Mr. L 的ScalersTalk第五轮《新概念》朗读持续力训练 Day71 - 20191220

2019-12-20, starting at 2019-10-11 

    新概念英语第二册 Lesson 71: 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 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!

练习材料（每天自己打写一遍熟悉文章）：

任务配置：L0 + L1 + L2 + L3 + L4 (L0 朗读；L1 音标朗读；L2 点评；L3 复述；L4 读后感）

知识笔记：

    单词/词组:（每个单词/词组自己造一个句子）

        - B.B.C.

        - Houses of parliament，parliament 议会；国会。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。eg. I crossed the street to go the Houses of parliament.

        - erect，建起。eg. The soldiers had erected barricades to protect themselves. 

        - Sir Benjamin Hall, 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。

        - it is not only of immense size，be of…表示人或物的特征. eg. They are of the same sie/age.

        - Greenwich observatory，Greenwich 格林威治（又译格林尼治），位于伦敦东南，是本初子午线，即经度零度经过的地方；observatory，天文台

        - go wrong，go wrong为固定短语，其含义之一是“（机器等）发生故障”、“出毛病”。eg. Something has gone wrong with my car; My watch has gone wrong. 

        - a pot of paint，油漆桶。

    复述Retell：

练习感悟：

Thoughts: 每日精进就是确认自己的朗读首先自己挑不出问题了（朗读+复述）。

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