Every year, millions of tourists come to London to see and listen tp Big Ben. But, what exactly is Big Ben?
Most people think that Big Ban is the tall clock tower that stands above the Houses of Parliament. Well no! Big Ben is not the clock tower. It is one of the four huge bells inside the tower. Its name comes from the bell`s commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall, or Ben. The tower is 98 meters high. The bell inside the tower is 14 tons. The clock on the tower is also huge. Each of the four clock faces is 7 meters wide. The hour hands are about 3 meters long and the minute hands are about 4 meters long.
Perhaps one day you can go to London and see this amasing tourist attraction.
1)down 2)make 3) will have 4)is leaving 5) won't drop 6) as soon as space probes, built, delivered, space journeys, space station, shuttle ТЕКСТ Nowadays travelling even to Earth’s closest neighbour planet Mars, let alone the planets in other /solar systems/, is still impractical. A trip to Mars and back would take more than a year. The /equipment/, supplies and fuel for such a trip would /require/ a vast rocket to launch a spacecraft from Earth. A return trip to the outer planets would take a lifetime. For the time being, /scientific research/ remain the best way of exploring distant worlds. Work is under way on a new international /shuttle/, which will be a base for a /space station/ . It is a modular structure, being built in space module-by-module, with sections being /delivered/ into orbit by the /space probes/ and unmanned launch vehicles. In the future, space stations such as this, or permanent bases on the Moon, could be a starting point for /space journeys/. Spacecraft would be /built/ and launched from there rather than from Earth.
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Every year, millions of tourists come to London to see and listen tp Big Ben. But, what exactly is Big Ben?
Most people think that Big Ban is the tall clock tower that stands above the Houses of Parliament. Well no! Big Ben is not the clock tower. It is one of the four huge bells inside the tower. Its name comes from the bell`s commissioner of works, Sir Benjamin Hall, or Ben. The tower is 98 meters high. The bell inside the tower is 14 tons. The clock on the tower is also huge. Each of the four clock faces is 7 meters wide. The hour hands are about 3 meters long and the minute hands are about 4 meters long.
Perhaps one day you can go to London and see this amasing tourist attraction.