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新概念入门第二册71


       
       





Lesson 71
A famous clock
When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, (1)_________________________. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. (2)_______________________. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. (3)_________________________!



New words and expressions
parliament n.议会,国会
erect v.建起
accurate adj.准确的
official n.官员,行政人员
Greenwich n.格林尼治
observatory n.天文台
check v.检查
microphone n.扩音器,麦克风
tower n.塔
Notes on the text
1. Big Ben,大钟的名字,译成"大本"。
2. the B.B.C.是英国广播公司。
3. If the Houses of Parliament had not been boured down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话,这座大钟永远也不会建造。
4. take its name from,以 ...... 命名。
5. when the new Houses of Parliament were being built,注意这个从名中过去进行时的被动结构。
6. It is not only of immense size,它不仅外型巨大,"to be of +名词"用来表示人或物的特征。
7. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong."大本"钟很少出差错.



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1 The great clock would never been erected.
2 it is not only of immense size,but it is extremly accurate as well.
3 a painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down.

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1. the great clock would never been erected.
2. it is not only ? size but it is  extremely accurate as well
3. a painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hand and slowed it down.
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