A Cold Welcome

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On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall.

星期三晚上，我们去了市政厅。

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It was the last day of the year

那是今年的最后一天，

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and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.

一大群人聚集在市政厅大钟下面。

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It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time.

再过二十分钟，大钟就要敲响十二点了。

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Fifteen minutes passed and then,

十五分钟过去了，接着，

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at five to twelve, the clock stopped.

在十二点差五分的时候，大钟停了。

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The big minute hand did not move.

巨大的分针一动不动。

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We waited and waited,

我们等啊等，

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but nothing happened.

但什么也没有发生。

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Suddenly someone shouted.

突然有人喊道：

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'It's two minutes past twelve!

“已经十二点过两分了！

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The clock has stopped!'

大钟停了！”

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I looked at my watch.

我看了看我的表。

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It was true.

果然如此。

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The big clock refused to welcome the New Year.

那座大钟拒不迎接新年。

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At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing.

就在那一刻，所有人都开始笑啊唱啊。