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NCE2 Lesson 9
A cold welcome
Free talk
Look at the pictures.
Admin (A) - 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
New words & expressions
welcome n. 欢迎 v. 欢迎
crowd n. 人群
gather v. 聚集
hand n.(表或机器的) 指针
shout v. 喊叫
refuse v. 拒绝
laugh v. 笑
★ welcome n. v. adj
a cold welcome
welcome to+地点
You are welcome.
Admin (A) - welcome to China_x000B_welcome to my home
welcome home/welcome back
You are welcome to+地点
★crowd n. 人群
a (large) crowd of people
a group of people
crowds of people
in the crowd
Admin (A) - a (large) crowd of people 没有次序的人群,拥挤的人群_x000B_a group of people 有次序的人群
I spotted him in the crowd.
crowd v.拥挤,挤满
Tourists crowded the street on
National Day.
adj, 拥挤的,塞满的
I think the street will be very crowded,
as many people go shopping during the holiday.
3. gather: vt 聚集
He is gathering materials for a new book.
She gathered her books and went to school.
1. 收集; 收拾;召集;使聚集
This cloth gathers dust.
2. 积聚;积蓄
I gather that he is the one in charge.
3. 猜想,推测+(that)
The girl is gathering flowers.
4.摘;采集
Admin (A) - collect 有计划、有选择的收集
He collects stamps.
assemble [E5sembl]为某一特定的目的而集合
The dean assembled the students in the auditorium. [7C:di5tC:riEm]
muster [5mQstE]正式用语,为检阅检查而召集,特指部队召集
He mustered all his soldiers.
Admin (A) - 4. 渐增_x000B_The sled gathered speed as it moved down the hill. _x000B_雪橇向山下滑动时速度变得越来越快。
gathering: n. 聚集
e.g. a small family gathering
a gathering of friends
people gathered 人们聚集在一起,尤指自发性的聚集
e.g. A crowd soon gathered around the movie star.
★hand n. (表或机器的)指针
the hour/ minute/ second hand
second hand
hand in hand
hand in sth
Admin (A) - the hour/ minute/ second hand of a watch/clock.
e.g. I saw you guys in the street hand in hand
Hand in your writing, please?
e.g. I still have some money in hand.被拥有;在手头,被执于手中;(局势)在控制下,在掌握中;可供使用
on hand强调的是物品或资源在当前可获得或可用的状态,即“在手头上,触之可及,立即可用”。而in hand则侧重于物品或事情正在进行中,或者已经掌握在手中,随时可以使用或处理。
★shout v. 喊叫
shout to/ at sb.
e.g.
我大声叫他别再这么大声地放音乐了。
I shouted to him to stop playing the music so loudly.
Admin (A) - call out 大声喊叫
cry out 大声哭喊
scream 尖叫
refuse: 拒绝
1:refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事
She refused to help me.
2: refuse sth./sb. 拒绝某物(事)/某人
我拒绝了他的邀请。
I refused his invitation.
I was politely refused.
refusal: n.
e.g. The refusal hurt me deeply.
Admin (A) - 常与to连用,
7. laugh: v 笑
laugh at sb/sth
1).因…而发笑
Eg:我们听了他的笑话都笑了。
We laughed at his jokes.
2).嘲笑
eg:不要嘲笑这个可怜的人.
Don’t laugh at this poor man.
laughter: 笑声
The house is always full of laughter.
Admin (A) - smile 微笑
chuckle 低声嗤嗤的轻笑
grin 露齿而笑
guffaw 捧腹大笑,狂笑
sneer 嘲笑
giggle 咯咯的笑
Admin (A) - =be amused by
=make fun of
strike v:打,击,弹,敲···(钟,乐器···)
struck struck
clock strike
strike the clock
Admin (A) - hit 指轻轻地敲
strike 指重重的敲
heartbeat 心跳
(钟)敲
(人)敲
Listening
A. Listen and answer the questions:
1. What does “a cold welcome” refer to?
2. When did we go to the Town Hall?
3. When would the clock strike twelve?
4. What happened to the big minute hand?
5. Did the big clock refuse to welcome the New Year?
6. What did everybody do at that moment?
Admin (A) - It refers to the big clock stopped at five to twelve. It refused to welcome the New Year.
Listen and fill in the blanks
We went to the Town Hall 1______ Wednesday evening, the 2______ day of the year. And under the Town Hall clock a large 3______ of people had 4_______ to welcome the New Year. It would 5______ twelve in twenty minutes’ time. But the clock 6______ at five to twelve. We 7______ and 8______, but nothing 9________. Suddenly someone shouted it was already two minutes 10______ twelve! The big clock 11______ to welcome the New Year. At the moment, everybody began to 12______ and sing.
on
last
crowd
gathered
strike
stopped
waited
waited
happened
past
refused
laugh
It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time..
