2018-10-17

                           竹蜻蜓的Scalers Talk 第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day9

练习材料                                        Lesson 9 A cold welcome

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.

/ɑn/ /ˈwɛnzdi/ /ˈivnɪŋ/, /wi/ /wɛnt/ /tə/ /ðə/ /taʊn/ /hɔl/. /ɪt/ /wəz/ /ðə/ /læst/ /deɪ/ /əv/ /ðə/ /jɪr/ /ənd/ /ə/ /lɑrʤ/ /kraʊd/ /əv/ /ˈpipəl/ /həd/ /ˈgæðərd/ /ˈʌndər/ /ðə/ /taʊn/ /hɔl/ /klɑk/. /ɪt/ /wəd/ /straɪk/ /twɛlv/ /ɪn/ /ˈtwɛnti/ /ˈmɪnəts/ /taɪm/. /fɪfˈtin/ /ˈmɪnəts/ /pæst/ /ənd/ /ðɛn/, /ət/ /faɪv/ /tə/ /twɛlv/, /ðə/ /klɑk/ /stɑpt/. /ðə/ /bɪg/ /ˈmɪnət/ /hænd/ /dɪd/ /nɑt/ /muv/. /wi/ /ˈweɪtəd/ /ənd/ /ˈweɪtəd/, /bət/ /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ /ˈhæpənd/. /ˈsʌdənli/ /ˈsʌmˌwʌn/ /ˈʃaʊtəd/, /ɪts/ /tu/ /ˈmɪnəts/ /pæst/ /twɛlv/! /ðə/ /klɑk/ /həz/ /stɑpt/!' /aɪ/ /lʊkt/ /ət/ /maɪ/ /wɑʧ/. /ɪt/ /wəz/ /tru/. /ðə/ /bɪg/ /klɑk/ /rəˈfjuzd/ /tə/ /ˈwɛlkəm/ /ðə/ /nu/ /jɪr/. /ət/ /ðət/ /ˈmoʊmənt/ /ˈɛvriˌbɑdi/ /bɪˈgæn/ /tə/ /læf/ /ənd/ /sɪŋ/.

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