Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇
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.
Comprehension
1 The crowd gathered under the clock because __________
(a) it was twenty to twelve
(b) they wanted to welcome the New Year
(c) it was Wednesday evening
(d) the clock had stopped
2 They realized the clock had stopped __________
新概念英语第二册第九课课文
Lesson 9 The sporting spirit
As the Olympic Games approached in 1972, a Japanese pole-vaulter named Konno was training harder than ever before. The
reason was that he had been shamed by his failure in the1968
Games. He had hoped to do well then and had worked hard for
months to achieve his goal. At the last moment, however, he fell
from the pole and was disqualified. The unhappy memory of this
disaster still haunted him four years later.
Now, as a member of the Japanese Olympic team, he was truing to
make sure that he did not repeat his earlier failure. Every day he
would vault over the bar dozens of times until he was exhausted.
He was determined that when the Games began, he would be ready
for them.
However, fate played a cruel trick on him. Just a few months
before the Olympics opened, he broke his ankle while competing
Guide Case New Concept English 2 Practice and Progress Unit 1
Leeson 9
学习目标： 1. 学习引导时间状语的介词。（重点）
2. 背诵并默写课文。
3. 熟记本课单词、词组和课文语言点。
4. 理解并记忆探究案的内容。（难点）
5. 进一步提高实际运用语言的能力。
一．1. 观看课文录像，回答问题。 三．短语
What does ‘a cold welcome’refer for? on Wednesday evening_______________
_______________________________ the last day of the year_______________
2. 大声朗读，回答下列问题。 a large crowd of_____________________
⑴Where did people gather on the last evening of the year? the big minute hand_________________
_______________________________ 冷遇______________________________
⑵What happened to the clock? refuse to do________________________
_______________________________ begin to laugh and sing______________
精心整理
Lesson 9 A cold welcome 冷遇
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.
Comprehension
1 The crowd gathered under the clock because __________
(a) it was twenty to twelve
(b) they wanted to welcome the New Year
(c) it was Wednesday evening
(d) the clock had stopped
2 They realized the clock had stopped __________
