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Lesson 9:A cold welcome 冷遇 一 、New words and expressions 生词和短语 ★welcome　 . (interjection,用于欢迎刚刚到达的人) 欢迎v. ( 欢迎a cold welcome 冷遇 welcome to＋地点 welcome to China welcome to my home/welcome Home/welcome back You are welcome to+地点 ★crowd英音：[kraud]美音：[kraud] n. 人群Person people 名词 n. 人群There was acrowd of people in front of the town hall.市政大厅前有一群人。 【口】一伙,一帮Sam and hiscrowd went into the discotheque.山姆及其一伙走进了那家迪斯科舞厅。 3.一堆,许多[C]I saw acrowd of magazines and papers on her desk.我看见她桌上放着一堆杂志和报纸。 4.大众[the S]You can do what you want to do, but never follow thecrowd.你想做什么就做什么,可别随大流。 及物动词 vt. 1.挤满Passengerscrowded the platform.月台挤满了乘客。 2.将...塞进[O]Hecrowded more books onto the shelf.他向书架上又塞了一些书。 3.催促;催逼Dontcrowd me, Ill pay.别催逼我,我会付的。 不及物动词 vi. 1.挤,拥挤[Q]Peoplecrowded into the cinema.人们挤进电影院。 2.聚集 crowd :in the crowd I spotted him in the crowd 一眼看见 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 crowd v.拥挤，挤满 a large crowd of people 一大群人／crowds of people 许多人，人山人海 ★gather　v. 聚集 people gathered 人们聚集在一起，尤指自发性的聚集 ★hand　n. （表或机器的）指针 hand n.手 minute hand/second hand/hour hand second hand 二手的，旧的 wait me a moment/wait me a few seconds(for a few secs.) secs.:seconds的缩写 ★shout　v. 喊叫 call out 大声喊叫 cry out 大声哭喊 scream 尖叫 ★refuse　v. 拒绝 ★laugh　v. 笑 　　First listen and then answer the question. 　　What does a cold welcome refer to? 　　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. 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