听美文故事记6级单词03-08
时间：2018-11-30 作者：英语课 分类：听美文故事记6级单词
8. Mystery as Big Ben falls Silent for an Hour
The chimes of Big Ben were silenced for over an hour on Friday night but the cause remains 1 a mystery, an engineer said today.
The Palace of Westminster's 147-year-old clock, considered to be one of the most reliable in the world, stopped at 10.07pm.
The minute hand started to move again slowly but stalled a second time at 10.20pm where it is reported to have remained for 90 minutes before the hands were reset 2.
It was thought the hot weather may have been to blame. Temperatures in London reached a high of 31.8C (90F) yesterday and forecasters declared it the hottest May day since 1953.
But an engineer at the palace said the cause was unclear. He said: "We've been told there was a minor 3 glitch 4 but then it was started up again."
The clock is renowned 5 for its accuracy and even survived a dozen attacks by Luftwaffe bombers 6 during the Second World War, continuing to mark the time within one and a half seconds of GMT.
It has, however been late on occasion. In 1962 snow accumulation caused the clock to ring in the new year ten minutes late and in 1976 the clock stopped when a piece of its machinery 7 broke.
It also ground to a halt on April 30, 1997, just 24 hours before the general election and once more three weeks later.
Big Ben is the name of the clock's 13-tonne bell, which was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the British Commissioner 8 of Works at the time of the clock's construction. The official name for the Gothic tower in which Big Ben nestles is St Stephen's Tower. Standing 9 100 metres (315ft) tall it was completed in 1858, after an 1834 fire destroyed most of the Palace of Westminster.
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
- As soon as you arrive at your destination,step out of the aircraft and reset your wristwatch.你一到达目的地，就走出飞机并重新设置手表时间。
- He is recovering from an operation to reset his arm.他做了一个手臂复位手术，正在恢复。
- The young actor was given a minor part in the new play.年轻的男演员在这出新戏里被分派担任一个小角色。
- I gave him a minor share of my wealth.我把小部分财产给了他。
- There is a glitch in the computer program somewhere.这个计算机程序中的某个部分有点小问题。
- It could just be a random glitch that can be solved by restarting the machine.可能只是一个小故障，重新启动主机就能解决了。
- He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
- She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。
- Enemy bombers carried out a blitz on the city. 敌军轰炸机对这座城市进行了突袭。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The Royal Airforce sill remained dangerously short of bombers. 英国皇家空军仍未脱离极为缺乏轰炸机的危境。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- Has the machinery been put up ready for the broadcast?广播器材安装完毕了吗？
- Machinery ought to be well maintained all the time.机器应该随时注意维护。
- The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
- He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。