新概念英语第二册（美音版）A famous clock 一个著名的大钟(精讲)

[ti:新概念英语第二册] [by:http://www.tingclass.net] [00:01.86]Lesson 71 [00:03.52] A famous clock [00:06.23]First listen and then answer the question: [00:10.86]Has Big Ben ever gone wrong? [00:15.71]When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, [00:22.53]the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. [00:29.38]If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, [00:35.82]the great clock would never have been erected. [00:40.25]Big Ben takes its name rom Sir Benjamin Hall [00:44.79]who was responsible for the making of the clock [00:48.36]when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. [00:52.77]It is not only of immense size,but is extremely accurate as well. [01:00.62]Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. [01:07.49]On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking [01:13.18]because microphones are connected to the clock tower. [01:17.75]Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. [01:21.50]Once,however,it failed to give the correct time. [01:26.22]A painter who had been working on the tower [01:29.59]hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

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