新概念英语第二册 Lesson 9 A cold welcome 讲义

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.

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。

词汇

1.welcome n.v.欢迎

① n. 欢迎  

a cold welcome  冷遇

② v. 欢迎  

welcome to+地点

welcome to China；

welcome to my home；

welcome home；

welcome back

③ adj. 受欢迎的

You are welcome.

You are welcome to+地点

cold fish 冷漠的人    

My brother is a cold fish.

英语中有许多以动物代替人的词，如：lucky dog 幸运的

2.crowd 

① n. 人群

in the crowd    在人群中

I spotted him in the crowd.    

我在人群中一眼就认出了他

a crowd of people   

一群人，没有次序的人群, 拥挤的人群

a group of people    

一群人，有次序的人群

② v.拥挤, 挤满

a large crowd of people   一大群人

crowds of people    许多人, 人山人海

crowded 拥挤的

follow the crowd 随大流

crowd into 涌进

be crowded with 挤满，充满，满是

The bus was crowded with passengers. 

公共汽车里挤满了乘客。

表示群体的短语构成和理解

a crowd of    an army of    

a cloud of     a group of

3.gather 

① vt. 使集拢，集合，召集

He gathered a large crowd of people round him.

②vt 收集，采集，收（庄稼等）

to gather information 搜集资料    

gather crops收庄稼

The children are out in the fieldgathering flowers.  

孩子们在外面地里采花。

It has taken me a lifetime to gatherall these books.

收集所有这些书花了我一辈子的时间。

③ vi. 集拢，聚集，集合

They gathered under the Town Hallclock.

people gathered   人们聚集在一起, 尤指自发性的聚集

gather one's brows皱眉  

4.hand n.(表或机器的)指针

minute/second/hour hand:分/秒/时针

Which is the oldest? --second hand

因为second hand还有“二手的，旧的”意思

5.refuse 

① vt. 拒绝（接受、服从等）

She refused the gift.

② vt. 拒不，不肯，不愿

John refused to change his mind.  约翰拒不改变主意。

③ vi. 拒绝，不接受

I offered to pay him for his help, but he refused.

对于他的帮助我提出给他报酬，但他拒绝了

6.shout v.喊叫

call out 大声喊叫  

cry out大声哭喊 

scream尖叫　　　

7. strike    

① v. 打，击

She struck the man in the face.

② v. 敲，弹（钟，乐器等）

strike the clock（人）敲钟

clock strike    钟自己响

Listen, the clock is striking.