新概念英语3笔记内容第2课

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  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。”

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