屈慧貞 新概念英語(yǔ)二 Lesson 9 A cold welcome

講師：屈慧貞Lesson9Acoldwelcome冷遇OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHallclock.Itwouldstriketwelveintwentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfivetotwelve,theclockstopped.Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewaitedandwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlysomeoneshouted,‘It'stwominutespasttwelve!Theclockhasstopped!"Ilookedatmywatch.Itwastrue.ThebigclockrefusedtowelcometheNewYear.Atthatmoment,everybodybegantolaughandsing.星期三的晚上，我們?nèi)チ耸姓d。那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政廳的大鐘下面。再過(guò)20分鐘，大鐘將敲響12下。15分鐘過(guò)去了，而就在11點(diǎn)55分時(shí)，大鐘停了。那根巨大的分針不動(dòng)了。我們等啊等啊，可情況沒(méi)有變化。突然有人喊道：“已經(jīng)12點(diǎn)零2分了!那鐘已經(jīng)停了!”我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。那座大鐘不愿意迎接新年。此時(shí)，大家已經(jīng)笑了起來(lái)，同時(shí)唱起了歌。生詞welcome1.n.歡迎acold/warmwelcome-Wereceiveawarmwelcome.2.v.歡迎 -Welcome!-Welcomeback!-Welcomehome!-WelcometoBeijing.3.adj.受歡迎的-Youarewelcome.別客氣，不用謝。-Notatall./-(It’s)mypleasure./-It’snothing/-Don’tmentionit.-Anytime./-Sure.gatherv.聚集-Acrowdofpeoplegatheredatthegate.-Thedarknessgathered.gathercrops收割莊稼-Gatherrosebudswhileyoumay.花開(kāi)堪折直須折，莫待無(wú)花空折枝。cometogether到一起來(lái)，聚集collect聚集refusev.拒絕refuse+n./pron.refuse+todo...-Irefusethepresent.-Ineverrefusetohelpoldfriends.refusaln.拒絕-Hisrefusalhurtmyfeelings.turndown拒絕-Don’tturnmedown.sayno(to...)拒絕-Hesaidnotoanysuggestions.declinev.婉言拒絕-Shedeclinedtheinvitation.rejectv.斷然拒絕-Hisapplicationwasrejected./-Itonlyacceptsstudents課文講解-Ialwayscallmymomintheevening.-IalwayscallmymomonSaturdayevening.-IarrivedinBeijingonMondaymorning.-Onthethirdnight,astormblewup.天的表達(dá)：on+特定某天的某個(gè)時(shí)間onMondayonOctoberonSaturdaymorningonthethirdnightonNewYear’sEveonChristmasday-ItwasNewYear’sEveand...strikestruckstruck-Theclockhasjuststruck.strikethehoursintwentyminutes’timeintwentyminutes-Thebirdcoveredthedistanceinthreeminutes.-Thebirdcoveredthediatanceinthreeminutes’time.表示“用了多長(zhǎng)時(shí)間”不加“’stime”。-Heranahundredmetersinthirteenseconds.年/月/四季/世紀(jì)in+大地點(diǎn)themorningtheafternoontheeveningin1989/inSeptember/inthetwenty-firstcentury/inwinter/inthemorning/inBeijing時(shí)間點(diǎn)小地點(diǎn)at+noonat+nightdawnduskatseven/attheairport/atnoon/atnight-Iwaitedandwaited,butnoonecametohelpme.-Iknockedandknocked,butnooneanswered.suddenly:allofasudden/allatoncelookat:havealook