Lesson 2
         Thirteen equals one
            十三等于一
【New words and expressions】 生詞和短語

   ★equal
v.   等于
A equals B
與...相匹敵 None of us can equal her,either in beauty or as dancer
     Mary is quite equal to John in brains.
be equal to: 有能力、有力量來做某事  to- 介詞

   ★vicar
n.   牧師

   ★raise
v.   募集，籌（款）
提高、飼養(yǎng)、供養(yǎng)、種植、召集、招募、提出、發(fā)出

   ★torchlight
n.   電筒光

Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Was the vicar pleased that the clock was striking? Why?

    Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.
    One night, however, our vicar work up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.
    'Whatever are you doing up here Bill?' asked the vicar in surprise.
    'I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill. 'I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'
    'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'
    That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it."
    We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. "Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

參考譯文
  
    我們教區(qū)的牧師總是為各種各樣的事籌集資金。但始終未能籌足資金把教堂的鐘修好。教堂的鐘很大，以前不分晝夜打點報時，但很多年前遭到毀壞，從此便無聲無息了。
    一天夜里，我們的牧師突然被驚醒了，大鐘又在“打點”報時了！他一看表，才1點鐘，可是那鐘一邊敲了13下才停。牧師拿著一支電筒走上鐘樓想去看看究竟發(fā)生了什么事情。借著電筒光。他看見一個人，馬上認出那是本地雜貨店主經比爾.威爾金斯。
    “你究竟在這上面干什么，比爾？”牧師驚訝地問。
    “我想把這口鐘修好，”比爾回答說。“好幾個星期了，我天天夜里到鐘樓上來。嗯，我是想讓你大吃一驚。”
    “你確實使我大吃了一驚！”牧師說，“也許同時你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。不過，鐘又能報時了，我還是很高興的。”
    “問題就在這里，牧師，”比爾回答說。“不錯，鐘能報時了，但是，恐怕每到1點鐘，它總要敲13下，對此我已無能為力了。”
    “大家慢慢就習慣了，比爾，”牧師說。“13下是不如1下好，但總比1下也不敲強。來，咱們下樓去喝杯茶吧。”

【課文講解】

現在進行時和always等頻度副詞的搭配——表示說話人帶有的情感色彩
Tome is always doing homework.
Tom always does his homework.
He is always making noises.
one or another: 表示某種，這樣或那樣
I have to get enough money to have my house repaired
have the church clock repaired——have something done
找某人來做某事
have the plane repaired   have hair cut
某人所遭受到的意外某種情況——主語必須是發(fā)出動作的人
His wallet was stolen.    He had his wallet stolen.

used to：過去常常做，而現在不再發(fā)生的事情了
He used to smoke every day.
however——用于口語，主要用于句首，作文中，最好用在句中、句尾，
要用逗號分隔開來
He said that it was so

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