新概念英語第二冊學習筆記：一個著名的大鐘

在英語學習領域，新概念英語第二冊憑借系統(tǒng)化的教學理念和豐富實用的課程材料，為廣大英語學習者搭建起堅實的語言基石。今日，我們將聚焦于“一個著名的大鐘”這一課題，希望通過這一真實而實用的場景，為大家?guī)砀挥猩疃鹊膶W習素材和有價值的參考資料！

【課文】

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!

當你游覽倫敦時，首先映入眼簾的往往是舉世聞名的大本鐘，這座大鐘的鐘聲通過英國廣播公司（BBC）傳遍世界各地。如果1834年國會大廈沒有被燒毀，這座偉大的時鐘可能永遠不會被建造起來。大本鐘的名字來源于本杰明·霍爾爵士，他在新建議會大廈時負責制造這座大鐘。它不僅體型巨大，而且走時極為準確。格林尼治天文臺的官員每天會兩次校準這座大鐘。在BBC上，你可以聽到大鐘實際敲響的聲音，因為鐘樓連接著麥克風。大本鐘很少出錯。然而有一次，它未能準確報時。原來是一位在塔上工作的油漆工把一個油漆桶掛在了時針上，導致時針變慢了！

【生詞】

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

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