9. A cold welcome. 冷遇。

1. 生词跟短语

welcome n. 欢迎

n. 欢迎   a cold welcome /  a warm welcome

v. 欢迎  welcome you  / New Year ,  welcome to Beijing.

adj. 受欢迎的  Your are welcome . 你是受欢迎的。

crowd n. 人群

a large crowd of people 一大群人

crowded adj. 拥挤的

gather v. 聚集

hand n. (表或机器的)指针

hand sth. to sb. 把某物递给某人。  

shout v. 喊叫

refuse v. 拒绝

recover 恢复

refuse to do sth. 拒绝做某事

laugh v. 笑

smile 微笑

small 渺小的，少的

2.  课文跟短语

On Wednesday  evening, We went to the Town Hall (市政府办公的的地方).

on Wednesday evening 跟天搭配，一律使用介词on

in the evening

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

a large crowd of ... 一大群

had gathered

过去完成时 -> had + done  -> 过去的之前

-> 只要是站在过去回头往之前看，都可以用过去完成时

A large crowed of people had not gathered under the Tower Hall clock.

It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.

strike 敲打

in twenty minutes' time  20分钟以后 -> 名词所有格 （ a teacher's books）

->  in 跟将来时连用一般表示多长时间之后

would strike 

过去将来时 -> would / was、were going to + 动词原形  -> 咱在过去看将来要发生的事

-> It would not strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.

Would it strike twelve in twenty minutes' time ?

过去将来时 VS 一般将来  -> 一个发生在过去，一个发生在现在  

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

15分钟过了， 差5分钟的时候钟停了。

The big minute had did not move.

hour hand 

second hand

We waited and waited, but nothing happened.

我们等了又等，但是什么事情也没有发生

sth. happen to sb. 某事发生在某人身上。

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.

我看了一下我的表， 它只真实的， 这个大的钟拒绝新年的到来。

look vi 

look想要更 my watch， 需要添加一个介词，这里要加的介词是at .

介词 prep.  

-> 用法：  prep. + 名词、代词、动名词

-> be interesting in ...

-> 介宾结构

You look at me .

true adj. 真实的

truth n. 事实

false adj. 不真实的，错误的

At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. 

那一刻，每个人都开始笑着并且跳舞。

表示时间的介词（prep.）

before / after  在... 之前  、 之后

from .. to ... 从 ... 到 ...

since / until 自从... 时候

during 在.. 期间

at 8 o'clock / night / midnight / noon  -> at 一般跟时间点相连

on Monday / April 4th ->  on 一般跟天搭配

in 1992 / January / Summer -> 表示一大段时间。

1. On Sundays we don't have to go to  work.

2. We will be there at 8:30.

3. Her birthday is on November 7th.

4. He was born in 1990.

3. 知识拓展

1. At one time ,trains were the only practical way to cross the cast areas of the west.

曾经某一个时间点， 火车是唯一可以实际穿过西部广大的地区。

2. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while 

at the same time distracting us from our worries and troubles.

参与到业余之间的活动跟大家一起迎合我们社交的需求， 在同一个时间点帮助我们分散注意力从我们的忧虑和烦恼中。

3. Erosion（侵蚀） of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has aways been a problem but it has become more serious in recent(最近的) years.

侵蚀白色的悬崖沿着英格兰南部的海岸一直是严重的问题，在最近的几年变得更严重了。

4. But that doesn't have to be the outcome . Water shortages do not have to trouble the world - if we start valuing water more than we have in the past.

这并不是最终的结果，水的短缺并不一定会困扰世界， 如果我们可以节约用水比以前。