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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.
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【课文讲解】整理
1.On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. 星期三的晚上, 我们去了市政厅.
morning,afternoon,evening前如果加修饰词则用介词on,否则用in
1、用in的时间短语有:
① 表示一天中的某段时间:in the morning;in the afternoon;in the evening
② 表示周、月份、年份:in a week;in January;in Feb;in 1992
③ 表示季节:in summer;in spring;in autumn;in winter
in+表示时间长度的短语可以表示“在某段时间之内”,这时可以与现在时、过去时或将来时连用,一般与完成某动作有关;还可译为“……时间之后”,一般与将来时连用。根据时态判别in 表示的含义
in twenty minutes'
time
We will finish class in half an hour.
2、用on的时间短语有:
① 表示星期:on Monday;on Friday
② 表示日期:on June 1st;on 23rd March(在书写日期时没有冠词,但在口语中则分别读为:on June the first;on the 23rd of March)
③ 表示星期+日期:on Monday, June 1st
④ 表示具体时间:on Wednesday evening;on fine afternoon;on that day
2.It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. 那是一年的最后一天, 一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面.
★the last day of the
year
★crowd
① n. 人群
The crowd一般群众、大众
I spotted him in the
crowd.
a crowd of
people
a large crowd of the
people
a crowd of looers-on一群围观的人
crowds of
people
draw a large crowd吸引大批观众
follow the crowd随大流
go with the crowd随大流
in crowds成群、大群地
in the
crowd
a group of
people
② v.拥挤, 挤满
Be crowded with满是……
Passengers crowded the
platform.月台挤满了乘客。
将...塞进
He crowded more books onto the
shelf.
★gather
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.
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。
gather information搜集资料
③ vi. 集拢,聚集,集合
The clouds are gathering.云在聚集。
They gathered under the Town Hall clock.
people gathered
collect与gather用法辨析
1. 表示“搜集”、“聚集”, 两者有时可以互换。如:
He gathered [collected] a big crowd around him. 他周围围了一大群人。
They gathered [collected] the leaves for burning. 他们把树叶扫拢烧掉。
2. 两者的主要区别是:gather 通常只表示把分散的人或物集拢在一起,而 collect 则往往指有计划、有条理地为了某一目的而进行的较为精心的搜集,所以像下例中的 collect 就不宜用 gather 代替:
He collects stamps. 他集邮(from www.yywords.com)。
3. collect 可表示“收取”、“领走”(此时不用 gather)。如:
The mailman collects the letters away every morning. 邮递员每天早上来收信。
She collected her child from school on her way home. 她在回家的路上到学校接回了自己的小孩。
The bus conductor collected money from the passengers. 公共汽车售票员向乘客收钱。
4. I gather 可表示“我猜想”、“我推测”(此时不用 collect)。如:
I gather he’s ill, and that’s why he hasn’t come. 我猜是他病了,所以还没有来。
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3.It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. 再过20分钟, 大钟将敲响12下.
★strike
① v. 打,击
She struck the man in the face.
② v. 敲,弹(钟,乐器等)
strike the
clock
clock
strike
Listen, the clock is striking.
strike twelve
注意下面strike的含义
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Four o’clock had just struck on the church clock.教堂的钟刚敲过四点。
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10. The area was struck (=hit) by a great storm.遭受了大风暴的袭击。
11. He was struck (hit) by a lighting.给雷电击中了。
12. He was hard hit by financial losses.遭受了严重的经济损失。
13. The family was struck by another tragedy.家庭又遭受了不幸。
14. Enemy troops struck(attack suddenly) just before dawn.敌军在拂晓前发起了进攻。
15. The workers bagan to strike last week.(stop working because of disagreement,refuse to work)be on strike在罢工go on strike举行罢工
16. The workers struck against bad working conditions.(为反对…而罢工)不良的工作环境
17. The visitors were struck by the beauty of the West Lake.留下了深刻的印象(have a strong effect on)
18. The first thing that struck me was the great number of bikes on the street.
19. His speech struck us deeply.深深的打动了我们
20. How does his playing strike you?你觉得他的演技怎样?
21. How does the plan strike you?哪个计划你认为如何?(觉得怎样)
22. He strikes me as a good man.我感到他是个好人。
23. It struck me that we had really learnt a great deal there.我觉得我们在哪儿确实学到很多
东西。
24. It suddenly struck me how we could improve the situation.突然想到一个办法可以让我们改进
An idea suddenly struck me.我心里突然生出一个念头。
Tom suddenly hit on
I hit on this book in a small bookshop.It was printed 300 years ago.我在一家小书店里偶然发现了这本书。是300 年前印刷的。
I could always beat my brother at chess. 我常下象棋赢了我兄弟.
Hit 表示“打中”,往往是打一下,其对象既可以是人也可以是物。例如:
He hit the ball with his head.
Strike 往往也表示“打一下:, 与hit差不多,但 strike 还表示其他类型的“打”。
★minutes'名词所有格,用来表达时间
表示有生命的东西的名词及某些表示时间、距离、星球、世界、国家等无生命的东西的名词后加 ’s来表示所有关系,叫做名词所有格。名词所有格表示时间或距离
3 hours’ walk 三小时的路程
five minutes’ walk 五分钟路程
two miles’ distance 两英里的距离
today’s newspaper今天的报纸
two days’ journey两天的旅程
4.Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. 15分钟过去了, 而就在11点55分时, 大钟停了.
