新概念英语第二册Lesson-71

Lesson71Afamousclock大本钟简介英国伦敦著名古钟或称大本钟(BigBen)，是伦敦的传统地标。大本钟从1859年就为伦敦城报时，根据格林尼治时间每隔一小时敲响一次，至今将近一个半世纪，尽管这期间大本钟曾两度裂开而重铸。现在大本钟的钟声仍然清晰、动听。自从1859年投入使用后，英国政府每隔五年就要对大本钟实施维护，包括清洗钟体、替换大本钟的报时轮系和运转轮系等。名称由来大本钟得名于它在1859年修建时的建造者本杰明爵士(BenjaminHall)，故名“大本”。单词学习parliamenterectaccurateofficialGreenwichobservatorycheckmicrophonetowern.议会，国会v.建起adj.准确的官员，行政人员n.格林尼治n.天文台v.检查n.扩音器，麦克风n.塔parliament国会theHousesofParliament(英国的)国会大厦MemberofParliament国会议员ParliamentmeetsregularlyatNewYork.Severalnewlawshavebeenpassedduringthepresentparliament。本届国会erectv.建造，树立，建起Erectup建立建起此建筑是在1900年到1901年间建造的。Thebuildingwaserectedin1900-1901.这个纪念碑是为夏洛特女王建立的。['mɒnjʊm(ə)nt]ThemonumentwaserectedtoQueenCharlotte.accurateadj.精确的，准确的accuratetime准确的时间警察强调说这就是杀人犯最为精确的描述了。Policehavestressedthatthisisthemostaccuratedescriptionofthekiller[strɛst][dɪ'skrɪpʃ(ə)n]Shegaveanaccurateaccountoftheaccident.[ə'kaʊnt]她对故事做了准确的描述。Isthestationclockaccurate？Official1）官方的公务,公事Officialaffairs[ə‘feə]事情事物Beforeheretired，Jeremyhadbeenagovernmentofficial.在他退休之前，杰米一直是位政府官员。对于总统的缺席，官方给出的原因是生病了。TheofficialreasongivenforthePresident'sabsencewassickness.Check检查，核对n.支票检查你的简历上每处都是准确的。['ækjʊrəsɪ]ChecktheaccuracyofeverythinginyourCV.我觉得是有年龄限制的，但是我需要查一下Ithinkthereisanagelimit,butIhavetocheck.我要与执勤管核对一下[‘djuːtɪ]职务Ishallneedtocheckwiththedutyofficerobservatoryn.天文台observevt.看到,注意到，观察到Thepoliceobservedamanenterthebank.警察注意到一个男人走进了银行towern.塔课文讲解•WhenyouvisitLondon,oneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheB.B.C.IftheHousesofParliamenthadnotbeenburneddownin1834,thegreatclockwouldneverhavebeenerected.BigBentakesitsnamefromSirBenjaminHallwhowasresponsibleforthemakingoftheclockwhenthenewHousesofParliamentwerebeingbuilt.•Itisnotonlyofimmensesize,butisextremelyaccurateaswell.OfficialsfromGreenwichObservatoryhavetheclockcheckedtwiceaday.OntheB.B.C.youcanheartheclockwhenitisactuallystrikingbecausemicrophonesareconnectedtotheclocktower.BigBenhasrarelygonewrong.Once,however,itfailedtogivethecorrecttime.Apainterwhohadbeenworkingonthetowerhungapotofpaintononeofthehandsandsloweditdown!WhenyouvisitLondon,oneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheB.B.C.Londonwasoncefamousforitsfogs.伦敦曾以多雾而闻名Brightonisfamousasabathingplace.布来顿以海水浴场驰名theB.B.C.=BritishBroadcastingCorporation['brɪtɪʃ]['brɔːd,kɑːstɪŋ][kɔːpə'reɪʃ(ə)n]英国广播公司在电视上看到，在广播里听到都用on。IsawhimonTVlastnight.IftheHousesofParliamenthadnotbeenburneddownin1834,thegreatclockwouldneverhavebeenerected.虚拟语气过去的虚拟If+haddone从wouldhavedonetheHousesofParliament国会大厦英国议会是由上议院（HouseofLords）和下议院（HouseofCommons）组成的burndown（使）烧成平地，烧毁上个月医院被烧毁了。Thehospitalwasburneddownlastmonth.BigBentakesitsnamefromSirBenjaminHallwhowasresponsibleforthemakingoftheclockwhenthenewHousesofParliamentwerebeingbuilt.takeone’snamefrom以……命名逸夫楼或逸夫图书馆是以邵逸夫命名的。YifuBuildingorYifulibrarytakesthenamefromShaoYifu.Sir用于英国人的全名（或名字）之前时表示“爵士”（不单独用于姓之前）如SirJohnGilbert（约翰.吉尔伯特爵士）或SirJohn（约翰爵士），但不能称为SirGilbert。BigBentakesitsnamefromSirBenjaminHallwhowasresponsibleforthemakingoftheclockwhenthenewHousesofParliamentwerebeingbuilt.beresponsiblefor对……需负责任/承担责任的谁为事故负责？Whoisresponsiblefortheaccident?约翰负责建造桥梁。Johnisresponsibleforthebuildingofthebridge.-ing形式前面无冠词时可直接跟宾语：makingtheclock；-ing前有冠词时则其后不能直接跟宾语，而必须用of：themakingoftheclock。Itisnotonlyofimmensesize,butisextremelyaccurateaswell.beof…表示人或物的特征我们一样大。Weareofthesameage.这封信极其重要。Thisletterisofgreatimportance.Immense巨大的，广大的仍然有大量工作需要做。Thereisstillanimmenseamountofworktobedone.OfficialsfromGreenwichObservatoryhavetheclockcheckedtwiceaday.Havesthdone我想剪头发。Iwanttohavemyhaircut.我需要修一下我的电脑Ineedtohavemycomputerfixed.OntheB.B.C.youcanheartheclockwhenitisactuallystrikingbecausemicrophonesareconnectedtotheclocktower.Strikev.敲打，钟打点钟刚敲三点钟Theclockhasjuststruckthree.他用拳头敲打桌子Hestruckhisfistonthetable.Beconnectedto被连接到……很多条管子被连接到热压罐上。Manypipesareconnectedtotheautoclave.Connectsthwithsth相连，有关系外国人时常将日本与富士山联想在一起PeoplefromothercountriesoftenconnectJapanwithMt.Fuji.BigBenhasrarelygonewrong.Once,however,itfailedtogivethecorrecttime.gowrong（机器等）发生故障，出毛病我的手表出问题了。Mywatchhasgonewrong.车的引擎发生了故障。Theengineofthecarhasgonewrong.Failtodosth没能做成某事他常常未能遵守诺言Heoftenfailstokeephisword.Apainterwhohadbeenworkingonthetowerhungapotofpaintononeofthehandsandsloweditdown!现在完成进行时slowdown（使……）慢下来/减速当交通很拥堵的时候，他把车速减慢下来。Heslowedhiscardownwhiledrivinginheavytraffic.