| 分类： 新概念英语第二册 |
- Lesson71 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 hot 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 !
New word and expression:
parliament
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n.议会，国会 eg.The issue was debated in parliament.这 个问题在国会中讨论过． 英国，法国，西班牙，加拿大的议会称parliament.美国的国会称congress,日本的国会是Diet. convene/dissolve a parliament召集／解散国会 |
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v.建起．adj.直立的，垂直的，竖直的 eg.1>They erected a television antenna
on stand erect直立 erect oneself挺直身子 |
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adj.准确的 accurate指符合实际情况或与标准相符．correct表示正确，无差错，或与某种标准，习惯相一致，为该组词中最普通用词，语气比accurate弱，但使用范围比accurate广．exact指与标准或实际情况丝毫不差，强调每个细节的确切，精确，语气比accurate强，precise强调在细枝末节处极为精确，常可怀exact交换使用，但其语气更强，用于人时，precise含严谨，考究之意．right常有今人满意或道义上认可之意，有时可怀correct交换使用，true强调真实的，不是编造的，在表示准确．精确之意时，该词强调与原物相符，绝对准确无误． |
official
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n官员，行政人员 adj.官方的，正式的．公务的 eg.I can hardly believe
that |
Greenwich
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n.格林威治，格林尼治 Greenwich time格林威治时间 |
observatory
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n.天文台．eg. We visited the observatory yesterday. observe v.观察，注意到． |
Check
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vt.检查，核对，阻止，控制
(凭票）托运或寄存 eg.1>How do you want to pay, by check or in cash?你打算如何 付款，用支票还是付现金？ check
in/at登记（住宿，到达），报到check out检查，调查，结帐走人 check
up(on)核对，核查，检验 |
microphone
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n.麦克风，话筒，扩音器 |
tower
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n.塔，高楼 vi.高耸，高于 eg.1>The highest part of the
church is tower over/above高出，超出，胜过 |
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