情景英语口语100主题 073countries国家

073　countries
Words
China united sates Russia Canada Australia united kingdom
New Zealand japan Thailand Mongolia Vietnam north/south korea
India france germany Pakistan economy climate coast mountain developing river city capital city minority gdp average income birth/death rate industry agriculture service industry developed developing

Beginner
A: which countries have you been to?
B: I’ve been to most of the countries in Europe, several countries in asia-china, korea, and Thailand-and to the united states and Canada.
A; I thought you had been to Australia too.
B: no, but I’m planning on visiting Australia and new Zealand soon. I’ve heard that they are beautiful countries. Which is the most beautiful country you’ve been to?
A; I think I ‘d say norway. It has many picturesque¹ fjords, waterfalls, and mountains.
B: isn’t it really cold there?
A; well, the north of Norway is almost always cold, but further south it can be fairly warm in summer. It’s a wet country, so there’s snow almost everywhere in winter.
B; I’ve been to other Scandinavian countries, but not to Norway. Perhaps I should go and do some winter sports there.

Intermediate²
A: ok. Let’s look at our short presentation on china. What do we need to include?
B; we need to talk about the size of the country and its population.
A: ok. China is about the same size as Canada and the united states and it has a population of about 1.3 bullion³, making it the latest country in the world by population.
B; it says here that most of the people are han Chinese, but there are 55 minorities that make up almost 10% of the population.
A: we need to say something about the geography and climate of china. Is there any way to divide the country into sections?
B: we could divide into five parts. There’s the northeast, which is mild in summer and very cold in winter. Then there is the northwest, which is largely⁴ desert. Tilbet is famous for its mountainous climate. The rest of the country can be roughly⁵ divided into two parts. One is temperate-mild in winter and warm in summer. Then, in the south it is hot most of the year.
A: that sounds very general.
B: it is, buy remember that we only have a few minutes to make our presentation. We can select cities from each part and give data for each one.
A: one from each part? Lhasa, urumqi, harbin, shanghai, and hongkong. The capital city is Beijing, right?
B; yes. The other large cities are chengdu, dalian, wuhan, tianjin, shenyang, chongqing. Hongkong and Guangzhou.
A; we should take a large map and highlight⁶ those cities. What is each of them famous for?

1 picturesque   

adj.美丽如画的，（语言）生动的，绘声绘色的

参考例句：

• You can see the picturesque shores beside the river.在河边你可以看到景色如画的两岸。
• That was a picturesque phrase.那是一个形象化的说法。

2 intermediate   

adj.中间的，居间的，中级的；n.中间体，媒介物

参考例句：

• This country is now at an intermediate stage of development.这个国家目前正处于发展的中间阶段。
• Gray is intermediate between black and white.灰色介于黑色和白色之间。

3 bullion   

n.金条，银条

参考例句：

• In the London bullion market yesterday,the price of gold was steady.昨天伦敦金银市场黄金价格稳定。
• Police have launched a man-hunt for the bullion robbers.警方已大举搜捕抢劫金条的罪犯。

4 largely   

adv.大部分，主要地

参考例句：

• It is largely dependent on the weather.这多半取决于天气情况。
• Their conclusions were largely founded on guesswork.他们的结论大部份基于猜测。

5 roughly   

adv.概略地，粗糙地，粗鲁地

参考例句：

• If you treat your coat so roughly,it will be worn out soon.你如果这么糟蹋你的外套，它很快就不能穿了。
• The island is roughly circular in shape.这个岛屿大致是圆形的。

6 highlight   

n.加亮区；v.加亮，强调；[计算机]醒目

参考例句：

• Her performance was the highlight of the show.她的表演是那场演出中最精彩的部分。
• The highlight of this term is the school trip to Austria.这学期最重要的活动就是去奥地利的校外旅行。