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Describe something important that your family has kept for a long time.
You should say:
What it is
What it is used for
How your family got it
And explain why it is important to your family
Something important that my family has kept for a really long time is aclock from my great great grandmother. It’s a wooden and gold clock that used tosit above the firepla
ce in her home. It’s an antique and it’s apparently worth alot of money. It’s been passed down through the generations of my family, and mymother takes great care of it. She makes sure it is serviced every few years,kept perfectly clean and polished, and doesn’t let any of us touch it. She’salways been very protective over that clock and says she’d be very upset if itwas broken or damaged. So, the clock has great sentimental value as well asmonetary value. My mother has always been a sensitive and nostalgic person, soshe has quite a few things that have been passed down through the family on herside, and she looks after them with great care. However, the clock is the onething that she treasures more than anything else. I remember one time when I wasa kid, I was playing with it and a screw came out of the base – my mum wasfurious. It was easy to fix, but still she was crazy – she’s really particularabout things like this, and takes great care of all her possessions, especiallythese sentimental items.
题目解析：
本题属于旧题改编，描述一个在你家保存很久的物件，要注意题目限定词for a longtime。大多数人的家里应该都有这种流传了好几辈的老物件，可能是一件首饰，可能是一个充满回忆的老照片。本题的描述重点是要交代清楚这件物品为何重要，如何保存的这么久。
重点词汇和短语：
fireplace：壁炉
polish：擦亮;抛光
sentimental value & monetary value：回忆(感情)价值和金钱价值
nostalgic：怀念的，念旧的
screw：螺丝钉
possessions：财物(注意这个名词是可以加s的)
1. What kinds of items would a family keep for a long time?
Families usually keep heirlooms for a very long time, passed down throughthe generations. Things like antiques, or photographs of the family, perhapseven books. Some people have books that they really cherish and take care of –novels – things like this. Others collect records, vinyl records from theirgrandparents. I can’t really think of anything else off-hand to be honest.
2. Are there any differences between the things that are important to afamily now and in the past?
Yes, I believe so. I think today we tend to take things for granted more.We don’t cherish or treasure things like we used to many years ago because welive in more fortunate times, and have a lot of opportunities to buy new things,rather than take care of the things we have and repair them when they arebroken. Young people are way more frivolous today than they were in the past,and often take things for granted, especially people who have money and are usedto a very comfortable standard of living.
3. What kinds of things are kept in museums?
Museums house all sorts of things. From precious antiques, to relics fromthe past. Historical items mainly. Chinese museums usually house things likejade – a lot of statues, figures and jewelry made from jade, a green preciousstone. But in general, anything that is old and of historical or cultural value,is stored in a museum and usually exhibited in a way that visitors can enjoylooking at these items and read about them.
