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# 02 · 十三等于一

### 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.
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."

中文理解：我们教区的牧师总在为这样那样的事情筹款，却一直没能筹够钱修好教堂的大钟。这座大钟过去不分昼夜、每到整点便敲响报时，多年前损坏后，就再也没有响过。
可有一天夜里，牧师突然惊醒：大钟竟然又在报时了！他看了看表，当时是凌晨一点，可钟声竟然响了十三下才停。牧师拿上手电筒，登上钟楼，想看看究竟出了什么事。借着手电筒的光，他看见一个人影，立刻认出那是本地的杂货店老板比尔·威尔金斯。
“比尔，你在这上面到底干什么？”牧师惊讶地问。“我在修钟呢，”比尔答道，“这几个星期，我每天夜里都到这里来。本来还想给您一个惊喜。”牧师说：“你可真把我吓了一跳！恐怕全村的人也都被你吵醒了。不过，钟总算又能响了，我还是很高兴的。”“问题就在这儿，牧师，”比尔说，“钟是能响了，可一到一点，它就会敲十三下。这一点我实在没办法。”“我们会习惯的，比尔，”牧师说，“敲十三下虽然不如敲一下好，可总比一下也不敲强。来，下楼喝杯茶吧。”

* **raising money**：筹款；raise 是筹集，不用 rise money。

* **day and night**：日夜不停地；表示不分昼夜、持续进行，连同它修饰的动作一起记。

* **ever since**：从那时起一直；把过去的起点与后续持续的情况连起来，后面必须说清起点。

* **woke up**：醒来；叫醒；可表示自己醒来，也可表示叫醒别人；代词宾语通常放中间。

* **with a start**：猛地一惊；wake up with a start 描写突然惊醒；start 在这里不是开始。

* **Armed with**：配备着；带着；既可指武器，也可引申为带着某种工具或知识。

* **caught sight of**：看见；注意到；常描述忽然注意到的人或物，适合推进故事。

* **in surprise**：惊讶地；say / look / ask in surprise，补充说话或反应时的情绪。

* **night after night**：夜复一夜；强调持续重复的体验。

* **give me a surprise**：给我一个惊喜；让我吃惊；give + 人 + a surprise；本课后面是意外惊扰，未必全是好事。

* **as well**：也；还；句末 as well 表也，区别 as well as 连接成分。

* **get used to**：习惯于；to 是介词，后接名词或 doing；不是 used to do（过去常常）。

* **better than nothing**：总比没有好；用于承认不理想的折中方案，语气常有自我宽慰。

* **a cup of tea**：一杯茶；have / make a cup of tea；数量变化是 two cups of tea。

#### 原文注释 · 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.

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。

#### 原文注释 · One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours!

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。

#### 原文注释 · "Whatever are you doing up here Bill?"

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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