欢迎词 英文演讲

Distinguished experts and representatives,

Good evening!

Today, I'm honored to have this opportunity to welcome all of you to attend the 4th international meet” Shino-Japan International Symposium on the East Asian Environmental Problems ”, especially to the distinguished guests from Japan. Welcome to Shanghai!

Japan has overcome various environmental pollutions during the period of high economic growth, I think we should learn from their successful experiences. Thanks to this chance, we can communicate with academic experts here.

Yesterday, we visited chongming Island, hope its beautiful scenery would give you a memorable moment. chongming is the largest river alluvial island and the third largest island of China, besides, Chongming is an ecological island, recently, it also has been identified as one of the three major low carbon economy demonstration areas. Here, I hope the experts who interested in Chongming can cooperate with us.

Taihu Lake is also our study object, now, there are many institutions in the study, Take this opportunity, I want to thank Kyushu University very much. Kyushu University is a world-renowned university in Japan. The cooperation between Kyushu University and Tongji university not only provide scientific support for improvement of aquatic environmental, biodiversity conservation and eco-biological restoration, but also draws the blueprint for international cooperation in the field of environmental in East Asia .

I believe the contribution of the multi-layers cooperation between Kyushu University and Tongji University is positive and profound.

At last, please allow me to express my heartful appreciation for your attendance and wish you have a good time in shanghai. I suggest,We must drink to our cooperation.

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LI Jianhua

Professor,

College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China.

Vice director,

Key laboratory of Yangtze aquatic environment, Ministry of Education.

Dear friends:

Good evening,

Thanks to experts present, with you attending the symposium, the whether of Shanghai has became cool and comfortable from the day you came to Shanghai. Before this, Days of shanghai continuous high temperature above 38 degrees break the historic record, it let me really feel that environment without borders. The solution of regional issues and global environmental problems should depend on Cross-border actions and international cooperation Research. In this regard, Kyushu University, as a world-renowned university has set us a good example. I also believe the contribution of the multi-layers cooperation between Kyushu University and Tongji University is positive and profound.

At the time when Shanghai World Expo held, Kyushu University in Japan and domestic scholars in other universities take the time to come to Shanghai. On behalf of Tongji University, I extend a hearty welcome to you all.

Yesterday, we visited beautiful chongming island, Today, we completed a total of 30 presentations, and 2 keynote lectures, There are many reports on the East Asian environment problems, besides, some of the Sino-Japanese cooperation are very consistent with the theme of EAEP. Tomorrow afternoon, we have a visit to shanghai word Expo, I wish you have a good time in expo park and in shanghai,.

How happy we are, To meet friends from far away! Among of you, many are our old friends, we have a good relationship. Besides, I found some are new face, I am so happy, because of you, the symposium can be more successful. I suggest,We must drink to our cooperation and friendship. Cheers

亲爱的朋友,大家晚上好:

托各位老师的福,从大家来到上海的那一天开始,上海突然变得很凉爽舒适。在此之前上海38度以上的高温持续时间创了历史记录。这也更加使我们感到环境无国界,区域环境问题与全球环境问题的解决十分有赖于跨国界的行动和国际间的合作研究。日本九州大学作为国际知名大学在这方面为我们做出了榜样。我也相信九州大学和同济大学之间的合作有着积极深远的意义

正值上海世博会召开之际,我们迎来了来自日本九州大学和国内其他高校的学者。在这里, 我代表同济大学,对你们的到来表示热烈的欢迎。

昨天我们参观了美丽的崇明岛,今天我们共完成了30个报告 ,其中有2个主题报告. 有许多报告都是共同围绕东亚环境问题,中日双方开展的一些合作,非常符合我们东亚环境问题(EAEP)program 的主题。明天下午,我们还会去参观世博,希望到时候你们能玩的愉快。

有朋自远方来不亦说乎,在座的各位,有很多事我们的老朋友了,我们有着良好的合作关系,还有一些新面孔,很高兴你们的出席,因为你们,会议才能更成功。最后,我建议,为了我们的合作和友谊,干杯。

 

第二篇:英文导游欢迎词以及个人经验

Welcoming Speech

Opening Remarks

1. A story about speaking English

Before I begin my class, I would like to tell you a story about speaking English which happened to an old overseas Chinese living in America.

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2. How to meet the tourists at the airport and make them feel that you are easy to get along with (or deal with)?

At first, I would like to talk about some information about how to meet the tourists and make them feel that you are easy to get along with.

You know, according to the related regulations, as a tour guide, you should arrive at the airport half an hour ahead of time to wait for the tourists. When the tourists arrive, you should notice the following steps:

Firstly, make sure to receive the right tour group you are supposed to meet, you can judge your tour group through the tourists’ name tags, luggage tags and travel agency symbols, etc.

Secondly, after meeting your tourists, you should confer with the tour leader and the national guide and check the number of people, make sure that no one is missing.

Thirdly, ask for the luggage claim cards from the tour leader or the national guide and give them to the porters to deal with the luggage.

Fourthly, you should politely show the tourists to get on the coach. Then make a brief welcome speech, including greetings and introduction of yourself and the driver.

Fifthly, ask the tourists for questions and any requests. Express your wish to serve them sincerely and honestly, and finally you should wish your tourists a pleasant journey and a wonderful stay.

There is an old saying about first impression which goes: ―First time, every time.‖ So the first impression is very important for your following job.

Generally speaking, meeting the strange tourists firstly, a lot of guides feel too nervous to express themselves well, and this makes the tourists uneasy. How to make yourself calm and the tourists feel that you are easy to get along with? Maybe different guides have different ways to resolve this problem.

For example, as my experience, after the tourists get on the coach, I check the number of people of my group, then I ask the tourists: ―Two dollar?‖ maybe some of them understand this humor and answer: ―Yes, two dollar.‖ Some don’t understand this humor and feel puzzled. At this time, I begin to explain this humor: The question ―Two dollar?‖ is the same pronunciation as the Chinese ―Is everybody here?‖ The answer ―Two dollar.‖ is the same pronunciation as the Chinese ―Everybody is here.‖ So from now on, all of you can speak good Chinese: ―Is everybody here?‖ ―Everybody is here.‖ Then I repeat: ―Two dollar?‖ almost all the tourists will answer: ―Yes, two dollar.‖ By this way, all the tourists will laugh and feel that you are easy to get along with. This also makes me easy and calm.

In addition, because my English name is Graham, my family name is Cheng. When I introduce myself to the American tourists, I do as follows:

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please! Firstly, would you please allow me introduce myself? I’m your local guide in Wuhan, my name is Graham Cheng, not Graham Cracker. Hearing this, almost all the tourists will laugh and feel that I’m humorous and easy to get along with. Why? Because ―Graham Cracker‖ is the name of a famous kind of biscuits in America, almost all the Americans know this kind of biscuit. Like this, in the following trip, some tourists always joke with me and call me ―Mister Cracker.‖

3. How to extend a welcome speech?

A Welcome Speech (on the Bus by the Local Guide) (1)

Good afternoon! Ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome to Beijing!

Now sit back please and don’t worry about your luggage. Your luggage will be sent to the hotel in another bus.

First, let me introduce myself. My name is Gao Xiaoming, but you can just call me Ming. I’m from the China International Travel Service, Beijing Branch. On behalf of my travel service, my colleagues and myself, I warmly welcome you to our capital city of Beijing. Confucius, the great ancient Chinese sage, once said ―Isn’t it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?‖ So it is the great happiness of mine to be your host here in Beijing.

During your stay here, I’ll be your local guide and I’ll do everything possible to make your stay most comfortable and enjoyable. Be sure to let me know when you have any questions, any problems or any requests, no matter what they are.

