Directions: Talk on the following topic for at least 3 minutes. Be sure to make your point clear and supporting details adequate. You should also be ready to answer any questions raised by the examiners during your talk. You need to have your name and registration number recorded. Start your talk with “My name is ...” “My registration number is ...”

Read the following passages:

For years, Shanghai residents above the age of 70 were able to enjoy free public transportation by using their ID cards to ride on buses and the city's metro system. Since late June, however, this policy has been replaced with a subsidy for people aged 65 and above. The policy change triggered a sharp decline in the number of elderly people traveling during rush hours. This measure has thus been applauded throughout many cities, whose younger residents hope that their localities will also adopt the practice.

Questions for reference:

1. Do you have any acquaintances who enjoyed the free public transportation policy? Are there any changes of their current lifestyle?

2. Have you ever experienced the public transportation during rush hour? What were you thinking at that time?

3. Are you for or against the new policy? And why?

Pros

1. The old police was squeezing the already limited public resources available.

2. If a service is offered free of charge, this may attract those who don't even need it to use it.

3. The fact is that people above the age of 65 are now receiving a monthly subsidy of 75-600 yuan as compensation for the cancellation of their free transport privilege.

Cons

1. The old policy is a reflection of the traditional concept of respecting and caring for the elderly.

2. Senior citizen benefits encourage them to travel around the city so that they can take part in more activities, making them more likely to stay healthy.

熱點話題預測

WHO Report

世界衛生組織報告

Nine out of ten people globally are breathing poor quality air, according to the World Health Organization. Air pollution is blamed for killing more than 16,000 British and six million people worldwide every year.

世界衛生組織表示，每十個人就有九個呼吸著不良空氣。空氣污染每年會導致16,000英國人死亡以及世界范圍內600萬人死亡。

The problem is most acute in cities, the report found, but air in rural areas is worse than many think. Poorer countries have much dirtier air than the developed world, but pollution affects practically all countries in the world and all parts of society.

報告指出，城市中的空氣污染問題最嚴重，但是鄉下的空氣質量比許多人想象中還糟。窮國家的空氣會比發達國家糟得多，但污染問題幾乎會影響全球每一個國家和社會的每一個角落。

92 per cent of the world's population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits, and it is a public health emergency. Fast action to tackle air pollution can't come soon enough. Experts are urging governments to cut the number of vehicles on the road, improve waste management and promote clean fuel.

全球92%的人口居住在空氣污染指數超過世衛組織標準的地方，這是個公共衛生緊急事件。應付空氣污染問題刻不容緩。專家呼吁政府減少路上的車輛、改善廢物管理，以及提倡使用清潔能源。

Some of the strategies adopted to safeguard against polluted air have limited effectiveness. For example, daily air quality warnings -- like those sometimes issued in Beijing -- do little to help the average person, since the real threat is exposure to dirty air over extended periods.

有些應對空氣污染的措施效果有限。例如，北京每日的空氣質量報告對普通人的幫助不大，因為長期暴露在骯臟的空氣中才是真正的威脅。

G20杭州峰會開幕式致辭

Keynote speech at G20 Summit

各位同事：

我宣布，二十國集團領導人杭州峰會開幕！很高興同大家相聚杭州。首先，我謹對各位同事的到來，表示熱烈歡迎！上有天堂，下有蘇杭，相信杭州峰會將給大家呈現一種歷史和現實交匯的獨特韻味。

Dear Colleagues:

The G20 Hangzhou Summit now begins. It gives me great pleasure to meet you here in Hangzhou, and I wish to extend a warm welcome to you all. “Up in heaven, there is paradise; down on earth, there are Suzhou and Hangzhou.” And I trust the Hangzhou Summit will be a unique setting where history is blended with modernity.

在座的有老朋友，也有新朋友，大家齊聚杭州，共商世界發展大計。我期待在接下來兩天的討論中，我們能夠努力讓杭州峰會實現促進世界經濟增長、加強國際經濟合作、推動二十國集團發展的目標。

Present here are old and new friends of mine, and we will discuss ways to sustain global growth. I hope that during discussions in the coming two days, we will enable the Hangzhou Summit to fulfil its mandate of boosting global growth, strengthening international economic cooperation and promoting the future growth of the G20.

二十國集團聚集了世界主要經濟體，影響和作用舉足輕重，也身處應對風險挑戰、開拓增長空間的最前沿。國際社會對二十國集團充滿期待，對這次峰會寄予厚望。

The G20 consists of the world’s major economies. Its critical role and impact place the G20 at the forefront of the global efforts to tackle risks and challenges and expand the space of growth. The international community has great expectation for the G20 and places high hopes on the Hangzhou Summit.

在杭州峰會籌備過程中，中國始終秉持開放、透明、包容的辦會理念，同各成員保持密切溝通和協調。讓我們以杭州為新起點，引領世界經濟的航船，從錢塘江畔再次揚帆啟航，駛向更加廣闊的大海！謝謝大家。

In preparing for the Hangzhou Summit, China has followed the principle of openness, transparency and inclusiveness, and maintained close contact and coordination with all other members. Let’s make Hangzhou a new departure point and steer the giant ship of the global economy on a new voyage from the shore of the Qiantang River to the vast ocean. Thank you!

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