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高分找大笨钟简历英文

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  BigBenisoneofLondon'sbest-knownlandmarks,andlooksmostspectacularatnightwhentheclockfacesareilluminated.Youevenknowwhenparliamentisinsession,becausealightshinesabovetheclockface.   Thefourdialsoftheclockare23feetsquare,theminutehandis14feetlongandthefiguresare2feethigh.Minutelyregulatedwithastackofcoinsplacedonthehugependulum,BigBenisanexcellenttimekeeper,whichhasrarelystopped.   ThenameBigBenactuallyrefersnottotheclock-toweritself,buttothethirteentonbellhungwithin.Thebellwasnamedafterthefirstcommissionerofworks,SirBenjaminHall.   hisbellcameoriginallyfromtheoldPalaceofWestminster,itwasgiventotheDeanofSt.Paul'sbyWilliamIII.BeforereturningtoWestminstertohanginitspresenthome,itwasrefashionedinWhitechapelin1858.TheBBCfirstbroadcastthechimesonthe31stDecember1923-thereisamicrophoneintheturretconnectedtoBroadcastingHouse.   Duringthesecondworldwarin1941,anincendiarybombdestroyedtheCommonschamberoftheHousesofParliament,buttheclocktowerremainedintactandBigBencontinuedtokeeptimeandstrikeawaythehours,itsuniquesoundwasbroadcasttothenationandaroundtheworld,awelcomereassuranceofhopetoallwhoheardit.   ThereareevencellswithintheclocktowerwhereMembersofParliamentcanbeimprisonedforabreachofparliamentaryprivilege,thoughthisisrare;thelastrecordedcasewasin1880.   Thetowerisnotopentothegeneralpublic,butthosewitha"specialinterest"mayarrangeavisittothetopoftheClockTowerthroughtheirlocal(UK)MP.
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