NCE-2 9 A cold welcome

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Lesson 9 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.

Knowledges

• cold welcome 冷遇
• town hall: 政会大楼，镇政厅. city hall 市政厅
• a large crowd of people: A particular crowd is a group of friends, or a set of people who share the same interests or job. (志趣相投或工作相同的)一伙人，一帮人
• gather
• refuse to do sth: If you refuse to do something, you deliberately(故意地) do not do it, or you say firmly that you will not do it.
• at that moment
• would strike twelve 这是过去将来时, 不是虚拟语气
• 时间书写: x minutes/quarter (to/before|past/before) ten

From View of The Person Who shouted:

It was Wednesday which 'is'[=> was 190121] the last day of last year. On evening, I went to the City Hall and a great crowd of poeple had gathered under the City Hall clock. We were all expecting 'for welcoming the new year'[=> the coming new year 170121]. But the clocked[=> clock] stopped at five minutes to twelve and the big minute hand didn't move[: 该句应该分钟停止在前, 时间停止在后 170121]. We waited and waited but the clock did not strike yet. We were not aware that the clock has been out of work until I suddenly glanced at my watch. I yelled[=> cried out] that the clock ''[=> was stop. The clock seemed 大喊不喊那么的句子 170121] didn't welcome the new year and it 'had been'[=> stopped 170121] two minutes past twelve! At the moment, all people had already been laughing and singing.

Knowledges

• expect / wait for / look forward to
  • expect表示认为某人或某物即将到达，或某事即将发生, 没有 expect for 的用法
  • wait for表示在原地等某人到达或者某事发生
  • look forward to表示期盼某事发生，因为会从中获取乐趣
• be aware of
• yell/shout that 说的事情都有点负面, cry out that 会中性一些.

From The Clock's View:

I am a clock in the City Hall. It was Wednesday, the last day of the year. I was happy because there were a large crowd of people under me and they were waiting 'for welcoming'[=> to welcome :170121] the new year on the evening. The people would 'danced and sang'[=> start dancing and singing :170121 would后面词态不对, 后面敲钟可以认为是瞬间动作, 这里要用start doing] song[=> songs] when I struck. But a damn mouse ran into my body and 'was blocked'[=> get stuck :170121 老鼠阻碍了齿轮, 老鼠陷在齿轮中] in a gear. Then I was not able to move my second hand. It was two minutes past twelve, but the people were still waiting for my striking of new year until they found out that I had stopped work. Then they began laughing and singing.

Knowledges

• wait for sth.
• wait to-inf: 等待做某事, 这里错了
• find/find out/discover
• begin to do / begin doing
• begin with sth / begin by doing sth. 开始着手做...

170121

• get stuck 陷入, 动不了 it is fixed tightly in this position and is unable to move

Remembers

只记录一两条觉得最有用的

• "等待/期待"的表达

• expect表示认为某人或某物即将到达，或某事即将发生

We were expecting rain.

• wait for表示在原地等某人到达或者某事发生

We got off the plane and waited for our luggage.

• look forward to表示期盼某事发生，因为会从中获取乐趣

I always looked forward to seeing her.

(作文时间: 2016年12月22日, 耗时: 120分钟)

30天后修改意见

(修改时间: 2017-01-21, 耗时: 30 分钟)

修改了 yell => cry, was blocked => got stuck 等用词错误.