📘 新概念英语第二册 / Lesson 9 · A Cold Welcome

Lesson 9: A Cold Welcome

📖 关键句型：时间介词 (Prepositions of Time)  |  📝 第 9 课 / 共 96 课

📜 课文 · Text

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.

冷遇

星期三晚上，我们去了市政厅。那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。再过二十分钟，大钟就要敲响十二点了。十五分钟过去了，然后，在差五分十二点时，大钟停了。巨大的分针不动了。我们等啊等，但什么也没发生。突然有人喊道："已经十二点过两分了！大钟停了！"我看了看手表，是真的。那座大钟不肯迎接新年。就在那一刻，大家都开始笑起来、唱起来。

📝 词汇 · Vocabulary

welcome/ˈwelkəm/n./v. 欢迎
crowd/kraʊd/n. 人群
gather/ˈɡæðə/v. 聚集
strike/straɪk/v. 敲，击 (struck, struck)
refuse/rɪˈfjuːz/v. 拒绝
shout/ʃaʊt/v. 喊叫
minute hand/ˈmɪnɪt hænd/n. 分针
town hall/taʊn hɔːl/n. 市政厅

🔑 关键句型：时间介词 (Prepositions of Time)

时间介词用来表示动作发生的具体时间。本课出现的三个核心时间介词：at, on, in。

⏰ at
具体时间点
⚡ at five to twelve
⚡ at that moment
⚡ at 8 o'clock
⚡ at noon / midnight
⚡ at night / at the weekend
📅 on
某一天/日期
⚡ on Wednesday evening
⚡ on Monday
⚡ on June 16th
⚡ on Christmas Day
⚡ on the morning of July 1st
📆 in
较长的时间段
⚡ in twenty minutes' time
⚡ in the morning / afternoon
⚡ in January / in 2025
⚡ in winter / in the 21st century

课文中出现的时间介词

at / on / in 速查表

介词用法例子
at具体时间点（精确到小时/分钟）at 5:30, at noon, at midnight, at that moment
at固定短语at night, at the weekend, at Christmas (vs on Christmas Day)
on某一天/指定某天上午/下午等on Monday, on June 16th, on Wednesday evening
in较长的时间段（月/年/季节/世纪）in January, in 2025, in winter, in the 21st century
in时间段 + 's time（"再过……"）in ten minutes' time, in two weeks' time
—today, yesterday, tomorrow 🚫 不加介词✗ in today / ✓ I'll see you today.
💡 记忆技巧
at = ⚪ 一个点（时间点）
on = ▬ 一条线（某一天）
in = █ 一个面（时间段）

也可以从"精确度"来记：at 最精确 → on 次之 → in 最宽泛

in + 时间的两种含义

结构含义例子
in + 一段时间（过去/现在）在……之内I finished it in two hours.（两小时内做完了）
in + 一段时间 + 's time（将来）再过……之后It will strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.（再过20分钟）
in + 一段时间（将来）……之后She will arrive in three days.（三天后到）

✏️ 练习

练习 1：用 at / on / in 填空
  1. We went to the Town Hall _______ Wednesday evening.
  2. The clock stopped _______ five to twelve.
  3. It will strike twelve _______ twenty minutes' time.
  4. I usually get up _______ 7 o'clock.
  5. She was born _______ January 15th, 2000.
  6. They often go swimming _______ summer.
  7. See you _______ Monday morning!
  8. He arrived _______ midnight.
答案：
1. on（具体某天晚上）
2. at（具体时间点）
3. in（再过20分钟）
4. at（具体钟点）
5. on（具体日期）
6. in（季节）
7. on（某天早上）
8. at（午夜，时间点）
练习 2：选择正确的介词
  1. What do you usually do ___ the weekend? (at / on / in)
  2. The meeting starts ___ 9:30. (at / on / in)
  3. I will finish this work ___ two days. (at / on / in)
  4. They got married ___ June. (at / on / in)
  5. We have a holiday ___ Christmas Day. (at / on / in)
  6. He was born ___ the 20th century. (at / on / in)
  7. She usually reads the newspaper ___ the morning. (at / on / in)
  8. I'll call you ___ ten minutes. (at / on / in)
答案：
1. at/on（英式 at the weekend / 美式 on the weekend）
2. at（具体时间点）
3. in（"两天后"时常用 in）
4. in（月份）
5. on（具体某一天）
6. in（世纪）
7. in（泛指在早上；特定某天早上用 on）
8. in（十分钟后）
练习 3：中译英（特别注意时间介词！）
  1. 我们星期三晚上去了市政厅。
  2. 大钟在差五分十二点时停了。
  3. 再过二十分钟，火车就要开了。
  4. 他每天早晨六点起床。
  5. 她出生在1998年7月12日。
参考答案：
1. We went to the Town Hall on Wednesday evening.
2. The clock stopped at five to twelve.
3. The train will leave in twenty minutes.
4. He gets up at six o'clock every morning.
5. She was born on July 12th, 1998.
练习 4：改错
  1. I will see you in Monday.
  2. She goes to work at the morning.
  3. We arrived on midnight.
  4. He was born in June 5th.
  5. The class starts on 8:30.
答案：
1. in Monday → on Monday（星期几用 on）
2. at the morning → in the morning（泛指上午用 in）
3. on midnight → at midnight（具体时间点用 at）
4. in June 5th → on June 5th（具体日期用 on）
5. on 8:30 → at 8:30（具体钟点用 at）

🔍 特殊难点

1. welcome 的用法

课文标题 "A Cold Welcome" 中的 welcome 是名词，意为"欢迎、接待"。

2. in + 一段时间 + 's time = 再过……

这是一种固定表达，表示"从现在起再过多长时间"：

表达含义
in ten minutes' time再过十分钟
in two hours' time再过两小时
in a day's time再过一天
in three weeks' time再过三周

注意单复数：
单数 → a day's time（day's），复数 → two days' time（days'）

3. a large crowd of = 一大群

4. 序数词 + of + 时间单位 = 某时间段的第几天/月/年

🔗 固定搭配 · Useful Collocations

go to the Town Hall去市政厅
a large crowd of people一大群人
gather under the clock聚集在大钟下
strike twelve敲响十二点
in twenty minutes' time再过二十分钟
at five to twelve在差五分十二点
refuse to do sth拒绝做某事
at that moment就在那一刻
begin to laugh and sing开始又笑又唱

🎤 口语练习

用英文回答（注意时间介词！）
  1. What do you usually do on Saturday evening?
  2. What time do you get up in the morning?
  3. When is your birthday? (Use "on"!)
  4. What will you be doing in ten years' time?
  5. What do you like to do at the weekend?

📌 本课要点回顾

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