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The clock is renowned for its accuracy and even survived a dozen attacks by Luftwaffe bombers during the Second World War, continuing to mark the time within one and a half seconds of GMT. It has, however been late on occasion. In 1962 snow accumulation caused the clock to ring in the new year ten minutes late and in 1976 the clock stopped when a piece of its machinery broke. It also ground to a halt on April 30, 1997, just 24 hours before the general election and once more three weeks later. Big Ben is the name of the clock' s 13tonne bell, which was named after Sir Benjamin Hall, the British Commissioner of Works at the time of the clock' s construction. The official name for the Gothic tower in which Big Ben nestles is St Stephen' s Tower. Standing 100 metres 315ft tall it was completed in 1858, after an 1834 fire destroyed most of the Palace of Westminster. |
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dà běn zhōng yīn qí zǒu shí zhǔn què ér míng yáng sì hǎi, èr zhàn qī jiān, tā jīng shòu zhù le lái zì dé guó nà cuì kōng jūn de 10 yú cì kuáng hōng làn zhà, yī rán jì xù bào shí qiě yǔ biāo zhǔn shí jiān de wù chā bù chāo guò 1. 5 miǎo. dāng rán, dà běn zhōng ǒu ěr yě huì chū xiàn" wǎn diǎn" de qíng kuàng. zài 1962 nián, yóu yú xuě huā bù duàn duī jī, shǐ de xīn nián zhōng shēng bǐ zhèng cháng shí jiān wǎn xiǎng le 10 fēn zhōng. ér zài 1976 nián, yīn wèi yí gè jī xiè bù jiàn duàn liè, dà běn zhōng gān cuì bù" zǒu" le. tā hái zài 1997 nián 4 yuè 3 rì tíng guò yī cì, jiù zài dà xuǎn de qián yì tiān, hái yǒu yī cì zài sān zhōu zhī hòu. dà běn zhōng shí jì shang shì zhè kǒu dà zhōng 13 dūn zhòng de" líng dāng" bù fèn, shì yǐ běn jié míng huò ěr jué shì de míng zì mìng míng de, tā shì dāng nián zhù zào zhè kǒu zhōng shí jiān dū gōng chéng de yīng guó zhuān yuán. dà běn zhōng suǒ chǔ de gē tè shì tǎ lóu de guān fāng míng chēng shì shèng sī dì fēn tǎ. 100 mǐ 315 yīng chǐ de gāo lóu yú 1858 nián wán gōng, cǐ qián zài 1834 nián yī chǎng dà huǒ cuī huǐ le wēi sī mǐn sī tè gōng de dà bù fèn. |