00:00.00] CHAPTER THREE Reading

[00:03.81]page 39 PLACES OF INTEREST

[00:08.86]Last Saturday,Debbie arrived at Sunbeam Travel and was given an urgent job.

[00:15.70]Mr Yang gave her this information

[00:19.67]and asked her to arrange a tour programme

[00:23.72]for a group of 20 tourists visiting China.

[00:28.08]1 The Great Wall rises and falls,

[00:33.12]twists and turns along the hill-tops of mountain chains in northern China.

[00:40.49]It is the only man-made structure which can be seen from space.

[00:46.73]Construction of the wall began in the fifth century B.C.

[00:52.58]The wall finally took shape in the the third century B.C.

[00:57.76]It is preserved as a historic monument today.

[01:02.72]Travellers can go by car or train

[01:07.37]to visit a famous section of the wall called Badaling,

[01:13.01]which is 85 kilometres north of Beijing.

[01:18.47]2 The new Shanghai Museum Building

[01:23.33]is a magnificent structure with a square base and a circular top.

[01:29.57]The centre of the top is a glass dome

[01:33.65]which looks like a huge bronze mirror of the Han Dynasty.

[01:39.81]The museum's collections of ancient Chinese bronze,ceramics,

[01:45.87]paintings and calligraphy are well-known in the world.

[01:51.44]Museum open 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

[01:57.60]3The Peak Tram has been making the seven-minute journey to the Peak since 1888.

[02:06.75]You can enjoy a superb view of Hong Kong from the Peak.

[02:12.39]The lower terminus is only a five-minute walk from the Bank of China Building.

[02:19.55]4 The scenery along the Lijiang River in Guilin

[02:25.29]is just like a beautiful landscape painting.

[02:29.76]Take a boat trip,and you will be fascinated by the oddly-shaped hills and peaks

[02:36.21]along the river and also their reflections in the clear water.

[02:42.09] LISTENING page 42

[02:46.35]Following directions on a map.

[02:50.71]Listen to this conversation.

[02:54.47]The woman is telling the man about her tour of Europe last summer.

[03:01.55]Using a pencil,draw lines on the map of Europe to show where she went.

[03:09.91]Next to each line,write down how she travelled(e.g.by plane),as in the example.

[03:20.96]Woman:We had a very good tour of Europe last summer.

[03:26.52]Man:Where did you go?

[03:29.68]Woman:Well,first we flew to Amsterdam.

[03:35.54] After a couple of days in Amsterdam,we went to Berlin.

[03:42.62] We took a train from Amsterdam to Berlin.

[03:48.18]Man:Did you stay there long?

[03:52.15]Woman:Just a couple of days,then we went by bus from Berlin to Brussels.

[04:02.00]Man:Did you see any snow,when you were in Europe?

[04:07.95]Woman:Yes,we went from Brussels to Zurich.We went by train.

[04:15.90] Zurich is in Switzerland and it's very high in the mountains.

[04:23.16] So we saw some snow even though it was the summer.

[04:28.90]Man:Where did you go after Zurich?

[04:33.87]Woman:Well,we hired a car in Zurich and we drove from there down to Venice.

[04:42.62]Man:Was it difficult to go by car?

[04:47.37]Woman:No,we just had to drive carefully,especially over the mountains.

[04:56.02] We stayed in Venice for several days,it's a beautiful city.

[05:03.60] Then we went by bus to Rome.

[05:08.95]After staying in Rome for a few days,

[05:13.91]we went by boat to Barcelona,that's where they had the Olympic Games in 1994.

[05:23.47]Man:Did you like Spain?

[05:27.24]Woman:Yes,but it was very hot.

[05:31.91]We went from Barcelona to Madrid by bus,hence,that was a very hot journey.

[05:40.24]Then we hired a car and drove over to Lisbon in Portugal.

[05:47.90]Man:Was that the end of your tour?

[05:52.76]Woman:Oh,no,we flew from Lisbon by plane up to Edinburgh in Scotland.

[06:01.53]We spend a day or two there,looking around Scotland,and then hired another car,

[06:10.18]and drove down through England,until we got to London.

[06:16.53]Then we took the new train that goes under the channel

[06:22.56]and went by train from London to Paris.

[06:28.13]Man:You must had been tired by that time?

[06:33.17]Woman:Yes,we were,but we stayed in Paris for a week,just to relax. [06:42.31] And then we flew directly from Paris,back home.

[06:49.47]Man:So,you had a really good tour?

[06:54.51]Man:Yes,it was wonderful!Very tiring but very enjoyable.

[07:02.77]SPEAKING

[07:05.40]page 46 and 47 A Talk time

[07:12.07]Using extra stress to highlight important words.

[07:18.73]We already know two rules about speaking:

[07:24.19]1 Stress nouns,verbs adjectives and adverbs.

[07:33.25]2 Do not stress other words(e.g.,a the,is,have,etc.)except for special reasons.

[07:51.51]Here is a third rule:

[07:56.26]3 Give a little extra stress to the most important word in the sentence.

[08:05.41]Note that you,the speaker,decide what the most important word is[08:13.35]Exercise A1

[08:17.11]MARIA:What do you think of my new camera,Boris?

[08:23.27]BORIS:It looks a bit strange.What kind of camera is it? MARIA:A Toyota.

[08:33.54]BORIS:A Toyota?That's the name of a car,not a camera.

[08:41.61]MARIA:But look.The name's on the case.

[08:47.67]BORIS:I'm afraid it's a fake,Maria.You've been cheated.

[08:54.52]Exercise A2

[08:58.46]BORIS:Do you like my new watch,Maria?

[09:03.43]MARIA:What make of watch is it? BORIS:A Rolex.

[09:09.49]MARIA:A Rolex?That must have cost you a lot of money.

