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1、Lesson9AcoldwelcomeOnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHallclock.Itwouldstriketwelveintwentyminutes'time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfivetotwelve,theclockstopped.Thebigminutehanddidnotmove.Wewa

2、itedandwaited,butnothinghappened.Suddenlysomeoneshouted.'It'stwominutespasttwelve!Theclockhasstopped!'Ilookedatmywatch.Itwastrue.ThebigclockrefusedtowelcometheNewYear.Atthatmoment,everybodybegantolaughandsing.Newwordsandexpressions生词和短语welcomen.欢迎；v.欢迎crowdn.人gatherv

3、.聚集handn.（表或机器的）指针shoutv.喊叫refusev.拒绝laughv.笑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。1.OnWednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHal

4、l.星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。hall[hɔ:l]n.1.(alsohallway)(AmEalsoentry)aspaceorpassageinsidetheentranceorfrontdoorofabuilding门厅；正门过道e.g.她跑进门厅，冲上楼梯。Sheranintothehallandupthestairs.(stair[steə(r)]n.1.(stairs)[pl.]楼梯2.[c]梯级)2.(AmEalsohallway)apassageinabuildingwithroomsdowneithersid

5、e(大楼内的)走廊synonym:corridor[ˈkɔridɔ:(r)]n.(建筑物或火车内的)走廊；走道，过道，通道e.g.我沿着走廊直奔斯科特的办公室。IheadedforScott’sofficedownthehall.(head[v.+adv./prep]tomoveinaparticulardirection朝(某方向)行进)3.abuildingorlargeroomforpublicmeetings,meals,concerts,etc.礼堂；大厅e.g.音乐厅；宴会厅；展览厅aconcert/banqueti

6、nghall/anexhibition[ˌeksiˈbiʃn]hall(banquetn.1.宴会；盛宴2.筵席banquetingadj.宴会的)2.ItwasthelastdayoftheyearandalargecrowdofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHallclock.那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。(1)crowd[kraud]n.1.[c+sing./pl.v.]alargenumberofpeoplegatheredtogetherinapublicplace,f

7、orexampleinthestreetsoratasportsgame人群；观众e.g.一小群人聚集在教堂的外面。Asmallcrowdhadgatheredoutsidethechurch.剧院里聚着一群一群的人。Therewerecrowdsofpeopleatthetheatre.2.[c+sing./pl.v.](informal,oftendisapproving)aparticulargroupofpeople一伙人；一帮人e.g.我不喜欢大学生。Idon’tlikethecollegecrowd.3.(thecr

8、owd)(sometimesdisapproving)ordinarypeople,notspecialorunusualinanyway群众；民众；老百姓；凡夫俗子e.g.他宁愿做个凡夫俗子。Hepreferstobeoneofthecrowd.followt