$课文9 冷遇
83. On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.
星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。
84. It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.
那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。
85. It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.
再过20分钟，大钟将敲响12下。
86. Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
15分钟过去了，而就在11点55分时，大钟停了。
87. The big minute hand did not move.
那根巨大的分针不动了。
88. We waited and waited, but nothing happened.
我们等啊等啊，可情况没有变化。
89. Suddenly someone shouted. 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!'
突然有人喊道：“已经12点零2分了！那钟已经停了！”
90. I looked at my watch.It was true.
我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。
91. The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.
那座大钟不愿意迎接新年。
92. At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.
此时，大家已经笑了起来，同时唱起了歌。
$课文10 不适于演奏爵士乐
93. We have an old musical instrument.
我家有件古乐器，
94. It is called a clavichord.
被称作古钢琴，
95. It was made in Germany in 1681.
是1681年德国造的。
96. Our clavichord is kept in the living room.
我们的这架古钢琴存放在起居室里。
97. It has belonged to our family for a long time.
我们家有这件乐器已经很久了，
98. The instrument was bought by my grandfather many years ago.
是我祖父在很多年以前买的。
99. Recently it was damaged by a visitor.
可它最近被一个客人弄坏了，
100. She tried to play jazz on it!
因为她用它来弹奏爵士乐。
101. She struck the keys too hard and two of the strings were broken.
她在击琴键时用力过猛，损坏了两根琴弦。
102. My father was shocked.
我父亲大为吃惊，
103. Now we are not allowed to touch it.
不许我们再动它。
104. It is being repaired by a friend of my father's.
父亲的一个朋友正在修理这件乐器。