Describe a book you have read recently.
You should say:
What kind of book it is
Who wrote the book
What the story of the book is
And explain if it is a good book or not.

54. 最近讀的一本書（是 1-4 月的考題，目前疑似屬于本季度繼續在考的舊題）

I’m going to talk about a book named “一個人，三十座城292.” In English, it means “One person,thirty cities”. As its name suggests293, it’s a travel journal294. I actually just started it and I’m halfway done295.

If memory serves correctly296, my friend Lisa recommended the book to me several months ago.Lisa is crazy about traveling. She said if I wanted to travel without going anywhere, this would be the best book to choose.

Well, I was glad I took my friend’s advice. And now I’m a big fan of the book. The author of this book is a journalist in a travel program. She travelled to 30 cities in China but only spent 20 thousand yuan! And she wrote a travel log297 for each city she has been to. So the book mainly shows the beautiful nature and interesting places in China. And it also has lots of knowledge about the local conditions and customs in all parts of China. I actually got so much useful and helpful travelling information from it.

Even though I haven’t finished this book yet, I’m so fond of298 it. It really helps me to relax.Whenever I’m stressed with work and study, I always read it to wind down299. Plus, from this book,I learned many great ways to save money on travel.

292 一個人，三十座城: 書名原本叫《就這樣安靜的看世界》，為了翻譯簡單一些，我們用了書名的副標題。大家也可以根
據個人喜好替換，此處主要講的是旅游類的書籍
293 As its name suggests：正如它名字代表的一樣
294 travel journal：旅行日記
295 halfway done：讀了一半
296 If memory serves correctly：如果我沒記錯的話
297 travel log：旅行日志
298 so fond of：很喜愛…喜歡…
299 wind down: 放松