Aloha的Scalers Talk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练 Day30 20181217

练习材料：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 not been burned down in 1834, the great clock would never have been crected. 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 !

wɛn juː ˈvɪzɪt ˈlʌndən, wʌn ɒv ðə fɜːst θɪŋz juː wɪl siː ɪz bɪg bɛn, ðə ˈfeɪməs klɒk wɪʧ kæn biː hɜːd ɔːl ˈəʊvə ðə wɜːld ɒn ðəbiː.biː.siː. ɪf ðə ˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt hæd hɒt biːn bɜːnd daʊn ɪn 1834, ðə greɪt klɒk wʊd ˈnɛvə hæv biːn ɪˈrɛktɪd. bɪg bɛn teɪksɪts neɪm frɒm sɜː ˈbɛnʤəmɪn hɔːl huː wɒz rɪsˈpɒnsəbl fɔː ðə ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɒv ðə klɒk wɛn ðə njuː ˈhaʊzɪz ɒv ˈpɑːləmənt wɜː ˈbiːɪŋbɪlt. ɪt ɪz nɒt ˈəʊnli ɒv ɪˈmɛns saɪz, bʌt ɪz ɪksˈtriːmli ˈækjʊrɪt æz wɛl. əˈfɪʃəlz frɒm ˈgrɪnɪʤ əbˈzɜːvətri hæv ðə klɒk ʧɛkt twaɪs ədeɪ. ɒn ðə biː.biː.siː. juː kæn hɪə ðə klɒk wɛn ɪt ɪz ˈækʧʊəli ˈstraɪkɪŋ bɪˈkɒz ˈmaɪkrəfəʊnz ɑː kəˈnɛktɪd tuː ðə klɒk ˈtaʊə. bɪg bɛnhæz ˈreəli gɒn rɒŋ. wʌns, haʊˈɛvə, ɪt feɪld tuː gɪv ðə kəˈrɛkt taɪm. ə ˈpeɪntə huː hæd biːn ˈwɜːkɪŋ ɒn ðə ˈtaʊə hʌŋ ə pɒt ɒv peɪntɒn wʌn ɒv ðə hændz ænd sləʊd ɪt daʊn任务配置：L1+L4

知识笔记：immense  painter  hung  [hʌŋ  paint [peɪnt]  observatory

练习感悟：现在有点纠结，还有不到两周就迎来本学期期末的第一门考试了。有点紧张，虽说好不容易重新捡起来新概念朗读，却不知道该用什么样的心情和态度来面对。考完六级之后觉得自己的英语还是很烂，而且，就算能考很高分，就代表英语好了吗？就能用外