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Lesson 2 Thirteen equals oneOur vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since. One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one oclock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. ‘Whatever are you doing up here Bill? ’asked the vicar in surprise. ‘Im trying to repair the bell, ’answered Bill. ‘Ive been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise. ’ ‘You certainly did give me a surprise! ‘said the vicar. ‘Youve probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, Im glad the bell is working again. ’ ‘Thats the trouble, vicar, ’answered Bill. ‘Its working all right, but Im afraid that at one oclock it will strike thirteen times and theres nothing I can do about it. ’ ‘Well get used to that, Bill, ’said the vicar. ‘Thirteen is not as good as one, but its better than nothing. Now lets go downstairs and have a cup of tea. ’Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. 我们教区的牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金，但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。---is always raising money---always ,often ,usually等词一般仅用于一般时态，但也可以用于进行时态表示带有赞赏，喜欢或厌恶、批评，不喜欢等感情色彩。They were always quarrelling. 他们老是吵架。The girl was always changing her mind. 这女孩老是改变主意。They also have bad teeth, because of the sugar which they are always eating. The worker is always working hard.表示赞扬The baby is always crying.表示讨厌。He is always thinking for others.总是为别人着想（赞扬）1. 他总是跟我借钱，并且几天后就把借钱的事抛之脑后。______________________________________