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Lesson 9 A cold welcome
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.
New
words and expressions
生词和短语
welcome
n.
欢迎；
v.
欢迎
crowd
n.
人
gather
v.
聚集
hand
n.
（表或机器的）指针
shout
v.
喊叫
refuse
v.
拒绝
laugh
v.
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
2
0
分钟，大钟将敲响
12
下。
15
分钟过去了，而就在
11
< br>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。
1. On Wednesday
evening, we went to the Town Hall.
星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。
hall
[h
?
:l]
n.
1.
(also
hallway)
(AmE
also
entry)
a
space
or
passage
inside
the
entrance
or
front
door
of
a
building
门厅；正门过道
e.g.
她跑进门厅，冲上楼梯。
She ran into the
hall and up the stairs.
(stair
[ste
?
(r)]
n. 1. (stairs)[pl.]
楼梯
2. [c]
梯级
)
2.
(AmE
also
hallway)
a
passage
in
a
building
with
rooms
down
either
side(
大楼内的
)
走廊
synonym: corridor
[
?
k
?
rid
?
:(r)]
n. (
建筑物或火车内的
)
走廊；走道，过道，通道
e.g.
我沿着走廊直奔斯科特的办公室。
I headed for
Scott
’
s office down the
hall.
(head
[v.
+adv./prep] to move in a particular direction
朝
(
某方向
)
行进
)
3. a building or
large room for public meetings, meals, concerts,
etc.
礼堂；大厅
e.g.
音乐厅；宴会厅；展览厅
a concert/banqueting hall / an exhibiti
on
[?
eksi
?
< br>bi
?
n]
hall
(banquet n. 1.
宴会；盛宴
2.
筵席
banqueting
adj.
宴会的
)
2. It was the last day of the year and
a large crowd of people had gathered under the
Town
Hall clock.
那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。
(1)
crowd
[kraud]
n. 1. [c+sing./pl.v.] a
large number of people gathered together in a
public place, for example in
the
streets or at a sports
game
人群；观众
e.g.
一小群人聚集在教堂的外面。
A small crowd
had gathered outside the church.
剧院里聚着一群一群的人。
There were
crowds of people at the theatre.
2.
[c+sing./pl.v.] (informal, often disapproving) a
particular group of
people
一伙人；一帮人
e.g.
我不喜欢大学生。
I
don
’
t like the college
crowd.
3. (the crowd)(sometimes
disapproving)ordinary people, not special or
unusual in any
way
群众；
民众；老百姓；凡夫俗子
e.g.
他宁愿做个凡夫俗子。
He
prefers to be one of the crowd.
follow
the
crowd,
go
with
the
crowd
(informal)to
be
easily
influenced
and
to
do
what
most
1
people do in a particular
situation
附和群众；随大流：
e.g.
他想做什么就做什么—而不是随大流的。
He does what he wants---he
doesn
’
t just follow the
crowd.
Vt. 1. to fill a place so there
is little room to
move
挤满；塞满；使?拥挤
e.g.
成千上万的人把狭窄的街道挤得水泄不通。
Thousands of people crowded the narrow
streets.
2. to fill your mind so that
you can think of nothing else
涌上
< br>(
心头
)
；涌入
(
脑海
)
e.g.
往事涌上他的心头。
Memories crowded
his mind.
(2)
had gathered
为过去完成时，表示过去某个时刻之前已经完成的动作。
(3)
gather
[?ɡ???]
1) vt.
使集拢，集合，召集：
e.g.
他在自己周围聚集了一大群人。
He gathered a
large crowd of people round him.
2) vt.
收集，采集，收
(
庄稼等
)
：
e.g.
孩子们在外面地里采花。
The children are
out in the field gathering flowers.
收集所有这些书花了我一辈子的时间。
It has
taken me a lifetime to gather all these books.
3) vi.
集拢，聚集，集合：
e.g.
他们聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。
They gathered
under the Town Hall clock.
3. It would
strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.
再过
20
分钟，大钟将敲响
12
下。
(1)
这句话的时态为过去将来时。
(2)
strike
的基本含义是
“
打
”
、
“
击
”
：
e.g.
她打了那人的脸。
She
struck the man in the face.
当用于钟、乐器等东西时
，它有
“
敲
”
、
“
弹
”
的含
义：
e.g.
我进屋时，钟敲响了
5
点。
When I entered
the room, the clock struck five.
strike
[straik]
v.
(struck
[str
?
k]
, struck)(AmE also struck, str
icken
[
?
strik
?
n]
)/n.
1.
to show the
time by making a ringing noise
(
钟）敲，鸣，报时
e.g.
