假如你是某英文报社的记者,请以“A Beautiful Village”为题,用英文写一篇80词左右的短文,报道这个村庄这几年来的变化。
过去：村民们生活困难,房屋低矮、破旧,交通不便,孩子们上学要走很远的路。
现在：老百姓生活富裕了,村里修建了新学校,孩子们都免费上学,也吃上了免费午餐,公路(highway)和铁路也建成了。
要求：意思连贯,过渡自然,不要逐字翻译。

A Beautiful Village
In the past, the villagers in this village lived a hard life. The houses were low and shabby. The transportation was inconvenient. The children had to walk a long way to school.
Now, great changes have taken place. The villagers are rich. A new school has been built. The children can go to school for free and have free lunches. Highways and railways have also been completed. What a beautiful village it is!

短语：1. 拍照 ______
2. 过去常常 ______
3. free lunch ______
4. thanks to ______
句型：1. Here is/are…which…
2. I'm so surprised+that从句
3. Thanks to…,we can have a better life.
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A Beautiful Village
I'm a reporter. I am interested in taking photos. ①Here are the two photos which I took in the same village. ②I'm so surprised that great changes have taken place these years.
Three years ago, I went to a very poor village. I found that the villagers had a hard life. ③There used to be old and low houses on the streets. There wasn't convenient traffic and the children had to walk a long way to school.
Today, I come to the same village. The villagers are living a happy life. ④Some buildings have been built. Many people have bought their own cars, so they go out by car. A new school has been built. Children can go to school without paying and they can have free lunch at school. Also, there is a highway and a railway running through the village.
⑤Thanks to the government, we can have a better life.

1. take photos 2. used to
3. 免费的午餐 4. 多亏

【主题评价】作者通过对比同一村庄过去与现在的变化,赞美了现在的美好生活,表达了对政府的感激之情。
①倒装句是介绍事物的常用句式,给文章增色不少。
②“be surprised+that从句”体现了作者对村庄巨变的惊讶。
③“There used to be…”是there be结构,介绍了过去的居住条件。
④准确运用现在完成时的被动语态,体现了作者扎实的语法功底。
⑤运用thanks to短语表达了感激之情。

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