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Lesson 9 A cold welcome
【New words and expressions
welcome n. 欢迎； v. 欢迎
fteen 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
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someone shouted. 'It's 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.
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星期三的晚上 , 我 去了市政 . 那是一年的最后一天 , 一
大群人聚集在市政 的大 下面 . 再 20 分 , 大 将敲响
下 . 15 分 去了 , 而就在 11 点 55 分 , 大 停了 .
那根巨大的分 不 了 . 我 等啊等啊 , 可情况没有 化 . 突然有人喊道 : “已 12 点零 2 分了 ! 那 已 停了 ! ” 我看了一下我的手表 ,果真如此 . 那座大 不愿意迎接新年 . 此 , 大家已 笑了起来 , 同 唱起了歌 . 【 文 解】
1 A cold welcome
cold adj. 冷的 , 寒冷的 , 冷淡的
cold fish 冷漠的人
My brother is a cold fish.
lucky dog 幸运的人
What does "a cold welcome" refer to ? （ refer to 指⋯⋯）
2、 On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.
morning ， afternoon ， evening 前如果加修 用介
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on ，否则用 in
Town Hall 市政厅
3、 It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
the last day of the year
一年中的最后一天
a large crowd of the people
一大群人
4、 It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.
★strike v. 打，击；敲，弹（钟，乐器等）
①v. 打，击
She struck the man in the face.
② v. 敲，弹（钟，乐器等）
strike the clock （人）敲钟
clock strike 钟自己响
Listen, the clock is striking.
strike twelve 数字表示敲击的次数
minutes' 名词所有格，用来表达时间
名词所有格表示时间或距离
It will leave in five minutes'time.
in twenty(minutes'time) 名词所有格可省略
an hour's time
How far is the school from here?
3 minutes' walk. 三分钟路程。
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5、 Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve,
the clock stopped.
⋯ minutes pass ⋯ 几点 几分（前半小 ， pass 了）
25 minutes passed eight
⋯ minutes to ⋯ 几点 几分（后半小 ， to 没到）
a quarter to ni