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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. Sud-
denly 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.
New words and expressions 生詞和短語
welcome n. 歡迎；v. 歡迎
crowd n. 人群
gather v. 聚集
hand n. （表或機(jī)器的）指針
shout v. 喊叫
refuse v. 拒絕
laugh v. 笑
參考譯文
星期三的晚上，我們?nèi)チ耸姓䦶d。
那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政廳的大鐘下面。再過20分鐘，大鐘將敲響12下。15分鐘過去了，而就在11點55分時，大鐘停了。那根巨大的分針不動了。
我們等啊等啊，可情況沒有變化。突然有人喊道：“已經(jīng)12點零2分了！那鐘已經(jīng)停了！”我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。那座大鐘不愿意迎接新年。此時，大家已經(jīng)笑了起來，同時唱起了歌。
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