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Lesson 9 A cold welcome 【New words and expressions】生词和短语（7）welcome n. 欢迎；v. 欢迎本 crowd n. 人群gather v. 聚集 hand n. （表或机器的）指针shout v. 喊叫 refuse v. 拒绝laugh v. 笑★welcome n. 欢迎；v. 欢迎① n. 欢迎 a cold welcome 冷遇② v. 欢迎 welcome to+地点welcome to China；welcome to my home；welcome home；welcome back③ adj. 受欢迎的 You are welcome. You are welcome to+地点★crowd n. 人群① n. 人群 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 一群人，没有次序的人群, 拥挤的人群a group of people 一群人，有次序的人群② 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① vt. 使集拢，集合，召集He gathered a large crowd of people round him.② vt 收集，采集，收（庄稼等）The children are out in the field gathering flowers. 孩子们在外面地里采花。It has taken me a lifetime to gather all these books.收集所有这些书花了我一辈子的时间。③ vi. 集拢，聚集，集合 They gathered under the Town Hall clock.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；手minute hand；second hand；hour hand second hand 二手的，旧的，秒针wait me a moment/wait me a few seconds(for a few secs.) （secs.是seconds 的缩写）★refuse v. 拒绝① vt. 拒绝（接受、服从等） She refused the gift [g?ft] 礼品.② vt. 拒不，不肯，不愿John refused to change his mind. 约翰拒不改变主意。③ vi. 拒绝，不接受I offered to pay him for his help, but he refused. offer[?f?] 给予,提供;拿出,出示 对于他的帮助我提出给他报酬，但他拒绝了。★shout v.喊叫 call out 大声喊叫 cry out 大声哭喊 scream [skrim]尖叫【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