We are going to stay in the China World Hotel, a very comfortable and luxurious hotel in downtown. We shall spend a lot of time in this limousine, our only ―transportation.‖ We’d better remember its number and its features so that we won’t get a wrong bus. The bus number is 84176. Now I’d like to introduce our driver to you. Mr. Li has been working as a professional driver for over 15 years and he is surely experienced and responsible.

You have just completed such a long flight from San Francisco to Beijing. The time difference between the two cities is 16 hours. Now take your watch and reset the time. It is 4:27, Beijing standard time. Although China spans five time zones, the whole country follows Beijing standard time.

There is one thing I must remind you of, that is, you mustn’t drink the water from the tap here because the unboiled water might cause you sick. However, boiling water for making tea is available in the hotel rooms.

Notes

1. the great ancient Chinese sage 中国古代的伟大圣人

2. ―Isn’t it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?‖ “有朋自远方来不亦乐乎?”

3. limousine 豪华轿车

4. reset the time 重新调整时间

5. the unboiled water 没烧开的水

Welcoming Speech (on the Bus by the Local Guide) (2)

Ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome to Beijing! May I first introduce my Chinese colleagues to you? This is your national guide Mr. Wang from the China Civil International Tourist Corporation. He will travel with you throughout the trip in China. This is Mr. Yang, our driver. His bus number is 27968, my name is Wu. I am from the China Civil International Tourist Corporation. I will be your Guide interpreter during you stay in Beijing. If you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, try my best to answer your questions, and be your Guide and interpreter. I will try to do my very best to ―warm the cockles of your heart.‖ We highly appreciate your understanding and cooperation.

4. How to guide along the expressway from the Tianhe Airport to the city proper of Wuhan?

Now how to guide along the expressway from the Tianhe Airport to the city proper of Wuhan. The expressway from the Tianhe Airport to the city proper of Wuhan covers 17.8 kilometers. As I know, this section is hard for a lot of guides to explain. Generally speaking, after the coach get on the expressway, most of guides like to give a general introduction of Wuhan. But at this time, most of tourists don’t pay attention to the guide’s speech. Because they are very interested in the countryside scenery out of the coach. According to my experience, aiming at what the foreign tourists are interested in. I explain like this:

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, Please! This is a fully-controlled expressway from the Tianhe Airport to the city proper of Wuhan, covering 17.8 kilometers. Although it’s a little long, you can enjoy the beautiful countryside scenery of Wuhan’s suburb. This is the paddy field of the local people, and that’s the dry land of local people. Because Asian tropical weather dominates this area, the free-frost period is long and the rainfall is abundant, it’s quite suitable for planting a lot of crops with high yield. Local people plant double crops of rice in the paddy field annually. Generally the first crop of rice is planted and harvested in the first ten-day period of July, and then the second crop of rice is planted at the end of July, harvested at the end of October. And then the farmers put the paddy field into winter fallow, but do not let the field take a rest completely, they sow a kind of green grass in the field in order to plough under it and use it to increase the soil fertility in the next spring. While in dry land, local people rotate to plant wheat (or rape) and cotton. Wheat (or rape) is planted in winter and harvested at the end of May, and then the cotton is planted, and harvested completely in winter.

Oh, please have a look, those are fish pond and lotus pond. Originally they are paddy fields. Because in recent years, with the development of agriculture science, the output of crops here are increasing year by year, grains are over. Farmers often complain: ―High yield, low income‖. Therefore the government has made some new policies to encourage the farmers to develop cash crops. You see, owing to the abundant rainfall and good quality fresh water, this area is also quite suitable for raising fish and planting lotus. So farmers changed a lot of paddy fields into fish pond and lotus pond. By adopting this way, farmers just input less labor force and money,

and earn much more money than before, this is why you have seen a lot of beautiful houses along this way.

When the coach comes to city proper, you should begin to give a brief introduction of Wuhan to the tourists. Almost all the guides have a lot of information about Wuhan. This is an easy job for the guides of Wuhan, I don’t want to stress here.

Exercises:

Writing a welcome speech by the student (about 300 words).

Yellow Crane Tower

1.A brief welcome speech

2.Location of the Yellow Crane Tower

3.The history of the Yellow Crane Tower

4.The height of the present Yellow Crane Tower

5.The four parts of the present Yellow Crane Tower:

(1) The first part is the White Tower

(2) The second part consists of the gateway, two verandas, two pavilions and the combined bronze carving of snake, crane and turtle.

(3) The third part is the main tower-the Yellow Crane Tower, it consists of five stories. The information about each story.

(4) The forth part is the tablet corridor.

6.A brief farewell speech

The Yellow Crane Tower

Ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome to Wuhan ! May I first introduce our team to you ? This is Mr. Yang, our driver, he has been working as a professional driver for over 15 years and he is surely experienced and responsible, his bus number is 27968. My name is Graham Cheng. I am from CITS Wuhan Branch. I will be your guide interpreter during your stay in Wuhan. If you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, answer your questions, and be your guide and interpreter. I will try my very best to ―warm the cockles of your heart‖. May you have a nice trip in Wuhan!

Now the scenic spot I’ll show you to visit is the Yellow Crane Tower. It is located on the top of Snake Hill in Wuchang Town of Wuhan. According to the history, this tower was built up in the second year of the reign of Sun Quan of the Wu State during the Three Kingdoms Period, that’s to say 223 A.D., so far it has a history of over 1,700 years. In the history it was destroyed and rebuilt on several occasions. The last tower was rebuilt in 1868 and destroyed in 1884. Until 1984, the present Yellow Crane Tower was completed and opened to visitors. This forever tower, together with Yueyang Tower of Hunan Province and Tengwang Pavilion of Jiangxi Province are regarded as the three well-known towers in the south of the Yangtze River, of which the Yellow Crane Tower is the most famous for its long history and magnificence. It also enjoys the fame of ―unrivalled scenery‖ all over the world.

Ok, here we are in the Yellow Crane Tower. It consists of five stories. This is the first storey, in front of us is a great mural. The mural shows that an old man is riding on a yellow crane and flying to the sky, and below him is the magnificent Yellow Crane Tower. The mural also tells us how the Yellow Crane Tower got its name. According to the legend, a long long time ago, on the Snake Hill lived an old widow. She didn’t have any relatives, people called her Madam Xin. She was very poor and just built a thatched restaurant to make a mere living. But she was very kind and

always helped the beggars and the poor. One day an old worn-out man came to beg food in front of her gate, it seemed the old man was very hungry and sick, and almost couldn’t stand. She felt very sorry and had pity on the old man. So she supported the old man to her restaurant and treated the old man with food and wine. Later the old man came to her restaurant to have food and drink every day, in spite of this, she still treated him without charge as before. About six months passed , one day the old man had to say goodbye to her :“Madam Xin, you are very kind, I have troubled you a lot. Thank you for your hospitality. Now please accept this present. While he was saying, the old man picked up a piece of orange peel and drew a yellow crane on the spoiled wall with the orange peel. Then he turned to tell her :“The crane will come down from the wall and dance in front of the gate after hearing the clapping of your hands. The water of your well will also become wine, you can’t run out of it.‖ After saying that, the old man disappeared. Madam Xin followed what the old man told her. The yellow crane indeed came down from the wall to dance in front of her restaurant and the water of her well also became wine indeed. The news soon spread far and wide and her restaurant attracted a lot of visitors. As time went on, she earned more and more money and became rich very quickly. One day after ten years, the old man came to her restaurant again. ―How are you ? Madam Xin, is it enough to pay for the food and wine I have ever owed you ‖ he asked . ―Yes, of course ‖ Madam Xin answered with a smile. Then the old man clapped his hands, the yellow crane jumped down and he bestrode the yellow crane and flew into the sky. Seeing this, she spent all the money she earned to built this tower in order to commemorate the old man and his yellow crane and named it Yellow Crane Tower. In fact, the old man was Yu Dongbing, one of China’s traditional Daoism’s eight immortals, the yellow crane don’t exist in the world, certainly this is just a legend.

