Hello, everyone! First, I’d like to welcome you to our city. It usually takes us a quarter to go to the hotel（宾馆）by bus. We’ll get to the hotel a little late     1     there are too many cars and buses on the road. Now I’d like to spend（花费）    2     few minutes telling you something about our city. This is a beautiful city for you     3     visit. You can do some shopping in some stores, taste（品尝）nice food or walk     4     the river. There are many trees along the river. It is beautiful, but please     5     swim in the river. It’s not safe. Now please look at the nice city. I’m sure you’ll have a wonderful time here these days.

What would you say about Shenzhen? Young, modern, exciting...these all seem to be the right words.

Shenzhen     1     in the south of China. Forty years     2    , Shenzhen was just a small fishing village. Now it is a modern     3     standing on the coast of South China Sea.

    4     September 4, 1984, Shenzhen finished building the International Trade Center, China’s tallest building at that time. Today, you can see many tall buildings. In big department stores or supermarkets, you can buy things from     5     countries, such as wine from France, clothes from Italy and watches from Switzerland. If you like nature, you can enjoy yourself on the beautiful beaches.

Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Liu Yan. Maybe you all know that my hometown is in the country. I haven’t returned to my hometown     1     ten years. Last week,     2     my parents missed me very much, I had to go back to my hometown to visit my parents. How excited I was when I returned to my hometown. Great changes     3     taken place in my hometown. The small houses in the village have become tall buildings. The country road becomes a wide ring road. Some villagers built their factories. The living conditions of the villagers have improved a     4    . I saw the changes in my hometown     5     my own eyes. Has your hometown changed much?

I’m glad to tell you that great changes have taken place in my hometown. In     1     past people lived a hard life. The roads used to be narrow and people went on foot or by bike. But today, different kinds of cars and buses     2     running in wide streets. Big new houses at present replace the small ones. Today’s communication is quite different from that of the past. People now keep in touch     3     their friends and relatives more often by using cell phones and the Internet instead of sending letters. Every family has washing machines,     4     people don’t need to wash heavy clothes by hand any more. What’s more, old people can get good medical care. I’m very happy     5     see these great changes in my hometown.

I’m looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours,

Li Ming