Beijing has a lot of character.
北京很有特色
A What do you think of Beijing?
A 你认为北京怎么样？
B It’s an amazing city. So much history, and at the same time, so modern.
B 北京是个迷人的城市。既有如此悠久的历史，同时又非常现代。
A Yes, it’s changing fast.
A 是的，它正发生着快速的变化。
B It’s got a lot of character. I love the mix of old and new.
B 它很有特色。我喜欢这种古老与现代的结合。
A Yes, you can get the ancient and the modern side-by-side in Beijing.
A 是的，在北京你可以看到古老与现代同时并存。

Notes注释
1 Beijing is an amazing city / Beijing is an amazing city. You can describe a city like Beijing by using many different adjectives, eg busy / busy; big / big.
Beijing is an amazing city /北京是个迷人的城市。你可以用不同的形容词来描述北京这样的城市，例如busy /热闹，big /大的。
2 If you want to emphasise something, you can use so . . . / so . . . before your description. For example, so much history / so much history; so modern / so modern.
如果你想强调某事，你可以在你的描述语前用so . . . / 如此. . .。例如：so much history /如此悠久的历史；so modern /如此现代。
3 If something or even somebody has a lot of interesting features and history, you can use character / character. For example, Beijing has a lot of character / Beijing has a lot of character.
如果某地或者某人有很多有趣的特点和历史，你可以用character /特色。例如：Beijing has a lot of character /北京有很多特色。
4 You can contrast things by saying: I love the mix of old and new / I love the mix of old and new.
你可以这样对比事物：I love the mix of old and new /我喜欢这种古老与现代的结合。

Key phrases & sentences 
What do you think of Beijing? 
你认为北京怎么样？
It’s an amazing city. 
北京是个迷人的城市。
So much history and, at the same 
既有如此悠久的历史，
time, so modern.
 同时又非常现代。
It’s changing fast. 
它正发生着快速的变化。
It’s got a lot of character. 
它很有特色。
I love the mix of old and new.
 我喜欢这种古老与现代的结合。
You can get the ancient and the modern 
在北京你可以看到古老与现代
side-by-side
 同时并存。