Now follow me to go upstairs, please. This is the second storey, we can enjoy an essay about the Yellow Crane Tower, two murals, six models of different times’ Yellow Crane Towers. The essay was written by the famous poet Yan Boli of the Tang Dynasty, it has described the Yellow Crane Tower and the beautiful scenery around it. The right mural shows us how Sun Quan, the king of the Wu State of the Three Kingdoms Period had Wuchang City built, which was called Xiakou City at that time. The left one shows us the scene of Zhou Yu’s welcome banquet, there is a short story about this: Zhou Yu was very clever, because of his talent, he was offered to the great general of the Wu State by the King Sun Quan. One day, he held a welcome banquet here to welcome Liu Bei, the king of the Shu Kingdom. In fact, this is a plot. Zhou Yu intended to use this chance to put Liu Bei house arrest here and force him to return Jingzhou City to the Wu Kingdom, but his plot was broken by Zhu Geliang also known as Kongming and didn’t succeed finally. This is the model of the Tang Dynasty’s Yellow Crane Tower, its feature is ―magnificent‖. This is the model of the Song Dynasty’s, its feature is ―vigorous and firm‖. This is the model of the Yuan Dynasty’s, its feature is ―stately‖. This is the model of the Ming Dynasty’s, its feature is ―pretty‖. This is the model of the Qing Dynasty’s, its feature is ―singular‖. This is the model of the present Yellow Crane Tower, its feature is ―majestic‖.

Now this is the third storey, we can see a group of murals and a wood carving

here. This group of murals has exhibited the thirteen famous poets of the Tang and Song Dynasties such as Cui Hao, Li Bai, Yue Fei, Lu You and their poems about the Yellow Crane Tower. Among them Cui Hao wrote the best poem about this tower, which can be translated as follows:

Yellow Crane Tower

The immortal has left on a yellow crane,

The tower alone on the shore appears.

The crane has flown and never come again,

The white cloud rolls on through a thousand year.

I can see Hangyang trees over the water’s blue,

And the green grass on the Parrot Islet grows.

In the dusk my village is lost to view,

The smoke and ripples but add to my woes.

The wood-carving has expressed an ancient Chinese fairy tale: Eight immortals crossed the sea together in a small boat, each one had his own special ability.

This is the forth story, it has exhibited a lot of calligraphies and paintings created by the modern famous calligraphers and painters when they visited the Yellow Crane Tower. Here tourists are also welcome to give a signature and write some poems about the Yellow Crane Tower.

Now we are in the fifth storey, we can enjoy a group of famous pictures here. This group of pictures has exhibited the ancient culture and beautiful sceneries along the Yangtze River.

(1) This one has expressed the old culture along the Yangtze River.

(2) This one has expressed the violent waves of the ancient Yangtze River.

(3) This one has expressed the history of Yellow Crane Tower’s rising and declining.

(4) This one has expressed the source of the Yangtze River.

(5) This one has expressed the waterfall in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River.

(6) This one has expressed the sceneries of the Yangtze Three Gorges.

(7) This one has expressed the strange landscape of Lushan Mountain.

(8) This one has expressed the sightseeing of Taihu Lake along the Yangtze River;

(9) This one has expressed the scenery that the Yangtze River flows into the East China Sea.

(10) This one has showed the scenery of the East China Sea.

After you enjoy these beautiful pictures, would you please go to the outside veranda, and there you can get a bird’s eye view of the whole triple-city, which is regarded the best scenery of Wuhan City. I’ll meet you at the gate of the tower in 20 minutes. Please enjoy yourselves!

Ladies and gentlemen, the happy journey in Wuhan will draw to a close. Now I have to say goodbye to you. During the whole trip, all of you have given me a great support, here I appreciate you very much. Finally, many thanks for your all-round cooperation again and wish you have a pleasant journey home!

Exercises:

Write a guiding commentary about the Yellow Crane Tower by the student himself

(about 1000 words).

Hubei Provincial Museum

1.A brief welcome speech

2.The general information about Hubei Provincial Museum

3.The general information about the tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng State

4.The brief information about the tomb pit

The four huge wooden chambers are the east chamber, the middle chamber, the west chamber and the north chamber.

5.The information about the main coffins of the tomb owner Marquis Yi

6.The information about the bronze ritual vessels and utensils

In making these bronze articles, many different methods of manufacture were employed, including:

(1) single-piece casting;

(2) piece mold casting;

(3) a combination of the above two methods;

(4) soldering techniques;

(5) the lost wax method.

7.The information about the Chime-bells

8.A brief farewell speech

Hubei Provincial Museum

Ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome to Wuhan ! May I first introduce our team to you ? This is Mr. Yang, our driver, he has been working as a professional driver for over 15 years and he is surely experienced and responsible, his bus number is 27968. My name is Graham Cheng. I am from CITS Wuhan Branch. I will be your guide interpreter during your stay in Wuhan. If you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, answer your questions, and be your guide and interpreter. I will try my very best to ―warm the cockles of your heart‖. May you have an enjoyable trip in Wuhan!

In this morning, the scenic spot I’ll show you to visit is Hubei Provincial Museum. It was founded in March 1953. At present, the museum mainly consists of the Concert Hall for playing chime-bells, the Exhibition Hall for Chu Culture and the Comprehensive Exhibition Hall. It covers a total area of 81,909 square meters and a floor space of 49,611 square meters. Its exhibition halls cover a floor space of 13,427 square meters. It has a collection of more than 140,000 pieces of cultural relics, among which there are over 1,000 pieces of first-grade cultural relics, ranking higher among all provincial museums in China. The most attractive relics collected in this museum are the four state treasures: Yunxian Man Cranium Fossil, Chime-bells of Marquis Yi of Zeng, Bronze Sword of King Gou Jian of Yue and Meiping-vase of the Yuan Dynasty decorated in blue-and-white with scenes of the four ―cherishes‖.

Now here we are. I’ll mainly show you to visit the Exhibition Hall of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng State, which is located on the second storey of the

Comprehensive Exhibition Hall.

This is the Exhibition Hall of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng State. In the summer of 1978, Hubei provincial archaeologists unearthed a huge tomb more than 2,400 years old in Suizhou City of Hubei Province about 165 kilometers away from Wuhan City. According to the inscribed characters of the unearthed relics, this tomb belonged to Marquis Yi of Zeng State, one of a host of lesser states during the early Warring States Period of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. More than 7,000 relics were unearthed from this tomb. A number of these relics are rare treasures, the most notable is a complete set of musical instruments, a discovery unprecedented in the history of ancient Chinese music. These relics provide very important research materials for the study of the Spring and Autumn and Warring State Periods of the Chinese history.

This is the model of Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng State. The tomb pit was constructed in the red sand stone of the third Cretaceous period. It measures 21 meters long from east to west, 16.5 meters wide from south to north and 11 meters deep, with the enclosed area totaling 220 square meters. The pit was subdivided into four huge wooden chambers measuring about 3.5 meters high. The four huge wooden chambers are the east chamber, the middle chamber, the west chamber and the north chamber. In the east chamber are the main coffins of Marquis Yi, eight coffins of sacrificed attendants and one coffin of dog. In the middle chamber are musical instruments, bronze ritual vessels and utensils, Eight types of musical instruments totaling 124 pieces and the famous Chime-bells were from this chamber. In the west chamber are 13 coffins of sacrificed attendants. So altogether 21 coffins of attendants were excavated from this tomb when excavated, all of these coffins contained human skeletons. Analysis shows that all of these sacrificed attendants of this tomb were young female maids or performers ranging from 13 to 25 years old. In the north chamber are weapons, inscribed bamboo slips, chariot and harness articles. The weapons unearthed from this tomb altogether more than 4,500 pieces such as Shu pikes, spears, bows, shields and arrow heads. Most came from the north chamber where they were placed in piles all over the room, thus resembling an ancient armory.

