【练习材料】
(喜马拉雅新概念英音第二册)
☞原文
Lesson71 A famous clock
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 !
☞音标
ˈlɛsən71 ə ˈfeɪməs klɑk
wɛn ju ˈvɪzət ˈlʌndən, wʌn ʌv ðə fɜrst θɪŋz ju wɪl si ɪz bɪg bɛn, ðə ˈfeɪməs klɑk wɪʧ kæn bi hɜrd ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə wɜrld ɑn ðə bi.bi.si. ɪf ðə ˈhaʊsəz ʌv ˈpɑrləmənt hæd hɑt bɪn bɜrnd daʊn ɪn 1834, ðə greɪt klɑk wʊd ˈnɛvər hæv bɪn ɪˈrɛktəd. bɪg bɛn teɪks ɪts neɪm frʌm sɜr ˈbɛnʤəmən hɔl hu wʌz riˈspɑnsəbəl fɔr ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ ʌv ðə klɑk wɛn ðə nu ˈhaʊsəz ʌv ˈpɑrləmənt wɜr ˈbiɪŋ bɪlt. ɪt ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli ʌv ɪˈmɛns saɪz, bʌt ɪz ɛkˈstrimli ˈækjərət æz wɛl. əˈfɪʃəlz frʌm ˈgrɛnɪʧ əbˈzɜrvəˌtɔri hæv ðə klɑk ʧɛkt twaɪs ə deɪ. ɑn ðə bi.bi.si. ju kæn hir ðə klɑk wɛn ɪt ɪz ˈækʧuəli ˈstraɪkɪŋ bɪˈkɔz ˈmaɪkroʊˌfoʊnz ɑr kəˈnɛktəd tu ðə klɑk ˈtaʊər. bɪg bɛn hæz ˈrɛrli gɔn rɔŋ. wʌns, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt feɪld tu gɪv ðə kəˈrɛkt taɪm. ə ˈpeɪntər hu hæd bɪn ˈwɜrkɪŋ ɑn ðə ˈtaʊər hʌŋ ə pɑt ʌv peɪnt ɑn wʌn ʌv ðə hændz ænd sloʊd ɪt daʊn !
【任务配置】
L0+L4
