大本钟：伦敦地标与精准计时传奇

类别：生活日常

大本钟是伦敦标志性建筑，以巨大尺寸和精准走时闻名。其建造源于1834年国会大厦火灾后的重建，以本杰明·霍尔爵士命名。格林威治天文台每日检查两次，BBC通过麦克风直播钟声。虽极少出错，但曾因油漆工挂桶而走慢。

时长 75 秒 · 口音英式 · 语速 131 wpm

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Lesson 71 A Famous Clock When you visit London, 第71课一座著名的大钟

one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, 你去伦敦的时候，

the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the BBC. 最先看到的东西之一就是大本钟，这座著名的大钟在BBC上全世界都能听到它的声音。

If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, 要是国会大厦在1834年没被烧毁的话，

the great clock would never have been erected. 这座大钟根本就不会建起来。

Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall, 大本钟是以本杰明·霍尔爵士的名字命名的，

who was responsible for the making of the clock 他负责监督这座钟的制造，

when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. 当时新的国会大厦正在建设中。

It is not only of immense size, 它不仅体积巨大，

but is extremely accurate as well. 而且走时极其精准。

Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. 格林威治天文台的官员每天会检查两次这座钟。

On the BBC, 在BBC上，

you can hear the clock when it is actually striking, 你可以听到大钟正在敲响的声音，

because microphones are connected to the clock tower. 因为钟楼里连着麦克风。

Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. 大本钟很少出故障。

Once, however, 不过有一次，

it failed to give the correct time. 它没能报出正确的时间。

A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot 一个在钟楼上干活的油漆工把一桶油漆

of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down. 挂在了指针上，导致它走慢了。