Lesson9 A cold welcome 冷遇
What does 'a cold welcome' refer to?
课文内容：
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.
Notes on the text 课文注释
1 Town Hall , 市政厅，地方政府办公之处。
2 a large crowd of…，一大群……。
3 in twenty minutes'time, 20分钟之后。
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。
相关文章
- Lesson 47:A thirsty ghost 嗜酒的鬼魂
- Lesson 46: Expensive and uncomfortable 既昂贵又受罪
- Lesson 45:clear conscience 问心无愧
- Lesson 44:Through the forest 穿过森林
- Lesson 43:Over the South Pole 飞越南极
- Lesson 42: Not very musical 并非很懂音乐
- Lesson 41:Do you call that a hat? 你把那个叫帽子吗？
- Lesson 40:Food and talk 进餐与交谈
- Lesson 39:Am I all right?我是否痊愈？
- Lesson 38: Everything except the weather 唯独没有考虑到天气
- Lesson 37 The Olympic Games 奥林匹克运动会
- Lesson 36: Across the Channel 横渡海峡
- Lesson 35:Stop thief!捉贼！
- Lesson 34:quick work 破案“神速”
- Lesson 33:Out of the darkness 冲出黑暗
- Lesson 32:shopping made easy 购物变得很方便
- Lesson 31:Success story 成功者的故事
- Lesson 30:Football or polo? 足球还是水球？
- Lesson 29:Taxi! 出租汽车
- Lesson 28:No parking1 禁止停车