高一新概念英语短文,每天一篇新概念英语短文day9

Day9 A cold welcome
　　课文内容：
　　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.
　　本文语法：介词与时间搭配
　　语法归纳：介词on, in, at, by, until/till, during与时间搭配的正确用法：
　　on 多用于表示某天或节日等相对特定的时间前
　　in 多用在年、月、季度等一段时间前
　　at 多用在具体的点或短暂时间前
　　by 多用于表示“在……之前”、“直到……时候”
　　during 经常表示在某一特定时间内
　　until/till 意为“直到”
　　参考译文
　　我家有件古乐器，被称作古钢琴，是1681年德国造的。我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居室里。我们家有这件乐器已经很久了， 是我祖父在很多年以前买的。可它最近被一个客人弄坏了，因为她用它来弹奏爵士乐。她在击琴键时用力过猛，损坏了两根琴弦。我父亲大为吃惊，不许我们再动它。父亲的一个朋友正在修理这件乐器。

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