新概念第二册第9课
Lesson 9——A cold welcome
课文内容：
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.
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 Town Hall , 市政厅，地方政府办公之处。
2 a large crowd of…，一大群……。
3 in twenty minutes'time, 20分钟之后。
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。
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★welcome n. 欢迎；v. 欢迎
a cold welcome 冷遇
welcome to＋地点
welcome to China
welcome to my home/welcome Home/welcome back
You are welcome./welcome adj.
You are welcome to+地点
★crowd n. 人群
person
people
crowd :in the crowd
I spotted him in the crowd 一眼看见
a crowd of people 没有次序的人群，拥挤的人群
a group of people 有次序的人群
crowd v.拥挤，挤满
a large crowd of people 一大群人／crowds of people 许多人，人山人海
★gather v. 聚集
people gathered 人们聚集在一起，尤指自发性的聚集
★hand n. （表或机器的）指针
hand n.手
minute hand/second hand/hour hand
second hand 二手的，旧的
wait me a moment/wait me a few seconds(for a few secs.)
secs.:seconds的缩写
★shout v. 喊叫
call out 大声喊叫
cry out 大声哭喊
scream 尖叫
★refuse v. 拒绝
★laugh v. 笑
【课文讲解】
A cold welcome 冷遇
cold 冷的，寒冷的，冷淡的
cold fish 冷漠的人
lucky dog 幸运的人
My brother is a cold fish.
What doews "a cold welcome" refer to ?
refer to 指……
On Wednesday evening
in the evening
wednesday修饰evening
Town Hall 市政厅
the last day of the year 一年中的最后一天
a large crowd of the peopley一大群人
had gathered 强调事件的时间是过去的过去
It指clock
strike v.strike the clock敲钟/clock strike钟自己响
knock at the door
Listen,the clock is striking.
strike twelve 数字表示敲击的次数
in twenty minutes' time 20分钟之后
in 表示在段
时间以后
根据时态判别in 表示的含义
would strike过去将来时，从过去看未来
We will finish class in half an hour.
minutes'名词所有格
It will leave in...minutes'time
in twenty(minutes'time)名词所有格可省略
my mother's ,Kit's,Tom's
名词所有格可以用来表达时间
an hour's time
名词以-s结尾或者本身是以-s结尾的复数名词，所有格加 ’
名词所有格表示时间或距离
How far is the school from here?
3 minutes' walk.
pass 过了
to 没到