Grade 9 Unit 1 Topic 1 Section C

Changes in Beijing

I’m Kangkang. For this report ^[1]report: US: [rɪˈpɔrt]   UK: [rɪˈpɔː(r)t]   v. 报告；报道；汇报；举报   n. 报告；报道；汇报；调查报告 I have interviewed my grandmother. She has lived in Beijing for more than forty years. She has seen the changes in Beijing herself.

In the 1960s ^[2]in the 1960s: 在二十世纪六十年代, the living conditions ^[3]the living conditions: 生活状况；生存环境；生存条件 in the city were poor. The roads were narrow ^[4]narrow: US: [ˈneroʊ]   UK: [ˈnærəʊ]  adj. 狭窄的；窄小的；勉强的；刚刚好的 and there weren’t many ring roads. Big families were crowded into small houses. Many families couldn’t get enough food. Few children had the chance to ^[5]had the chance to do sth.: 有做某事的机会 receive a good education ^[6]receive a good education: 接受良好的教育；受到良好的教育. People had little money to see a doctor. And there were few hospitals. People kept in touch with ^[7]keep in touch with: 与…保持接触；与……保持联系 their friends and relatives ^[8]relative: US: [ˈrelətɪv]  UK: [‘relətɪv]   n. 亲属；亲戚；同类事物 far away mainly by letter or telegram ^[9]telegram: US: [ˈteləˌɡræm]  UK: [ˈtelɪˌɡræm]  n. 电报（用电信号传递的信息） .

China has developed rapidly ^[10]rapidly: US: [‘ræpɪdli]  UK: [‘ræpɪdlɪ]   adv. 迅速；高速；急速地；急促 since the reform ^[11]reform: US: [rɪˈfɔrm]  UK: [rɪˈfɔː(r)m]   n. 改革；变革；改良；改善 and opening-up ^[12]reform and opening-up:改革开放；改革和开放 . More and more ring roads and subways have appeared and buildings in Beijing are becoming taller and brighter. People’s living conditions have improved a lot. And there are more kinds of food and clothes to satisfy ^[13]satisfy: US: [ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ]   UK: [ˈsætɪsfaɪ]  v. 使满意；使满足；满足（要求、需要等）；向…证实 people’s needs ^[14]need: US: [nid]    UK: [niːd]    n. 需要；必须；特别需要；迫切要求     v. 需要；必需；（表示应该或不得不做）有必要   auxv. 必须；   modalv. … 继续阅读. Children can study not only in modem schools but also ^[15]not only … but also …: 不但…而且… on the Internet. People can enjoy good medical ^[16]medical: US: [ˈmedɪk(ə)l]   UK: [‘medɪk(ə)l]   adj. 伤病的；疾病的；医疗的；内科的 care. What’s more ^[17]what’s more: 而且, communications ^[18]communication:US: [kəˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]   UK: [kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]    n. 通信；交际；交流；信息 are becoming easier and quicker— people can use telephones, cellphones ^[19]cellphone: US: [‘selfoʊn]  UK: [‘selfəʊn]   n. 手机；移动电话, fax ^[20]fax:US: [fæks]   UK: [fæks]   n. 传真机；传真（系统）；传真信件；传真电文   v. 传真（文档、信件等） machines (machine: US: [məˈʃin]   UK: [məˈʃiːn]    n. 机器；机械装置；（不提全称时的简略说法）机器；（组织的）核心机构) and the Internet.

Beijing has made rapid ^[21]rapid:  US: [ˈræpɪd]   UK: [‘ræpɪd]  adj. 瞬间的；短时间内发生的；迅速的；快速的 progress ^[22]progress: US: [prəˈɡres]  UK: [prəʊˈɡres]  n. 进展；进步；进程；前进 ^[23]make rapid progress:取得快速进步；取得巨大进步 and it has already ^[24]already:US: [ɔːlˈredi]   UK: [ɔːlˈredi]   adv. 已经；到现在还；这么早就；用于描述一个已经存在的糟糕情况时 succeeded in hosting ^[25]succeed in doing sth.: 成功地做成某事 the 2008 Olympic Games. I think it is important to remember the past, live in the present ^[26]live in the present: 活在当下；生活在现在；顾好眼前 and dream about ^[27]dream about: 浮想联翩；梦见；梦想；梦到 the future.