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Describe an interesting TV program that you can talk about with your family. The interesting TV program I would like to talk about is the quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire [milj？‘n？？]？” This program originated in the United Kingdom and it was introduced to China in 2001. Since then that program had become really popular. I still remember the first time I watched this program was in early 2002. At that time all of my family were completely obsessed [？b‘ses] by that show. It was a television game show which offered large cash prizes for contestants who can correctly answer a series [‘si？ri：z] of randomized multiple-choices questions. The maximum cash prize was one million Chinese dollars， and the maximum number of questions the contestants probably may be asked was 15. In the game， after the preliminary [pri‘limin？ri] round “fastest finger first”， the contestant was allowed to play the game and was asked increasingly difficult questions by the host. Basically those questions related to general knowledge and cover the areas like history， geography， biology， physics and so on. It is interesting to know that there were three lifelines， including fifty-fifty， ask the audience and phone to friends to help contestant to answer the questions. I still remember at that time I said to my parents that I believed that I was qualified enough to ask at least the first 8 questions and I often asked my mum about what she wanted to buy if I won a million. I also promised to my dad if I become a millionaire， I would buy him a BMW. ☆ Describe a well-known traditional / children‘s story ☆ Describe a story that is well-known in your country. Describe a well-known story from your country. who told you the story when you （first） heard it what it was about and explain how you felt when you heard this story. （Or： that you learned from this story.） The story I wanna talk about is “the boy who cries Wolf”。 A naughty boy has many sheep. He looks after them every day. He feels boring and lonely and suddenly thinks out of an idea to play a trick with the people in the village. The boy shouts loudly， “Help， help， a big wolf‘s coming.“ Once the villagers hear the shouting， they go quickly to rescue [‘reskju：] the boy with sticks and swords However， when they arrive， they find out that the boy was telling a lie and then they go back to village annoyingly. A few minutes later， the boy is crying for wolf again. Some kind-hearted villagers come again but still find nothing and go back in anger. The following day， when a wolf is actually coming， nobody responds to the boy‘s shouting. Eventually， all the sheep of the boy’s are eaten by the wolf.From this story， I understand that to be honest is the most important character that everybody should have. Once you tell a lie， nobody will trust you anymore. If you want to gain trust and credit from others， you shall never deceive them in the first place. Otherwise， no one will respect you. ☆Describe a piece of good news you heard on the phone or via email. ☆Describe an interesting news story in a newspaper/ on TV. what the news was about where you got this news from what people were involved with this news story and explain why it made you feel happy.Two weeks before， when I read the MX newspaper in a train on my way to go back home， I read an interesting news story. You know， in early February this year， North Queensland suffered from a severe strike of cyclone [‘saikl？un]. It was said that that was the largest tropical storm to strike Australia since Europeans first settled there. Under this circumstance， a lovely baby was born in an evacuation centre among the disaster area. It is interesting to know that the baby‘s mother Akiko is a native Japanese while his father Christian comes from German. The baby is their second child. Because of the cyclone， Akiko and Christian had to leave their own house and move to the evacuation centre at the state college. In that night， around 2.45am， Akiko went into labour in the first aid room of the college. 4 hours later， a healthy baby was delivered. It was an happy moment not only for the couple themselves but also for all the people that lived in the evacuation centre. I think that was a really touching circumstance which brought about a lot of smiles in that centre and gave people some intangible hope and spiritual support. It made definitely people feel happy especially during the strike of natural disaster. Describe a toy that was special to you when you were a child. You should say： when you got it what it looked like who gave it to you and explain how you used it （how you played with it）。 The toy I wanna talk about is a construction toy LEGO. It was a birthday gift from my father when I was 6 years old. I still remember when I got this gift； I was quite excited and crazy about its amazing design. It consisted of colorful interlocking plastic bricks， gears， minifigures and other parts. According to the blueprint， I can assemble and connect the lego bricks to construct many objects such as buildings， vehicles and bridges and so on. Also， I was not subject to the objects that were illustrated in the blueprint. I could take apart the bricks and reconstruct a new figure I designed. It brought a lot of fun into my childhood. I can use that toy to design and build up my dream house. You know， children are always full of imagination and creativity. Every time I finished my masterpiece I was quite proud of myself and really enjoyed a sense of accomplishment. At that time， because of this toy， I even dreamed of becoming a great designer in the future. (责任编辑：sailor) |
