新概念第二册Lesson9解析.ppt

We waited and waited, but nothing happened. waited and waited 等啊等啊, 强调动作的重复 We walked and walked, and finally we went through the forest. What happened? It was true. It is true that+从句 ……是一个事实 Is it true that your wife is in hospital ? The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. refuse to do sth. 拒绝去做某事 I refuse to leave. I want to leave, but my boss refused. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. at that moment = just then 就在那时 at the moment = now 现在, 此刻, 在此时 Were busy at the moment at any moment 任何时刻,随时 It may occur at any moment. Retell the story * Wednesday evening—we—Town Hall last day of the year—crowd—gathered—clock strike twelve—20 minutes’ time 15 minutes—five to twelve—stopped minute hand—not move waited—nothing happened shouted—2 minutes past twelve watch—true refused to welcome laugh and sing * * competition neat path wooden pool * Joe Sanders has _________garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for __________ each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Friths garden is________Joes. Bill works ______Joe and grows ______ and vegetables, but Joes garden is __________.He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge ____ a pool. I like gardens too, but I do not like _____. Every year I _______the garden competition too, and I aways win a little prize for _______ in the town! Lesson 9 A cold welcome Listening * Where did the people go on New Year’s Eve? At what time did the clock stop? What does ‘ a cold welcome’ refer to? They went to the Town Hall The clock stopped at five to twelve. It means that the big clock refused to welcome the New Year. On 1__________evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had 2._________ under the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve in 3.________minutes time. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock 4._________. The big minute 5._______did not move. We wa