英语时间表达法
英语时间通常用以下两种方法表达:
如:eight o'clock 八点钟,ten (o'clock) 十点钟
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5.The big minute hand did not move. 那根巨大的分针不动了.
★hand
minute hand;second hand;hour hand
second
hand
wait me a moment/wait me a few seconds(for a few
secs.)
The letter was written by hand.这封信是手写的。
He had a new book in his hand.他手里拿着一本新书。
[相关短语]
at hand
on the one hand
in hand
在手头;在手边
out of hand
失控
hand down
6.We waited and waited, but nothing happened. 我们等啊等啊, 可情况没有变化.
waited and
waited
happen
What happened?
Nothing happened.
用重叠的词表示强调。
7.Suddenly someone shouted. 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch. It was true. 突然有人喊道 : “已经12点零2分了!那钟已经停了!”
★shout
call out
cry out
scream
8.The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. 那座大钟不愿意迎接新年.
★refuse
① vt. 拒绝(接受、服从等)
She refused the gift.
② vt. 拒不,不肯,不愿
John refused to change his mind.
③ vi. 拒绝,不接受
I offered to pay him for his help, but he refused.
对于他的帮助我提出给他报酬,但他拒绝了。
refuse to do
sth.
I refuse to
leave.
I refuse to
move.
Refuse系普通用语,指“坚决、果断或坦率地拒绝”
Decline指“较正式地、有礼貌地谢绝”
Reject指“以否定、敌对的态度而当面拒绝”
还有其他拒绝:spurn, rebuff
turn down和 refuse都有拒绝的意思 但是有什么区别呢?
turn down 通常指拒绝一个“提案、建议”。也可以有 turn sb down
的说法,但是实质上 还是拒绝了某个人的 提案。例如:He asked Helen to marry him but she
turned him down.
refuse 的意思中包含了 turn
down。同时还有很多其它意思,不仅是拒绝一个提案,还可以是很多别的事物。例如:
refuse a fact(不承认事实),
refuse sb(拒绝某人),
refuse sb money 拒绝借钱给某人。
refuse a gift 拒受礼物。
refuse to burn (柴等)烧不着。
refuse to shut (门等)关不上。
★1)welcome v./n./adj./interj. 欢迎
Adj. 意为“受欢迎的”:“令人喜欢的”。
a welcome guest 受欢迎的客人
a welcome rain 甘霖
a most welcome suggestion 极受欢迎的建议
You suggestion is most welcome to us.你的建议提得好。
You are a welcome guest.您是个受欢迎的人。
Anyone who wants to come will be welcome.谁想来都受欢迎。
2)welcome to some place欢迎某人到某处
You are welcome to Beijing.北京欢迎你!
Welcome to our school.= You are welcome to our school.欢迎你们来到我们学校。
sb. be welcome to do sth.欢迎某人做某事
Foreign friends are welcome to visit China.我们欢迎外国朋友访问中国。
You are welcome to use my bike.你可以随便使用我的自行车。
Everyone who is interested in English is welcome to our party.欢迎每一位对英语感兴趣的人参加我们的聚会。
3) 名词意为“欢迎,款待”,可用 warm (热烈的), cold (冷淡的), enthusiastic (热情的)等形容词作定语加以修饰。
give sb. a warm welcome热烈欢迎某人
have a rather cold welcome 受到冷遇
Let’s give Mr. Jackson a warm welcome.
We had a cold welcome.我们受到了冷遇。
Her suggestion received a rather enthusiastic welcome. 她的建议颇受欢迎。
We shook hands with the visitors in welcome.我们和来访者握手,表示欢迎。
We didn’t expect that they gave us such a warm welcome.我们没料到他们会如此热烈地欢迎我们。
4)vt.
welcome sb. warmly热烈欢迎某人=give sb. a warm welcome
We were heartily welcomed by our hosts.我们受到主人的热情欢迎。
He didn't welcome the suggestion. 他不欢迎这项建议。
They welcomed me warmly.
They welcomed me with flowers.他们用鲜花欢迎我。
We welcomed a baby into the world.我们欢迎来了一个小生命的诞生。
They opened the door and welcomed him in.他们开门将他迎了进去。
We welcome any change that will lead to something better.
We welcomed the singer to our school. 我们欢迎这位歌手到我们学校来。
5)作感叹词
Welcome back!
Welcome to England!
Welcome to CCTV news.胡纳应收看中央电视台新闻节目。
Welcome to the world of JK Rowling!
6)You are welcome. 不用谢,别客气(回答感谢)。
一、表示“不用谢。”如:
—Thank you,Miss Lin!林老师,谢谢您!
—You are welcome. 不用谢。
二、表示“你是受欢迎的人。”如:
—Can I go with you?我能和你们一起去吗?
—OK. You are welcome. 行,欢迎你来。
三、表示“随意用。”如:
—May I use your bike?我能借用一下你的自行车吗?
—Sure. You are welcome. 当然可以,随便用吧。
9.At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. 此时, 大家已经笑了起来, 同时唱起了歌.
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