[09:17.14]BORIS:Ninety dollars only.

[09:21.08]MARIA:Then it can't be a real Rolex.

[09:26.13]BORIE:It's got its name on its face.

[09:30.88]MARIA:Yes,but look at how it's spelt.

[09:36.52]It's got two ls in it.You've been cheated,Boris.

[09:44.57]MORE LANGUAGE INPUT (3) Reading

[09:50.52] page 54 More places to visit

[09:55.38]These terracotta warriors have guarded the Qin Shinghuang Tomb for over 2,000 years.

[10:02.64]The construction of the tomb started in 247 B.C.,

[10:08.71]and it took 36 years to complete.

[10:13.15]It is believed that there are thousands of pottery figures of warriors and horses in this magnificent tomb.

[10:22.00]The on-site museum is located five kilometres east of Xi'an,in Lintong County.

[10:30.83]The museum is open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

[10:36.39]The Sun Yat-sun Memorial Hall in Guangzhou

[10:41.65]was built in memory of the late Dr Sun Yat-sen.

[10:47.00]The Hall is a beautiful building in the style of a Chinese palace.

[10:52.56]It can seat an audience of 5,000,but not even a single pillar is found inside.

[11:00.74]In front of the Hall stands a bronze statue of Dr Sun Yat-sen.

[11:06.59]The Po Lin Monastery in Hong Kong is famous for its 34-metres-high giant Buddha

[11:13.96]Vegetarian meals and overnight stays are available.

[11:19.00]Watch the sunrise from the top of Lantau Peak.

[11:24.04]The Kuan Im Temple(Guan Yin.Miao) in Macau was first build over 600 years ago.

[11:32.30]It is perhaps one of the most popular temples in Asia.

[11:37.34]In the main hall of the temple,

[11:40.89]there stands a statue of Kuan Im,the Goddess of Mercy.

[11:46.46]But have you ever heard that among the 18 Luohan statues

[11:52.72]which line the hall there,

[11:56.38]one is of the famous Italian explorer Marco Polo.

[12:01.71]Listening page 56 Exercise B1

[12:08.35]Taking notes from interviews.

[12:13.00]Debbie has asked four tourists what they liked and disliked about Hong Kong.

[12:20.44]Listen to then answers and make brief notes.

[12:26.68]lst man:Well,I guess the thing I'm enjoy most is the food.

[12:32.85]I have to admitted I do like my food,as you can see from my size.

[12:40.50]The food in the hotel is just excellent.

[12:45.26]We usually have breakfast and dinner in the hotel,

[12:51.71]and then have lunch out somewhere.

[12:55.97]And the thing I like,is the variety of food you can get here.

[13:02.52]We've had French food,Indian,Thai,and what else...oh,yeah, Japanese.

[13:11.90]We are just having a great time,

[13:16.26]but when we get back home,I'm going to a have to go on a diet.

[13:23.03]1st woman: What do I like most? Oh, the shopping.

[13:29.38]There are so many shops here,it's wonderful!

[13:35.73]I'm not interested in taking tours,I just like to shop,all day long.

[13:46.17]There are two things I really like,I like shopping for clothes. 13:54.72]I just got to have the latest fashions,and I like collecting antiques.

[14:05.35]So I often take a cap up to Hollywood Road,

[14:11.83]and check out the antique shops there.

[14:16.97]Mmm,of the one thing I don't like is the heat,it's just too hot for me.

[14:28.23]It never gets this hot back home.

[14:32.99]It's all right if you're in somewhere airconditioned,like Pacific place.

[14:42.23]But if you're outside,well,it's just too hot for me in the middle of the day.

[14:51.90]So I often stay in my hotel,and then go out again in the evening.

[14:59.37]2nd man:Well,I like the views best of all.

[15:04.41]Hong Kong just looks so amazing.

[15:10.05]I like the view of the harbor at night if you go out of the Peak Tram.

[15:17.03]And I like the view of Hong Kong from Kowloon side.

[15:23.59]I like some of the buildings very much too.

[15:28.84]You have some of the most interesting buildings in the world here.

[15:36.10]The Hong Kong Bank Building,the Bank of China,the Central Plaza.

[15:44.46]What do I dislike? Oh,the crowds,I think.

[15:51.43]I come from a small town myself

[15:56.40]and I'm not used to being in a middle of so many people all the time.

[16:03.45]It's difficult,if you want to get somewhere quickly.

[16:09.30]But I don't really mind it too much because I like watching people.

[16:16.67]So I just go along with the crowds[16:21.73]2nd woman:Well,I have my two young children with me

[16:27.19]and they don't really enjoy shopping or seeing Museums.

[16:33.15]So I took them out to Ocean Park,and we all had a really good time there.

[16:41.80]So I think that is the thing I like most about Hong Kong.

[16:47.75]They liked seeing Beethoven's and so on.

[16:53.11]We all enjoyed Ocean Park.

[16:57.47]Oh,I supposed it's over noise,that's what I dislike.

[17:04.31]Our hotel room is quite near the street,

[17:09.07]and we have traffic noise all day long.

[17:13.93]I'm not used to the noise of the airconditioner,either.

[17:18.89]And almost everywhere you go,it seems to be noisy.

[17:24.45]There's the traffic,building sites,and people shouting,

[17:31.32]but we still enjoyed our stay here very much.

[17:36.37]Exercise B2

[17:39.92]Listen to some sentences.Fill in the blanks with what you hear on the tape.

[17:47.08]1 If your order is urgent,please fax it to us now.

[17:54.44]2 Calligraphy is the skill of doing beautiful handwriting.

[18:00.89]3 IDD stands for International Direct dialing.

[18:08.55]4 For calls to other countries,

[18:13.72]you must start by dialing the international code.