第35课（210字 2分钟）

Passage Thirty-five

（K4 level）

1.It is said that as the population of a city grows, so do its problems.

2.Pollution, too many cars, and crowded streets are just a few of these difficulties.

3.One way to help with these problems is city trains.

4.Trains traveling to different parts of a city mean fewer cars and buses on our roads, cleaner air, and more open streets.

5.In recent years, cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai have all built city train lines.

6.The first city train line in China was built in Beijing.

 7.The oldest part of the train line, from Beijing Zhan to Ping Guo Yuan was opened in 1969.

8.Its length was 23.6 kilometres.

9.As the city grew after 1980, so did the need for more trains.

10.A newer train line was built to help move people around the city centre.

11.The 16-kilometre-long “circle  line” was finished in 1987.

12.Since that time even more train stations have been built and today the train lines in the city are over 50 kilometres long.

13.For the 2008 Olympic Games, the trains of Beijing will be very important.

14.It is thought that most of the people who go to watch the different sports during the Games will travel using trains.

生词表（New Words）

1. population 人口                 grows 增长                     problems 问题

2. pollution 污染                    crowded 拥挤的             difficulties 困难

3. way 方法                           trains 列车                      help 帮助

4. traveling 运行                    fewer 更少                      cleaner 更清洁的

streets 街道

5. cities 城市                          built 修建                        lines 线路

6. first 第一                            train 列车                        line 线路

7. oldest 最古老的                 part 部分                         opened 开通

8. length 长度                        kilometres 公里

9. grew 增长                          need 需求                        trains 列车

10. newer 更新的                  move 移动                      centre 中心

11. finished 完工                   circle 环形线

12. stations 站点                    length 长度

13. Olympic 奥运会              important 重要的

14. thought 认为                    travel 出行                      sports 体育

1. 据说，随着城市人口的增长，问题也随之增加。

2. 污染、太多的汽车和拥挤的街道只是这些困难中的一部分。

3. 一个解决这些问题的方法是城市列车。

4. 在城市不同地区运行的列车意味着道路上的汽车和公交车更少，空气更清洁，街道更加通畅。

5. 近年来，广州、深圳和上海等城市都修建了城市列车线路。

6. 中国的第一条城市列车线路是在北京修建的。

7. 列车线路中最古老的部分，从北京站到苹果园站，于1969年开通。

8. 它的长度为23.6公里。

9. 随着1980年后城市的增长，对更多列车的需求也在增加。

10. 一条更新的列车线路被修建，以帮助市中心的人流疏散。

11. 这条16公里长的“环线”于1987年完工。

12. 自那时起，又建了更多的列车站点，如今北京的列车线路长度超过了50公里。

13. 对于2008年奥运会，北京的列车将非常重要。

14. 据认为，大多数观看奥运会不同体育项目的人都将乘坐列车出行。