Shanghai is a modern city. It likes new things. Shanghai was a(n) 1 city even a hundred years ago, so there is a(n) 2 -if Shanghai likes new things, what should it do with the old things? The government (政府) thinks a modern city should have both old and new things. The Waibaidu Bridge is an example. People built it over one hundred years ago. When it 3 , the government decided to spend a lot of money rebuilding (重建) it. The government did this 4 it believes that the city needs to remember its history. There are also some people working to save historical (历史的) things. Mr Wang is one of 5 . When he was fifty years old, he 6 from Canada to Shanghai, his hometown, and started to collect materials (材料) of old houses. He believed that old houses were a(n) 7 part of China's history so he tried his best to save them. He 8 the materials to other places and rebuilt them. You can also help to remember the past. Get a camera and take 9 of old things. Ask old people to tell you stories about Shanghai's 10 . It can be fun and you can see how some new things in the past are old now. |