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练习材料

Lesson71 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 hot been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. 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. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. 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. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down !

任务配置

L0+4

知识笔记

单词

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

练习感受

erect的发音是ɪ'rɛkt，不明白原声为何念成ə'rɛkt。

复述

When you  visit  in London，one of the first thing you can see is "Big Ben"，which is the famous clock you can hear its clock from BBC around the world.

If the parliement building  Houses of parliement had not been burned down in 1834,the clock would never have been built.

"Big Ben" takes its name from Benjamin Hall.Because he took responsible for the clock's building.

The clock not only has immense size，but also has accurate time.The Greenwich officials order people adjust its error twice a day.

You can here its clock from BBC because the clock towel connected to microphones.

"Big Ben" seldom  maks mistakes .Once , however, it reported a wrong time.A painter working on the towel hung a pot of painting on the clock index slowed the clock.