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Lesson 9 A cold welcome || 冷遇 (第二冊)
一 聽音頻磨耳朵(美音)
二 文章內容與解釋
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.
[星期三的晚上,我們去了市政廳。 那是一年的最後一天,一大群人聚集在市政廳的大鐘下面。]
It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
[再過20分鐘,大鐘將敲響12下。15分鐘過去了,而就在11點55分時,大鐘停了。]
The big minute hand did not move. We waited and waited, but nothing happened.
[那根巨大的分針不動了。 我們等啊等啊,可情況沒有變化。]
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.
[突然有人喊道:「已經12點零2分了!那鍾已經停了!」我看了一下我的手錶,果真如此。那座大鐘不願意迎接新年。]
At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
[此時,大家已經笑了起來,同時唱起了歌。]
三 New Word and expressions & 生詞和短語
welcome n. 歡迎;v. 歡迎;crowd n. 人群;gather v. 聚集;hand n. (表或機器的)指針;shout v. 喊叫;refuse v. 拒絕;laugh v. 笑;
四 Notes on the text & 課文注釋
[1] Town Hall. 市政廳。
[2] a large crowd of …… 一大群……
[3] in twenty minutes' time. 20分鐘之後。
五 Grammar in use & 語法
英語時間的表達方式:
[1]直接讀,舉例:7:10 seven ten;
[2]逆讀,舉例:6:10 ten past six,4:50 ten to five;
[3]恰好半小時,舉例:6:30 half past six;
[4]過15分鐘,舉例:9:15 a quarter to nine。
六 Word study & 詞彙學習
[1] welcome n. 歡迎; v. 歡迎
a cold welcome 冷遇
welcome to+地點
welcome to China
welcome to my home/welcome home/welcome back
You are welcome./welcome adj.
You are welcome to+地點
[2] crowd n. 人群
person
people
crowd :in the crowd 在人群中
I spotted him in the crowd 我在人群中一眼就認出了他
a crowd of people 沒有次序的人群, 擁擠的人群
a group of people 有次序的人群
crowd v.擁擠, 擠滿
a large crowd of people 一大群人/crowds of people 許多人, 人山人海
[3] gather v. 聚集
people gathered 人們聚集在一起, 尤指自發性的聚集
[4] hand n. (表或機器的)指針
hand n.手
minute hand/second hand/hour hand
second hand 二手的, 舊的
wait me a moment/wait me a few seconds(for a few secs.)
secs. : seconds的縮寫
[5] shout v. 喊叫
call out 大聲喊叫
cry out 大聲哭喊
scream 尖叫
[6] refuse v. 拒絕
[7] laugh v. 笑
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