Lesson 9 A cold welcome

中文

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。

英文

On Wednesday [ˈwenzdeɪ] evening, we went the Town [taʊn] Hall [hɔːl].

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 [pɑːst] and then, at five to twelve [twelv], the clock stopped [stɒpt]. The big minute hand did not move.

We waited and waited, but nothing happened.

Suddenly someone shouted, "It's two minutes pass 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 [bɪˈɡæn] to laugh and sing [sɪŋ].

分析

On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.

• simple sentence:
  • On Wednesday evening [adverbial of time]
  • we [subject]
  • went [predicate verb phrase]
  • to the Town Hall [prepositional object phrase]
• knowledge:
  • go + to + sth.
    • v. 前往...; 去...; 进入...; 开始经历...

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It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.

• compound sentence:
  • It was the last day of the year
    • It
    • was
    • the las day of the year
  • and
  • a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock
    • a large crowd of people [subject]
    • had gathered [predicate verb phrase] [past perfect tense]
    • under the Town Hall clock [adverbial of place]
• knowledge:
  • a + crowd + of + sth.
    • n. 一群...

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It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.

• simple sentence:
  • It [subject]
  • would strike [predicate verb phrase] [past future tense]
  • twelve [object]
  • in twenty minutes' time [adverbial of time]

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

• simple sentence:
  • fifteen minutes passed
    • fifteen minutes
    • passed [predicate verb phrase]
  • and then
  • at five to twelve, the clock stopped
    • at five to twelve [adverbial of time]
    • the clock [subject]
    • stopped [predicate verb phrase]

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The big minute hand did not move.

• simple sentence:
  • The big minute hand [subject]
  • did not move [predicate verb phrase]

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We waited and waited, but nothing happened.

• simple sentence:
  • We waited and waited
    • We [subject]
    • waited and waited [predicate verb phrase]
  • but
  • nothing happened
• knowledge:
  • 动词 + and + 动词，共享主语

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Suddenly someone shouted, 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!'

• simple sentence:
  • It's two minutes past twelve
    • It
    • is
    • two minutes past twelve
  • The clock has stopped
    • The clock
    • has stopped

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I looked at my watch. It was true. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.

• simple sentence:
  • I looked at my watch
    • I [subject]
    • looked at [predicate verb phrase] [past simple tense]
    • my watch [object]
  • It was true
  • The big clock refused to welcome the New Year
    • The big clock [subject]
    • refused {to do} [predicate verb phrase]
    • to welcome the New Year [non-predicate as object]
• knowledge:
  • refuse + to + do. + (sth.)
    • v. 拒绝...(做某事)

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At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

• simple sentence:
  • At that moment [adverbial of time]
  • everybody [subject]
  • began {to do} [predicate verb phrase]
  • to laugh and sing [non-predicate as object]
• knowledge:
  • begin + to + do. + (sth.)
    • v. 开始...(做某事)