Patrick的ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练

[Day71 20181217]

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Lesson71 A famous clock

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 !

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任务配置：L0+L1

知识笔记：

1、erected adj. 直立的；正立的

2、responsible for  是…的原由；为…负责

3、immense /ɪ'mens/  adj. 巨大的，广大的；无边无际的；非常好的

4、extremely /ɪk'striːmlɪ; ek-/  adv. 非常，极其；极端地

5、accurate /ˈækjərət/  adj. 精确的

6、correct time  正确时间

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