Lily的Scalers Talk第八轮新概念朗读持续力训练Da

L2-(2): Thirteen equals one

'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 13 times and there's nothing I can do about it.'

'We'll get used to that Bill,' said the vicar.

'13 is not as good as one but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'

今天开车出门短途游，很晚才回来。拖着疲惫的身体收拾好一切，坐下来学习。第二课的下半段，很简单，而且昨天也已经读过了。没有任何障碍，很快完成作业。