(完整)新概念英语第三册第二课笔记.pdfVIP

Lesson 2 Thirteen equals one 十三等于一 一、【Text 】课文 Our vicar is always raising moneyfor one cause or another, but he has never managedto get enoughmoneyto havethe church 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 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. 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 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. clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever wasgoing on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whomhe immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. You certainly did give mea surprise! said the vicar. Youve probably wokenup everyone in the village as well. Still, Im glad the theres nothing I can do about it. 二、【New words and expressions 】生词和短语 ◆equal v. 等于 ◆ vicar n. 牧师 ◆torchlight n. 电筒光 ★equal v. 等于 A等于 B A equal B 与 … 相匹敌 None of us can equal her, either in beauty or as a dancer. be equal to + 名词（ equal adj. 不相上下的） eg:Mary is quite equal to John in brains. be equal to doing ：有能力 ,