新概念英语第三册听力英音版02ThirteenEqualsOne

新概念英语第三册听力英音版02Thirteen

Equals

One

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[00 : 01.51]Lesson 2

[00 : 03.35]Thirteen equals one

[00 : 11.83]Was the vicar pleased that the clock was striking? Why?

[00 : 19.22]Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another,

[00 : 23.91]but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired.

[00 : 29.67]The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night

[00 : 34.15]was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.

[00 : 39.65]One night,however,our vicar woke up with a start : the clock was striking the hours!

[00 : 47.65]Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one

o'clock,

[00 : 52.20]but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped.

[00 ：56.70]Armed with a torch,the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on.

[01 ：03.46]In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure

[01 ：07.03]whom he immediately recognized as Bill

Wilkins,our local grocer.

[01 ：13.50]'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.

[01 ：18.59]'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill.

[01 ：22.24]'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now.

[01 ：25.95]You see,I was hoping to give you a surprise.'

[01 ：30.22]'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar.

[01 ：33.90]'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well.

[01 ：37.75]Still,I'm glad the bell is working again.'

[01 ：42.30]'That's the trouble, vicar,'answered Bill.

'It's working all right,

[01 ：47.03]but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times

[01 ：51.60]and there's nothing I can do about it.'

[01 ：54.92]'We'll get used to that,Bill,'said the vicar.

[01 ：57.77]'Thirteen is not as good as one,but it's better than nothing.

[02 ：02.21]Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'