These are the main coffins of the tomb owner Marquis Yi. The main coffins were made up of the outer coffin and the inner coffin. The outer coffin was made of bronze and wood and weighed more than seven tons when unearthed. This is the first time that this type of bronze framed wooden coffin has been discovered. The inner coffin was made of large plunks of wood, instead of nails, carved mortise and tenon joints tightly secure the wood. The inside of the two coffins was painted with plain red lacquer. The surface of the two coffins was painted a lot of pictures including geometric(几何图案的东西) and floral (植物群的) patterns, strange snakes and birds, and weapon—wielding figures.

More than 140 bronze ritual vessels and utensils were also unearthed from the middle chamber. These vessels and utensils are Ding cauldrons, food vessels (Gui, Fu, and Dui types). Hu wine vessels, Fou jars, Guan fou wash basins, Zun wine vessels, Dou stemmed bowls, Li cooking tripods with hollow legs, Yan steamers, Pan trays, Yi ladle-shaped water vessels, boxes, ladles, spoons, a frying stove, charcoal brazier, dust pans and Bingjian wine coolers as well as belt books, paring knives and other utensils.

The overwhelming majority of these bronze vessels and utensils carried the inscription ―Made for Marquis Yi of Zeng for his eternal use‖. In making these bronze articles, many different methods of manufacture were employed, including:

(1) single-piece casting;

(2) piece mold casting;

(3) a combination of the above two methods;

(4) soldering techniques;

(5) the lost wax method.

These pieces represent the combination of all previous bronze casting skills, reflecting the great achievements of the Chinese metallurgists at that time.

This large set of bells is the Chime-bells which are regarded as the eighth wonder of the world. Chime-bells total 65 bells, divided into three types, they are Bo bells, Niu bells and Yong bells. Bo bell gives no sound, just for record. Niu bells altogether 19 pieces. Yong bells altogether 45 pieces. The Bo bell carried a thirty—one characters inscription in seal script. Research has revealed that this inscription dates from the 56th year of the reign of King Hui of the State of Chu. The inscriptions state that the Bo bell was presented by King Hui of Chu State as gift to Marquis Yi of the neighboring state of Zeng. From this evidence we know that the tomb dates from about 2,400 years ago that the tomb owner was Marquis Yi of the state of Zeng. All of the Chime-bells were cast from bronze. When unearthed, these bells were hanging in three tiers from a bell rack made of wood and bronze. The largest bell is 153.4cm tall and weighs 203.6kg. The complete set of the bells weighs more than 2,500 kg.

When excavated, six T-shaped painted wooden mallets and two painted wooden poles were found against the near side of the rack. It is believed that all of these implements were in the giving of a musical performance. All of the bells carry inscriptions related to musical temperament. Each bell can produce two tones, and through much research we have ascertained that the vibration frequency of this set of bells is very close to today’s C-major 7-tone scale. The range of its voice is very broad altogether spanning five octaves. The complete tonal change can be modulated, and the timbre is exquisite. Although they had been buried for more than 2400 years, the musical performance of the bells is still very good. Today we can still use them to play a lot of pieces of music at home and abroad.

So much for my explanation, thank you for your listening! Now please follow me to the Concert Hall to enjoy the wonderful music played with chime-bells.

Ladies and gentlemen, the happy journey in Wuhan will draw to a close. Now I have to say goodbye to you. During the whole trip, all of you have given me a great support, here I appreciate you very much. Finally, many thanks for your all-round cooperation again and wish you have a pleasant journey home!

Exercises:

Write a guiding commentary about Hubei Provincial Museum by the student himself (about 1000 words).

East Lake

1.A brief welcome speech

2.The general information about East Lake

3.The information about the form and water level of East Lake

4.The history of East Lake

5.East Lake is composed of six tourist districts-Listening to Waves, Moshan Hill, Luohong. Wild Geese’s Perching, White Horse and Flute Playing Districts.

(1) The Listening to Waves District

(2) Moshan District

(3) Luohong District

(4) Wild Geese’s Perching District

Now the other two districts—White Horse and Flute Playing Districts are under construction.

6.The most famous plants in East Lake are plum blossom, lotus flower and metasequoia.

7.The birds and fish of the East Lake

8.A brief farewell speech

East Lake

Ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome to Wuhan ! May I first introduce our team to you ? This is Mr. Yang, our driver, he has been working as a professional driver for over 15 years and he is surely experienced and responsible, his bus number is 27968. My name is Graham Cheng. I am from CITS Wuhan Branch. I will be your guide interpreter during your stay in Wuhan. If you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, answer your questions, and be your guide and interpreter. I will try my very best to ―warm the cockles of your heart‖. May you have a nice trip in Wuhan!

Now the scenic spot I’ll show you to visit is East Lake. It is located in the eastern suburb of Wuhan. It was announced one of China’s key scenic spots and historical sites by the State Council in November of 1982. Its total area is 87 square kilometers, of which about 33 square kilometers are water surface. It’s the biggest city lake in China which is six times as large as the West Lake in Hangzhou.

The East Lake is composed of six tourist districts—Listening to Waves, Moshan Hill, Luohong, Wild Geese’s Perching, White Horse and Flute Playing Districts. But only Listening to the Waves, Moshan Hill, Luohong and Wild Geese’s Perching Districts are open to visitors, the other two are under construction. Today we’ll mainly visit the Listening to the Waves District.

The East Lake consists of a lot of small lakes such as Shuiguo Lake, Tuanwo Lake and Yanwo Lake. With a vast expanse of water, it is fringed by a zigzagging shore, so people regard it to have 99 bends and turns. The west, east and south banks of East Lake are surrounded by over 30 undulating hills such as Moshan Hill, Luojia

Hill and Hongshan Hill, while the north shore is smooth terrain.

According to geologists and archaeologists, a long time ago, the Yangtze River overflowed its banks for many times, the mud and sand brought by floods silted unevenly on the southern bank, as time went on, the lower part formed today’s East Lake. Now, we can see, the northern end of East Lake still connects with the Yangtze River through Qingshan Harbour. Originally its water level was regulated naturally by the Yangtze River, but now a lock has been built. Although the water level rises in summer and falls in winter, the difference is not big. In flood season, the average depth is 2.46 meters, in dry season, the average depth is 2.11 meters. Generally speaking, East Lake is deeper among Wuhan’s lakes. The deepest place reaches as much as six meters. So it is an ideal place for water sports such as swimming and boat race.

Like other scenic spots, East Lake has gone through the gradual changes. In 1930, Zhou Cangbai, a national capitalist, set up Haihuang Agricultural Nursery here covering an area of 400-mu and built roads and some pavilions on the north–west shore of the lake. In 1935, Xia Douyin in charge of Hubei built a three-storey pavilion on a small island on the west shore of the lake. He named it Zhongzheng Pavilion in order to curry favor with Chiang Kai-shek who was also known as Jiang Zhongzheng. Now we call this pavilion Huguangge Pavilion. In 1949, Zhou Cangbai donated his Haiguang Agriculture Nursery to the state without compensation. In 1950, the central government made a plan to develop East Lake and set up the management office of the East Lake under the jurisdiction of Wuhan Municipal Government.

