Lesson9
Acoldwelcome
冷遇
Firstlistenandthenanswerthequestion.
听录音,然后回答以下问题.
Whatdoes'acoldwelcome'referto?
OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHallclock.Itwouldstriketwelveintwentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfivetotwelve,theclockstopped.Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaitedandwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlysomeoneshouted.'It'stwominutespasttwelve!Theclockhasstopped!'Ilookedatmywatch.Itwastrue.ThebigclockrefusedtowelcometheNewYear.Atthatmoment,everybodybegantolaughandsing.
Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语
welcomen.欢迎;v.欢迎
crowdn.人群
gatherv.聚集
handn.(表或机器的)指针
shoutv.喊叫
refusev.拒绝
laughv.笑
参考译文
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.
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