Lesson 9 A cold welcome
★ New words and expressions
☆welcome n.v.欢迎
n.a cold welcome 冷遇
v.welcome to+地点
Welcome to China.Welcome home/back.
adj.You are welcome.1.你是受欢迎的。2.不用谢
You are welcome to+地点
☆crowd n.人群
in the crowd: 在人群里 I spotted him in the crowd.
a crowd of people:没有秩序的人群,拥挤的人群
a group of people:有秩序的人群
a large crowd of people/crowds of people:人山人海
v.crowd 拥挤,挤满
☆gather v.聚集
people gather:人们聚集在一起,尤指自发性的聚集
☆hand n.(表或机器的)指针
minute/second/hour hand:分/秒/时针
Which is the oldest? --second hand
因为second hand还有“二手的,旧的”意思
wait for a moment/wait for a few seconds(secs.)
secs.是seconds的缩写,在美国电影里经常能遇到
☆shout v.喊叫
=call out 大声喊叫?ry out:大声哭喊;scream:尖叫
★Text
On Wednesday evening,we went to 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.