【语言点】"in"+一段时间可表示“一段时间之内”;也可用于表示“一段时间之后”,多用于将来时
①在…内:The bird covered the distance in 3 minutes.
② 在…之后(多与将来时连用):
I will come back in 5 days. 我将在5天后回来。
happen 发生
她出车祸了。
A car accident happened to her.
happen to 发生于… 身上
take place发生
1:45
2:35
6:47
1:58
one forty-five
two thirty-five
six forty-seven
one fifty-eight
1:45
2:35
6:47
1:58
fifteen to two
twenty-five to three
thirteen to seven
two to two
Summary writing
Answer these questions in not more than 50 words回答下列问题,将答案组成一个段落,不要超过50个单词。
1 Where did we go on New Year's Eve?
2 Were there a lot of people there or not?
3 In how many minutes would the Town Hall clock strike twelve?
4 At what time did it stop?
5 Did it refuse to welcome the New Year or not?
6 What did the crowd do then?
I When did we go to the Town Hall?
2 When would the clock strike twelve?
3 When did the clock stop?
Grammar
文中的时间状语及介词的使用:
On Wednesday evening
In twenty minutes
At five to twelve
It’s two minutes past twelve!
At that moment
The usages of in, on and at...
in:
1. 表示月份、年份、季节:
e.g.: in March/ 2024/ in summer
2. 早中晚
e.g.:in the morning/ afternoon/ evening/daytime
3. 表示“在某段时间之内”,
e.g.: I always eat my breakfast in ten minutes.
I finished the examination in two hours.
4. 表示“…时间之后”,
e.g.: Mother will be back in ten days.
Admin (A) - 表示一天当中的某一段时间
Admin (A) - 这时它可以与现在时、过去时或将来时连用,一般与完成某个动作有关:
Admin (A) - 与将来时连用
Admin (A) - in fifteen minutes/in two hours/in a few days/in a week
in the future/in the past/
in the fist week of this semester
in the third week.在第几周,将来时等都要用in。
in December 1986在“某年某月” (但在某年某月某日则用on)
on
1. 表示星期:
2. 表示日期:
on 13th August
3. 特定时日
on that day/ that evening/ on Christmas
day/ on New Year's Day/ on that raining day/on my birthday/ on a summer evening/
Admin (A) - 周1-7 on Monday/ Friday/ Monday morning
Admin (A) - 表示具体时间:
at:黎明、午夜和时分
1. 表示确切的时间:手表上的时间点
at 10 o’clock; at half past eleven
2. 表示用餐时间:
at lunch/ dinner time/ teatime
3. 表示其他时刻:
at dawn/at daybreak /at noon/ night/ midnight
at the weekend/at Christmas
Admin (A) - 起始终止
at the beginning of…/at the end of…/at first
during:
during the war/night/holiday
e.g.:
It was very hot during the summer.
She woke up many times during the night.
from … till… :
e.g.: I work from 8 a.m. till 9 p.m..
They are busy from morning till night.
not...till/until:
e.g.: I won’t leave till/until Monday.
They didn’t stop until six o’clock.
Admin (A) - 但在下面的例句中则不可用in替代during:
I met him sometime during the week.
我是在这一周的某天遇见他的。
During the whole winter it never snowed.
整个冬季一直没下雪。
Admin (A) - 后面必须跟一个名词,可以指整个一段时间。它有时可以用in替代
Admin (A) - 从…到…指一段明确的时间
Exercise B 用正确的介词填空
1) He has gone abroad. He will return___ two year’s time.
2)___Saturdays I always go to the market.
3) I never go to the cinema_____ the week.
4) He ran a hundred meters___ thirteen seconds.
5) I can’t see him ____ the moment. I’m busy.
6) My birthday is___ November 7th. I was born___ 1974.
7) The days are very short___ December.
8) We arrived at the village late___ night. We left early ___ the morning.
9) I shall not hear from him___ tomorrow.
阳光灯影衣冒 in
即在阳光下,在灯下,在树阴下,穿衣、着装、冒雨等都要用in。
in the bright sunlight
Don't read in dim light.
They are sitting in the shade of a tree.
in uniform
the woman in white
The poor dressed in rags in old society.
He went in the rain to meet me at the station.
in the eighteenth century
in ancient times
in earlier times
in modern times
in time
at the present day
on winter day
on Sunday
on Saturday afternoon
on time
on the morning of 18th
语法重点:介词
早、午、晚,要用in,at 黎明、午、夜、点与分;
年、月、年月、季节、周,阳光、灯、影、衣、冒in;
将来时态in...以后,小处at 大处in;
有形with 无形by,语言、单位、材料in;
特征、方面与方式、心情、成语惯用in;
日子、日期、年月日,星期加上早午晚; 以上全部都用on;
年月日,加早午晚,of 之前on 代in;
Admin (A) - 我的经验:
大块的时间用 in /
非常具体的时间点用at
大家都不要的,
都被on 拣过来了
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