1. Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for the making of the clock when the new Houses of Parliament were being built.
    "大本"钟得名于本杰明.霍尔爵士，因为当建造新的国会大厦时，他负责建造大钟。

2. Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.
    "大本"钟很少出差错。

3. Ben stared a moment, and then said:
    本盯着看了一会儿，然后说：

4. Ben came nearer.
    本走近他。

5. Ben had never thought of this before.
    本还从来没有想到过这一点。

6. Ben was watching every move and getting more and more interested.
    本注视着他的一举一动，变得越来越感兴趣。

7. By the time Ben was tired out, Tom had traded the next chance to Billy Fisher for a kite in good repair; and when he played out, Johnny Miller bought in for a dead rat and a string to swing it with; and so on, and so on, hour after hour.
    等到本累垮了，汤姆早已把粉刷权转让给比利·费希尔，换来一只完好的风筝。比利·费希尔干不下去了，约翰尼·米勒把粉刷权买了下来，代价是一只死耗子，和一条甩着玩的绳子。于是买主一个接着一个地来了，时间也一小时又一小时地过去了。

8. Ben Franklin did it at age 32.
    本·富兰克林在32岁时就是这样做的。

9. When you visit London, one of the first things you will see is Big Ben, the famous clock which can be heard all over the world on the B. B. C.
    当你游览伦敦时，首先看到的东西之一就是"大本"钟，即那座从英国广播公司的广播中全世界都可以听到它的声音的著名大钟。

10. "If they're doing really badly in a subject, that makes kids want to cheat so they can get a better grade," says first Class Scout Ben Patrick, 11, from Troop 69, Palatine, Illinois.
    "孩子们如果某一门功课学得实在太差，他们就会想作弊，这样他们就能得个好一点的分数。"本·帕特里克说。本，11岁，来自伊利诺伊州的帕拉蒂尼，是第69中队的一名一等童子军。

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