Lesson 9 A cold welcome
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 began to laugh and sing.
ˈlɛsən 9 ə koʊld ˈwɛlkəm
ɑn ˈwɛnzdi ˈivnɪŋ, wi wɛnt tə ðə taʊn hɔl. ɪt wəz ðə læst deɪ əv ðə jɪr ənd ə lɑrʤ kraʊd əv ˈpipəl həd ˈgæðərd ˈʌndər ðə taʊn hɔlklɑk. ɪt wəd straɪk twɛlv ɪn ˈtwɛnti ˈmɪnəts taɪm. fɪfˈtin ˈmɪnəts pæst ənd ðɛn, ət faɪv tə twɛlv, ðə klɑk stɑpt. ðə bɪg ˈmɪnət hænddɪd nɑt muv. wi ˈweɪtəd ənd ˈweɪtəd, bət ˈnʌθɪŋ ˈhæpənd. ˈsʌdənli ˈsʌmˌwʌn ˈʃaʊtəd, ɪts tu ˈmɪnəts pæst twɛlv! ðə klɑk həzstɑpt!' aɪ lʊkt ət maɪ wɑʧ. ɪt wəz tru. ðə bɪg klɑk rəˈfjuzd tə ˈwɛlkəm ðə nu jɪr. ət ðət ˈmoʊmənt ˈɛvriˌbɑdi bɪˈgæn tə læf ənd sɪŋ.
任务配置：
L0+L4
笔记：
L0朗读
1. gather
come together; assemble or accumulate. 聚集；集合
"a crowd gathered in the square"
synonyms:congregate, assemble, meet, collect, come/get together, convene, muster, rally, converge;
bring together and take in from scattered places or sources. 收拢；归拢分散的东西；收集情报等；采集水果、植物等；收割，收成；
"we have gathered the information"
synonyms:collect, accumulate, amass, garner, accrue;
to believe or understand that something is true because of information or evidence you have 认为；猜想；推断；理解
as far as I can gather, he got involved in a fight.
to increase in speed, force, etc. 增加速度、力量等
The truck gathered speed.
During the 1980s the greeen movement gathered momentum. 20世纪80年代绿色运动的势头开始增加。
Thousands of these machines are gathering dust in stockrooms. 数千台这样的机器都尘封在仓库里。
to gradually increase in number or amount 逐渐增加；积聚
the gathering gloom of a winter's afternoon. 天气越来越暗的一个冬日下午。
gather sth around you/ gather something up
to pull a piece of clothing tighter to your body. 收紧、拢起衣服
She gathered up her skirts and ran.
gather something in: to pull parts of a piece of clothing together in folds and sew them in place.
给......打褶子
She wore a skirt gathered (in) at the waist. 她穿了一条腰部打褶的裙子。
to pull someone towards you and put your arms around them. 拉近；拥抱
to prepare yourself to do sth. that requires effort 攒；使做好准备
I sat down for a moment to gather my strength.
She was still trying to gather her thoughts together when the door opened.
Fortunately the short delay gave him time to gather himself.
gather round围过来
gather together 聚集
a rolling stone gathers no moss (saying) a person who moves from place to place, job to job, etc. does not have a lot of money, possessions or friends but is free from responsibilities.
Gather is a verb with many related meanings, most involving drawing together or assembling something. You may gather your socks into the laundry bag, or you may gather your thoughts by making a list.
Gather often is used to describe bringing people together for some purpose, like the students who gather in the hallway awaiting an announcement. Gather can also refer to an increase or gain, like when you gather speed and go faster on your bike. Gather can describe coming to a conclusion or an understanding. After listening to your brother's comments and watching him pack up his video games, you may gather that he isn't going to be around for dinner.
2. strike
1.
hit forcibly and deliberately with one's hand or a weapon or other implement.
"he raised his hand, as if to strike me"
synonyms:bang, beat, hit; More
2.
(of a disaster, disease, or other unwelcome phenomenon) occur suddenly and have harmful or damaging effects on.
"an earthquake struck the island"
synonyms:affect, afflict, attack, hit
"the disease is striking 3,000 people a year"
noun
1.
a refusal to work organized by a body of employees as a form of protest, typically in an attempt to gain a concession or concessions from their employer.
"dockers voted for an all-out strike"
synonyms:industrial action, walkout, job action, stoppage
"a 48-hour strike"
2.
a sudden attack, typically a military one.
"the threat of nuclear strikes"
synonyms:(air) attack, assault, bombing, raid
"a military strike"
At its most basic, strike means to hit. If you strike someone, you hit them with your hand or a weapon. If lightning strikes, it makes contact. If you strike out on a trip, you're "hitting" the road. If you strike gold, you've "struck it rich"!
Strike can also mean not to hit, as in miss –– as in "three strikes and you're out." That meaning might have evolved from strike meaning to cross off, as in "If you don't come to practice, coach will strike your name from the starting lineup." It might also have led to the idea of a labor strike. If employees want to protest their work conditions, they go on strike, or refuse to work until conditions improve.
1. 以某个想法为主语，人当宾语，表示这个人心中冒出了这个想法。
A sudden thought struck me. 我心中忽然出现一个想法。
Inspiration struck me in the shower. 我淋浴时灵机一动。
The funny side of the situation struck me afterwards. 事后我想起了那事情古怪的一面。
类似的动词或者动词词组也有这样主宾颠倒的情况：
例如：Unaccountably something he had read years earlier came to his mind again. 不知怎的，他多年前读到过的一些话，现在又想了起来。
A great sense of peacefulness came over me, impossible to describe in words.
It crossed his mind that he was getting overtired.
Then the realization came to him that there might be a choice, after all.
2. 以某件事情为主语，人作宾语，表示这件事情“触动”这个人，给了他某种印象。
How did she strike you?
She struck Paul as lazy.
It strikes me as odd.
Only later it struck me as unusual.
It doesn't strike me as being the best course of action.
We can eat here and meet them later, how does that strike you?
I wasn't very struck with/by his colleague.
3. 达成某协议或某种平衡局面。
I'll strike a deal with them.
It's not easy to strike a balance between too much and too little freedom.
4. 遇到好运气或财物。
strike gold strike oil strike uranium strike it lucky strike it rich
5. strike的现在分词striking已经成为纯粹的形容词，意思是“引人注目的”、“有吸引力的”。
a striking woman
The most striking feature of the report is ...
但是，striking distance很短的距离
She lives within striking distance of London. 她就住在伦敦不远处。
L1(音标) CH & JJ
练习感悟：
1. 今天因为娃儿没有上幼儿园，感觉安排好的时间被打乱，爆炸了一整天，又觉得这样的态度太对不起娃儿，情绪控制太差了。反思反思
2. 今晚娃儿上课的一个小时，都在练习，有点不好意思开口，念得很小声，今天的句子大部分都是短句，比较好模仿，很喜欢we waited and waited,很像我平时模仿练习的时候会用的语气；
3. fifteen老感觉原声读错了，读成了fifty；为此特意去听了英音版本的，发现念的是fifteen没有错，一对比，就发现美版应该是读错了；
4. 音标今天没有学，明天来一对，不知道为什么，超级喜欢这两个发音！
lɑrʤ large
wɑʧ watch
