Lesson 71 A famous clock
First listen and then answer the question
Has Big Ben ever gone wrong?
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 BBC,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 noly of immense size,but is extremely accurate as well.Offcials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day,On the BBC,you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower,Big Ben 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!
音标：wɛn juː ˈvɪzɪt ˈlʌndən, wʌn ɒv ðə fɜːst θɪŋz juː wɪl siː ɪz bɪg bɛn, ðə ˈfeɪməs klɒk wɪʧ kæn biː hɜːd ɔːl ˈəʊvə ðə wɜːld ɒn ðəbiː.biː.siː. ɪf ðə ˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt hæd hɒt biːn bɜːnd daʊn ɪn 1834, ðə greɪt klɒk wʊd ˈnɛvə hæv biːn ɪˈrɛktɪd. bɪg bɛn teɪks ɪtsneɪm frɒm sɜː ˈbɛnʤəmɪn hɔːl huː wɒz rɪsˈpɒnsəbl fɔː ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɒv ðə klɒk wɛn ðə njuː ˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt wɜː ˈbiːɪŋ bɪlt. ɪt ɪznɒt ˈəʊnli ɒv ɪˈmɛns saɪz, bʌt ɪz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈækjʊrɪt æz wɛl. əˈfɪʃəlz frɒm ˈgrɪnɪʤ əbˈzɜːvətri hæv ðə klɒk ʧɛkt twaɪs ə deɪ. ɒn ðəbiː.biː.siː. juː kæn hɪə ðə klɒk wɛn ɪt ɪz ˈækʧʊəli ˈstraɪkɪŋ bɪˈkɒz ˈmaɪkrəfəʊnz ɑː kəˈnɛktɪd tuː ðə klɒk ˈtaʊə. bɪg bɛn hæz ˈreəli gɒnrɒŋ. wʌns, haʊˈɛvə, ɪt feɪld tuː gɪv ðə kəˈrɛkt taɪm. ə ˈpeɪntə huː hæd biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ ɒn ðə ˈtaʊə hʌŋ ə pɒt ɒv peɪnt ɒn wʌn ɒv ðəhændz ænd sləʊd ɪt daʊn !
任务：L0+L1+L2+L4
感想：不知是我个人感觉还是咋样，最进感觉训练的强度和难度明显上来了，当我把我的语音和原文对比去听去改时真听听出来差别，而且确实有没发足的音，刚我试图去接近，去改正的时候，这下正的是被虐到了，今儿和昨儿采用这种方法对照训练，分别花了4到5个小时，弄得我骂人的心都有，弄得我最后拍桌子了，就为了发一条满意的语音，我感觉我有自虐倾向了，但是学习我觉得是真的需要有这种自虐倾向，既然英语发音靠舌头的肌肉，肌肉是有记忆的，那么肯定熟能生巧，就差功夫了，多练肯定可以达到自动化，我只能安慰自己要是所有的事情都是那么容易，那就没意思了，继续加油
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