Let’shaveareviewbebusywith/doingcatchsightofchargeatgrowquietbesureofbythistimeoncemoreAfamousclockBigBen大本鐘簡(jiǎn)介英國(guó)倫敦著名古鐘或稱大本鐘(BigBen)，是倫敦的傳統(tǒng)地標(biāo)。大本鐘從1859年就為倫敦城報(bào)時(shí)，根據(jù)格林尼治時(shí)間每隔一小時(shí)敲響一次，至今將近一個(gè)半世紀(jì)，盡管這期間大本鐘曾兩度裂開(kāi)而重鑄?，F(xiàn)在大本鐘的鐘聲仍然清晰、動(dòng)聽(tīng)。自從1859年投入使用后，英國(guó)政府每隔五年就要對(duì)大本鐘實(shí)施維護(hù)，包括清洗鐘體、替換大本鐘的報(bào)時(shí)輪系和運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)輪系等。名稱由來(lái)大本鐘得名于它在1859年修建時(shí)的建造者本杰明爵士(BenjaminHall)，故名“大本”。Onecan’tputbacktheclock.時(shí)鐘不能倒轉(zhuǎn)。Onthegreatclockoftimethereisbutoneword,“Now.”在偉大的時(shí)鐘上，只有一個(gè)詞，就是“現(xiàn)在”parliamentparliamentn.議會(huì)，國(guó)會(huì)theHousesofParliament國(guó)會(huì)大廈theBritishParliament英國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)TheBritishParliamentconsistsoftheHouseofLordsandtheHouseoftheCommons.英國(guó)議會(huì)是由上議院和下議院構(gòu)成的。erectv.建造，建立，成立erectionn.建立Theerectionofthehospitalisabigmistake.accurateadj.準(zhǔn)確的accuratetime準(zhǔn)確的時(shí)間accuratelyadv.準(zhǔn)確地，精確地observatoryn.天文臺(tái)observevt.toseeornoticesb/sth看到,注意到，觀察到Thepoliceobservedamanenterthebank.警察注意到一個(gè)男人走進(jìn)了銀行checkn/v.檢查n.支票towern.塔QuestionsWhat'sthenameofthefamouscolockinLondon?Whichradiostationcanbeheardonit?WhathappenedtotheHousesofParliamentin1843?Howbigistheclock?1.BigBenwasbuilt_____A.fortheB.B.C. B.afterafireC.InhonourofSirBenjaminHallD.longbefore18342.Accuracyismaintained______A.BymicrophonesintheclocktowerB.ByworkmenC.BecausetheclockisatGreenwichObservatoryD.ByofficialswhochecktheclockfrequentlyLanguagepoints:1、WhenyouvisitLondon,oneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheB.B.C.2、IftheHousesofParliamenthadnotbeenburneddownin1834,thegreatclockwouldneverhavebeenerected.“if”的省略條件句中的if在什么情況下可省略？IfIwereinyourplace,Iwouldn’tdatehim.WereIinyourplace,Iwouldn’tdatehim.IfIhadknowntheplan,Iwouldhavegivenitmorecarefulthought.HadIknowntheplan,Iwouldhavegivenitmorecarefulthought.3、BigBentakesitsnamefromSirBenjaminHallwhowasresponsibleforthemakingoftheclockwhenthenewHousesofParliamentwerebeingbuilt.4、Itisnotonlyofimmensesize,butisextremelyaccurateaswell.5、OntheB.B.C.youcanheartheclockwhenitisactuallystrikingbecausemicrophonesareconnectedtotheclocktower.BigBenhasrarelygonewrong.Once,however,itfailedtogivethecorrecttime.