71 big ben

nullnullLesson 71 A famous clocknullparliament 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 observe v. 看到；观察；遵守；评论 observer n. 观察者；遵守者；评论者 check v. 检查 microphone n. 扩音器，麦克风 tower n. 塔 rarely adv.很少地，罕见地Vocabularynull 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 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!The Textaccurateaccurate['ækjurit] adj. 正确的, 精确的 ac+cura+te ac-加在同辅音字母的词根前，表示“一再”等加强意 cura→“注意”，因为只有一再“注意”，才能做到准确 She gave an accurate account of the accident. 她对事故做了准确的描述。 adv. accurately n. accuratenessobserveobserve[əb'zə:v] vt.&vi. 观察；遵守 ob+serve ob表示“逆，倒，加强意义” serve→“一直保持”，observe即“加强保持” →遵守，引申为观察 observe a child's behavior. 观察一个孩子的行为 observe a rule 遵守规则 strange to observe 说来奇怪checkcheck[tʃek] n.&v.检查 单词巧计： Attention: 修车就要“拆壳”检查作名词时，check同时还可以做支票讲。 例： blank check 空头支票 draw a check 开一张支票 什么东西需要检查？nullrarely ['reəlɪ] 少见的，罕见的（=not often） Hang [hæŋ] hang（hung，hung） vt. 悬挂 I’m hanging this picture on the wall. hang（hanged，hanged） vt. 绞死，吊死，上吊 As he has murdered three men, he ought to be hanged. I wonder why she hanged herself.Big BenBig Bensome pictures: Big Ben（大笨钟）是向全世界报告 标准 excel标准偏差excel标准偏差函数exl标准差函数国标检验抽样标准表免费下载红头文件格式标准下载 时间的大钟，它安放在伦敦泰晤士河畔议会大夏东北角的钟楼（the Clock Tower）的顶端，每隔15分钟报时一次。 Big Ben于1859年7月1日敲起第一响钟声。为给这个大钟起个名字，当时的英国议会专门召集一次会议。会上，议员们也感到十分疲倦。这时，人们看到Big Ben的临制者Sir Benjamin Hall（本杰明爵士）站起来发言。他身材高大，历来受大家的敬重。突然，有人大声喊道：“为什么不干脆叫Big Ben呢？”这一喊，引起了与会者的笑声，会议也随之结束。从此，Big Ben（Ben是Benjamin的昵称）就成为这个大钟的芳名。 汉语把Big Ben译为“大笨钟”也颇具趣味，因为Big Ben在1859年制成时，笨不可言，单内部传动机械就重达13.5吨。每周上弦两次，每次需由健壮汉子用脚连续猛蹬几个小时，确实是个“大笨钟”。译名中“大”取其形”big“，因为大钟四面各有直径为2.8米左右的圆盘，用312块乳白玻璃拼镶；“笨”则于Ben谐音，个中还有点淡淡的幽默，如此译来，真是妙不可言。 但该钟于1913年改为电动，与“笨”告别。1923年开始为英国广播公司（BBC）播送钟声。现在，世界各地收音机里听到的伦敦台钟声，便是这个Big Ben发出的 null背景资料 1、the B.B.C. =British Broadcasting Corporation 英国广播公司 2、the Houses of Parliament 国会大厦（英国议会是由上议院（House of Lords）和下议院（House of Commons）组成） 3、 Greenwich Observatory 格林尼治天文台 Language PointsLanguage PointsIf the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834,the great clock would never have been erected. burn down （使）烧成平地，烧毁 The hospital was burned down last month. nullBig 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. ① take one’s name from 以……命名 The machine takes its name from its inventor. ② be responsible for 为某事负责/负责某事 Men and women must become equally responsible for bringing up children. The children were responsible for cleaning their own rooms. ③ the making of the clock -ing形式前面无冠词时可直接跟宾语：making the clock；-ing前有冠词时则其后不能直接跟宾语，而必须用of：the making of the clock。Saxophone →瑞士的 阿道夫.萨克斯设计Celsius（摄氏温标，°C）由瑞典 Anders Celsius得名 nullIt is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. ① be of(+形容词)+名词 表示人和物的特征 the mountain is of great height the lake is of huge size ② not only …,but …as well. 表示不仅……也…… Chimps not only use tools but make them. Not only are you funny, but you are actually witty as well.p.s. not only 开头的时候，要出现助动词+主语的倒装。那座山很高湖很大nullOfficials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. have+sth.+done have作为使义动词 I will have my hair cut. She had the kitchen cleaned. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. go wrong （机器等）发生故障，出毛病 My watch/the engine of the car has gone wrong. Something has gone wrong with my car. nullA painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down! slow down （使……）慢下来/减速（可分开使用） He slowed his car down while driving in heavy traffic.