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《新概念英語第二冊Lesson 71 MP3下載》

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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, 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!

New words and expressions 生詞和短語

parliament n.議會，國會

erect v.建起

accurate adj.準確的

official n.官員，行政人員

Greenwich n.格林尼治

observatory n.天文臺

check v.檢查

microphone n.擴音器，麥克風

tower n.塔

Notes on the text 課文注釋

1 Big Ben,大鐘的名字，譯成“大本”。

2 the B.B.C.是英國廣播公司。

3 If the Houses of Parliament had not been boured down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.如果不是國會大廈在1834年被焚毀的話，這座大鐘永遠也不會建造。

4 take its name from,以 ...... 命名。

5 when the new Houses of Parliament were being built,注意這個從名中過去進行時的被動結構。

6 It is not only of immense size,它不僅外型巨大，“to be of +名詞”用來表示人或物的特征。

7 Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.“大本”鐘很少出差錯。

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