新东方笔记：PartⅡ重点话题地点题

 　　二、地点题  Place Topic

　　Card 1 ：旅游题

　　Describe a place that you would like to visit

　　Where is the place?

　　Who you would like to go the place with?

　　What you would do there?

　　And explain why you would like to visit that place.

　　What you would do there?

　　get away from the work, local culture, unwind and relax, sightseeing, shopping, traveling, reflect my life experiences.

　　It’s a place where east meets west. It has a cultural diversity.

　　Maybe I can find answers to some big questions in my life.

　　Card 2 : 房间题

　　Bedroom Furnitures: bookshelves, wardrobe, plants, lamp, stereo¹, carpet, curtain.

　　It’s pretty compact².(紧凑)

　　It’s a bedroom and also a study room for myself.

　　Go into the room, there’s a double bed in the middle and a plant under/beside the window.

　　A table and a armchair lie just in the left corner beside the bookshelf.

　　The bookshelf is right opposite the door and against the wall.

　　Bathroom Facilities : mirror, wash basin, bath tube, closestool, …

　　Sitting room : Hi-Fi, TV set, carpet…

　　Kitchen : extractor, work surface, kitchen sink, stove, microwave oven,…

　　Do sth. : reading, music, relax, private stuff³, thinking of my private stuffs…

　　Card 3 : Lake/ River/ Sea

　　1.      Where does it located?

　　Take Yangtzi River for an example:

　　The river I want to talk about is the Yangtzi River, which is the longest river in China and the 3rd longest in the world.

　　It starts in west of China, Qinghai Province exactly, and runs all the way through the middle part of China, then join/reach the sea in Shanghai.

　　2.      What people do there?

　　Sports : canoeing⁴, sailing, surfing, skating, fishing, boating, bathing, boat travel, swimming, sightseeing, water-skiing…

　　Transport, food, generate⁵ electricity…

　　3.      Different seasons?

　　Summer: flood v./n. and cause huge damages.

　　Winter: winter sports , freeze or not

　　Introduction: All my childhood memories were along/by the river.

　　The river is part of my happy childhood.

　　社会意义: It’s the cradle⁶ of the civilization of China.

1 stereo   

adj.有立体视觉的，立体声的；n.固定形象，立体声

参考例句：

• She had the stereo on at full blast.她把立体声音响开到了最大音量。
• This program is being broadcast in stereo.这个节目正用立体声播放。

2 compact   

adj.紧密的，简明的，紧凑的；v.使紧凑，压缩

参考例句：

• It was a compact package.这是个捆得很紧的包裹。
• The article is compact and well organized.文章严密，又很有章法。

3 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

4 canoeing   

n.划独木舟，玩独木舟；皮划艇运动

参考例句：

• We were canoeing in the lake. 我们在湖中划独木舟。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• You can take part in activities from canoeing to bird watching. 你可以参与从划独木舟到观鸟等各种活动。 来自辞典例句

5 generate   

vt.生成，产生（光、热、电等）导致

参考例句：

• We need someone to generate new ideas.我们需要有人出新主意。
• This book will continue to generate excitement for a long time.这本书将在很长一段时间里继续使人们为之激动。

6 cradle   

n.摇篮，策源地，支船架；vt.把...放在摇篮里

参考例句：

• The baby was rocked to sleep in a cradle.婴儿在摇篮里被摇得睡着了。
• Tokyo was the cradle of Japanese culture.东京是日本文化的发源地。