Artemis的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day7120181217

练习材料:

[Day 1543 2018-12-17]

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 !

任务配置:LO+L4

知识笔记:

wɛn jʊ ˈvɪzət ˈlʌndən, wʌn əv ðə fɜrst θɪŋz jʊ wɪl si əz bɪg bɛn, ðə ˈfeɪməs klɑk wɪʧ kən bi hɜrd ɔl ˈoʊvər ðə wɜrld ɑn ðə bi.bi.si. ɪf ðə ˈhaʊsəz əv ˈpɑrləmənt həd hɑt bɪn bɜrnd daʊn ɪn 1834, ðə greɪt klɑk wəd ˈnɛvər həv bɪn ɪˈrɛktəd. bɪg bɛn teɪks ɪts neɪm frəm sɜr ˈbɛnʤəmən hɔl hu wəz riˈspɑnsəbəl fər ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ əv ðə klɑk wɛn ðə nu ˈhaʊsəz əv ˈpɑrləmənt wər ˈbiɪŋ bɪlt. ɪt əz nɑt ˈoʊnli əv ɪˈmɛns saɪz, bət əz ɛkˈstrimli ˈækjərət əz wɛl. əˈfɪʃəlz frəm ˈgrɛnɪʧ əbˈzɜrvəˌtɔri həv ðə klɑk ʧɛkt twaɪs ə deɪ. ɑn ðə bi.bi.si. jʊ kən hir ðə klɑk wɛn ɪt əz ˈækʧuəli ˈstraɪkɪŋ bɪˈkəz ˈmaɪkroʊˌfoʊnz ər kəˈnɛktəd tə ðə klɑk ˈtaʊər. bɪg bɛn həz ˈrɛrli gɔn rɔŋ. wʌns, ˌhaʊˈɛvər, ɪt feɪld tə gɪv ðə kəˈrɛkt taɪm. ə ˈpeɪntər hu həd bɪn ˈwɜrkɪŋ ɑn ðə ˈtaʊər hʌŋ ə pɑt əv peɪnt ɑn wʌn əv ðə hændz ənd sloʊd ɪt daʊn !

Parliament/ ˈpɑrləmənt /n.(英国)议会

Erected/ ɪˈrɛktəd /v.建造(楼房、墙壁或其他直立的建筑物)

Accurate/ ˈækjərət /adj.(尤指信息、量度或预测)准确的,精确的

Greenwich/ ˈgrɛnɪʧ /格林尼治(格林尼治英国皇家天文台原址)

Observatory/ əbˈzɜrvəˌtɔri /n.天文台,观象台

Microphones/ ˈmaɪkroʊˌfoʊnz /n.扩音器、麦克风,话筒

Hung/ hʌŋ /v悬着,吊着

Pot/ pɑt /n.罐,壶,钵

Paint/ peɪnt /n.油漆,涂料

心得感悟:跟着录音读,好像能更容易捕捉到自己朗读时的语调和录音语调的差异,虽然还不能做到完全一致,但已经比较接近,继续加油。

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