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[00:00.00] Unit 15 My Hometown [00:03.79]Dialogues A.The Return Visit [00:10.24]Mr.Hall spent his childhood in Changchun,China. [00:16.90]However,he has lived most of his life in Newtown. [00:23.25]He is now returning to Changchun for the first time in twenty years [00:30.80]and is traveling by bus with his nephew. [00:36.05]Mr.Hall:We're nearly there.It's all coming back to me now. [00:41.61]I used to travel along this road to school every day. [00:47.65]Robert:Did you really? [00:51.59]I thought you'd lived in Newtown all your life. [00:56.03]Mr.Hall:No,I used to live in Changchun when I was young. [01:02.20]Robert:Have you ever been back since you first left Changchun? [01:07.45]Mr.Hall:No,but I often thought about visiting my old birthplace. [01:13.48]In fact,I never made it because I had no time. [01:19.12]Robert:We're coming into the center of Changchun now,aren't we? [01:24.87]Mr.Hall:Er-are we?It's all changed.There didn't use to be a flyover here. [01:33.94]Robert:Look at those skyscrapers.Are they office buildings? [01:39.68]Mr.Hall:I have no idea.I don't remember any huge buildings here. [01:46.42]There was a field-my family often had a picnic there. [01:52.77]B.It's All Changed! [01:57.81]Now,Mr.Hall and his nephew are passing through the town center. [02:03.87]There is a swimming pool on the right [02:07.92]Robert:Did you often go there when you were a boy? [02:12.57]Mr.Hall:I've never been there.I would have gone if there was one then. [02:19.62]Robert:Look at that old building. [02:24.17]It's the town library.You must have been there. [02:30.52]Mr.Hall:Oh,yes,but not often.I didn't use to have time to read a lot. [02:38.35]Robert:Ah,we're coming into the bus station now. [02:43.92]Mr.Hall:What? The bus station didn't use to be here,next to the town hall. [02:51.57]Robert:Where was it? Mr.Hall:I can't remember.The whole town's changed. [02:58.81]Let's get off and look around ..Can you read the date over there? [03:05.08]Robert:It says 1955. The bus station's been here all the time. [03:13.83]Mr.Hall:I never used to come here to catch the bus. [03:18.66]I can't remember a thing.Maybe I've changed- not the town. [03:25.90]Passage My Hometwon [03:31.64]John Pizarro,the director of the Commercial Development in our company, [03:38.70]is going to travel to my hometown with me to see the great changes taking place there. [03:46.46]My hometown is a beautiful place. [03:51.92]It stands beside a wide river at the foot of low green hills. [03:58.86]It has many fine buildings and wide streets. [04:04.61]Wherever you go,you may see trees and flowers. [04:09.76]But it has not always been like that. [04:14.09]When I was in high school,it was a sad and dirty little town. [04:20.75]Some people lived in dark,unhealthy rooms in old buildings [04:27.60]and others in huts on narrow muddy streets. [04:32.67]Nearly everyone was poor and many had no work. [04:38.41]Great changes have taken place in my hometown since 1978 [04:45.96]when China started to put into effect the policies of reform [04:52.81]and opening to the outside world. [04:57.27]The people have got rid of the mud and dirt. [05:02.52]They have put up theaters,shops and flats in the center of the town. [05:09.76]They also have set up a hospital in the east of the town. [05:15.69]Along the river they have built schools,hotels and a big park. [05:22.95]Factories and businesses have sprung up. [05:28.31]On the river,steamers and boats come and go busily day and night, [05:36.07]carrying the products of our industries to all parts of the province. [05:42.31]Because the economy has developed rapidly and steadily, [05:48.55]the people's living standard has been improved greatly. [05:54.61]I love my hometown,and I love its people.They too have changed. [06:01.98]If we continue to carry out the policies, [06:06.92]I am sure that my hometown will have an even brighter future.

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