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Lesson 71 A famous clock
阅读理解
1. Has Big Ben ever gone wrong?
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2. Why did the Big Ben fail to give the correct time?
Because a painter _______________________________________________.
单词详解
1. parliament n. 议会,国会
2. erect v. 建起
翻译:The war memorial was erected in 1950.
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erect adj. __________
3. accurate adj. 准确的
4. official n. 官员,行政人员
adj. _______________
词组:官方通知 ____________________________
5. Greenwich n. 格林尼治
6. observatory n. 天文台
7. check v. 检查
词组:check in ___________________
check out ___________________
8. microphone n. 扩音器,麦克风
扩展:词根micro-往往是表示______________
9. tower n. 塔
文化:比萨斜塔 ______________________________
(巴别塔 Tower of Babel
巴别塔又称巴比伦塔或通天塔,在《圣经》中是在世界上只有一种语言时由人类联合兴造的通完天堂的高塔。这个计划触怒了上帝,为了阻止他们,上帝使人类语言从此互不相通,计划因此失败。babel也指(尤其讲多种语言的)嘈杂声,乱糟糟的场面。)【学生版不出现】
课文解析
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.
· 文化:B.B.C. = ______________________________
· 语法:when引导____________从句,which引导_______从句
句型模仿:当你游览上海的时候,首先看到的东西之一就是坐落在黄浦江东岸的“东方明珠电视塔”。
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2. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.
· 语法:虚拟语气(详见语法重点);语态:被动语态
· 词组:burn down ___________
翻译:医院上个月被烧毁。
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词组:burn the midnight oil ____________
3. 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.
· 词组:take one’s name from ________________
· 结构:be responsible for ________________
翻译:近日大雨造成了洪水。
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4. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.
· 词组:not only … but… as well = _____________________
· 词组:be of + n. = be + adj.
e.g. be of use = _______