生产高潮，保证让船坞老板心满意足。
2. It looked ominously like we were about to repeat the earlier scenario.
   而且看上去很不妙，好象我们又得重复上次那一幕了。