1.Fifteen minutes passed and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped.
15分钟过后,在12点差5分时,钟停了。
知识点1:时间段+passed and then=时间段+later……(多长时间)过后
知识点2:时间表示法:表示几点差几分用to,表示几点过几分用past,通常在半小时之内:
5:40 twenty to six 5:20 twenty past five
12:16 sixteen past twelve 1:32 twenty-eight to two
语言点:比较学习:pass;past
pass v.通过;n.通行证;及格
past n.过去;adj.过去的;prep.越过
2.Suddenly someone shouted, "It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!"
突然有人大叫道:“已经是12点过2分了,大钟早就停了!”
3.We waited and waited, but nothing happened.
我们等啊等啊,但情况依然没有变化。
知识点1:用and连接两个重复的动词,表强调,用于形容动作的程度和频率。
知识点2:What happened to you?你怎么了?/What happened to your car?你的汽车出什么事了?