發(fā)布時(shí)間： 2016年05月17日

2016年托?？谡Z(yǔ)話題：哪個(gè)朝代你愛(ài)？

2016年托?？谡Z(yǔ)話題：哪個(gè)朝代你最愛(ài)？

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1.A historical event you want to go back to and why?

Qu Yuan is a famous poet and chancellor in Warring States Period. He also has another status, patriot. But to the country is quite corrupt on the time, the government officials are full of themselves and bribery has become a common practice, the economy of whole country has largely deteriorated. In order to against with war and save his country on the verge of extinction, Qu Yuan drowns himself into river, called Miluo, to show his own loyalty. I want to go back to those days, to save a loyal chancellor.

2.Should a city try to preserve its old, historic buildings or destroy them and replace them with modern buildings?

·Agree:

Ancient buildings depict the history, culture, and traditions of a country. (舊建筑向大家描繪了一個(gè)城市的歷史、文化與傳統(tǒng))

traditional buildings remind people about their origins and the experiences they have had over the years. (傳統(tǒng)建筑使人們想起他們的根源與他們往年的記憶)

help foreigners to learn more about the historical background. (幫助外國(guó)人了解城市的歷史背景)

·Disagree:

New city need place to develop. (新城市需要發(fā)展的空間)

People live in modern buildings; it is not worth to save place for historic buildings. (人們居住在現(xiàn)代化建筑中，為老建筑留下空間沒(méi)必要)

3.Some people prefer to live in a traditional building, others prefer to live in a modern one. Which one do you prefer and why? Please give specific reasons to support your idea.

·traditional building：

Neighbors are closer around Traditional buildings like quadrangle courtyard. (傳統(tǒng)房屋像四合院可以讓鄰里之間更加親近)

Life is more convenient around old communities (老房子老社區(qū)生活更方便)

·modern building

Safety guaranteed. New buildings can even stay intact in earthquake. (現(xiàn)代建筑因?yàn)楦呖萍紩?huì)更加堅(jiān)固，抵御災(zāi)害)

Modern houses usually have Internet access (上網(wǎng)方便)

Better traffic condition (道路交通更方便)

Better interior design (室內(nèi)裝修更好)

4.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is important to study history from ancient times.

·Agree:

Enrich myself, enlarge knowledge scopes. (充實(shí)自己，擴(kuò)大知識(shí)領(lǐng)域)

Develop the habit of stay calm. (養(yǎng)成冷靜的習(xí)慣)

5.Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? People don’t need to memorize historical events or references because they can find such information from the internet very easily nowadays.

·Agree:

most of us are not historians and experts, it is not necessary to remember particular information. (大多數(shù)人都不是歷史學(xué)家，沒(méi)必要去記住那些特定的信息)

some general idea is good enough, one needs to know the causes and effects of events, and how they relate to each other, but things like dates and names are just details you can look up on the internet. (記住大概就可以了，我們需要了解一些事件的結(jié)果、影響及關(guān)聯(lián)，但如日期和人名等細(xì)節(jié)我們隨時(shí)可以上網(wǎng)查到)

托?？谡Z(yǔ)話題必備詞匯

四合院 traditional single-story

百葉窗 shutter, blind

公寓樓 apartment building

官邸 apartment building

海景 sea view

豪華室內(nèi)裝修 luxurious interior decoration

豪華宅第 mansion

寬敞的 spacious，capacious, commodious

摩天大樓 skyscraper

宿舍/別墅 cottage

排房 terraced house