Lesson 9 A cold welcome
★ New words and expressions
☆welcome n.v.欢迎
n.a cold welcome 冷遇
v.welcome to+地点
Welcome to China.Welcome home/back.
adj.You are welcome.1.你是受欢迎的。2.不用谢
You are welcome to+地点
☆crowd n.人群
in the crowd: 在人群里 I spotted him in the crowd.
a crowd of people:没有秩序的人群，拥挤的人群
a group of people:有秩序的人群
a large crowd of people/crowds of people:人山人海
v.crowd 拥挤，挤满
☆gather v.聚集
people gather:人们聚集在一起，尤指自发性的聚集
☆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
wait for a moment/wait for a few seconds(secs.)
secs.是seconds的缩写，在美国电影里经常能遇到
☆shout v.喊叫
=call out 大声喊叫?ry out:大声哭喊；scream:尖叫
★Text
On Wednesday evening,we went to 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。
☆a cold welcome:冷遇
cold:寒冷的；冷淡的
cold fish:冷漠的人
英语中有许多以动物代替人的词，如：lucky dog 幸运的人
☆Town Hall:市政厅
☆strike
strike the clock
Listen,the clock is striking.
strike twelve 数字表示敲击的次数
敲门用knock，敲钟用strike
hit和strike在一定时候可以互换，都是一次性打，strike:hit hard
beat：连续不断的打 beat drums:敲鼓
☆in twenty minutes' time 20分钟之后
根据时态判别in表示的含义：如果是将来式，in+段时间表示一段时间以后
minutes' 名词所有格
1.有生命的东西：my mother's;kit's;Tom's
2.可以用来表达时间：an hour's time
3.表示距离（在指路时常用）
-How far is the school from here?
-3 minutes' walk.
☆分钟的介词：past：过了；to：没到
...minutes past...前半小时
...minutes to...后半小时
☆The clock has stopped!
现在完成时，强调过去动作导致的结果。
看一般过去式，只要按字面意思理解即可。
看过去完成式，要读出潜在的意思。
☆at that moment=just then 就在那时
at the moment=now 现在，此刻
☆文章重点：
1. ...minutes passed and then,sth happened.
2.What happened? Nothing happened.
3.It was true.
★Key structures
at/in/on/others 用when提问
on:
具体的某一天：on Friday/Dec 15th
morning,afternoon,evening前有修饰词：on Wednesday evening
in:
in the morning/afternoon,evening
in a week;in January/Feb...
in summer/spring/autumn/winter
in 1992/1999
at:
at night;at noon;at five to twelve;at ten o'clock
用的最多的是in，考的最多的是on
until 直到……时候
I can't entre for the sports meeting until tomorrow.
from...to...
Everyday we have English class from 8:30 to 11:30.
during 在……期间
in the holiday强调这段时间其中某一点时间，并不表示自始至终
during the holiday 强调假期的从头到尾