新概念英语第二册 Lesson71（视频+音频+单词+课文重点）

Lesson 71
A famous clock
一个著名的大钟First listen and then answer the question.听录音，然后回答以下问题。
Has Big Ben ever gone wrong?
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。
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。
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。
It is not only of immense size, but is extremely accurate as well.
此钟不仅外型巨大，而且走时也非常准确。
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。
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。
Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.
“大本”钟很多出差错。

Once, however, it failed to give the correct time.
然而有一次，它却把时间报错了。
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！

 生字 

vocabulary

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

语法

grammar 

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）