Grade 8 Unit 6 Topic 2 Section B

Darren: Hello, Kangkang. Could you tell me something about Tian’anmen Square?

Kangkang: Sure. It is in the center of Beijing City. It’s the largest city square in the world. It covers 440 000 square meters. It’s 880 meters long from north ^[1]north: US: [nɔrθ]   UK: [nɔː(r)θ]   n. 北；北方；北部；北部地区   adj. 北方的；向北的；北部的；北风的   adv. 朝北；向北；某物以北；超过 to south and 500 meters wide from east ^[2]east: US: [ist] UK: [iːst]  n. 东；东部；东方；东边  adj. 东方的；向东的；东部的；东风的   adv. 向东；朝东 to west ^[3]west: US: [west]   UK: [west]   n. 西；西方；美国西部；西方（与东方国家相对照的欧洲和北美）   adj. 西方的；向西的；西部的；西风的   adv. … 继续阅读. It can hold one million people.

Darren: That’s amazing! Are there any great buildings?

Kangkang: Certainly. We can see the Monument ^[4]monument: US: [ˈmɑnjəmənt]  UK: [ˈmɒnjʊmənt]  n. 丰碑；纪念碑（或馆、堂、像等）；历史遗迹；有历史价值的建筑 to the People’s Heroes in the center of the square. In the north of the square, we can see Tian’anmen Rostrum ^[5]rostrum: US: [ˈrɑstrəm]  UK: [ˈrɒstrəm]   n. 讲坛；指挥台；领奖台. There Chairman ^[6]chairman: US: [ˈtʃermən]  UK: [ˈtʃeə(r)mən]  n. 主席；主持人；（公司等的）董事长 Mao Zedong announced ^[7]announce: US: [əˈnaʊns]   UK: [ə’naʊns]   v. 宣布；宣称；（尤指通过广播）通知；声称 the founding ^[8]found: US: [faʊnd]   UK: [faʊnd]   v. 建立；创建；铸造；把…基于 of the People’s Republic ^[9]republic: US: [rɪˈpʌblɪk]  UK: [rɪ’pʌblɪk]  n. 共和国；共和政体 of China ^[10]the People’s Republic of China: 中华人民共和国，缩写the PRC in 1949.

Darren: The square must be quite meaningful ^[11]meaningful: US: [ˈminɪŋfəl]   UK: [ˈmiːnɪŋf(ə)l]   adj. 严肃的；重要的；重大的；意味深长的 to all Chinese people.

Kangkang: Yes, and we can see some other great buildings there.

Darren: Wow, I can’t wait ^[12]wait: US: [weɪt]  UK: [weɪt]   v. 等；等待；等候；期待   n. 等待；等候；等待的时间 to ^[13]can’t wait to do sth. : 迫不及待地做某事;see it. By the way ^[14]by the way:　顺便问一下；顺便说一下　, how far is it from here to Tian’anmen Square?

Kangkang: It’s about one and a half hours ^[15]one and a half hours: 一个半小时 by bike.