Lesson 9 A cold welcome

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1. welcome: n. v. 欢迎
   welcome to + 地点 ：Welcome to China. Welcome home/back:欢迎回来
   adj. 受欢迎的
   You're welcome. 没关系的
   You are welcome to Beijing.

2. person-people-crowd
   I spotted her in the crowd.
   a crowd of people: 一群人
   a group of people: 有秩序的人群
   crowd: v. 拥挤，挤满
   a large crowd of people. ＝ crowds of people. 人山人海
   一般形容数量很多用large

3. hand: n. 手，指针
   minute hand. second hand. hour hand.
   second hand: 二手的，旧的。（所以买不到一支全新的表，因为肯定有一个指针是second hand)
   wait me a moment / wait me a few seconds. (缩写：for a few secs)

4. shot: call out
   cry out: （小孩子）大声哭喊
   scream: 尖叫

5. strike: v. 敲钟
   strike the clock. clock strike.

6. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.
   根据时态判断in表示的含义是将来时，一段时间之后。

7. twenty minutes' time.
   名词所有格可表示时间或距离
   -How far is the school from here?
   -3 minutes' time.

8. waited and waited. （强调重复） 等了又等

9. at that moment = just then.
   at the moment = now