(
课件网) Lesson 71 A famous clock Warming up Guessing game 1. personal remark 个人评论？ 人身攻击 2. dressing room 试衣间？ 化妆室 3. black art 黑色的艺术？ 妖术 4. pull one's leg 拉后腿 ？ 开玩笑 Don't pull my leg! Oral English What will you do if you travel to England Let’s review! be busy with/doing catch sight of charge at grow quiet be sure of oneself by this time once more feel sorry for be unaware of Revision 忙于 突然看见 向...进攻 变得安静 对某人有信心 直到这时 再一次，多一次 为…感到遗憾 没意识到… 1. parliament /‘pɑ:l m nt/ n.议会，国会 2. erect /i’rekt/ v.建起 3. accurate /‘ kjur t/ adj.准确的 4. official / ‘fi l/ n.官员，行政人员 5. Greenwich /‘ɡri:nit / n.格林尼治 6. observatory / b‘z :v t ri/ n.天文台 7. check /t ek/ v.检查 8. microphone /‘maikr f un / n.扩音器，麦克风 9. tower /‘tau / n.塔 New words parliament parliament n.议会，国会 the Houses of Parliament 国会大厦 the British Parliament 英国国会 美国国会？ Congress - the House of Representatives众议院 - the House of Senate参议院 accurate adj. 准确的 accurately adv. 准确地，精确地 observatory n. 天文台 observe vt. to see or notice sb./sth. 看到,注意到，观察到 The police observed a man enter the bank. 警察注意到一个男人走进了银行 。 check n/v. 检查 n.支票 check in 登记 He has just checked in at the hotel. 他刚刚在旅馆办好住宿手续。 check out 结账离开 Key phrases 1.all over the world 2.the Houses of Parliament 3.burn down 4.take its name from 5.be responsible for 6.not only…but also/as well 7.twice a day 8.connect to 9.sth. goes wrong 10.fail to do sth 11.slow down 1.全世界 2.国会 3.烧成平地 4.以.........命名 5.对.......负责 6.不但......而且 7.一天两次 8.连接 9.出故障 10.失败做某事 11.减速 1 What's the name of the famous clock in London (Big Ben. ) 2 Is it one of the first things you'll see when you visit London (Yes, it is. ) 3 It can be heard all over the world, can't it (Yes, it can. ) 4 Which radio station can it be heard on (On the B. B. C. ) 5. Why did the Big Ben fail to give the correct time ( Because a painter hung a pot of paint on one of the hands.) Hot Seat Lesson 71 A famous clock When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock 1. _____ 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 2. _____(responsibility) for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built. It is not only 3. ____ immense size, 4.____ is extremely accurate as well. Officials from Greenwich Observatory have the clock 5._____(check) twice a day. On the B.B.C. you can hear the clock when it is actually 6._____(strike) because microphones are connected to the clock tower. Big Ben has rarely 7._____(go) wrong. Once, however, it failed 8._____(give) the correct time. A painter 9. _____ had been working on the towe ... ...
