求一篇关于介绍英国大本钟的英语习作介绍大本钟的英语作文,什么什么的
求一篇关于介绍英国大本钟的英语习作
介绍大本钟的英语作文,什么什么的
求一篇关于介绍英国大本钟的英语习作介绍大本钟的英语作文,什么什么的
求一篇关于介绍英国大本钟的英语习作
介绍大本钟的英语作文,什么什么的
没问题,字数偏多,望谅解.可能修辞比较专业,望修改得简单一点.
BigBenisthenicknameforthegreatbelloftheclockatthenorthendofthePalaceofWestminsterinLondon,andisgenerallyextendedtorefertotheclockortheclocktoweraswell.Itisthelargestfour-facedchimingclockandthethird-tallestfree-standingclocktowerintheworld.Itcelebratedits150thanniversaryon31May2009,duringwhichcelebratoryeventstookplace.Theerectingofthetowerwascompletedon10April1858.TheclocktowerhasbecomeoneofthemostprominentsymbolsofbothLondonandEngland,oftenintheestablishingshotoffilmssetinthecity.
ThepresentClockTowerwasraisedasapartofCharlesBarry'sdesignforanewpalace,aftertheoldPalaceofWestminsterwaslargelydestroyedbyfireonthenightof16October1834.ThenewParliamentwasbuiltinaNeo-gothicstyle.AlthoughBarrywasthechiefarchitectofthePalace,heturnedtoAugustusPuginforthedesignoftheClockTower,whichresemblesearlierPugindesigns,includingoneforScarisbrickHall.ThedesignfortheClockTowerwasPugin'slastdesignbeforehisfinaldescentintomadnessanddeath,andPuginhimselfwrote,atthetimeofBarry'slastvisittohimtocollectthedrawings:"IneverworkedsohardinmylifeforMrBarryfortomorrowIrenderallthedesignsforfinishinghisbelltower&itisbeautiful."ThetowerisdesignedinPugin'scelebratedGothicRevivalstyle,andis96.3metres(316ft)high(roughly16stories).
Thebottom61metres(200ft)oftheClockTower'sstructureconsistsofbrickworkwithsandcolouredAnstonlimestonecladding.Theremainderofthetower'sheightisaframedspireofcastiron.Thetowerisfoundedona15-metre(49ft)squareraft,madeof3-metre(9.8ft)thickconcrete,atadepthof4metres(13ft)belowgroundlevel.Thefourclockdialsare55metres(180ft)aboveground.Theinteriorvolumeofthetoweris4,650cubicmetres(164,200cubicfeet).
Despitebeingoneoftheworld'smostfamoustouristattractions,theinteriorofthetowerisnotopentooverseasvisitors,thoughUnitedKingdomresidentsareabletoarrangetours(wellinadvance)throughtheirMemberofParliament.However,thetowerhasnolift,sothoseescortedmustclimbthe334limestonestairstothetop.
Becauseofchangesingroundconditionssinceconstruction(notablytunnellingfortheJubileeLineextension),thetowerleansslightlytothenorth-west,byroughly220millimetres(8.66in)attheclockdials,givinganinclinationofapproximately1/250.Duetothermaleffectsitoscillatesannuallybyafewmillimetreseastandwest.
Please,翻译下下
全篇具体翻译有点不情愿啊,确实没时间了。大概说一下吧,第一段是对大本钟历史的介绍,第二段是对大本钟造型来历的介绍,第三段是对大本钟结构的介绍,第四段是对大本钟工作(发音)情况的介绍。不过用词比较专业,如果你是拿来做普通的中学英语作文的话,建议你改稍微简化一点。或者你直接上交也无所谓。