Part1FriendsQ: Are your friends mostly your age or different ages? Why?同年龄:my friends—my classmates—in school—no chance to know other people—we can only make friends with the people we know—common interests—common background of growing up—stay together everyday—do everything together—become part of our growing memory—develop trust—no generation gap—easily fast friends.不同年龄:older friends—more experience—make me more mature—learn from them—I can outgrow people of my own age younger friends—enjoy your power—tell them what to do—the decision making right is always in your hand—responsibility—growth—leadership—younger people want to learn from you—pressure-become betterQ: Do you usually see your friends during the week or at weekends? Why?We see each other almost everyday since we’re classmates, duh?We go to class together, we recess together, we go for independent study together.Over the weekend, we often do sports or go to the coffee shop or just hang out by the lake.Q: The last time you saw your friends, what did you do together?Play basketball—my friends—I met on the basketball court—so naturally—the most common thing we do is playing basketball—it’s boring?—not really—We enjoy it very much—it’s like our common language.Q: In what ways are your friends important to you?I can learn a lot from my friends, such as how to deal with difficulties, how to work with others, how to express myself clearly.True friends should listen to each other, give each other understandings and supports and respect the choices each makes.By making friends, I can communicate with different people at different time.Friends are one of the most important assets in life, they keep you from being lonely, having friends around is a blessing.Part2Describe an interesting historic placeYou should say:What it isWhere it is locatedWhat you can see there nowAnd explain why this place is interesting长城: Greatwall世界七大奇迹之一: one of the seven wonders of the world辉煌: Chinese glory in the past北方国家的防御攻势: military structure for the north kingdom北京,山海关: Beijing, Shanhaiguan, many places你可以看到城墙, 烽火台, 成千上万的国内外游客ancient wall—imagine history—millions of tourists home and abroad—mountains中国有句老话: 不到长城非好汉There’s an old Chinese saying, you’re not truly a man without visiting the great wall看一些壮观的东西, 震撼自己的心灵To witness something majestic, shake the very core of your soul.沈阳: 一宫两陵one palace, two mausoleums/ tombs沈阳清代故宫和福陵,昭陵Shenyang Imperial PalaceFirst royal palace of the last feudal dynasty—Qing DynastyQing Fuling Tomb & Qing Zhaoling Tomb被联合国教科文组织评为世界文化遗产named world heritage—by UNESCOUnited Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization北京故宫的一个缩小版a miniature of Beijing Forbidden CityPart3Looking after historic placesQ: How do people in your country feel about protecting historic buildings?过去: 冷漠现在: 政府教育和宣传, 人们自我意识加强, 民族自尊心增强,爱国主义高涨意识现在越来越好, 政府投钱修复古建筑,获得更好保护Past: indifferent—ignorant to the values of such buildings—scribble on themNow:Government: Education / publicity / put much money into restoration project People: awareness—improve more alive to our national tradition and identity patriotic / patriotism所以: historic buildings are much better protected.Q: Do you think an area can benefit from having an interesting historic place locally? In what way?旅游业: make local area famous—attract tourists—tourism development—more people are coming—bring investment—increase employment—improve life quality—attracts world attention—more opportunitiesQ: What do you think will happen to historic places or buildings in the future?Why?Better preserved—because people are aware of the importance of such buildingsMore accessible—road construction, opening air flights, bring more people thereMore affordable—tickets cheaper/ more common people can goGlobally shared—what’s national becomes internationalThe teaching of history at schoolQ: How were you taught history when you were at school?Lecture class—teacher lectures—students listen and take notes—no interaction—lots of writing—memorize—standard test—who remembers the most—history should be very exciting, but it’s so boring to learnQ: Are there other ways people can learn about history, apart from school? How?TravelTV programs: Discovery Channels/ National Geographic ChannelsMovies: Schindler’s List / Gandhi / the last emperor / Alexander/ King Arthur MuseumQ: Do you think history will still be a school subject in the future? Why?Younger generation—become indifferent to cultural past, historic glory—many traditions and customs will be lost.We need to answer three questions in order to become a better self1. How did we get here?2. Who are we?3. Where are we going?A nation will never have a future without knowing her past.。