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么嗎？

本杰明：他們在說公交公司網絡的問題。

丹尼爾：那為什么他們的網絡不能夠正常運行呢？

本杰明：因為IC卡的問題。

丹尼爾：IC卡嗎？

本杰明：對啊，北京是個大城市，總共有7,000,000人用公交IC卡。

丹尼爾：然后呢？

本杰明：所有的人都去網上查看他們卡里的余額，所以就產生了網絡問題。

丹尼爾：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. 余額

horrible adj. 可怕的

大城市名稱的單詞

基礎詞匯

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

提高詞匯

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

兩人一組，一方隨機大聲讀出上面詞匯的英文和中文，另一方用該詞匯填入下面的句子，大聲朗讀并用中文說出該詞匯所代表的城市的標志性建筑或者是事物。

( ) is a big city.

[例] 家長讀New York 紐約

孩子讀New York is a big city. 紐約的標志性事物是自由女神像。