Ok, here we are in the District of Listening to Waves. It is surrounded by green bamboos and pine trees. The Listening to the Waves District is located on the west shore of East Lake. The vast shore is planted with pine trees, metasequoia trees and bamboos. When the wind comes, the sounds of pine trees and waves echo each other over a distance, so the district got its name. The district consists of a lot scenic spots and facilities. They are Moon Enjoyment Pavilion, Various Scenery Platform, Water and Cloud Home, Listening to Waves Chamber, Poem-chanting Pavilion, Quyuan Museum, Lakeside Painting House, Luxun’s Square and Huguangge Pavilion as well as the Nine-Girl Mound. A skating rink, a swimming pool, an open-air theater, restaurants, teahouses, snack counters and a photo studio, etc.. Now let’s enjoy them one by one.

This is the Moon enjoyment Pavilion, it is an ideal place for you to enjoy the moon. It got its name from the Chinese poem: ―The nearer a pavilion lies to water, the earlier the moon can be enjoyed.‖

This is the Various Scenery Platform. Standing on it, from south you can see Luojia Hill; From north you can see Huguangge Pavilion; From east you can see the six peaks of Moshan Hill. When you look down on East Lake, you can see a lot of criss-crossing boats.

This is Water and Cloud Home, it is situated on the plain shore of East Lake, when you climb up to the second floor, you will find that the flowing cloud in the sky connects with the water of East Lake. In addition, behind the building is also water. So this scenery will make you imagine that you seem in the home of water and cloud.

This is the Listening to Waves Chamber, it is surrounded by green bamboos and metasequoia trees. It’s a good place for you to enjoy the sounds of metasequoia trees and waves echoing each other. These are metasequoia trees. Metasequoia is reguarded as the ―living fossil‖, it has history of 130 million years, it is a kind of precious tree survived in the Quaternary Glacier Period. In 1945, our country’s botanists discovered metasequoia firstly in the west Hubei and this discovery caused a sensation throughout the world. At that time the young trees of metasequoia were sold by weight, its value can compare with gold. In order to commemorate this great discovery in Hubei, in addition, metasequoia has the characteristics of cold resistance, being tall and straight and strong adaptability and it can just symbolize the spirit of Wuhan people’s honesty, frankness and firmness, therefore it was designated as the city tree of Wuhan in 1983.

This is the Poem-chanting Pavilion, In front of it is the statue of Qu Yuan who was the great patriotic poet of ancient China. There is a short story about the pavilion. Originally, Qu Yuan was born in Zigui County of Hubei Province during the Warring States Period of China. Because of his talent, he was offered a high rank by the King of Chu State. He worked loyally for Chu State and always concerned about common people’s life. Because of his effort, Chu State became more and more strong. Unfortunately, later the King of Chu State was deceived by traitor and sent him into exile. When he heard the news that Chu State was defeated by Qin State, he felt very sad and drowned himself in the Miluo River in Hunan Province in order to call on Chu people’s patriotism. After Qu Yuan was exiled, he ever passed Wuhan and wrote and recited some poems on the shore of East Lake. In order to commemorate Qu Yuan, Wuhan people built this pavilion. Qu Yuan made a great contribution to the culture of China even the world. In September of 1953, the World Peace Council held a meeting to commemorate the most famous four cultural intellectuals, one of them was Qu Yuan.

Here is the Lu Xun’s Square, this is the statue of Lu Xun. Lu Xun was the forerunner of China’s new culture revolution as well as the great writer, thinker and revolutionist. He was born in 1881 and died in 1936, he made a great contribution to China’s new culture and revolution.

Here is the Nine-Girl Mound, it is actually the tomb of nine girls. In late Qing Dynasty, Wuchang was ever the revolutionary base of the Taiping Heavenly Uprising Troops, in order to defend Wuhan, nine girls fought with the troops of the Qing Dynasty and finally sacrificed their lives here. The local people respected them and buried them in the same tomb. In order to avoid the depression of the Qing Dynasty, the local people called the tomb the Nine-Girl Mound.

The hills, waters and trees of the East Lake have attracted a lot of birds. The birds total over 30 kinds. They are wildgeese, ducks, chickens, egrets, woodpeckers, magpies and the like.

East Lake’s fresh water fish is also very abundant, totaling about 50 kinds. They are Wuchang Fish, common carps, cruician carps, black carps, etc., among these, the Wuchang Fish is the most famous one. The steamed Wuchang Fish is the most famous local dish of Wuhan.

So much for my explanation about East Lake, thank you for your listening! Now half an hour is left for you to take a free walking here.

Ladies and gentlemen, How time flies! the happy journey in Wuhan will draw to a close. Now I have to say goodbye to you. During the whole trip, all of you have given me a great support, here I appreciate you very much. Finally, many thanks for your all-round cooperation again and wish you have a pleasant journey home!

Exercises:

Write a guiding commentary about the East Lake by the student himself (about 1000 words).

Guiyuan Temple

1.A brief welcome speech

2.The general information about Guiyuan Temple

3.The legend and history about Guiyuan Temple

4.The special three features of Guiyuan Temple

5.Gueiyuan Temple mainly consists of five building groups. They are individually in five courtyards. They are the east courtyard, the north courtyard, the middle courtyard, the south courtyard and the west courtyard.

(1) The east courtyard was built in recent years, consisting of two buildings, one was called Yunjizhai and the other called Shantayuan.

(2) The north courtyard consists of Cuiwei Pavilion, the Hall of Buddhism Recitation, Freeing Captive Animals Pool, Sutra Collection Pavilion and the Bronze Statue of Bodhisattva Guanying.

(3) The middle courtyard consists of two buildings: the front building and the back building.

(4) The south courtyard consists of the Hall of Four Heavenly Guardians, the Hall of Dizang King and the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats.

6.A brief farewell speech

Guiyuan Temple

Ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome to Wuhan ! May I first introduce our team to you ? This is Mr. Yang, our driver, he has been working as a professional driver for over 15 years and he is surely experienced and responsible, his bus number is 27968. My name is Graham Cheng. I am from CITS Wuhan Branch. I will be your guide interpreter during your stay in Wuhan. If you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, answer your questions, and be your guide and interpreter. I will try my very best to ―warm the cockles of your heart‖. I do hope you have an enjoyable trip in Wuhan!

Now the scenic spot I’ll show you to visit is Guiyuan Temple. Guiyuan Temple is a Buddhist temple in Central China, located at the west end of Cuiwei Street, Hanyang Town of Wuhan. It is a famous relic of Wuhan. Guiyuan Temple was built between the late Ming Dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, until now it is over 300 years old.

According to legend, during the late Ming dynasty there were two brothers in Zhachuan County of Zhejing Province, one was called Baiguang and his Buddhism name was Deming, the other called Zhufeng and his Buddhism name was Dekun, they become monks in the same time. As children, they began to believe in Buddhism, so they often went to other places to broadcast Buddhism. One day, they came to Hanyang Town of Wuhan and heard that the present area of Gueiyuan Temple was a great battle field between Ming troops and Qing troops during the late Ming Dynasty, they were very sad, so they collected the corpses and bones of dead soldiers and

buried them with the help of local people. Then they built a thatched house and recited Buddhism scriptures for dead soldiers in order to send their souls into heaven. They were very pious and diligent. In the meantime they came to Xingguo Temple at the foot of Turtle Hill and spent three years to have made the entire worn-out Buddhism scriptures well here. Two local rich merchants Sun Yaoxian and Dai Tiancheng were moved by their good deeds and donated voluntarily a lot of money to build a temple for them in order to praise their behaviors and broadcast Buddhism widely, so Zhufeng and Baiguan named it Gueiyuan Temple. The main meaning of the title is ―If someone practices Buddhism and does a lot of good deeds, he/she will become a Buddha and get into heaven.‖ During the time between the late Ming dynasty and the early Qing Dynasty, Buddhism is very popular in China, Gueiyuan Temple was very prosperous and it ever became the Buddhism center of Hubei, Henan and Anhui provinces.

