minutes'名词所有格，用来表达时间 名词所有格表示时间或距离 It will leave in five minutes‘ time. in twenty (minutes‘ time)名词所有格可省略 an hour's time How far is the school from here? 3 minutes' walk. 三分钟路程。
• the last day of the year 一年中的最后一天 • a large crowd of the people 一大群人
4、It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.
★strike v. 打，击；敲，弹（钟，乐器等） ① v. 打，击 She struck the man in the face. ② v. 敲，弹（钟，乐器等） strike the clock （人）敲钟 clock strike 钟自己响 Listen, the clock is striking. strike twelve 数字表示敲击的次数
★shout v. 喊叫 call out 大声喊叫 cry out 大声哭喊 scream 尖叫
1、A cold welcome 冷遇
cold adj. 冷的, 寒冷的, 冷淡的 cold fish 冷漠的人 My brother is a cold fish. lucky dog 幸运的人 What does "a cold welcome" refer to ?
5、Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
… minutes pass … 几点过几分（前半小时，pass过了） 25 minutes passed eight … minutes to … 几点过几分（后半小时，to还没到） a quarter to nine/15 minutes to nine 时刻前的介词用at …(some time) passed and then, sth. happened ……时间过去了
★hand n. (表或机器的)指针；手 minute hand；second hand；hour hand second hand 二手的，旧的，秒针 wait me a moment/wait me a few seconds /for a few secs.) （
secs.是seconds 的缩写）
，…… An hour passed and then, he arrived. 一个小时过去了，他终
于来了。 …minutes later几分钟以后
6、We waited and waited, but nothing happened.
• waited and waited 等啊等啊, 强调动作的重复（ walked and walked；run and run）
welcome back ③ adj. 受欢迎的 You are welcome. You are welcome to+地点
★crowd n. 人群
① n. 人群 in the crowd 在人群中 I spotted him in the crowd. 我在人群中一眼就认出了他。 a crowd of people 一群人，没有次序的人群, 拥挤的人群 a group of people 一群人，有次序的人群 a large crowd of people 一大群人 crowds of people 许多人, 人山人海 ② v.拥挤, 挤满
（refer to指Fra bibliotek…）2、On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.
morning，afternoon，evening前如果加修饰词则用 介词on，否则用in
Town Hall 市政厅
3、It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
Lesson 9 A cold welcome
New words and expressions
★welcome n. 欢迎；v. 欢迎 ① n. 欢迎 a cold welcome 冷遇 ② v. 欢迎 welcome to+地点 welcome to China；welcome to my home；welcome home；
面地里采花。 It has taken me a lifetime to gather all these books. 收集所有这些书花了我一辈子的时间。 ③ vi. 集拢，聚集，集合 They gathered under the Town Hall clock. people gathered 人们聚集在一起, 尤指自发性的聚集
Hundreds of people crowded the street. 大街上挤满了几百个人。
They had managed to crowd into a train. 他们勉强挤上了一列火车。
★gather v. 聚集 ① vt. 使集拢，集合，召集 He gathered a large crowd of people round him. ②vt 收集，采集，收（庄稼等） The children are out in the field gathering flowers. 孩子们在外
★refuse v. 拒绝 ① vt. 拒绝（接受、服从等） She refused the gift. ② vt. 拒不，不肯，不愿 John refused to change his mind. 约翰拒不改变主意。 ③ vi. 拒绝，不接受 I offered to pay him for his help, but he refused. 对于他的帮助我提出给他报酬，但他拒绝了。