Man: Hey, do you know the bus company network system crashed?

Woman: I heard about it several days ago!

Man: That is unbelievable!

Daniel: Daddy, can you tell me what they are talking about?

Benjamin: They are talking about the network of the bus company.

Daniel: Why is their network not working?

Benjamin: Because of the IC cards.

Daniel: The IC card?

Benjamin: Yes, Beijing is a big city and there are about 7,000,000 people using IC cards on buses.

Daniel: And?

Benjamin: All the people were checking the balance of their cards on the Internet at the same time, that's why the system crashed.

Daniel: Oh, that is horrible!

男：嗨，你知道公交公司网络瘫痪这件事吗？

女：我几天前就听说了。

男：那太让人难以置信了！

丹尼尔：爸爸，你能告诉我他们在谈论的是什么吗？

本杰明：他们在说公交公司网络的问题。

丹尼尔：那为什么他们的网络不能够正常运行呢？

本杰明：因为IC卡的问题。

丹尼尔：IC卡吗？

本杰明：对啊，北京是个大城市，总共有7,000,000人用公交IC卡。

丹尼尔：然后呢？

本杰明：所有的人都去网上查看他们卡里的余额，所以就产生了网络问题。

丹尼尔：噢，那太可怕了！

Daniel: People talk about the network system of the bus company a lot these days. I had no idea why until my father told me that there are lots of people using IC cards on buses, and when they get back home they would check their balance at the same time, then the system crashed, which is a big problem.

crash n. 崩溃

network n. 网络

system n. 系统，体系

unbelievable adj. 令人难以置信的

check vt. 查询

balance n. 余额

horrible adj. 可怕的

大城市名称的单词

基础词汇

New York 纽约

Sydney 悉尼

Toronto 多伦多

Rome 罗马

Washington 华盛顿

Tokyo 东京

Paris 巴黎

Cairo 开罗

提高词汇

Moscow 莫斯科

London 伦敦

Venice 威尼斯

Detroit 底特律

Seoul 首尔

Athens 雅典

Los Angeles 洛杉矶

Berlin 柏林

两人一组，一方随机大声读出上面词汇的英文和中文，另一方用该词汇填入下面的句子，大声朗读并用中文说出该词汇所代表的城市的标志性建筑或者是事物。

( ) is a big city.

[例] 家长读New York 纽约

孩子读New York is a big city. 纽约的标志性事物是自由女神像。