[00:22.60]Discuss the following questions with your partner.
[00:31.14]Which is more popular,travelling by air or bu train? Why?
[00:50.49]Have you ever travelled by train? How did you find it?
[01:20.56]read Jim's train ride
[01:29.81]Jim Green has been in China for more than two years.
[02:16.25]He has been to many interesting places in Beijing,
[02:23.12]but he has not yet been to many other parts of China.
[02:53.98]Last week he went to Mount Emei in Sichuan Province with his family.
[03:25.74]Many people like to travel by air,
[03:30.49]but Jim's family think that travelling by train is the best.
[03:37.16]It is much cheaper and far more enjoyable than a rushed trip by air.
[03:45.41]They had a wonderful train ride to Chengdu
[03:50.66]before they went on to Mount Emei by bus.
[05:10.02]Early one morning,they took a taxi to Beijing West Railway Station.
[05:41.37]The station was very lively.
[05:45.21]There were bookshops,food shops and stores selling all kinds of things.
[06:53.99]Mrs Green bought some fruit,food and bottles of water to take on the train.
[07:01.15]She said that is was better to get some food before they got on the train
[07:08.09]because food on the train was usually too expensive.
[09:38.56]The train was quite comfortable,
[09:42.71]and there wern't too many people in their sleeping car.
[09:48.17]The Greens could stand upand walk around.
[09:53.63]It was a long journcy,but none of them felt tired.
[09:58.80]They kept watching the beautiful scenery out of the window.
[10:05.05]They talked,laughed and played cards.
[11:06.20]The conductor kept coming to offer them hot water and selling them magazines.
[11:26.65]People nearby talked with each other.
[11:35.20]A young man practised speaking English with Mr Green.
[11:50.06]Jim thought the train was like a big moving party.
[12:03.72]He went to sleep quite late.
[12:10.17]He listened to the click of the rails and then fell fast asleep.
[14:52.26]When Jim woke up the next morning,the train was already near Chengdu.
[14:58.61]His train ride seemed really short,
[15:03.08]but his memory of the pleasant trip will last long |