Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.

One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer.

'Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?' asked the vicar in surprise.

' I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill.' I've been coming up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'

'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'

'That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.'

'We'll get used to that, Bill,' said the vicar. 'Thirteen is not as good as one, but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

二、【New words and expressions】生词和短语

◆equal v. 等于

◆raise v. 募集;筹(款)

◆vicar n. 牧师

◆torchlight n.电筒光新概念英语第二册

★equal v. 等于

A equal B

与 … 相匹敌 None of us can equal her, either in beauty or as a dancer.

eg:Mary is quite equal to John in brains.

be equal to + n: 1. 与…相匹敌

2. 有能力做某事 to- 介词

eg: I am equal to running the company.

★raise v. 募集;筹(款)

raise money 筹款

raise price 提高

raise a horse饲养

raise a family 供养

raise wheet 种植小麦

raise an army 招募

raise a shout 发出喊声

★vicar n. 牧师

★torchlight n.电筒光

三、【课文精析】

现在进行时和always 等频度副词的搭配——表示说话人带有的情感色彩

Tom is always doing homework.

Tom is always does his homework.

He is always making noises.

one or another： 表示某种、这样或那样

get enough money： 筹集足够的资金来做某事

I have to get enough money to have my house repaired.

关键词：

have the church clock repaired-----have sth. done 找某人来做某事

have the plane repaired have hair cut

某人所遭受到的意外某种情况-----主语必须是发出动作的人

His wallet was stolen. He had his wallet stolen.

used to:过去常常做，而现在不再发生的事情了

He used to smoke every day.

however 用于口语，主要用于句首，作文中，最好用在句中、句尾，要用逗号分隔开来

He said that it was so, he was mistake, however.

or: He said that it was so, however, he was mistake.

I know his story, however, I wouldn’t like to tell you.

I know his story, I, however, wouldn’t like to tell you.

however 可用nevertheless nonetheless 替换

start: 惊跳、惊奇

Eg: The voice made him start.

What a start you give me.你真吓了我一跳

He stood up with a start.

before …才

Nearly a week past before he could explain what had happen to him.

Armed with a torch…

现在分词和过去分词的用法

分词做状语/定语时，一定要注意它和逻辑主语要呼应一致

recognized sb as ：认出某人是

regard sb as, think of sb as, treat sb as(把某人对待为), have on sb as(把某人尊敬为)

whatever: ever用来加强语气

night after night： 一夜连着一夜

day after day / year after year / week after week / bus after bus

Key sentence:

you certainly did give me…

did

肯定句中常用do, did, does 加强语气和情感色彩，一定要位于动词原形之前。

Eg: You do like beauty today.

as well用在句尾相当于too, 主要用在肯定句中，但比too所表达的语意更优秀

still用于句首，用逗号分隔开来，表达一个转折的关系。虽然如此，但是

get used to , be used to do, be accustomed to, get accustomed to 都表示习惯于

get强调渐进的过程，be强调习惯了的状态

Eg: We are used to the cold weather here.

You will get used to the cold weather here.你很快会适应这寒冷的天气的。