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# 十三等于一

## 课文学习台 {#study}

### 第1段

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.

中文理解：我们（教区）的牧师总是以各种各样的理由筹集资金。但始终未能筹足资金请人把教堂的钟修好。教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜地打点报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。

* **managed to**：设法成功做到；不仅是尝试，还包含最终做到了；try to 不保证成功。

* **used to**：过去常常 / 习惯于；used to do 说过去习惯；be used to 后说已习惯的事，别混用。

* **day and night**：发信号或消息 / 在……结束时 / 日夜；at the end of 明确某个末尾；in the end 总结最终结果。

* **ever since**：到目前为止 / 从那时起；它们常与完成时一起出现；回到原句看动作还是状态延续。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①一直在干什么，有含蓄抱怨之意。②vicar = priest，clergy，pastor，牧师。 ③repaired = fixed。④used to do，过去常常，区别be/get used to +n./doing，习惯。

### 第2段

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.

中文理解：一天夜里，我们的牧师突然惊醒了，大钟又在“打点”报时了！他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一直敲了13下才停。牧师拿着一支电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。借着电筒光，他看见一个人，马上认出那是本地杂货店主比尔·威尔金斯。

* **woke up**：醒来 / 熟睡 / 摆好 / 返程；fast asleep 的 fast 强调熟睡，不是睡得快。

* **Looking at**：期待 / 照顾 / 寻找 / 看；介词一变意思就变；look forward to 的 to 后接名词或 -ing。

* **caught sight of**：瞥见；看见；适合叙事中写突然看到的人或东西。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①with a start = in surprise，惊跳、惊奇。②the clock was striking the hours！是放在冒号后面的解释分句，另外，strike oil 大发横财；strike the right note 说到点子上，恰到好处。③caught sight of = saw。

### 第3段

"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."

中文理解：“你究竟在这上面干什么，比尔？”牧师惊讶地问。 \[4]“我想把这口钟修好，”比尔回答说。“好几个星期了，我天天夜里到这儿来。你知道，我本来是想给你一个惊喜。” \[5]“你给的惊喜我算收到了！”牧师说，“也许同时你还把村里所有的人都吵醒了呢。不过，我还是很高兴钟又能报时了。” \[6]“问题就在这里，牧师，”比尔回答说。“不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我已无能为力了。” \[7]“我们会习惯的，比尔，”牧师说。“13下是没有1下好，但总比1下也不敲要好。来，咱们下楼去喝杯茶吧。”

* **in surprise**：匆忙地 / 绝望地 / 惊讶地 / 默默地 / 徒劳地；把短语连同动作一起记，观察它如何补出人物状态。

* **a surprise**：意外 / 在某岁时 / 贫困中；结合原句看 surprise 是感受还是意外的事，年龄用 at。

* **woken up**：醒来 / 熟睡 / 摆好 / 返程；fast asleep 的 fast 强调熟睡，不是睡得快。

* **used to**：过去常常 / 习惯于；used to do 说过去习惯；be used to 后说已习惯的事，别混用。

#### 这一段的读法与用法

注释：①Bill 在这里是称呼语。②这里引号中的话是直接引语，呈现说话人的原话；不能把所有直接引语一概称为宾语从句。改成间接引语时，才通常使用 said that… 等从句结构。 ③to give you a surprise.整个不定式短语作宾语，而该宾语本身是give 所带的双宾语结构，you 为间接宾语（一般指人），a surprise 为直接宾语（一般指物）。Give you a surprise = give a surprise to you，一般间接宾语放在直接宾语前，而直接宾语放到间接宾语前需要加to，类似词bring, give, show, send, pass, tell。

\[语法符号讲解] 直接引语保留说话人的原话，可以置于引述动词前后或被引述语分开；本书不在直接引语外再标注一层宾语从句。

\[1]该句为并列句，but 后面为主系表+that 引导的宾语从句，一直到句末，故横线在最后it 和点句号，以及句中定语从句的括号下画横线，表示宾语从句中含有定语从句。

#### Summary 摘要

At one o'clock in the morning, the church clock striking the hours woke the vicar up as it struck thirteen times. The vicar went into the clock tower, taking a torch with him. He saw Bill Wilkins, the local grocer there and Bill explained he was trying to repair the clock but hadn't succeeded because at one o'clock it struck thirteen times. However, the vicar was pleased the bell was working and offered the grocer a cup of tea. (79 words)

#### Composition 作文 A Sticky Business 一个“粘手”的事儿

\[1]We were used to hearing our church bell striking the hours in our small village. For as long as anyone could remember, the bell had struck the hours day and night. However, one night the church bell remained silent and the next morning we saw that the clock had stopped at exactly one a.m. Our clock was clearly damaged, but no one could explain how this had happened.

\[2]Armed with a torch, our vicar climbed into the church tower to see what was going on. He heard a loud buzz as he went towards the clock and in the torchlight he found it had been invaded by bees. He was lucky they didn't sting him! He shone(shine 的过去式) his torch into the great bell and saw that it was full of wax and honey. No wonder it wasn't working!

\[3]A bee keeper was called in(召来) to deal with the situation. He immediately removed the queen bee to one of his bee hives and the other bees followed. The clock was cleaned and was soon working again. We not only enjoyed hearing it strike the hours day and night, but we enjoyed eating the honey as well. (195 words)

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