[al:新概念英语（三）] [ar:MP3 同步字幕版（英音）] [ti:Thirteen Equals One] [by:更多学习内容，请到chazidian.com搜索“新概念”] [00:01.51]Lesson 2 [00:03.35]Thirteen equals one [00:11.83]Was the vicar pleased that the clock was striking? Why? [00:19.22]Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, [00:23.91]but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. [00:29.67]The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night [00:34.15]was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. [00:39.65]One night,however,our vicar woke up with a start:the clock was striking the hours! [00:47.65]Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, [00:52.20]but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. [00:56.70]Armed with a torch,the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. [01:03.46]In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure [01:07.03]whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins,our local grocer. [01:13.50]'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise. [01:18.59]'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. [01:22.24]'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. [01:25.95]You see,I was hoping to give you a surprise.' [01:30.22]'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. [01:33.90]'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. [01:37.75]Still,I'm glad the bell is working again.' [01:42.30]'That's the trouble, vicar,'answered Bill. 'It's working all right, [01:47.03]but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times [01:51.60]and there's nothing I can do about it.' [01:54.92]'We'll get used to that,Bill,'said the vicar. [01:57.77]'Thirteen is not as good as one,but it's better than nothing. [02:02.21]Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'