NCE III 第二课：Thirteen Equals One

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 during the war and has been slient 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 is 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 tring 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.’

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• Two thumbs up! The rhythm and intonation is so good. -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 07:30:25

• 谢谢Lilac MM. 帮俺挑挑毛病吧。 -好学又好问- ♀ (194 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 08:41:20

• 你读的比俺好。俺都不好意思给mm挑，有两个词： -lilac09- ♀ (187 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 09:03:41

• 谢谢MM! -好学又好问- ♀ (109 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 09:26:27

• 读得是好，很稳，很清晰。 -billnet- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 08:11:33

• 谢谢billet！ -好学又好问- ♀ (104 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 08:50:32

• 回复：谢谢billet！ -billnet- ♂ (377 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 11:22:12

• 谢谢Billnet 同学解惑。 -好学又好问- ♀ (90 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 12:02:15

• Typo -billnet- ♂ (90 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 12:02:44

• 跟屁好学mm读一个，给mm衬托衬托 :) -lilac09- ♀ (1609 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 08:31:02

• you are a very good storyteller! -好学又好问- ♀ (53 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 08:44:03

• haha, thanks. -lilac09- ♀ (199 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 09:08:39

• reading to kids is a very good way to practice English. -好学又好问- ♀ (141 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 09:20:44

• 哪天有时间也学学里拉，边读，边解释，边学习，再谈点感想 -千与.千寻- ♀ (16 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 11:14:34

• 我翘首以待 -好学又好问- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 11:21:55

• co：我翘首以待 :) -lilac09- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 13:12:28

• 第一次听你读，什么感觉呢－－惊艳！ -千与.千寻- ♀ (12 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 11:03:42

• 谢谢小千夸奖! -好学又好问- ♀ (61 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 11:21:23

• 最近忙的呀，天空都灰蒙蒙的了 :( -千与.千寻- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 11:27:27

• 第二次听你读，“什么感觉呢”－－再次惊艳！ -北京二号- ♀ (66 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 13:37:15

• 谢谢北二MM夸奖！ -好学又好问- ♀ (241 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 13:57:21

• 没有， -北京二号- ♀ (328 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 14:11:52

• 我觉得你走在一条更加正确的道路上。 -好学又好问- ♀ (397 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 15:03:58

• 读得真好。 -EnLearner- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 18:17:58

• ha才知道你是渔公. 谢谢! -好学又好问- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2010 postreply 16:45:04

• co: 读得真好。 -一般到头光- ♂ (0 bytes) () 09/12/2010 postreply 20:22:47

• 谢谢头光同学.要改进的地方很多, 还须加油练习. -好学又好问- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2010 postreply 16:47:32

• 读的好，悦耳动听。 -斓婷- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/13/2010 postreply 17:09:55

• 谢谢！ -好学又好问- ♀ (0 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 15:22:32

• 回复：NCE III 第二课：Thirteen Equals One -maomaocat- ♂ (35 bytes) () 09/13/2010 postreply 22:52:16

• my try. any comments are welcome :D -maomaocat- ♂ (216 bytes) () 09/13/2010 postreply 23:00:39

• 你读得太好了！又准确又流畅。intonation也没得说。 -好学又好问- ♀ (68 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 15:22:07

• Awwwwwwwww, you're so sweet and encouraging! -maomaocat- ♂ (397 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 16:00:43

• same here, I have been inspired and learned a lot from this webs -好学又好问- ♀ (47 bytes) () 09/14/2010 postreply 19:07:56