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.
/ɒn/ /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/ /ˈiːvnɪŋ/, /wi/ /wɛnt/ /tə/ /ðə/ /taʊn/ /hɔːl/. /ɪt/ /wəz/ /ðə/ /lɑːst/ /deɪ/ /əv/ /ðə/ /jɪər/ /ənd/ /ə/ /lɑːʤ/ /kraʊd/ /əv/ /ˈpiːpl/ /həd/ /ˈgæðəd/ /ˈʌndə/ /ðə/ /taʊn/ /hɔːl/ /klɒk/. /ɪt/ /wəd/ /straɪk/ /twɛlv/ /ɪn/ /ˈtwɛnti/ /ˈmɪnɪts/ /taɪm/. /ˈfɪfˈtiːn/ /ˈmɪnɪts/ /pɑːst/ /ənd/ /ðɛn/, /ət/ /faɪv/ /tə/ /twɛlv/, /ðə/ /klɒk/ /stɒpt/. /ðə/ /bɪg/ /ˈmɪnɪt/ /hænd/ /dɪd/ /nɒt/ /muːv/. /wi/ /ˈweɪtɪd/ /ənd/ /ˈweɪtɪd/, /bət/ /ˈnʌθɪŋ/ /ˈhæpənd/. /ˈsʌdnli/ /ˈsʌmwʌn/ /ˈʃaʊtɪd/, /ɪts/ /tuː/ /ˈmɪnɪts/ /pɑːst/ /twɛlv/! /ðə/ /klɒk/ /həz/ /stɒpt/!' /aɪ/ /lʊkt/ /ət/ /maɪ/ /wɒʧ/. /ɪt/ /wəz/ /truː/. /ðə/ /bɪg/ /klɒk/ /ˌriːˈfjuːzd/ /tə/ /ˈwɛlkəm/ /ðə/ /njuː/ /jɪə/. /ət/ /ðət/ /ˈməʊmənt/ /ˈɛvrɪbɒdi/ /bɪˈgæn/ /tə/ /lɑːf/ /ənd/ /sɪŋ/.
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：a crowd of people / a group of people/ a cold fish/lucky dog
练习感悟：今天状态不好，练习时间不够。匆匆读了几遍，没有来得及好好对照，效果明显差一些。
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