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新概念英语第三册逐句精讲
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第
2
课
Thirteen
equals one
Lesson2 Thirteen equals
one
十三等于一
新概念
3
课
文内容：
Our vicar is always raising money for
one cause or another, but
he has never
managed to get enough money to have the church
clock
repaired. The big clock which
used to strike the hours day and night
was damaged many years ago and has been
silent ever since.
One night, however, our vicar work up
with a start: the clock was
striking
the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it
was one
o'clock, but the bell struck
thirteen times before it stopped. Armed
with a torch, the vicar went up into
the clock tower to see what was
going
on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure
whom he
immediately recognized as Bill
Wilkins, our local grocer.
'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?'
asked the vicar in
surprise.
'I'm trying to
repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming
up here night after night for weeks
now. You see, I was hoping to
give you
a surprise.'
'You certainly did give me a surprise!'
said the vicar. 'You've
probably woken
up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm
glad
the bell is working again.'
That's the
trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all
right, but I'm afraid that at one
o'clock it will strike thirteen
times
and there's nothing I can do about it.
We'll get used to that,
Bill,' said the vicar.
as good as one,
but it's better than nothing. Now let's go
downstairs
and have a cup of
tea.
新概念英语
3
逐句精讲：
vicar is always raising
money for one cause or another, but
he
has never managed to get enough money to have the
church clock
repaired.
我们教区的
牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金，但始终未能筹组资金把教堂的
钟修好。
语言点
1:
句子结构分析
:but
连接两个转折关系的并列句，转折的目的一般
为否定前一个分句的意思，多为阅读中的考
点。
to have the church clock
repaired
作目的状语。
语言点
2:for one reason or anoth
er
表示说不清楚的原因或者不想一一
说明的原因。
语言点
3:manage to do
sth
是“设法做某事”的意思。
语言点
4:
在
have the church clock
repaired
中，
have sth
done
表示
“让别人做某事”。
big clock
which used to strike the hours day and night was
damaged many years ago and has been
silent ever since.
教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点报时，但在
很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声
无息了。
语言点
1
:
句子结构分析
:which
引导定语
从句，修饰
clock
。第二个
and
连
接两个并列的分句，说明大钟前后两种截然不同的情况。
语言点
2:
在
used to strike
the hours
中，
used to do sth
表示过去常
常做某事而现在不再做了。
语言点
3:day and
night
表示“日日夜夜地”。
night, however, our vicar work up with a start:
the clock was
striking the hours!
一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！
语言点
1
:
句子结构分析
:however
表示
转折。
With a start
接冒号及一个
解释性的从句，说明牧师被惊醒的原因。
语言点
2:
由
strike the
hours
还可以引申学习以下短语
:
Strike the
clock
敲钟
Beat/play a drum
打鼓
Ring the bell
摇铃
Alarm clock
闹钟
g at his watch, he saw that
it was one o'clock, but the
bell struck
thirteen times before it stopped.
他一看表，
才
1
点钟，可是那钟一连敲了
13
下才停。
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/p>
语言点
1:
句子结构分析
:that
引导宾语从句，说明
saw
的内容。
But
连接
两个转折
关系的句子，后面接
before
引导的时间状语从句，
looking at his
watch
是现在分词短语，作伴随状语，其逻辑主语与主语一致，且动作是被动
的。
语言点
2:but
引导的分词可以转换成一个强调句式
:I
t was not until the
thirteenth stroke
that the bell stopped.
with a torch, the vicar went up into
the clock tower to
see what was going
on.
牧师拿着一支手电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。
语言点
1
:
句子结构分析
:armed with a torch
是过去分词短语作伴随状
语，其逻辑主语与主句主语一致，且动作是
被动的。
To see what was going
on
是动词不定式短语作目的状语，
what was going
on
为宾语从句，说明
see
的内容。
语言点
2:armed with sth
意思是“拿着
/
带着某物”。另外，
arm
oneself/sb with
sth
的意思是“某人用某物武装自己”。
例句支持
:
He armed himself with a big
stick while going out.
他出门时带了一根大手杖防身。