新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點第71課(1)

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　　Lesson 71: A famous clock 一個著名的大鐘

　　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!

　　句子講解：

　　1、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.

　　當(dāng)你游覽倫敦時，首先看到的東西之一就是“大本”鐘，即那座全世界都可從英國廣播公司的廣播中聽到它的聲音的著名大鐘。

　　語言點 B.B.C：British Broadcasting Corporation 英國廣播公司

　　V.O.A：Voice Of America 美國之音

　　C.N.N：Cable News Network 有線新聞網(wǎng)絡(luò)

　　C.R.I.：China Radio International 中國國際廣播電臺

　　2、If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.

　　如果不是議會大廈在1834年被燒焚的話，人們永遠(yuǎn)不會建造這座大鐘。

　　語言點 if引導(dǎo)的虛擬語氣條件句;bum down意思是“燒毀”。

　　3、Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the dock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.

　　“大本”鐘得名于本杰明•霍爾爵士，因為當(dāng)建造新的國會大廈時，他負(fù)責(zé)建造大鐘。