Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇

§ Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇

【New words and expressions】生词和短语

★welcome n. 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./welcome adj.

You are welcome to+地点

★crowd n. 人群

person

people

crowd :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 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

【Text】

Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇

First listen and then answer the question.听录音, 然后回答以下问题. 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. '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.

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分时, 大钟停了. 那根巨大的分针不动了. 我们等啊等啊, 可情况没有变化. 突然有人喊道: “已经12点零2分了!那钟已经停了!” 我看了一下我的手表, 果真如此. 那座大钟不愿意迎接新年. 此时, 大家已经笑了起来, 同时唱起了歌.

【课文讲解】

A cold welcome 冷遇

cold 冷的, 寒冷的, 冷淡的

cold fish 冷漠的人

lucky dog幸运的人

My brother is a cold fish.

What does "a cold welcome" refer to ?

refer to : 指……

On Wednesday evening

in the evening

wednesday修饰evening

Town Hall 市政厅

the last day of the year 一年中的最后一天

a large crowd of the people一大群人

had gathered 强调事件的时间是过去的过去

It指clock

strike v. : strike the clock敲钟/clock strike钟自己响

knock at the door

Listen,the clock is striking.

strike twelve 数字表示敲击的次数

in twenty minutes' time : 20分钟之后

in 表示在段时间以后

根据时态判别in 表示的含义

would strike过去将来时, 从过去看未来

We will finish class in half an hour.

minutes'名词所有格

It will leave in...minutes'time

in twenty(minutes'time)名词所有格可省略