2008年北京奥运会主体育场—“鸟巢”。
场馆名称国家体育场（鸟巢）
建设地点奥林匹克公园
建筑面积258，000m2;长330m；宽220m；高69.2m
座席数91，000
赛时功能奥运会开幕式和闭幕布式；田径、足球
赛后功能体育比赛和文化、娱乐活动中心
开工时间2003年12月24日
完工时间2007年底
评价中国十大新建筑奇迹之一
参考词汇：开幕式和闭幕式Opening and Closing ceremonies 娱乐活动 entertainment 平方米 square metres Welcome to Beijing! I’d like to introduce you to the Beijing National Stadium, also known as Bird’s Nest. The stadim is located in Beijing Olympic Park , covering 258,000 square metres. It is 330 metres long, 220 metres wide, and 69.2 metres tall. The construction began on December 24,2003, and was completed at the end of 2007. The splendid Opening and Closing ceremonies are to take place in Bird’s Nest, which wi ll hold the main track and field events as well as football matches during the games. Afterwards the 91,000-seat stadium will serve as the center of sports events, cultural activities and entertainment. It has been honored as one of the latest wonders buildings in China.
That’s all! Thank you!
2008年中国将在北京举办第29届夏季奥运会，你班就其将给北京带来的影响展开了激烈的讨论。假如你是李华，
积极影响消极影响
调动北京人民学习英语的积极性交通拥挤
增加就业、促进旅游业的发展造成污染、破坏环境
使北京更美丽资源浪费
让世界更了解中国
Dear Editor,
The 29th Olympic Games will be held in Beijing in 2008. Recently our class have had a discussion about its effects on Beijing.
Some students believe there are many good effects. They think the Olympics will encourage people in Beijing to learn English harder, help more people find jobs, prosper tourism and make Beijing more beautiful. Besides it will make China better known to the world. The others think the Olympics will also bring some trouble. For example, at that time, the traffic will be heavier and the environment will be destroyed. Furthermore, holding the Olympic Games will also cause more pollution and waste resources.
As a saying goes, a coin has two sides. So I think the Olympics have both good and bad effects. And it is certain that our government will do something to avoid the bad. What is more, our competitors will do better in the 2008 Olympic Games.
Yours truly,
Li Hua In January,2008, almost half provinces in our country were struck by the largest snow disaster in the past fifty years. In many places, streets were blocked; houses fell down and supplies were short. Almost 100 million people in trouble.
Our party and government showed great concern to the local people. A lot of money and supplies were sent to snow struck places. Despite the extremely weather and great danger, the PLA men took an active part in the struggle against the snow. They cleared away snow, sent supplies and rescued people in danger. They always appeared where they were most needed.
Through the whole nation’s efforts, the translation returned to normal; food and vegetables were supplied in time, and all the people in out country had a happy and meaningful spring festival.
Thank you for your concern about the people in the snowstorm-hit areas in China.
107 people were killed in the heavy snowstorm which struck the southern areas of China in January,2008. Of the provincial-level areas affected, Hunan and Guizhou suffered the post The disaster destroyed power facilities, cutting power supplies in many areas. Houses and crops were damaged. Railways and roads were also blocked. As a result, huge economic losses were caused.
So far the government has sent tens of thousands of technical workers, policemen, soldiers and medical workers to these areas. People all over China in some other countries have donated a lot of food, clothes and money to help. Now things are improving.
I think we can overcome the difficulty through our hard work.
现状：目前中国每天消费近30亿个塑料袋，造成严重的资源浪费和环境污染；
限塑令意义：减少塑料袋使用量，提高公众的环保意识；
提倡：重提布袋子，菜篮子
词数：100词左右
From June1, 2008, shops and supermarkets are forbidden from offering free plastic bags to customers, according to a new law. A nation-wide campaign against plastic bags has been launched.
Nowadays, Chinese people use up to three billion plastic bags a day. While being very convenient to shoppers, plastic bags also cause serious white pollution” and waste resources.
Though the ban may cause some inconvenience to shoppers, it can help reduce the use of plastic bags when people have to pay for them. Besides, the ban, in away, can promote public awareness of environmental protection.
So I think it necessary to forbid shops and supermarkets from offering free plastic bags. When shopping, we can use cloth bags or baskets instead of plastic bags as we used to.
课本回收利用
As we know, when senior students graduate from school, most of their reference books are thrown away, which are still in good condition. What a great waste it is!
I suggest that we should recycle these books. On one hand, recycling them can save a lot of natural resources, which are used to make textbooks. On the other hand, senior students may have made plenty of useful notes on the pages. They are very helpful to the following users.
At present, the whole nation is called on to build an energy-saving society. I think it is certainly meaningful to our long-term interests . In fact, in Australia and some other countries, recycling textbooks is popular, which gives us a good example.
目前，地球面临水资源危机，请根据一下提示写一篇100词左右的短文。
1）人们以为淡水是取之不尽的
2）实际上淡水是非常紧张的
3）人类应该怎样办
Global Shortage of Fresh Water
Many people believe that the world’s supply of fresh water will never be used up. They think th at fresh water comes from such a variety of sources that it is always sufficient for use. Such an opinion leads to a shocking waste of water.
As a matter of fact, the earth is short of fresh water. Furthermore, with the rapid growth of the world population, the rising demand for water by industry, and the serious pollution of our surroundings, the world is facing the ganger of running out of fresh water. Actually, in some big cities, fresh water can not meet the daily needs.
Therefore, to find new ways to save water is an urgent task. First, we should pass strict laws to control any waste of
water. Second, scientists must work even harder to purify sea water, and try to find substitute to reduce the use of fresh water.