时钟刚刚敲过三点。
The
clock has just struck three.
我进屋时，钟敲响了<
/p>
5
点。
When I entered
the room, the clock struck five.
.(formal) to hit sb./sth.. hard or with
force
撞；碰；撞击；碰撞：
e.g.
船触礁了。
The
ship struck a rock.
树遭到雷击。
The tree was struck by
lightning.
那块石头击中了她的额头。
The
stone struck her on the forehead.
[
?
f
?
:hed]
额；前额
3. vi.
(formal) to hit sb./sth. with your hand or a
weapon
打；击
e.g.
她打了那人的脸。
She struck the man
in the face.
他用拳头打桌子。
He
struck the table with his fist.
4. vi.
to refuse to work as a protest (n.
[
?
pr
?
utest
] [u,c]
抗议；反对
)
罢工
e.g.
工会投票决定罢工。
The union has voted
to strike.
5. vt. ~sb.(as sth.)to give
sb. a particular impression
给
(
某人以?
)
印象；让
(
某人
)
觉得
e.g.
你觉得这房间如何？
How does the room
strike you?
他给我留下的印象是他很聪明。
He
strikes me as being a very clever man.
. (
想法、主意等
)
突然出现在（某人的）脑海中
e.g.
我突然想到，我们应该制定一个新方案。
It
suddenly struck me that we ought to make a new
plan.
7. vt.
攻击；袭击；侵袭
e.g.
飓风袭击了该城市。
A hurricane struck
the city.
2
(hurricane
[?h?
rik
?
n]
n.
(
尤指西大西洋的
)
飓风
typhoon
[tai?fu:n]
n.
台风
tornado
[t
?:?nei
d
?
u]
(pl.
–
oes or
-os)
龙卷风，旋风
cyclone
[?sa??
kl
??
n]
n.
气旋；旋风
)
n. 1.
罢工；罢课；罢市
e.g.
罢工持续了两个月。
The
strike lasted for two months.
on strike
not working because of a
strike
在罢工
e.g.
工人已罢工三星期了。
The workers have
been on strike for three weeks now.
2.
军事进攻；袭击；
(
尤指
)
空袭
e.g.
空袭
an air strike
3.
击；打；踢
(3)
in +
表示时间长度的短
语可译为“?时间之后”
，一般与将来时连用：
e.g.
请在此稍候。杰克几分钟之后就回来。
Please wait a moment here. Jack will be
back in a few minutes.
4. Fifteen
minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the
clock stopped. 15
分钟过去了，而就
在
11
点
55
分时，
大钟停了。
pass/pa:s/
v.
1.
给，递，传递（
pass
sth. to
sb /pass sb.
sth.)
e.g.
请把盐递过来。
Pass
the salt , please.
2. (
时间
)
推移；逝去
e.g.
三个月过去了，我们仍然没有他们的音讯。
Three months passed and we still had no
news of them.
3.
消磨；度过，打发
(
时间
)
e.g.
我们借唱歌消磨时间。
We sang songs to
pass the time.
pass away (
婉辞
，指去世
)
亡故
e.g.
他母亲去年去世了。
His
mother passed away last year.
5. The
big minute hand did not move.
那根巨大的分针不动了。
hand
n.
1. [c]
手
e.g.
知道答案就举手。
Put your hand up if
you know the answer.
2. (a
hand)(informal) help in doing
sth
帮助；协助
e.g.
我来帮你拎那些包吧。
Let me give you a
hand with those bags. (=help you to carry them)
邻居们总是乐于帮助。
The neighbours are
always willing to lend a hand.
3. (~in
sth) the part or role that sb./sth. plays in a
particular situation; sb
’
s
influence in a
situation
角色；作用；影响
e.g.
他的几位同事对他的下台起了作用。
Several of his colleagues
had a hand
in his downfall.
(downfall
[
?
daunf
?
:l]
n.
衰落；衰败，垮台；衰落
(
或衰败、垮台
)
的原因
)
4. [c](usually in compounds) a part
of a clock or watch that points to the numbers(
钟表的
)
指针
e.g.
我手表的分针断了。
The
minute hand
’
s broken on my
watch.
(
时针：
the
hour hand
秒针：
the second
hand)
5. [c] a person who does physical
work on a farm or in a factory(
农场或工厂的
)
体力劳动者，工
人
手背
the back of
the hand
领着某人
lead sb. by
the hand
帮助某人
give sb. a hand
举手
raise
one
’
s hand/ put up
one
’
s hand
挥手
wave
one
’
s hand
握手
shake hands
(with sb.)
on the one
hand
?
on the other hand
?
(
引出不同的；
尤指树立
的观点、
思想等
)
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面
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