надо написать сочинение биг бен глазами русского школьника на английском языке
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AlbaRicoThebig clock on the tower of the Palace of Westminster in London is often calledBig Ben. But Big Ben is really the bell of the clock. It is the biggest clockbell in Britain. It weighs 13.5 tons.Theclock tower is 318 feet high. You have to go up 374 steps to reach the top. Sothe clock looks small from the pavement below the tower.Butits face is 23 feet wide. It would only just fit into some classrooms.Theminute-hand is 14 feet long. Its weight is equal to that of two bags of coal.The hour-hand is 9 feet long.Theclock bell is called Big Ben after Sir Benjamin Hall. He had the job to seethat the bell was put up.SirBenjamin was a big man. One day he said in Parliament, "Shall we call thebell St. Stephen's?" St. Stephen's is the name of the tower.Butsomeone said for a joke, "Why not call it Big Ben?" Now the bell isknown all over the world by that name.
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