英語新概念二71課

TowerBridgeLondonEyeBritishMuseumBuckinghamPalaceParliamentHouseAfamousclockThesedays,thenameBigBenisfrequentlyusedtodescribethetower,oneofthecapital’smostphotographedsites,butthenicknamewasfirstgiventothebellalone.TheoriginofthenameisthoughttocomefromSirBenjaminHall,thefirstCommissionerofWorksandPublicBuildings,whosenameisinscribedonthebell.

如今，大本鐘這個(gè)名字常用來指整個(gè)鐘樓，這里也是倫敦曝光率最高的景點(diǎn)之一，其實(shí)，最初這個(gè)昵稱只是給鐘本身起的名字。據(jù)稱，大本鐘這個(gè)名字是由英國前任勞工和建筑首席專員本杰明·霍爾爵士起的，他的名字就刻在大本鐘上。The96-metrehightowerwhichhousestheclockwasbuiltaspartoftherebuildingoftheHouseofParliamentbyarchitectsCharlesBarryandAugustusPutinfollowingamajorfirein1843.

在1843年的一場大火之后，作為重建英國國會大廈的一部分，建筑師查理斯·巴雷和奧古斯塔斯·帕金共同設(shè)計(jì)了這座96米高的鐘樓，而大本鐘就在鐘樓之上。vocabularyparliament國會theHousesofParliament(英國的)國會大廈MemberofParliament國會議員Parliamenttodayapprovedthepolicy.現(xiàn)在國會通過政策。erectv.建造，樹立，建起此建筑是在1900年到1901年間建造的。Thebuildingwaserectedin1900-1901.我們都不知不覺的在彼此之間豎起了隔閡。Weallunconsciouslyerectbarriersbetweeneachother.

accurateadj.精確的，準(zhǔn)確的精確的尺寸

anaccurateruler

世界上沒有一個(gè)時(shí)鐘可以一直精準(zhǔn)地報(bào)時(shí)。

Thereisnoclockintheworldwhichcantellthetimeaccuratelyallthetime.Official1）官方的公務(wù),公事Officialaffairs公款Officialfunds官方文件Officialdocuments對于總統(tǒng)的缺席，官方給出的原因是生病了。TheofficialreasongivenforthePresident'sabsencewassickness.2）官員習(xí)主席近期出訪韓國，隨行官員共計(jì)20名。PresidentXivisitedSouthKoreawith20officials.Check檢查，核對檢查你的簡歷上每處都是準(zhǔn)確的。Checktheaccuracyofeverythinginyourresume.Youmustcheckyouranswersbeforehandinginyourpaper.observatoryn.天文臺towern.塔microphonen.擴(kuò)音器，麥克風(fēng)microwaveovenmicroblogmicrofilmmicroscopemacro?thegroupofpeoplewhomakeorchangeitslaws,anddecidewhatpoliciesthecountryshouldfollow.

apersonwhoholdsapositionofauthorityinanorganization.

conformingexactlyoralmostexactlytofactortoastandardorperformingwithtotalaccuracy

examinesoastodetermineaccuracy,quality,orcondition

abuildingwithalargetelescopefromwhichscientistsstudythingssuchastheplanetsbywatchingthem.

parliamentofficialaccuratecheckobservatoryWhyisBigBenveryaccuratedespiteitsimmensesize?HasBigBenevergonewrong?Whathappened?LANGUAGEPOINTSWhenyouvisitLondon,oneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheB.B.C.famous=well-knownbefamousfor/as/among2.ontheB.B.C.

廣播、電視用on，報(bào)紙用in

Londonwasoncefamousforitsfogs.倫敦曾以多霧而聞名Brightonisfamousasabathingplace.布來頓以海水浴場馳名theB.B.C.=BritishBroadcastingCorporation英國廣播公司昨天晚上我看到他上電視了。IsawhimonTVlastnight.OneofthefirstthingsyouwillseeisBigBen,thefamousclockwhichcanbeheardallovertheworldontheB.B.C.找出其中的定語從句LANGUAGEPOINTSIftheHousesofParliamenthadnotbeenburneddownin1834,thegreatclockwouldneverhavebeenerected.虛擬語氣3劍客：與現(xiàn)在事實(shí)相反：if從句用一般過去時(shí)，主句用would+V，與過去事實(shí)相反：if從句用過去完成時(shí)；主句用would/could/might+V完成式與將來事實(shí)相反：if從句用wereto/should+V,主句用would+v,。LANGUAGEPOINTSBigBentakesitsnamefromSirBenjaminHallwhowasresponsibleforthemakingoftheclockwhenthenewHousesofParliamentwerebeingbuilt.1.takeone’snamefrom以……命名逸夫樓或逸夫圖書館是以邵逸夫命名的。

YifuBuildingorYifulibrarytakesthenamefromShaoYifu.2.Beresponsiblefor對……負(fù)責(zé)每個(gè)學(xué)生都需對自己的成績負(fù)責(zé)。

Everystudentshouldberesponsibleforthegrades.LANGUAGEPOINTSItisnotonlyofimmensesize,butisextremelyaccurateaswell.beof…表示人或物的特征(相當(dāng)于adj.)我們一樣大。Weareofthesameage.這封信極其重要。Thisletterisofgreatimportance.LANGUAGEPOINTSOfficialsfromGreenwichObservatoryhavetheclockcheckedtwiceaday.

讓某人一直做……讓某人做……讓某事被做有……要做LANGUAGEPOINTSOntheB.B.C.youcanheartheclockwhenitisactuallystrikingbecausemicrophonesareconnectedtotheclocktower.beconnectedto被連接到……connectsthwithsth相連，有關(guān)系外國人時(shí)常將日本與富士山聯(lián)想在一起PeoplefromothercountriesoftenconnectJapanwithMt.Fuji.LANGUAGEPOINTSBigBenhasrarelygonewrong.Once,however,itfailedtogivethecorrecttime.車的引擎發(fā)生了故障。Theengineofthecarhasgonewrong.他常常未能遵守諾言Heoftenfailstokeephisword.LANGUAGEPOINTSApainterwhohadbeenworkingonthetowerhungapotofpaintononeofthehandsandsloweditdown!hang-hung-hunghang-hanged-hangedThinkback:whathavewelearnt?Anunforgettableexperience

倫敦眼”是倫敦最吸引游人的觀光點(diǎn)，坐落在倫敦泰晤士河畔，是倫敦的地標(biāo)?！皞惗匮邸睂?shí)在是個(gè)瘋狂的城市創(chuàng)舉。一個(gè)摩天大轉(zhuǎn)盤，高達(dá)450英尺（135米），共有32個(gè)乘坐艙，全部設(shè)有空調(diào)并不能打開窗。每個(gè)乘坐艙可載客約16名，回轉(zhuǎn)速度約為每秒0.26米，即一