新概念英语第二册课文+课后答案第71课：A famous clock

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1.课文
When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B.B.C. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!

2.翻译
当你游览伦敦时，首先看到的东西之一就是“大本”钟，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。如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话，这座大钟永远也不会建造。“大本”钟得名于本杰明.霍尔爵士，因为当建造新的国会大厦时，他负责建造大钟。此钟不仅外型巨大，而且走时也非常准确。格林尼治天文台的官员们每天两次派人矫正此钟。当大钟打点的时候，你可以从英国广播公司的广播中听到，因为钟塔上接了麦克风。“大本”钟很少出差错。然而有一次，它却把时间报错。在钟塔上干活的一位油漆工把一只油漆桶挂在了一根指针上，把钟弄慢了！

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1．If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected. 如果不是国会大厦在1834年被焚毁的话，这座大钟永远也不会建造。
（1）这句话用的是虚拟语气，即第3类条件句，表示与过去的事实
相反的一种假设。（cf.第64课语法）
（2）the Houses of Parliament,国会大厦。由于英国议会是由上议院（House of Lords）和下议院（House of Commons）组成的，所
以Houses为复数形式。
（3）burn down为固定短语，在这里表示“（使）烧成平地”、“烧毁”：
The hospital was burned down last month.
那家医院上个月被烧毁了。
2．Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was respon- sible for the making of the clock…“大本”钟得名于本杰明·霍尔爵士，……他负责建造大钟。
（1）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 Sir John Gilbert（约翰·吉尔伯特爵士）或 Sir John（约翰爵士），但不能称 Sir Gilbert。
（2）responsible for表示“对……需负责任／承担责任的”：
Who is responslble for the accident?
谁应对这起事故负责？
John is responsible for the building of the bridge.
约翰负责修建这座桥。
（3）-ing形式前面无冠词时可直接跟宾语：making the clock; -ing 前有冠词时则其后不能直接跟宾语，而必须用of;the making of the clock.
3．It is not only of immense size…此钟不仅外型巨大……
be of…表示人或物的特征：
we are of the same age/size.
我们年龄／个头相同。
This letter is of great importance.
这封信至关重要。
4．Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day. 格林威治天文台的官员们每天两次派人矫正此钟。
（1）Greenwich 格林威治（又译格林尼治），位于伦敦东南，是本初
子午线，即经度零度经过的地方。
（2）have the clock checked是have的使役式用法。（cf. 第66课语
法）
5．Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. “大本”钟很少出差错。
go wrong为固定短语，其含义之一是“（机器等）发生故障”、“出
毛病”：
My watch/The engine of the car has gone wrong.
我的手表／汽车发动机出了毛病。
Something has gone wrong with my car.
我的汽车出毛病了。
6．slow…down,把……弄慢。
Slow down为固定短语（可分开使用），其含义之一为“（使……）慢下来／减速”：
He slowed his car down while driving in heavy traffic.
他在车辆拥挤的路上驾驶时，放慢了车速。

1、提示:n.名词、adj.形容词、vi.不及物动词、vt.及物动词、adv.副词、prep.介词、pron.代词、int.感叹词、num.数词、abbr.短语缩写
2、双击或选中某个单词可划词查字典。(手机端无法使用此功能)

3、单词列表：
parliament n. 议会，国会
erect v. 建起
accurate adj. 准确的
official n. 官员，行政人员
Greenwich n. 格林尼治
observatory n. 天文台
check v. 检查
microphone n. 扩音器，麦克风
tower n. 塔

(重点难点包括语法、短语固定搭配、习惯用语等内容)

复习第60～69课部分语法
通过这几课的语法学习，我们知道在表示将来时的句子中，要
在时间状语从句中使用现在时，同时也要在第1类条件句中用
现在时来表示；学习了将来完成进行时和过去完成进行时的形
式和用法；学习了第3类条件句、情态助动词 must, have to, should和ought to;学习了用于使役式的动词 have，以及用于介
词+动名词结构中的被动语态：
The Thompsons will move to a new flat when their baby is born.
孩子出生以后，汤普森一家将搬到一套新的公寓去住。
By this time next week, I will have been working for this firm for twenty years.
到下星期此刻，我就已经为这家公司工作了20年了。（将来完成进行时通常要和某个时间状语连用，这个状语往往
表示“到／截止……时候”）
Firemen had been fighting the forest fire for nearly three weeks before they could get it under control.
消防队员们同那场森林大火搏斗了将近三个星期才最后把火势控制住。（过去完成进行时与将来完成进行时一样，也要有时间状语；它们都强调动作的持续性）
If I had worked harder at school, I'd have got a better job.
要是我上学时勤奋一些，我就会有较好的工作了。（第3 类条件句表示与事实相反的虚拟语气）
We should/ought to arrest him, but we shall let him off this time.
我们应该逮捕它，但这次我们饶了它。
He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing.
他本该知道警察绝不会允许这类事情发生。（should+ have+过去分词表示过去应该做或完成而没有做的事）
The French authorities had the plane packaged and moved in parts back to France.
法国政府让人把飞机包装起来，一部分一部分地搬回法
国。（have+名词／宾格代词+过去分词表示让别人为自
己做某事）
After being robbed, the man called the police.
那人遭抢劫后给警方打了电话。（after+动名词的被动
形式相当于时间状语从句，但主语必须一致）

1．关键句型练习答案
C 1 shall have been working
2 have finished
D 1 had to go
2 should/ought to buy
3 should/ ought to have telephoned
2．难点练习答案
1 shop assistant 2 hung 3 hanged
3．多项选择题答案
1b 2d 3b 4b 5c 6c
7d 8b 9b 10c 11b 12a

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