[by:英语听力网|http://yingyu.chazidian.com||查字典英语网] [00:00.00]喜欢chazidian.com，就把chazidian.com复制到QQ个人资料中！Lesson 71 A famous clock [00:21.94]一个出名的钟 [00:43.89]parliament erect [00:46.55]国会 议会 建立 [00:49.21]accurate offical [00:52.00]正确的 官员 [00:54.78]Greenwich observatory [00:57.70]格林尼治 天文台 [01:00.63]check microphone tower [01:04.81]矫正 麦克风 钟塔 [01:08.99]Why is Big Ben so named? [01:27.07]为什么大本钟会得到这样一个名字? [01:45.14]Why is Big Ben extremely accurate? [01:49.87]大本钟为什么非常精确? [01:54.60]Why did Big Ben fail to give the correct time once? [01:59.77]有一次大本钟为什么没有做出正确的报时? [02:04.94]When you visit London,one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, [02:09.97]当你游览伦敦时,首先看到的东西之一就是"大本"钟, [02:15.00]the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. [02:18.17]即那座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著名大钟 [02:21.35]If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, [02:25.18]如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话 [02:29.00]the great clock would never have been erected. [02:31.64]这座大种永远也不会建造 [02:34.28]Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall [02:37.61]"大本"钟得名于本杰明.霍尔爵士, [02:40.94]who was responsible for the making of the clock [02:43.51]大钟的建造是由他负责的 [02:46.09]when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. [02:48.97]是建造新的国会大厦的同时建成的. [02:51.86]It is not only of immense size,but is extremely accurate as well. [02:56.13]此钟不仅外型巨大,而且走时也非常准确 [03:00.40]Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. [03:04.42]格林尼治天文台的官员们每天两次派人矫正此钟 [03:08.45]On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking [03:12.31]当大钟打点的时候,你可以从英国广播公司的广播中听到 [03:16.18]because microphones are connected to the clock tower. [03:19.12]因钟塔上接了麦克风. [03:22.06]Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. [03:24.09]"大本"钟很少出差错. [03:26.13]Once,however,it failed to give the correct time. [03:29.10]然而有一次,它却把时间报错了. [03:32.06]A painter who had been working on the tower [03:34.78]在钟塔上干活的一位油漆工 [03:37.50]hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down! [03:40.67]把一只油漆桶挂在了一根指针上,把钟弄慢了! [03:43.84]Lesson 72 A car called Bluebird [04:15.92]第72课 "蓝鸟"汽车 [04:48.00]racing per [04:50.48]赛车 每 [04:52.96]Utah horsepower [04:55.90]犹他州 马力 [04:58.84]burst average footstep [05:03.16]爆炸平均 足迹 [05:07.49]When and where did Sir Malcolm Campbell set up a new world record?