Topic 3 Section AReview Can you describe the city of Beijing? Its our capital city Beijing.Its beautiful/large. We can say Beijing is old and new. Its old because it has a very long history. Its new because it has many new roads and new buildings.Listen to 1a and answer the teachers questions. What happened to the city walls?They were pulled down in the 1960s.People thought them useless. They made the traffic heavy and the streets crowded. Some were worn out. Peoplethought they were dangerous.Why were they pulled down? These old city walls in Beijing are our cultural relics. We should protect them. So today the government will rebuild some of them.What do you think about the walls? Should they be pulled down or not?There were _old city walls in Beijing before the 1950s. But now only _of them remain because people thought they were useless. They _ the traffic _and the trees _. Also some of them were _people thought they were _, too. So they pulled _down in the 1960s. Today the government is rebuilding _the old city walls.manyA fewsome of madeheaviermore crowdedworn outdangerouslots of themThere used to be lots of old city walls in Beijing.Most old city walls were pulled down in the 1960s.Today, many modern buildings and roads appear.We are doing our best to protect and rebuild the old city walls. They make the city more beautiful, and we can learn a lot from them about history and people.