大本钟要成伦敦斜塔?
<p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Leaning">Leaning</span> <span word="Tower">Tower</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="London">London</span>: <span word="Time">Time</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="tilting">tilting</span> <span word="Big">Big</span> <span word="Ben">Ben</span></p><p>伦敦斜塔: 大本钟不能再倾斜了</p><p><span word="Fears">Fears</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="stability">stability</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Big">Big</span> <span word="Ben">Ben</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="raised">raised</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="beginning">beginning</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="tilt">tilt</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="side">side</span>.</p><p>人们一直在担心大本钟的长期稳定性：它已经开始向一边倾斜了。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="top">top</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="clock">clock</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="leaning">leaning</span> <span word="one">one</span>-<span word="and">and</span>-<span word="a">a</span>-<span word="half">half</span> <span word="feet">feet</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="level">level</span> <span word="position">position</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="surveyors">surveyors</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="worse">worse</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>.</p><p>据监测员的测量结果，钟楼的顶部已经偏离水平位置倾斜了1.5英尺，而且每年的倾斜幅度都在增加。</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Westminster">Westminster</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="houses">houses</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="giant">giant</span> <span word="bell">bell</span> <span word="known">known</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="Big">Big</span> <span word="Ben">Ben</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="sinking">sinking</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="banks">banks</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Thames">Thames</span>, <span word="partly">partly</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="result">result</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="excavation">excavation</span>.</p><p>大本钟的钟楼位于威斯敏斯特区，目前钟楼正慢慢陷入泰晤士河的河岸里，部分是因为长期的地下挖掘施工造成的。</p><p><span word="Subterranean">Subterranean</span> <span word="works">works</span> <span word="beneath">beneath</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Jubilee">Jubilee</span> <span word="line">line</span> <span word="station">station</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="underground">underground</span> <span word="car">car</span> <span word="park">park</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sewers">sewers</span>.</p><p>钟楼下方的地下施工包括银禧线地铁站台，还有一个地下停车场和部分下水道工程。</p><p><span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="lurch">lurch</span> <span word="of">of</span> 0.26 <span word="degrees">degrees</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="visible">visible</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="naked">naked</span> <span word="eye">eye</span>—<span word="and">and</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="uncorrected">uncorrected</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="cause">cause</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="tower">tower</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="crash">crash</span>.</p><p>据说现在大本钟0.26的倾斜度用肉眼都能清晰看到，如果不进行矫正，可能会造钟楼倒塌。</p>
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