练习材料：Lesson 71 A famous clock 时长：79s
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.
wɛn juː ˈvɪzɪt ˈlʌndən, wʌn ɒv ðə fɜːst θɪŋz juː wɪl siː ɪz bɪg bɛn, ðə ˈfeɪməs klɒk wɪʧ kæn biː hɜːd ɔːlˈəʊvə ðə wɜːld ɒn ðə biː.biː.siː.
If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been erected.
ɪf ðə ˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt hæd nɒt biːn bɜːnd daʊn ɪn 1834, ðə greɪt klɒk wʊd ˈnɛvə hæv biːn ɪˈrɛktɪd.
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.
bɪg bɛn teɪks ɪts neɪm frɒm sɜː ˈbɛnʤəmɪn hɔːl huː wɒz rɪsˈpɒnsəbl fɔː ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɒv ðə klɒk wɛn ðə njuːˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt wɜː ˈbiːɪŋ bɪlt.
It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.
ɪt ɪz nɒt ˈəʊnli ɒv ɪˈmɛns saɪz, bʌt ɪz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈækjʊrɪt æz wɛl.
Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.
əˈfɪʃəlz frɒm ˈgrɪnɪʤ əbˈzɜːvətri hæv ðə klɒk ʧɛkt twaɪs ə deɪ.
On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.
ɒn ðə biː.biː.siː. juː kæn hɪə ðə klɒk wɛn ɪt ɪz ˈækʧʊəli ˈstraɪkɪŋ bɪˈkɒz ˈmaɪkrəfəʊnz ɑː kəˈnɛktɪd tuː ðə klɒk ˈtaʊə.
Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.
bɪg bɛn hæz ˈreəli gɒn rɒŋ.
Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
wʌns, haʊˈɛvə, ɪt feɪld tuː gɪv ðə kəˈrɛkt taɪm.
A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down !
əˈpeɪntə huː hæd biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ ɒn ðə ˈtaʊə hʌŋ ə pɒt ɒv peɪnt ɒn wʌn ɒv ðə hændz ænd sləʊd ɪt daʊn !
任务配置：L0+L4
知识笔记：
Parliament n. 议会，国会
联系感悟：
1、有些词平时是会读的，但是一放在文章里就读不顺了，比如Observatory accurate .每次就很多遍都在这个地方卡壳，应该还是对单词本身不够熟悉。
2、真的不要拖延症啊，今天的事情一定今天做完，昨天的总结拖到今天就很不想写。写了又觉得工作量大，放弃了其他任务。
