新概念英语第二册课文及翻译71到80

新概念英语第二册课文及翻译71到80

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Lesson71 A famous clock 一个的大钟

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 !

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能够听到它的声音的大钟。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。“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。此钟不但外型巨大，而且走时也非常准确。格林尼治天文台的

官员们每天两次派人矫正此钟。当大钟打点的时候，你能够从英国广

播公司的广播中听到，因为钟塔上接了麦克风。“大本”钟很多出差错。不过有一次，它却把时间报错。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！

Lesson72 A car called Bluebird “蓝鸟”汽车

The great racing driver, Sir Malcolm Campbell, was the

first man to drive at over 300 miles per hour. He set up a

new world record in September 1935 at Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah. Bluebird, the car he was driving, had been specially

built for him. It was over 30 feet in length and had a 2500 horse-power engine. Although Campbell reached a speed of over 304 miles per hour, he had great difficulty in controlling

the car because a tyre burst during the first run. After his attempt, Campbell was disappointed to learn that his average speed had been 299 miles per hour. However, a few days later, he was told that a mistake had been made. His average speed had been 301 miles per hour. Since that time, racing drivers have reached speeds of over 400 miles an hour. Following his father's footsteps many years later, Sir Malcolm's son, Donald, also set up a world record. Like his father, he was driving a car called Bluebird.

杰出的赛车选手马尔科姆.坎贝尔爵士是第一个以每小时超过300

英里的速度驾车的人。他于1935年9月在犹他州的邦纳维尔盐滩创造

了一项新的世界纪录。他驾驶的“蓝鸟”牌汽车是专门为他制造的。

它的车身长30英尺，有一个2,500 马力的发动机。即使坎贝尔达到了每小时超过304英里的速度，但他很难把汽车控制住，因为在开始的

行程中爆了一只轮胎。比赛结束后，坎贝尔非常失望地得知他的平均

时速是299英里。不过，几天之后，有人告诉他说弄错了。他的平均

时速实际是301英里。从那时以来，赛车选手已达到每小时600英里

的速度。很多年之后，马尔科姆爵士的儿子唐纳德踏着父亲的足迹，

也创造了一项世界纪录。同他父亲一样，他也驾驶着一辆名叫“蓝鸟”的汽车。

Lesson73 The record-holder 纪录保持者