不知道有谁能解答下这几句英语我现在正在学新概念英语第二册71课,一个著名的钟这篇课文.其中遇见一些不懂的句子,the m

不知道有谁能解答下这几句英语
我现在正在学新概念英语第二册71课,一个著名的钟这篇课文.其中遇见一些不懂的句子,the making of the clockwhen the new Housesof Parliament were being built.请问这句话中的making是名词还是动词,因为前面有定冠词the这句话该怎么翻译呢?make of一般是指由什么的制作.Big Ben has rarely gone wrong.这句话中的rarely是什么意思呢?it failed to give thecorrect time.这句话也是correct是动词还是名词,我所知道的是改正的意思.A painter who had been working on the tower hung a pot of paint on one of the hands and slowed it down!这句话中的hung前面为什么不加and呢?