Lesson 9

A cold welcome

冷遇

On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.

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星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。

It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered

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under the Town Hall clock.

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那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。

It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.

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再过20分钟，大钟将敲响12下。

Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.

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15分钟过去了，而就在11点55分时，大钟停了。

The big minute hand did not move.

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那根巨大的分针不动了。

We waited and waited, but nothing happened.

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我们等啊等啊，可情况没有变化。

Suddenly someone shouted，“It's two minutes past twelve!

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The clock has stopped!”

突然有人喊道：“已经12点零2分了！那钟已经停了！”

It's two minutes past twelve!

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The clock has stopped!”

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I looked at my watch. It was true.

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我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。

The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.

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那座大钟不愿意迎接新年。

At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

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此时，大家已经笑了起来，同时唱起了歌。