新概念英语第二册学习笔记：一个著名的大钟

在英语学习领域，新概念英语第二册凭借系统化的教学理念和丰富实用的课程材料，为广大英语学习者搭建起坚实的语言基石。今日，我们将聚焦于“一个著名的大钟”这一课题，希望通过这一真实而实用的场景，为大家带来富有深度的学习素材和有价值的参考资料！

【课文】

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!

当你游览伦敦时，首先映入眼帘的往往是举世闻名的大本钟，这座大钟的钟声通过英国广播公司（BBC）传遍世界各地。如果1834年国会大厦没有被烧毁，这座伟大的时钟可能永远不会被建造起来。大本钟的名字来源于本杰明·霍尔爵士，他在新建议会大厦时负责制造这座大钟。它不仅体型巨大，而且走时极为准确。格林尼治天文台的官员每天会两次校准这座大钟。在BBC上，你可以听到大钟实际敲响的声音，因为钟楼连接着麦克风。大本钟很少出错。然而有一次，它未能准确报时。原来是一位在塔上工作的油漆工把一个油漆桶挂在了时针上，导致时针变慢了！

【生词】

parliament 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

check v. 检查

microphone n. 扩音器，麦克风

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