国外名胜 大本钟介绍 big ben.ppt

* Big Ben BIG BEN ◆LOCATION: at the eastern end of the House of Parliament, Westminster, Greater London ◆WEIGHT: over 13 tons ◆FIRST BROADCAST: on New Year’s Eve in 1923 ◆DISIGNER: Edmund Beckett and Baron Grimthorpe The Big Ben is very famous throughout the world, but nobody really knows why it is called Big Ben. There are two hearsays about this. Two Hearsays The first hearsay ◆The keyword: The second hearsay ◆The keyword: Benjamin Caunt Sir Benjamin Hall *