课文
A cold welcome「冷遇」
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.
译:
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。
词
welcome:**n.欢迎**
A cold welcome「冷遇(冷的欢迎)」
A warm welcome「热情的欢迎(hot温度较高,hot water「热水,开水」,故用warm)」
v.欢迎
Welcome you/the New Year「欢迎你/新年」
Welcome to Beijing「欢迎来到北京」
adj.受欢迎的
You are welcome「不用谢(你是受欢迎的,直译)」
**vt.使集拢,集合,召集**
He gathered a large crowd of people round him.「他在自己周围聚集了一大群人」
vt.收集,采集,收(庄稼等)
The children are out in the field gathering flowers.「孩子们在外面地里采花」
vi.聚集,集合
They gathered under the Town Hall clock.「他们聚集在市政厅的大钟下面」
**vt.拒绝**
She refused the gift.「她拒绝接受这份礼物」
vt.拒不,不肯,不愿
Mary refused to tell her age.「玛丽不愿说出自己的年龄」
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」
句子
表示时间的介词(prep.)
before/after「在…之前/在…之后」
from…to…「从…到…」
since/until「自从…开始/直到…才结束」
during「在…期间」
at 8 o’clock「表示时间点」
at midnight/teatime/lunch「在午夜/在茶点时间/在午饭(类时间点)」
on Monday/April 4th「具体某一天」
on Monday evening「具体某一天的一段时间用on,具体一段时间用in」
in 1992/January/Summer「大范围,年/季节/月,在…内」
in the morning/afternoon/evening「上午/下午/晚上时间段,表示具体一段时间,在…内」
in在将来时表示「…时间之后」:
Mother will be back in ten days.「母亲10天后回来」
not any与no
两种否定回答:no语气稍强
Have you got any time?「你有时间吗?」
-I haven’t got any time.
-I’ve got no time.「我没有时间」
The big minute hand did not move.「那根巨大的分针不动了」
hour hand「时针」
minute hand「分针」
second hand「秒针;二手」:
second hand cars「二手车」
second hand computers「二手电脑」
We waited and waited, but nothing happened.「我们等啊等阿,可情况没有变化」
动词happen作「发生,出现」时,主语是物:
Have you heard what happened to Sam this morning?「你听说今天上午萨姆发生了什么事了吗?」
An interesting thing happened last night.「昨晚发生了一件有趣的事」
I looked at my watch.「我看了一下我的手表」
look是vi.(不及物),不及物动词后面不能接宾语,所以需要一个中介词连接后面,所以诞生了介词。
at为介词,介词后面只能接「名词/代词(代替名词)/动名词」,介词与后面的词构成介宾结构,简称宾语,若介词后跟从句,则为宾语从句。
It was true.「果真如此」
true:adj.真实的;正确的
truth:n.事实,真相
false:adj. 不真实的,错误的