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the clocks were striking thirteen 是什么意思?
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Opening to 1984? “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"
Clocks usually "strike" one to twelve times for both am and pm, the "striking" being the ringing of the bell corresponding to the time - four strikes of the bell for four o'clock etc.
This opening line of 1984 is designed to illustrate to the reader that this is a different and strange world by having something out of the ordinary happen.
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Opening to 1984? “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen"
Clocks usually "strike" one to twelve times for both am and pm, the "striking" being the ringing of the bell corresponding to the time - four strikes of the bell for four o'clock etc.
This opening line of 1984 is designed to illustrate to the reader that this is a different and strange world by having something out of the ordinary happen.
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часы пробили 13
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so this kind of expersions is repugnant to common sense?
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@A_noob "repugnant" is too strong a word. It is "contrary" to common sense. Many authors try to attract people into their novels by using a strong opening sentence or paragraph and this is a good example.
Examples include "Pride and Prejudice" - "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." (of course the book is then about women in need of a husband not the other way round!). My favourite is John Wyndham's "Day of the Triffids" - "When a day that you happen to know is Wednesday starts off by sounding like Sunday, there is something seriously wrong somewhere."
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( ✘_✘ )i learn “repugnant” right now form the dictionary.
sorry for use the wrong word.
I have hot read the Day of
the Triffids.I am glad to read it after.
my english is bad.so
i am trying to read some original English books.can you recommend some books for me?when you read in primary school……
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The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein is not too difficult a book I don't think....
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