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Lesson 2
Thirteen equals one
十三等于一
【New words and expressions】 生词和短语
★equal
v. 等于
A equals B
与...相匹敌 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、有力量来做某事 to- 介词
★vicar
n. 牧师
★raise
v. 募集，筹（款）
提高、饲养、供养、种植、召集、招募、提出、发出
★torchlight
n. 电筒光
Listen to the tape then answer the question below.
听录音，然后回答以下问题。
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.'
参考译文
我们教区的牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金。但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。
一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一边敲了13下才停。牧师拿着一支电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。借着电筒光。他看见一个人，马上认出那是本地杂货店主经比尔.威尔金斯。
“你究竟在这上面干什么，比尔？”牧师惊讶地问。
“我想把这口钟修好，”比尔回答说。“好几个星期了，我天天夜里到钟楼上来。嗯，我是想让你大吃一惊。”
“你确实使我大吃了一惊！”牧师说，“也许同时你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。不过，钟又能报时了，我还是很高兴的。”
“问题就在这里，牧师，”比尔回答说。“不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我已无能为力了。”
“大家慢慢就习惯了，比尔，”牧师说。“13下是不如1下好，但总比1下也不敲强。来，咱们下楼去喝杯茶吧。”
【课文讲解】
现在进行时和always等频度副词的搭配——表示说话人带有的情感色彩
Tome is always doing homework.
Tom always does his homework.
He is always making noises.
one or another: 表示某种，这样或那样
I have to get enough money to have my house repaired
have the church clock repaired——have something done
找某人来做某事
have the plane repaired have hair cut
某人所遭受到的意外某种情况——主语必须是发出动作的人
His wallet was stolen. He had his wallet stolen.
used to：过去常常做，而现在不再发生的事情了
He used to smoke every day.
however——用于口语，主要用于句首，作文中，最好用在句中、句尾，
要用逗号分隔开来
He said that it was so
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