Lesson 71
第71課
A Famous Clock
一個的大鐘
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Has Big Ben ever gone wrong?
大本鐘出過錯嗎？
When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben,
當(dāng)你游覽倫敦時，首先看到的東西之一就是“大本”鐘，
the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C.
即那座從英國廣播公司的廣播中全世界都可以聽到它的聲音的大鐘。
If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834,
如果不是國會大廈在1834年被焚毀的話，
the great clock would never have been erected.
這座大鐘永遠(yuǎn)也不會建造。
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.
“大本”鐘得名于本杰明.霍爾爵士，因?yàn)楫?dāng)建造新的國會大廈時，他負(fù)責(zé)建造大鐘。
It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.
此鐘不僅外型巨大，而且走時也非常準(zhǔn)確。
Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.
格林尼治天文臺的官員們每天兩次派人矯正此鐘。
On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.
當(dāng)大鐘打點(diǎn)的時候，你可以從英國廣播公司的廣播中聽到，因?yàn)殓娝辖恿他溈孙L(fēng)。
Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.
“大本”鐘很少出差錯。
Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
然而有，它卻把時間報(bào)錯。
A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!
在鐘塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶掛在了一根指針上，把鐘弄慢了！
第71課
A Famous Clock
一個的大鐘
First listen and then answer the question.
聽錄音，然后回答以下問題。
Has Big Ben ever gone wrong?
大本鐘出過錯嗎？
When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben,
當(dāng)你游覽倫敦時，首先看到的東西之一就是“大本”鐘，
the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C.
即那座從英國廣播公司的廣播中全世界都可以聽到它的聲音的大鐘。
If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834,
如果不是國會大廈在1834年被焚毀的話，
the great clock would never have been erected.
這座大鐘永遠(yuǎn)也不會建造。
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.
“大本”鐘得名于本杰明.霍爾爵士，因?yàn)楫?dāng)建造新的國會大廈時，他負(fù)責(zé)建造大鐘。
It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.
此鐘不僅外型巨大，而且走時也非常準(zhǔn)確。
Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.
格林尼治天文臺的官員們每天兩次派人矯正此鐘。
On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.
當(dāng)大鐘打點(diǎn)的時候，你可以從英國廣播公司的廣播中聽到，因?yàn)殓娝辖恿他溈孙L(fēng)。
Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.
“大本”鐘很少出差錯。
Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
然而有，它卻把時間報(bào)錯。
A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!
在鐘塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶掛在了一根指針上，把鐘弄慢了！