第一册课本听力(上)Unit7 listening

　　Listen to the description of the three culture sites. Complete the map of each site based on what you hear on the tape. List the names and the importance of the sites, and what is being done to protect them.
1.A:We are standing¹ in front of the main building of this old palace. the palace is called the Winter Palace. On the left, there is a statue of a horse. On the right, there is a large stone elepant. The main building is in the centre.
B: Why is this site so important?
A: This site is important because it tells us about what kind of buildings people had in the past.
B: What steps have you taken to protect the site?
A: Visitors are not allowed to go inside the house. instead, they can walk around the building and look at the park behind it. There is also a small museum, where visitors can look at pictures of the inside of the house.
2. We are standing in front of the Sunshine Temple. This beautiful temple stands between a lake and a mountain. The temple is an important part of our history; many important things happened here, and many poems have been written about the temple. We are trying to save the remple by building a wall between the lake and the temple. We well also move some of the things in the temple to the new museum that is being built between the mountain and the village.
3. Mt Lu Shan is one of the most beautiful places in China. The mountain is an important part of China's history and important poeple have been here. people come here to look at he beautiful mountains and waterfalls. Over here between Red Sun Mountain and the lake, is the Blue Waterfall, one of the biggest in the area. Between the lake and the village is the Moon Tower, where people can go to look at the moon and the stars at night. There are too many cars here and the air is becoming polluted². We are trying to limit the number of cars on the mountain and try to use more buses.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 polluted   

adj.被污染的

参考例句：

• Polluted air hangs over the city.城市上空被污染的空气所笼罩。
• The air was polluted by factory smoke.空气被工厂冒的烟污染了。