英語口語大贏家Topic22:人口Population
爸爸和丹尼爾上了車，丹尼爾聽見旁邊的兩位乘客在談論着公交公司的事情，他們具體在談論些什麼呢？一起來看看吧。
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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!
聽看學男：嗨，你知道公交公司網絡癱瘓這件事嗎？
女：我幾天前就聽說了。
男：那太讓人難以置信了！
丹尼爾：爸爸，你能告訴我他們在談論的是什麼嗎？
本傑明：他們在說公交公司網絡的問題。
丹尼爾：那爲什麼他們的網絡不能夠正常運行呢？
本傑明：因爲IC卡的問題。
丹尼爾：IC卡嗎？
本傑明：對啊，北京是個大城市，總共有7,000,000人用公交IC卡。
丹尼爾：然後呢？
本傑明：所有的人都去網上查看他們卡里的餘額，所以就產生了網絡問題。
丹尼爾：噢，那太可怕了！
經典背誦 RecitationDaniel: 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.
生詞小結crash n. 崩潰
network n. 網絡
system n. 系統，體系
unbelievable adj. 令人難以置信的
check vt. 查詢
balance n. 餘額
horrible adj. 可怕的
單詞擴展 Vocabulary Builder大城市名稱的單詞
基礎詞彙
New York 紐約
Sydney 悉尼
Toronto 多倫多
Rome 羅馬
Washington 華盛頓
Tokyo 東京
Paris 巴黎
Cairo 開羅
提高詞彙
Moscow 莫斯科
London 倫敦
Venice 威尼斯
Detroit 底特律
Seoul 首爾
Athens 雅典
Los Angeles 洛杉磯
Berlin 柏林
家庭總動員 Do it together兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞彙的英文和中文，另一方用該詞彙填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀並用中文說出該詞彙所代表的城市的標誌性建築或者是事物。
( ) is a big city.
[例] 家長讀New York 紐約
孩子讀New York is a big city. 紐約的標誌性事物是自由女神像。
