Dialogue Two Go to the Tian'anmen Square　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Dialogue　 I　 II　 III
Miss Liu: Is this your first visit to Beijing, Mr. White?
Mr. White: Yes. I wonder where we shall start.
L: Shall we go to Tiananmen Square first?
W: Great! To me, nothing seems better than to visit Tiananmen square.
L: Good. Shall we go there on foot?
W: Is it far from here to the Square?
L: No. About twenty minutes' walk.
W: OK, let’s go there on foot. And I think we can see more of Beijing in this way.
L: You are quite right. (at the Square)
W: Oh, how great it is! What fine workmanship! I've heard so much about the Square. Now I have the pleasure of seeing it with my own eyes.
L: It is five hundred yards wide.
W: Oh, dear! It is five times as large as St. Peter's in Rome. And it is the largest and perhaps, I think, one of the most pleasing squares in the world.
L: I think so. Look at that monument, it’s the Monument to the People's Heroes.
W: What a grand monument! It seems to be scraping the skies.
L: The Square is really very great. You see, that is Tiananmen. It stands in the center of the city. On the west of the Square is the Great Hall of the People and on the east are the Museum of the Chinese Revolution and the Museum of Chinese History. Here you can trace the history of China from its earliest beginning to the modern era.
W: The Square is really much larger than I expected.
L: That’s right. Now, shall we go to the museums?
W: By all means.