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Lesson 9
A cold welcome
On the last night of the year , many people went to the Town Hall to celebrate the new year. Everybody hoped to welcome the new year and waited the bell to strike 12 times. Do you want to know what happened later? Let’s go !
Presentation
welcome
/5welk[m/
crowd
/krd/
gather
/5gAT[/
hand
/hnd/
shout
/t/
refuse
/r5fju:z/
laugh
/lB:f/
welcome /5welk[m/ n. 欢迎; v.欢迎
crowd /krd/ n. 人群
gather /5gAT[/ v. 聚集
hand /hnd/ n. (表或机器的)指针
shout /t/ v. 喊叫
refuse /r5fju:z/ v. 拒绝
laugh /lB:f/ v. 笑
New words
Q1: Where did the people go on the last night
of the year ?
Q2: At what time did the clock stop ?
Q3: What did the crowd do then?
Look, listen and answer
1. ‘On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.’
a. on Wednesday evening 在星期三的晚上
2. ‘It was the last day of the year and a large crowd ofpeople had gathered under the Town Hallclock. ’
b.the last day of the year 一年的最后一天
c. a large crowd of people 一大群人
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3. ‘It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.’
a. in twenty minutes’ time=in twenty minutes
20分钟之后
in +一段时间:…时间之后 (多用于将来时)
4. ‘The big minute hand did not move. ’
b. minute hand 分针
hour hand 时针
second hand 秒针
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5.‘We waited and waited, but nothing happened.’
a. happen vi. (偶然)发生,物作主语,不能用被动语态
happen to do sth. 碰巧做某事
eg:Yesterday I happened to meet one of my old friends.
6. ‘The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.’
b. refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事
7. ‘At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.’
c. at that moment 在那时
at the moment 此时
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表示“在何时”常用介词at, on, in等
1. at一般用来表示在某一具体的小时间
at six o’clock 在六点钟
at night 在晚上
at noon 在中午
at the beginning of 在……开始时
at the end of 在……结束时
at Christmas 在圣诞节
表示时间的介词
Focus on grammar
2. on用来表示“某天或某天上午、下午、