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| On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. |
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星期三的晚上，我们去了市政厅。 |
| It was the last day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock. |
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那是一年的最后一天，一大群人聚集在市政厅的大钟下面。 |
| It would strike twelve in twenty minutes' time. |
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再过20分钟，大钟将敲响12下。 |
| Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. |
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15分钟过去了，而就在11点55分时，大钟停了。 |
| The big minute hand did not move. |
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那根巨大的分针不动了。 |
| We waited and waited, but nothing happened. |
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我们等啊等啊，可情况没有变化。 |
| Suddenly someone shouted. 'It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!' |
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突然有人喊道：“已经12点零2分了！那钟已经停了！” |
| I looked at my watch. It was true. |
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我看了一下我的手表，果真如此。 |
| The big clock refused to welcome the New Year. |
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那座大钟不愿意迎接新年。 |
| At that moment, everybody began to laugh and sing. |
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此时，大家已经笑了起来，同时唱起了歌。 |
