Shelley的ScalersTalk第七轮新概念朗读持续训练D

练习材料：

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 hot 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 !

任务配置：L0+L4

知识笔记：

Houses of Parliament 国会大厦

parliament 议会，国会

Greenwich  Observatory 格林尼治天文台

a pot of paint 一桶油漆

rarely 几乎不

练习感悟：

音标定时复习，语音语调也要复习，加强记忆。