when you visit london,當你遊覽倫敦時，
one of the first things you will see is首先看到的東西之一就是「大本」鐘，big ben,
the famous clock which can be heard all即那座從英國廣播公司的廣播中全世界都可over the world on the 以聽到它的聲音的著名大鐘。if the houses of parliament had not been如果不是國會大廈在2023年被焚毀的話，burned down in 1834,
thegreatclockwouldneverh**ebeen這座大鐘永遠也不會建造。erected.
big ben takes its name from sir benjamin「大本」鐘得名於benjamin hall爵士，因hall who was responsible for the ******為當建造新的國會大廈時，他負責建造大鐘。oftheclockwhenthenewhousesofparliament were being is not only of immense size,but is extremely accurate as well.
此鐘不僅外型巨大，而且走時也非常準確。
the clock checked twice a day.此鐘。on the
當大鐘打點的時候，
，因為strikingbecausemicrophonesare鐘塔上接了麥克風。connected to the clock ben has rarely gone wrong.
「大本」鐘很少出差錯。
once,however,itfailedtogivethe然而有一次，它卻把時間報錯了。correct time.
hung a pot of paint on one of the在了一根指標上，把鐘弄慢了！hands and slowed it down!
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