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in Hall who was responsible for the making of the dock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. “大本”鐘得名于本杰明amp。8226?;魻柧羰?,因為當建造新的國會大廈時,他負責(zé)建造大鐘。 語言點1 take one’s name from 語言點2 sb. be responsible for It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. 此鐘不僅外型巨大,而且走時也非常準確從 語言點 not only...but,..as well 不僅而且 Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. 格林尼治天文臺的官員們每天兩次派人矯正此鐘。 語言點 have the clock checked派人矯正,并非親自去做?! n the . you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. 當大鐘打點的時候,你可以從英國廣播公司的廣播中聽到,因為鐘塔上接了麥克風(fēng)?! ≌Z言點 be connected to...被連接到 Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. “大本”鐘很少出差錯。 Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. 然而有一次,它卻把時間報錯了。 A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down! 在鐘塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶掛在了“大本”鐘的一根指針上,把鐘并慢了! 語言點 slow sth. down使某物變慢