Contrasting with other temples, Gueiyuan Temple has its own three features quite different from other temples. The first feature is the color, Gueiyuan Temple’s color is yellow. You see, in China’s feudal dynasties, ―yellow‖ was the symbol of noble and authority, it was royal family’s special color, only the emperor and his family could use this kind of color on their clothes, buildings, etc.. The second feature is the title. The title of Guiyuan Temple is straight, not horizontal. The third feature is the gate shape, the gate of Gueiyuan Temple shaped like Chinese character ―eight‖. Why does Gueiyuan Temple has its own special three features? According to legend, in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor Daoguang believed in Buddhism very much and he was moved by Zhufeng and Baiguang’s good deeds, so he bestowed a jade carving stamp on Geiyuan Temple and also gave a lot of special rights to Gueiyuan Temple. Therefore Gueiyuan Tempe owned the style of royal architecture quite different from other temples.

Now here we are in Guiyuan Temple. It consists of five building groups which are individually in five courtyards. They are the east courtyard, the north courtyard, the middle courtyard, the south courtyard and the west courtyard.

This is the east courtyard. It was built in recent twenty years, consisting of two buildings, this one is called Yunjizhai and the other is called Shantayuan.

Now let’s step into the north courtyard. This is the Hall of Scriptures Recitation(念佛堂), the three saints of the Western Heaven are enshrined inside it. The left one with a clear water bottle in her hands is Bodhisattva Guanyin, always helping people in needs. The middle one with two servants is Amitabha Buddha (阿弥陀佛), dominating the Western Heaven’s happiness. The right one with lotus flower in his hands is Bodhisattva(大势至菩萨) Dashizhi.

Now follow me to this way please. This is the Sutra Collection Pavilion, there are three treasures inside it. The first one is a piece of calligraphy. On a piece of paper which is no more than twenty centimeters wide and long, a famous calligrapher wrote two articles of Buddhism scriptures ―Diamond Sutra‖ and ―Xinjing Sutra‖ totaling 5424 Chinese characters with writing brush, and all of these characters formed a great Chinese character ―Buddhism‖. The second one is the original texts of Buddhism scriptures ―Huayanjing Sutra‖ and ―Fahuajing Sutra‖ written with some volunteer’s

blood. The third one is the jade statue of Sakyamuni carved with a great block of pure white jade weighing 3 tons, it was presented to Wuhan by a senior monk of Burma in1935. It is still preserved very well.

This is the middle courtyard, it consists of two buildings: the front building and the back building, the front building is called the Hall of Bodhisattva Weituo. There are three Bodhisattvas inside it. The middle one is Weituo who is in charge of the law of the Western Heaven, the left one is Maitreya, always smiling to people and making them happy, the right one is the Qielan, actually being the incarnation(化身) of the great and brave general GuanYu of Shu Kingdom during the Three Kingdoms Period of China. The back building is called the Grand Hall in which the statue of Sakyamuni is enshrined. Now let’s have a look at the back of Sakyamuni’s statue, this is the wood-carving of Bodhisattva Guanyin, it’s about 300 years old, just repainted recently, but it still remains very well, It stands at a slant of 30 degrees, so it is a very rare carving all over the world.

This is the south courtyard including the Hall of Four Heavenly Guardians, the Hall of Dizang King and the Hall of the Five Hundred Arhats. According to the legend, as Sakyamuni was thinking in his royal garden before deciding to leave his home, suddenly the Four Heavenly Guardians appeared in front of him and each carried a hoof of his horse on shoulder to send him out of the capital city, so Sakyamuni got a good chance to have founded Buddhism. Later people made their statues to commemorate them. This is the Hall of Dizang King, originally Dizang King was a Korean, his name was Jing Qiaojue, later he sailed to China. On Jiuhua Mountain in Anhui province he built his temple and finally became a Bodhisattva in charge of the eighteen-storey hells.

Now follow me to this way please. Ok, here we are in the Hall of Five Hundred Arhats. You can tell your fortune by counting Arhats by yourself, because each Arhat has his own appearance, posture, feature and prospect and symbolizes different fortunes. Getting into the hall, ladies count from the right, and gentlemen count from the left. When you start to count, please take anyone as the No.1, then count according to the proper order until your actual age, the last one will stand for your fortune. You can imagine your fortune according to the appearance of this Arhat. If the appearance is not good, don’t worry about it. If you believe it, it exists; if you don’t believe it, it doesn’t exist.

This is Bodhisattva Guanyin with numerous hands and eyes. As the legend goes, Guanyin’s father was ill very badly. One night, a Buddha sent a dream to her father and said : ―One hand and one eye of your daughters can cure your illness, otherwise you will die ‖. On the next day, her father told this dream to Bodhisattva Guanyin’s two elder sisters, they were not voluntarily to devote their hands and eyes. Later Guanyin knew this and devoted one hand and one eye to make her father recovered. Her kindness moved Sakyamuni. So Sakamuni presented her numerous hands and eyes and made her magic limitless in order to save more people.

So much for my explanation about Gueiyuan Temple, thank you for your listening! Now half an hour is left for you to take a free walking here. At 10: 30, I’ll meet you at the gate.

Ladies and gentlemen, how time flies! the happy journey in Wuhan will draw to a close. Now I have to say goodbye to you. During the whole trip, all of you have given me a great support, here I appreciate you very much. Finally, many thanks for your all-round cooperation again and wish you have a pleasant journey home!

Exercises:

Write a guiding commentary about Guiyuan Temple by the student himself (about 1000 words).

Night Travel of Wuhan on the Yangtze River

1.A brief welcome speech

2.The cruise route about the Night Travel of Wuhan on the Yangtze River

Boarding the cruise ship at the quay of Wuhan Harbour -Going upstream -The Temple of Dragon King -Qingchuan Bridge -The South Bank Peninsular -Qingchuan Pavilion -The Wuhan Yangtze Bridge -The Gate of Hanyang -Going downstream -The Concessions and Bund of Wuhan-Debark in the Wuhan Harbour.

3.The Overview of Wuhan City

4.Wuhan Harbour

5.The Temple of Dragon King

6.Qingchuan Bridge

7.The South Bank Peninsular

8.Qingchuan Pavilion

9.The Wuhan Yangtze Bridge

10.Crossing the Yangtze River

11.Concessions and Bund of Wuhan

12.A brief farewell speech

Night Travel on the Yangtze River

Ladies and gentlemen:

Welcome to Wuhan ! May I first introduce our team to you ? This is Mr. Yang, our driver, he has been working as a professional driver for over 15 years and he is surely experienced and responsible, his bus number is 27968. My name is Graham Cheng. I am from CITS Wuhan Branch. I will be your guide interpreter during your stay in Wuhan. If you have any special interest, please tell your tour leader, and he will let us know. My job is to smooth your way, care for your welfare, answer your questions, and be your guide and interpreter. I will try my very best to ―warm the cockles of your heart‖. I do hope you have an enjoyable trip in Wuhan!

Tonight I will show you to take a night travel on the Yangtze River by a cruise ship.

