Lesson 71 A famous clock 一个著名的大钟讲义-2023-2024学年新概念第二册    

新概念英语第二册第71课 Less0n71 A famous clock一个著名的大钟 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 t 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生词和短语 parliament n.议会，国会 erect V, 建起 accurate adj.准确的 official n. 官员，行政人员 Greenwich n. 格林尼治 observatory n.天文台 check v.检查 microphone n.扩音器，麦克风 tower n.塔 参考译文 当你游览伦敦时，首先看到的东西之一就是“大本”钟，即那 座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著名 大钟。如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话，这座大钟永远 也不会建造。“大本"钟得名于本杰明.霍尔爵士，因为当建造新 的国会大厦时，他负责建造大钟。此钟不仅外型巨大，而且走时 也非常准确。格林尼治天文台的官员们每天两次派人矫正此钟。 当大钟打点的时候，你可以从英国广播公司的广播中听到，因为 钟塔上接了麦克风。“大本”钟很少出差错。然而有一次，它却把 时间报错。在钟塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶挂在了一根 指针上，把钟弄慢了！ 课文解释 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. 当你游览伦敦时，首先看到的东西之一就是“大本”钟，即那 座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著 名大钟。 1)句中有个名词短语first things.,指“首先要做的事或重要 的事情"。这套教材第一册就叫做“First Things First"(“英语 初阶”)，意思是“重要的或基础的事情先做（或急事先办）”。有 时候也会写成first thing。例如： Put first things last or last things first.本末倒置 Among the first things a watcher of the sky becomes aware of is the cyclic nature of what is seen. 天空的观察者首先意识到的是所见现象的周期性特征。 I don't know the first thing about software. 我对计算机软件毫无所知。 That's the first thing they'll check out. 那是他们要检查的头等大事。 2)Big Ben是个专有名词，指英国伦敦的伊丽莎白塔（也称 “钟塔")上的那口著名的大钟，俗称“大本钟