新概念英語第二冊逐句精講語言點 第71課(3)

　　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：

　　8、Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.

　　然而有一次，它卻把時間報錯了。

　　9、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“大本”鐘的一根指針上，把鐘并慢了!

　　語言點 slow sth. down使某物變慢

　　真題測試 測試語言點：關(guān)系代詞who / whom / whose引導(dǎo)的定語從句

　　The course normally attracts 20 students per year, ( )up to half will be from overseas.

　　(1998 年 6 月 CET4,第 70 題)

　　A. of whom B. for whom C. with which D. in which

　　答案：選A

　　分析：從所給選項可以判斷，本題考查點是非限制性定語從句。原句可用兩個簡單句表 達:The course normally attracts 20 students per year, and up to half of them will be from overseas.所以正確答案為A。

　　翻譯：該課程一般每年要吸引20個學(xué)生，其中有一半學(xué)生將來自海外。