[-1:-6.94]POST-READING
[-1:-7.94]After reading the READING piece a second time and doing the POST-READING exercises
[-1:-8.94]try to translate the whole piece sentence by sentence into correct Chinese
[-1:-9.94]Then read the Chinese translation on pages 263-264 in "the teacher's book"
[-1:10.94]and translate it sentence by sentence back into English,
[-1:11.94]LANGUAGE STUDY
[-1:12.94]Just read and do this section and do all the exercises on pages 26-27.
[-1:13.94]Link all the 19 sentences as well as the four groups of words and expression
[-1:14.94]into three or four passages by changing part of their content if you can.
[-1:15.94]During the first week of May I went on a holiday to Sichuan.
[-1:16.94]First,I found some photos of interesting places
[-1:17.94]which were not too far away form Chengdu.
[-1:18.94]I decided to go and see the big Buddha in Leshan and Mount Emei.
[-1:19.94]Next,I called a travel agent
[-1:20.94]whose telephone number I found in a newspager.
[-1:21.94]He told me that I could go on a two-day trip to Leshan and Emei,
[-1:22.94]which wasn't too expensive.
[-1:23.94]My friends,Xiao Rong and Wei Bin,said they would come with me.
[-1:24.94]We took a few bottles of water,some apples
[-1:25.94]oranges,which we put into my bag.
[-1:26.94]The next day we got up at five o'clock.
[-1:27.94]First,we went to Leshao,
[-1:28.94]where we climbed all the way up the mountain to see the Buddha.
[-1:29.94]The Buddha is really very big:taller than the highest building in our village.
[-1:30.94]Looking up at the large head and down
[-1:31.94]at the large feet makes you feel so small.
[-1:32.94]Wei Bin took photos of us standing in front of the buddha.
[-1:33.94]The next morning,we climbed Mount Emei.
[-1:34.94]There are many old temples and the forest on the mountain is very beautiful.
[-1:35.94]The wild monkeys are the most exciting things on Mount Emei.
[-1:36.94]They are not at all afraid of people.
[-1:37.94]In a second they will come to you and touch you.
[-1:38.94]The monkeys really liked to touch my hair.
[-1:39.94]Xiao Rong took a photo of A monkey that was sitting on my head.
[-1:40.94]The monkeys look sweet,but they can be very naughty.
[-1:41.94]A small monkey suddenly put its hand in Xiao Rong's pocket.
[-1:42.94]Wei bin took out some peanuts
[-1:43.94]and it was fun to see the monkey eat from his hand.
[-1:44.94]Finally,towards evening we were on the way back to Chengdu.
[-1:45.94]We were all very tired and slept on the bus,
[-1:46.94]but our trip to Sichuan was really unforgettable.
[-1:47.94]After reading all the three passages on pages 27-28,
[-1:48.94]try to translate them sentence by sentence into correct Chinese.
[-1:49.94]While translating and correcting the two seetions.
n. 烟囱