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。

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Big Ben takes its name from Sir Benjamin Hall who was responsible for them 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。”

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A half century before that, Ben Franklin helped to build a hall in Philadelphia and said the top of this hall would be open to a Muslim preacher from Constant and Obal This is the early 18th century in America.

再有半个世纪前，本·富兰克林帮助在费城建立了一座会堂,他说会堂的顶层将向,一位来自Constant和Obal的穆斯林布道者开放,这些都发生在18世纪的美国。

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At least, that was what lawyers from the UK argued during a debate at Philadelphia's Ben Franklin Hall.

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