名胜古迹2.ppt

* 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 Years 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. White chapel Bell Foundry - Makers of Big Ben and the Liberty Bell. Also hand bells, tower bells, clock bells, carillons, and turret bells The London Eye has become one of the city’s landmarks and a great tourist attraction. The creator of this design, Julia Barfield, says on the London Eye website: ‘The ingredients of the wheel are simple - a universal desire to see the earth and cities from a great height and the natural human fascination with scale, daring and beauty.’ sphinx. main building materials is limestone, part is granite. * * * 伦敦眼已经成为一个城市的自然风貌和一个伟大的旅游景点。创造这样的设计，朱莉娅巴菲尔德说，对伦敦眼网址： ‘成分的车轮很简单-一个普遍渴望看到地球和城市，从一个伟大的高度和人类天然的魅力与规模，勇敢和美貌。 一座狮身人面像．主要建材为石灰岩，部分为花岗岩。