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.

Word Bank

Word Bank
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
2 in the 1960s: 在二十世纪六十年代
3 the living conditions: 生活状况;生存环境;生存条件
4 narrow: US: [ˈneroʊ]   UK: [ˈnærəʊ]  adj. 狭窄的;窄小的;勉强的;刚刚好的
5 had the chance to do sth.: 有做某事的机会
6 receive a good education: 接受良好的教育;受到良好的教育
7 keep in touch with: 与…保持接触;与……保持联系
8 relative: US: [ˈrelətɪv]  UK: [‘relətɪv]   n. 亲属;亲戚;同类事物
9 telegram: US: [ˈteləˌɡræm]  UK: [ˈtelɪˌɡræm]  n. 电报(用电信号传递的信息)
10 rapidly: US: [‘ræpɪdli]  UK: [‘ræpɪdlɪ]   adv. 迅速;高速;急速地;急促
11 reform: US: [rɪˈfɔrm]  UK: [rɪˈfɔː(r)m]   n. 改革;变革;改良;改善
12 reform and opening-up:改革开放;改革和开放
13 satisfy: US: [ˈsætɪsˌfaɪ]   UK: [ˈsætɪsfaɪ]  v. 使满意;使满足;满足(要求、需要等);向…证实
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. (表示没有必要或询问是否有必要)需要
15 not only … but also …: 不但…而且…
16 medical: US: [ˈmedɪk(ə)l]   UK: [‘medɪk(ə)l]   adj. 伤病的;疾病的;医疗的;内科的
17 what’s more: 而且
18 communication:US: [kəˌmjunɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]   UK: [kəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)n]    n. 通信;交际;交流;信息
19 cellphone: US: [‘selfoʊn]  UK: [‘selfəʊn]   n. 手机;移动电话
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)
21 rapid:  US: [ˈræpɪd]   UK: [‘ræpɪd]  adj. 瞬间的;短时间内发生的;迅速的;快速的
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
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
25 succeed in doing sth.: 成功地做成某事
26 live in the present: 活在当下;生活在现在;顾好眼前
27 dream about: 浮想联翩;梦见;梦想;梦到
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