新概念英语第二册第71课【课文讲解】

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Lesson 71 A famous clock 一个著名的大钟

1. 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.
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。

2. If the Houses of Parliament had not been burned down in1834,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。

3. 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.
“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。

（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.

4. It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.
此钟不仅外型庞大，而且走时也非常准确。

be of…表示人或物的特征：

we are of the same age/size.
This letter is of great importance.

5. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock checked twice a day.
格林尼治天文台的官员们每天两次派人矫正此钟。

6. On the B. B. C. you can hear the clock when it is actually striking because microphones are connected to the clock tower.
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。

7. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong. Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
“大本”钟很少出差错。然而有一次，它却把时间报错了。

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.
Something has gone wrong with my car.

8. A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!
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！

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.

[Special Difficulites 难点]

(1) Official, Employee, Shop assistant

a) official 指任何在政府部门工作的人，即 “公职人员、官员”，也称civil servants:
Two important government officials were arrested yesterday.
两名重要政府政府官员昨天被逮捕。

b) employee指任何被雇来干固定工作的人，即 “雇员、雇用工人”：
Government employees went on strike.
政府雇员开始罢工了。

c) shop assisant 指那些在商店里招待顾客的人，即 “店员，售货员”，但美国英语中经常使用a sales clerk.：
She works as a shop-assistant in a clothing store.
She is a sales clerk (AmE ) in the supermarket.

(2) Hang / Hung & Hang / Hanged

a) hang表示 “悬挂” 时，过去时和过去分词都是 “hung”：
When the sun came out, she hung the washing on the line.

b) hang表示 “绞死、吊死”时，过去时和过去分词均是 “hanged”:
The murderer was hanged.

本课词组：

all over the world
the Houses of Parliament
burn down
take one’s name from
be responsible for
go wrong
give the correct time
slow down

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