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09 A Cold Welcome

On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened. Suddenly someone shouted. 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。 再过20分钟，大钟将敲响12下。15分钟过去了，而就在11点55分时，大钟停了。 那根巨大的分针不动了。我们等啊等啊，可情况没有变化。 突然有人喊道："已经12点零2分了！那钟已经停了！" 我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。那座大钟不愿意迎接新年。 此时，大家已经笑了起来，同时唱起了歌。

Words

  • welcome /ˈwɛlkəm/ v. 欢迎
  • crowd /kraʊd/ v. 人群
    1. A large crowd of people had gathered under the town hall clock.
  • gather /ˈɡæðɚ/ v. 聚集
    1. A large crowd of people had gathered under the town hall clock.
  • hand /hænd/ n. 指针
    1. They are trying to fix that big minute hand.
    2. Why are they trying to fix that big minute hand?
  • refuse /rɪˈfjuz/ v. 拒绝
    1. He refused to take the money.
    2. Did he refuse to take the money?
    3. Who refused to take the money?
  • shout /ʃaʊt/ v. 喊叫
    1. shout at sb. (This suggests that we’re angry.)
    2. shout to sb. (When we shout to someone, we want them to hear us.
    3. They might be on the other side of the street)
  • laugh /læf/ v. 笑
    1. The baby is laughing.
    2. Is the baby laughing?
    3. Why is the baby laughing?
    4. Don’t laugh at me, man!

Expressions

  • second hand; minute hand; hour hand -秒针；分针；时针

  • shout at sb. (This suggests that we’re angry.) 冲着某人喊（表示生气）

  • shout to sb. (When we shout to someone, we want them to hear us. They might be on the other side of the street) 对某人喊（为了让对方听见）

  • in+年/季/月

    1. Where is he moving to in six months?

  • on+具体某一天

  • at + 时间点

    1. At that moment, he turned round.（L1）
    2. Did he turn round at that moment?

  • the last day of the year 一年的最后一天

  • a large crowd of 一大群

  • in twenty minutes' time 二十分钟后

    1. Where is he moving to in six months?

  • refused to do sth. 拒绝做某事

  • at that moment 在那一刻

    1. At that moment, he turned round.（L1）
    2. Did he turn round at that moment?

  • begin to do sth. 开始做某事

    1. Did it begin to rain while you were having breakfast?
    2. When did it begin to rain?