Lesson 20 A cold welcome
冷遇

一、詞匯部分：
1.welcome /ˈwel.kəm/ n. 歡迎；v. 歡迎
搭配：a warm welcome 熱烈的歡迎
例：When we went to their school, they gave us a warm welcome.
搭配：welcome to + 地點(diǎn)，歡迎來某地
搭配： You are welcome. 不客氣。
Place – n. 某人家里
2.crowd /kraʊd/ n. 人群
搭配：a crowd of people 一群人（注意區(qū)別a group of people）
搭配：follow the crowd 隨大流；
3.gather /ˈɡæð.ɚ/ v.聚積
4.hand /hænd/ n. 指針
搭配：first hand/second hand 一手的／二手的
搭配：hand in 遞交
information --- 新
hour/minute/second hand
You have to hand in your paper before Friday.
5.shout /ʃaʊt/ v. 大喊
6.refuse /rɪˈfjuːz/ v. 拒絕
英文解釋：to say that you will not do or accept something:
搭配：refuse to do something 拒絕做某事
7.laugh /læf/ v. 笑
英文解釋：to smile while making sounds with your voice that show you think something is funny or you are happy:
搭配：laugh at someone 嘲笑某人
spend花費(fèi)
the rest of one’s life 余生
spend + 時(shí)間 (in ) doing sth

文章講解：
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 beganto laugh and sing.

1.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.
1) 語法點(diǎn)：時(shí)間介詞on/in/at 復(fù)習(xí)
on---具體某一天
in—某一月，或者某一年
at—具體某一個(gè)時(shí)刻，或者固定搭配
in the evening ---on Wednesday evening
at night---- on Wednesday night
in spring ---- on a warm spring
in the morning/afternoon/evening
Let’s meet up at 1 p.m.
2)過去時(shí)復(fù)習(xí)
go to + 地方，去某地
3)語法點(diǎn)：序數(shù)詞復(fù)習(xí), 并列結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)習(xí)和過去完成時(shí)。
It was the last day of the year and a crowd of people had gathered under the town Hall clock.
序數(shù)詞前面一定要有定冠詞（the）
I loved you and I will always love you.