用几句英语介绍Big Ben

来源:百度知道 编辑:UC知道 时间:2024/05/20 19:10:21
不用太长

Ben: This 316ft clock-tower was completed between 1858-59.Big Ben is named, probably, after Sir Benjamin Hall, the First Commissioner of Works.

Big Ben was first broadcast on New Year's Eve in 1923. The light above the clock is lit while the Commons is sitting. Big Ben weighs over 13 tons.

The clock mechanism, alone, weights about 5 tons. The figures on the clock face are about 2 feet long, the minute spaces are 1 ft. square; and the copper minute hands are14 ft. Long.

Whitechapel Bell Foundry - Makers of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell. Also hand bells, tower bells, clock bells, carillons, and turret bells

Big Ben
People all over the world write to Big Ben. They even send birthday presents. One present was a bottle of oil, to help keep Big Ben running. Big Ben is not a person. It's a clock!
Big Ben is a great clock high up in a tower of the parliament (议会) building. This is the building in London where laws are made. The pe