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第一部分 WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS：Town Hall 市政厅crowd n. 人群gather v. 聚集strike 敲，打 the minute hand 分针refuse v. 拒绝welcome 欢迎laugh v. 笑 第二部分 TEXT：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. Its 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. 第三部分 LANGUAGE POINTS：1.a cold welcome 冷遇welcome n. 欢迎; v. 欢迎welcome to+地点welcome to Chinawelcome to my home/welcome home/welcome backYou are welcome./welcome adj.You are welcome to+地点 2. A large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.crowd n. 人群 v.拥挤, 挤满crowd :in the crowd 在人群中 I spotted him in the crowd 我在人群中一眼就认出了他a crowd of people 没有次序的人群, 拥挤的人群a group of people 有次序的人群a large crowd of people 一大群人/crowds of people 许多人, 人山人海 gather n.集合, 聚集 vi.集合, 聚集, 渐增, 蹙眉 vt.使聚集, 搜集, 积聚, 推断people gathered 人们聚集在一起, 尤指自发性的聚集句中had gathered 强调事件的时间是过去的过去 3. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes time.时间状语in twenty minutes time中，用介词in表示再过多少时间 strike: strike the clock敲钟 clock strike钟自己响 strike twelve 数字表示敲击的次数would strike过去将来时, 从过去看未来 Ex:We will finish class in half an hour. minutes名词所有格It will leave in...minutestimein twenty(minutestime)名词所有格可省略my mothers ,Kits,Toms*名词所有格可以用来表达时间 an hours time名词以-s结尾或者本身是以-s结尾的复数名词, 所有格加 ’*名词所有格表示时间或距离-How far is the school from here? -3 minutes walk. 4. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock