2015年9月30日，我校国际部语言班组织了居庸关长城实践考察活动。

我们从学校坐两个小时的巴士到长城的居庸关。语言初级，中级，高级班的同学们都一起参观了长城，而且都玩的很开心。到长城以后我们合影，然后开始爬长城。那边的长城特别陡。走在长城的时候像爬山一样要很费力气。因为每个梯级的高度不一样并且梯级有点滑，所以爬的时候我们都小心地走。
   爬到长城最高的地方后，我们在一座城楼休息了一会儿，也拍了很多照片。从最高的地方，我们看到了很远的山。居庸关虽然是农村，但是在我眼中这个农村是一个小小的城镇。因为看到房子和一些小小的花园，所以看起来像城镇。碧绿的山像中国传统的画。长城像巨大的龙一样挂在山上。

在中国的历史，上长城非常重要，它本来用来表示中国的边境，体现古代中国的权利。同学们都认为长城非常风光，在古代中国人建了多么强大和有效的城墙。城楼的外面有铁做的大炮，是中国古代的时候最厉害的反敌人的武器。

    Last week, thelanguage classes at Beijing No 80 high school took a trip to the great wall. Weset out at seven in the morning, and took a school bus for two hours to Juyongguan,a mountain pass on the outskirts of Beijing.

    After getting tothe wall we took a group photo, and then started to climb. The wall at Juyongguanis very steep, and the different steps are all different heights, so we had tobe very careful while climbing. It had rained earlier in the day, so the stepswere slippery.

    After getting to the highest part of thewall, we stopped to rest outside one of the watchtowers and look out over thesurrounding countryside. Dark green mountains extended far into the distanceand the wall curled up the peak on the opposite side of the valley like agigantic snake. We also noticed a small town nestled in one of the valleys,with little houses and gardens. Students took a lot of pictures of thebeautiful scenery.

    Thegreat wall is one of the most important monuments in Chinese history, both forits symbolic and practical purposes. Built over multiple dynasties and hundredsof years, the wall marked the Northern border of ancient China and symbolizedthe power of China to he rest of the world. It also functioned as a practicaldefense mechanism to shield China from Northern invaders. All of the studentswere impressed that people in ancient China had the ability to build such astrong and effective wall. Outside one of the wall towers, there was a Mingdynasty iron cannon, one of the strongest weapons of the era, pointed out ofthe North end.