Lesson 9 A cold welcome（课件）新概念英语第二册

Lesson 9 A cold welcome Listening What are these people doing in the text? They are waiting for the coming of new year. 倒数计时活动的由来 倒数计时的活动是美国时代广场在1904年首次举办的，1907年第一次举办水晶球跨年活动，百年来风靡全球，已经成为纽约甚至全美最主要年度活动之一。每年都有近百万人在午夜时分挤上纽约时代广场，随着象征和平的水晶球在倒数最后一分钟缓缓从天而降，现场气氛热烈到最高点。尽管美国拉斯维加斯、迈阿密，甚至其他国家都在仿效举办类似大型活动，但依旧不敌纽约时代广场的超级魅力，每年全球有超过十亿人透过电视实况转播观赏整个活动 TEXT 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 a cold welcome 冷遇 welcome to+地点 welcome to China welcome to my home welcome home/welcome back crowd ★ n. 人群 in the crowd 在人群中 I spotted Jeremy in the crowd. 我在人群中一眼就认出了Jeremy. 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 人山人海 crowds of people gather ★ v. 聚集 gather 常用语，自发性的聚集 The clouds are gathering. people gathered 人们聚集在一起 collect 有计划、有选择的收集 He collects stamps. assemble 为某一特定的目的而集合 The dean assembled the students in the auditorium. muster 正式用语，为检阅检查而召集，特指部队召集 He mustered all his soldiers. hand ★ n. (表或机器的)指针 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 Shout to Shout at refuse ★ v. 拒绝 常与to连用，refuse to… She refused to help me. refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事 refuse sth. 拒绝某物(事) refuse sb. 拒绝某人 学习提示： 每个词都有起源，也有演化。词根仅仅是词源中的一个组成部分。“咬文嚼词”不但要“咬”起源，更要“嚼”演化。只要“咬”的准，“嚼”的合乎逻辑，自然就用得准确。 refuse (拒绝，垃圾) refuse/r