It's one of the must-see必看 attractions景點 for visitors to London. Most tourists only get to look at the outside of the famous clock tower鐘塔. But for a few thousand people a year who organise a tour of it, this is how it sounds on the inside... The clanking叮噹 of the old machinery which operates the clock and those bongs煙斗.
It can only be visited if it's arranged安排 in advance推進, 促進 by contacting a member of Parliament, usually only done by the small number of UK residents who are aware知道,察覺 of it.
But rather than those tours being free in future, there'll be a charge of fifteen pounds per person. House of Commons officials say it will simply cover the 111-thousand pounds a year it costs to provide the tours.
But a group of disgruntled不滿 MPs argue that UK residents already pay through their taxes. They say Big Ben is a world-renowned世界著名的 symbol of British democracy, and visiting it should be free.
It can only be visited if it's arranged安排 in advance推進, 促進 by contacting a member of Parliament, usually only done by the small number of UK residents who are aware知道,察覺 of it.
But rather than those tours being free in future, there'll be a charge of fifteen pounds per person. House of Commons officials say it will simply cover the 111-thousand pounds a year it costs to provide the tours.
But a group of disgruntled不滿 MPs argue that UK residents already pay through their taxes. They say Big Ben is a world-renowned世界著名的 symbol of British democracy, and visiting it should be free.
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