Before we get to Wuhan Harbour, I would like to give you a general introduction of Wuhan. Wuhan is the provincial capital of Hubei province, its total area is 8467 square kilometers, its population is about 8.5 million. It is the largest city of Central China and the sixth largest city all over the whole country too. The history of Wuhan can date back to the Shang Dynasty more than 3500 years ago. It is located at the joint of the Hanshui River and the Yangtze River which is the third largest river in the world, over 60 kilometers of the Yangtze River cross the city proper of Wuhan. Wuhan is a triple-city consisting of Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang, on the north of the Yangtze River are Hankou and Hanyang, on the South is Wuchang. There is an old saying which goes: ―A ladle can scoop up the waters of two rivers, a cup of tea can

make the triple-city fragrant.‖ This is the vivid portrayal to the unique geographical pattern of Wuhan.

Ok. here we are in Wuhan Harbor. It was put into operation on January 10th, 1992. It is the largest harbor of inland China and the biggest passenger station along the Yangtze River. Now please take your valuables to follow me to get on the Qingchuan Cruise Ship.

Ladies and Gentlemen, your attention, Please! Our cruise ship is going upstream, now the first scenic spot we can see is the Temple of Dragon King, it lies on the north of the Han River. Originally it was built in 1739 during the reign of Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Because the section of the Han River near the temple is very narrow, the water flows rapidly and the waves surge very high, it has been regarded as a dangerous place since remote time, so the local people built the temple to pray for the dragon king to safeguard Hankou. Many dangerous floods happened here, so this place was a serious hidden trouble of Wuhan people in the past. In 1931, the flood water level here rose to 26.94 meters, the embankment was broken and Hankou was overflowed, a lot of people were killed by the flood. After liberation, the Central Government attached great importance to safety of embankments, particularly the section of the Temple of Dragon King. In 1998, Wuhan encountered the biggest flood of last century, the flood water level here reaches as much as 29.43 meters, this section was very dangerous. The former president Jiang Zemin came here to command flood control by himself. Wuhan army and people, together with the national people work as one to fight with the flood, finally kept this section safety and won the great flood control victory. On November 20, 1998, Wuhan municipal government began to treat this section, the project’s total investment is 234 million yuan, the major part of the project was completed on June 8, 1999, and in the same year, it passed the ordeal of the third highest flood water level in the history of Wuhan. Thus the dangerous place has been turned into a beautiful scenic spot.

Near the Temple of Dragon King, the bridge which looks like a rainbow over the Han River is the Qingchuan Bridge, it joints Qingchuan Pavilion and the famous collecting and distributing street of small commodities—Hanzheng Street, its major span is 280 meters, it’s an iron-arched bridge. Wuhan people enjoy the bridge very much and cordially call it ―the rainbow bridge‖.

The place in front of us is the South Bank Peninsular. It’s located at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Han River. The Yangtze’s turbid water and the Han River’s clear water form a great Chinese character ―man‖, separating the whole Wuhan City into the towns of Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang. This is a beautiful place for wind and cloud to meet, here hills face each other, waters kiss each other, the long embarkment and the green waters depend on each other, the green grass and the bright light form a beautiful contrast. Now it has become an interesting place for visitors. This place is very similar to the ― Germany Corner‖ where the Mercer River and the Rhine River meet together, so a lot of tourists call it the ― Germany Corner‖ of China.

That ancient building is Qingchuan Pavilion. It is also called Qingchuan Tower. It began to be built in the Emperor Jiajing’s reign of the Ming Dynasty. It was built for

commemorating Great Yu and its name derived from the poem ―the yellow Crane Tower‖ of the famous poet Cui Hao in the Tang Dynasty. In the history of China, Qingchuan Pavilion was destroyed and rebuilt on several occasions. The Turtle Hill became the battle field in the 1911 Revolution, Qingchuan Pavilion suffered from gunfire, although it wasn’t destroyed completely, its pillars and stone tablets, etc. were torn to pieces and its main structure was on the verge of collapse. Because it was in a state of disrepair for a long time, adding a special disaster caused by a windstorm in 1935, the Qingchuan Pavilion was destroyed overnight. In 1983, the municipal government of Wuhan began to restore Qingchuan Pavilion according to the design during the rule of Emperor Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty, opening to the outside world on October 1 , 1986, the famous calligraphist Mr. Zhao Puchu wrote the title of the pavilion. From then on, Qingchuan Pavilion and Yellow Crane Tower stood magnificently on the both banks of the Yangtze River respectively, facing each other and enhancing each other’s beauty, and become a famous scenic spot of Wuhan city. It is regarded as ―the Holy Place of South Central China‖ and ―A fantastic Scenic Spot Through Ages‖. (三楚胜景,千古奇观)

The grand bridge just in front of our ship is the Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge. It was the first bridge including both highway and railway built over the ten-thousand li Yangtze River after liberation. The bridge began to be built on October 1, 1955, it was completed and opened to the traffic on October15, 1957. The bridge is 1.156 meters long and 35 meters high. At the south end of the bridge is the famous scenic spot—Yellow Crane Tower. This forever tower, together with Yueyang Tower of Hunan Province and Tengwang Pavilion of Jiangxi Province are regarded as the three famous towers in the south of the Yangtze River. It also enjoys the fame of ―unrivalled scenery‖ all over the world.

Now our ship is going downstream along the river. On the right is Wuchang on the south of the Yangtze River, this place is called the Gate of Hanyang. Chairman Mao came to Wuhan to inspect in 1956, he began to swim from here. In order to commemorate Chairman Mao to cross the Yangtze River, since 1993, the Wuhan International Yangtze River Swimming Festival has been held once every other year, this activity has attracted more and more swimmers around the world to this charming city-Wuhan!

Ladies and gentlemen, your attention, please, this is the best position for us to enjoy the concessions and bund of Wuhan. Please have a look at that old building with a great bell on its top, its original name is Jianghanguan Mansion. The bell tower is equipped with a huge clock whose diameter is four meters with a hand of 1.5 meters, it plays music on time and its sound spreads the three towns of Wuhan. As our ship keeps going downstream along the river, we can see over 100 western-style buildings on the north of the Yangtze River, they are the concessions occupied by some imperialist powers in 1861 after the Second Opium War (1856-1860). According to the unfair treaty, Hankou was opened up as the foreign trading port, in this riverine area of 187 hectares are the concessions of five countries: Great Britain, Russia, France, Germany and Japan sequentially, the concessions had occupied 2/5 of the domain of urban area in Hankou at that time. Until 1945 after Anti-Japanese War,

Wuhan people have regained all concessions formally, and ended the disgraceful history of 85 years of imperialist’s occupying the concessions in Wuhan.

So much for my explanation, thank you for your listening! Our cruise ship has already docked at Wuhan Harbor, watch your step and follow me to go ashore!

Ladies and gentlemen, how time flies! the happy journey in Wuhan will draw to a close. Now I have to say goodbye to you. During the whole trip, all of you have given me a great support, here I appreciate you very much. Finally, many thanks for your all-round cooperation again and wish you have a pleasant journey home!

Exercises:

Write a guiding commentary about the Night Travel of Wuhan on the Yangtze River by the student himself (about 1000 words).

Overview of Dabie Mountain

1.A brief welcome speech

2.The general information about Dabie Mountain

(1) Location

(2) Climate

(3) Plants

(4) The important revolutionary history

3.Baodao Peak Forest Farm

4.Tiantang Stockade Forest Park

(1) The main peak of Tiantang Stockade

(2) the Monk’s Head

(3) the Peak of Picking stars

(4) the Swallow Cliff

(5) the Saint Monk Peak

(6) ―the Immortals’ Gathering Together‖ and the Philosopher Cliff

(7) The Valley of Immortals

5.A brief farewell speech

Dabie Mountain

Good morning! Respect ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention please? My name is Graham Cheng. I am from CITS Wuhan Branch. I’ll be your guide interpreter during your stay in Dabie Mountain. This is Mr. Yang, our driver, he has been working as a professional driver for over 15 years and he is surely experienced and responsible, and his bus number is 27968. Both of us are very glad to be at your service. There is an old saying in China, ―Isn’t it a pleasure to have friends coming from afar?‖ So by this chance, on behalf of our travel service and on my own behalf, I would like to extend a warm welcome to your present here. I would also like to express my best wishes for the success of your travel in Dabie Mountain.

