Westminster Palace
美音、自然拼读、分级阅读与词汇复习
United Kingdom ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH SEA IRELAND NORTHERN IRELAND SCOTLAND ENGLAND WALES Dublin London Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast River Thames H H H Table of Contents A Famous Bell.
联合王国 大西洋、北海、爱尔兰北部、英国群岛 都柏林 伦敦 Edinburgh Glasgow Belfast River Thames H H 目录 A名人钟.
4 An Old Building.
4 旧建筑。
6 Burned Down and Built Up.
6被烧倒并被建起.
7 Parliament.
7. 议会。
10 An Amazing Clock.
10 惊人的时钟。
12 Ben the Unstoppable.
12 Ben the Unsteptable. 12 Ben the Unsteptable. 12 Ben the Unstept. (原始内容存档于2013-07-10).
15 Glossary.
15 词汇。
16 An average-sized person could fit inside Big Ben many times over.
第 16 条 普通人可以多次融入大本营
A Famous Bell Big Ben is a huge bell at the top of a tall clock tower in London, England.
出名的"大钟"(A Famous Bell Big Ben)是位于英国伦敦一高钟楼顶部的一通巨大的钟.
The bell is as heavy as two elephants.
钟重如两象.
Big Ben, the tower, and the clock are all important.
大本所出,塔所出也;而钟所出,皆为相要.
They are part of Westminster Palace, which is home to Parliament.
他们是议会所在地威斯敏斯特宫的一部分.
People all over the world have heard of Big Ben.
诸天众生闻大本已.
Height of the tower: 96.
塔高:96.
3 meters (316 ft.)
3米(316平方英尺) 长相相接.
Parliament: 100 staircases, 1,100 rooms, 3 towers Buildings made of French and English limestone Number of steps to the top: 334 Bell size: 2.
议会:100个楼梯,1100个房间,由法国和英国石灰岩所制成的3个塔楼 上行台阶:334个钟楼大小:2.
7 meters (9 ft.)
7米(9英尺)长.
wide and 2.
宽和 2.
2 meters (7.
2米(7.
2 ft.)
2英尺长)
tall Bell weight: over 13 metric tons (14.
高点 钟重:超过13公吨(14.
3 t.)
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Parliament and Big Ben Westminster Hall is famous for its wooden roof.
议会和大本威斯敏斯特 霍尔以木制屋顶出名.
It’s the largest wooden roof of its kind in Northern Europe.
这是北欧最大的木制屋顶。
An Old Building Westminster Palace has several buildings.
一座老建筑威斯敏斯特宫有几所建筑.
The oldest building is Westminster Hall.
最古老的建筑是威斯敏斯特大厅.
The hall is more than nine hundred years old and is still used today.
该会所已有九百多年历史,今天仍被使用.
Kings and queens lived at Westminster until 1512.
国王和王后在威斯敏斯特居住至1512年.
This painting from the London Museum shows the fire of 1834.
伦敦博物馆的这幅画展示了1834年的起火.
Westminster Hall was the only building left after the fire.
威斯敏斯特大厅是火灾后仅存的建筑.
Burned Down and Built Up A fire in 1834 burned most of Westminster Palace.
1834年被烧倒并建起一所大火烧毁了威斯敏斯特宫的大部分.
Six years later, there was a search to find someone to build the palace again.
六年后,有搜出人来再建行宫.
Charles Barry got the job.
查尔斯・巴里得到了这份工作。
It took thirty years and a lot of money to build the new palace.
相去三十年又多出钱来建起新宫.
Barry and Pugin never got to see their finished buildings.
Barry和Pugin从未见过他们完成的建筑.
They died before the work was finished.
工作还没完成就死了
Augustus Pugin Charles Barry Augustus Pugin planned the clock that is part of the tower.
奥古斯都·普金·查尔斯·巴里·奥古斯都·普金规划了作为塔的一部分的钟.
Pugin decided to make a clock with four faces—one on each side.
普金决定用四面八方做一个钟,
Each clock face has 312 pieces of glass.
每个钟面有312块玻璃.
In building size alone (not counting the surrounding gardens), the Palace of Westminster occupies 32,374 square meters (348,480 sq.
仅建筑面积(不计周边花园),威斯敏斯特宫就占地32,374平方米(348,480平方英尺).
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ft.) (中文(简体) ).
of space in central London.
伦敦中部的空间。
There are 100 staircases and 1,100 rooms!
有100个楼梯和1100个房间!
Central Tower River Thames House of Lords House of Commons Westminster Hall Victoria Tower Elizabeth Tower Westminster Palace has three towers.
中塔·河·泰晤士河·上议院·下议院·威斯敏斯特大厅·维多利亚塔·伊丽莎白塔·威斯敏斯特宫有三座塔.
For many years, the Victoria Tower was the largest square stone tower in the world.
多年来,维多利亚塔是世界上最大的方形石塔.
The Elizabeth Tower is the clock tower that holds Big Ben.
伊丽莎白塔(英語:Elizabeth Tower)是承接"大本"的钟楼.
The Central Tower was planned as a chimney for smoke from fireplaces inside the palace.
中央塔被规划为烟囱,供宫内壁炉出烟.
The House of Commons has 650 members.
下议院有650名议员.
Parliament Westminster Palace is home to Parliament.
议会威斯敏斯特宫是议会的所在地.
Parliament is where people make laws for the United Kingdom.
议会是人们为联合王国制定法律的地方。
There are two houses in Parliament.
议会有两所院.
People in the House of Commons help to decide what laws to make.
下议院的人帮助决定制定什么法律.
They debate what the people need.
他们辩论人民需要什么。
The number of members in the House of Lords changes.
上议院议员人数有变化.
Its members are given a title by the king or queen.
其成员由国王或女王授予头衔.
People in the House of Lords have titles, such as Lord and Lady.
上议院的人拥有爵位和夫人等头衔.
Others are important members of the Church of England.
其他人是英国教会的重要成员.
The House of Lords works with the House of Commons to make laws.
上议院与下议院合作制定法律.
When everyone agrees, the laws become Acts of Parliament.
如果大家都同意,法律就成为议会法案。
Four people hang on ropes to clean Big Ben’s four faces.
四人挂起绳子来打扫大本的四相相.
An Amazing Clock Big Ben’s clock tells exactly the right time.
一个惊人的时钟 Big Ben的时钟正好说明了正确的时机。
People take good care of it.
众生善取.
It takes a long time to clean the clock faces.
清取钟相花相花相花.
People clean them every five years with soap and water.
人们每五年用肥皂和水来清洗.
With its four faces, Big Ben is the biggest chiming clock in the world.
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Each year, millions of people from around the world visit Big Ben.
每年有数百万来自世界各地的人访问大本.
People who live in the United Kingdom can go to the top of the Elizabeth Tower and see Big Ben.
住在英国的人可以去伊丽莎白塔顶部去见"大本".
There, they also get a great view of London and can see how the clocks work.
在那里,他们也获得了伦敦的好景并可以看到钟表是如何工作的.
Anyone can go to the Houses of Parliament, though.
任何人都可以去议会大厦,虽然。
Everyone can take pictures of the clock tower from the outside.
每个人都可以从外侧取出钟楼的照片.
People listen to Big Ben’s chimes and watch the fireworks on New Year’s Eve.
人们听大本营的鸣叫声,
Every New Year’s Eve, there is a huge fireworks show when Big Ben finishes chiming at midnight.
每年除夕,都会有一个巨大的烟花表演,当大本营在午夜完成鸣叫时.
Many people come from all over the United Kingdom to see the show.
许多来自英国各地的人来看节目.
Big Ben always looks amazing on that night.
大个子班那晚总是很迷人
Big Ben rings every fifteen minutes.
大本每15分钟响一次
People take good care of this landmark to make sure it always will.
人们会好好照顾这个地标 以确保它永远会。
Ben the Unstoppable Big Ben is important to the British people.
不可阻挡的大本能对英国人民很重要.
They hear its chimes every day on the radio and television.
他们每天都在广播和电视上听到它的鸣叫声.
When bombs damaged one of Big Ben’s clock faces, the bells kept on chiming.
当炸弹损坏了Big Ben的一个钟面时,钟声一直响起。
Big Ben never stops!
大本从不停止!
Glossary chiming (adj.)
词汇学(adj.)
capable of making a ringing sound (p.
能够发出响起的声音(p.
12) House of the part of the United Kingdom’s government whose members are elected; the lower house (p.
12) 英国政府部分议员由选举产生的议院;下议院(p.
10) House of the part of the United Kingdom’s government whose members are appointed; the upper house (p.
10) 联合王国政府部分的众议院,其成员由任命;上议院(p.
11) laws (n.)
11) 法律(不详)
rules or sets of rules made by governments (p.
政府制定的规则或成套规则(p.
10) Parliament (n.)
10) 议会(n.
part of the government of the United Kingdom, consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords (p.
英国部分政府,由下议院和上议院组成(p.
4) United a country and political union in western Europe that includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland (p.
4)在西欧联合一个国家和政治联盟,包括英格兰,苏格兰,威尔士和北爱尔兰(p.
10) Commons (n.)
10)常识 (n.
Kingdom (n.)
王国(不详)
Lords (n.)
领主 (n.