If the tourists have some knowledge about Geography and biology, the trip to Dabie Mountain will be more interesting. Dabie Mountain is close to the geographical dividing line between the north and south of China, the winter and summer are short and the spring and autumn are long, the climate is delightful in all seasons here. In spring, the light rain drips and the green sprouts, when it’s shining and the breeze is gentle, a blaze of color will meet your eyes. In summer, the dark green seems dripping, the butterfly dances and the worm chirps, the waterfall looks like a string of pearls, the pool is green and the ravine water ripples. In autumn, the leaves look like the bright mountainous flowers in full bloom and takes on the red and yellow and purple and reddish brown without desolate scene. There is wind and snow occasionally in winter, it seems that the snow is intended to decorate the mountain ridge. The climate of Dabie Mountain belongs to Huainan (the south of the Huaihe River) climate, it is gentle and moist, the grass and trees are luxuriant, there are a variety of plant communities of the south and the north concurrently, the bio-diversity is abundant, one may say that its value is unique.

Besides the refined and elegant natural sceneries, Dabie Mountain also has a very important revolutionary history in China. After the White Terror in 1927, Dabie Mountain became one of the important revolutionary bases where the Communist Party of China developed the revolutionary arms and set up the Soviet Regime, the Red 4th Army Group, the Red 25th Army Group, the Red 28th Army Group were born in this stretch of land. During the period of the Liberation War, Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping led the People’s Liberation Army to Dabie Mountain boldly from over 500 kilometers away and joined the local red revolutionary guerillas, made an important contribution to Chinese revolution again. No matter how the history changed constantly, the awareness, courage, will and intelligence that the people of Dabie Mountain showed in those hard years were heroic and moving, this will inspire the people forever.

OK, here we are in the Baodao Peak Forest Farm. Baodao Peak is located on the west of the main peak Tiantang Stockade of Dabie Mountain and faces to this peak, it is the famous summer resort of Luotian County and even the East Hubei Province. It is made up of several dozens of mountain peaks, the highest peak Dahuping is 1404 meters high above the sea level. The Baodao Peak Forest Farm is about 10 kilometers wide from east to west 25 kilometers long from south to north and its whole area is about 300 square kilometers. Baodao Peak was also known as the Crane Howling Stockade in the history because it towered into the clouds. The north-south run of Baodao Peak looks like a thin blade from sideways, so got its name Baodao Peak (means ‖the thin blade peak ‖)

Ladies and Gentlemen, after one and half hour’s riding, we’ve come to the main peak of Tiantang Stockade. It is as high as 1,729 meters, so it is known as ―the first peak in Central Plains (comprising the middle and lower reaches of the Huanghe River)‖. Now Tiantang Stockade has developed into Tiantang Stockade Forest Park, It is about 10 kilometers long from northwest to southeast and about 5 kilometers wide from northwest to southwest. Tiantang Stockade Forest Park is famous for its steep mountain, sequestered valley and crystal water, there are many scenic spots in the park such as the Monk’s Head, the Peak of Picking stars, the Saint Monk Peak.

When we climb up to the main peak and look around, we will find ten thousands of mountains embracing each other. Standing on this peak, we can overlook the Central Plains of the north and Jingchu Great Land of the south. When we enjoy the view of sunrise at dawn, it seems that we place ourselves beyond the highest heaven. When we watch the sunset at dusk, it seems that we take a leisure walk in the celestial palace. Once it clears up after raining, the scenes are especially spectacular and changeable, the sea of clouds is in all its majesty, the dark green mountains look like fishing boats in the sea, now appearing, now disappearing, they also look like many flying dragons swallowing clouds and blowing out fog.

On the east side of the main peak, we can see some big or small scenic spots everywhere, among them the Monk’s Head is very attractive. Would you please have a look at this sheer cliff, it is a few hundred meters high and just like a smiling monk with a big stomach, it is said to be the incarnation of Mile Buddha. On the top of the cliff there is a golden halo which can make his presence and power felt.

After enjoying the Monk’s Head, we will visit the Peak of Picking Stars. On the both sides of this peak is the bottomless chasm, only a stone path leads to this peak, so it looks very dangerous. On the ridge grows many thousand-year old pines. There are a few of huge rocks standing separately on the peak, it seems that they flew here from far away.

In the northeast of the Peak of Picking Stars is the Swallow Cliff, this peak is quite different from other places, countless swallows come here together at the time between spring and summer, and fly over the mountains and forests, resting in the crevices of steep cliffs.

Now this is the Saint Monk Hill. On the hill are a few of independent stone peaks which look like the four heroes of the famous Chinese classical novel ―Pilgrimage to the West‖. Monk Xuanzang wears a monk hat, Monk Sun stands on the hat to look around, Monk Sha stands aside, Monk Bajie straightens his big belly and leads the white dragon horse. According to its shape, so the hill got its name.

After we go upstairs for some time from the Saint Monk Peak, now we can see ―the Immortals’ Gathering Together‖. Here there are a few dozens of big or small peaks in the circumference of half a kilometer. They are formed by water’s erosion and takes on different postures, when we enjoy it from afar, they are very similar to immortals who are gathering together. Among them the most famous is the Philosopher Cliff, it is over 100 meters high and looks like a philosopher who is thinking an important philosophical question.

This is the Valley of Immortals, it is also full of mystery. It is said to be the favorite residence and working place of Laozi. At the entrance stands a huge stone, there is a natural platform on the top of the stone which is called ―the Heaven Platform‖. Under it is a deep cave, in front of the cave is a pool, above the pool is a waterfall of two layers. According to legend, a couple of golden carps were affected by Laozi and swam to the near ―Double-dragon Ponds‖ which actually consisted of two big joined wells, between the two ponds is the Scriptures Chanting Platform of Laozi, when Laozi sermonized here, the couple of carps listened to him attentively, as time went on, they became two immortals, so later people called the two wells ― Double-dragon Ponds‖. After walking down about 150 meters along the ―Double-dragon Ponds‖, we’ve come to the Cave of Immortal which is said to be the place of Laozi’s daily life, this cave is located by the river and against the mountain, its surroundings are very beautiful. Inside the cave are a stone bed and a cooking stove, not far from it, that’s the Chess-playing Cave of Immortals. Beside the Cave of Immortals‖ is the ―Double-dragon Rushing out of Valley‖, here the water of the Valley of Immortals is divided into two branches which look like two silver dragons.

There is an old saying which goes: The benevolent likes mountains and the wise likes the waters. We can not only enjoy the mystery of exotic peaks, dangerous ridges, strange rocks and the sea of clouds but also appreciate the charm of elegant waters.

So much for my explanation about Dabie Mountain, thank you for your listening! Now half an hour is left for you to take a free walking here. At 16: 30, I’ll meet you on the bus.

Ladies and gentlemen, how time flies! Our trip in Dabie Mountain will draw to a

close. Now I have to say goodbye to you. During the whole trip, all of you have given me a great support, here I appreciate you very much. Finally, many thanks for your all-round cooperation again and wish you have a pleasant journey home!

Exercises:

Write a guiding commentary about Dabie Mountain by the student himself (about 1000 words).

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