An Tour Guide Presentation of the Great Wall

Hello,everyone. I'm your guide today. You can call me Xiaoli. The site I will show you today is known to all, that's the world-famous wonder--the Great Wall.

The Great Wall is one of Chinese key relics, which was involved in the world heritage list in December 1987. Both our country and our people are proud of that.

Looked from the distance, the Great Wall looks like a

tremendous dragon, winding its way through towering and steep mountains. It starts from Shanhai Pass in the east and ends at Jiayu Pass in the west, which is more than 21100 kilometers long. In the past, it was really a great project which is easy to defend but hard to attack. Built in Qin Dynasty, its length can round the earth once.Amazing, right? Though it was built with huge stones, the top of the Great Wall is rather flat,just like a wide road, which can pass 5 or 6 horses in a row. There lies a

square-shaped tower every 300 metres. Each tower was the station troops' fortress. Soldiers in each tower can cope with each other during war time. The Great Wall is not used in military ways today, but it becomes a famous tourist attraction, it becomes the symbol of China and it becomes one of the most important cultural heritages in the world.

Then I will tell you a tale called the story of

Mengjiangnv. Many years ago, Mengjiangnv, a beautiful girl, got married with Fan Xinling. However, it didn't take long before her husband was caught to build the Great Wall. One year passed, but Fan didn't come back still. Meng had no mind to eat and sleep. So she left home for the Great Wall. She got the news there that Fan had been dead.Meng's cry lasted for 3 days and 3 nights, and it led to the collapse of an 800-kilometre-long wall. We can certainly say that the Great Wall is built through tens of thousands of people's hard works and lives.

Now you can go for a sightseeing freely. We will gather again 2 hours later.Please keep your personal belongings properly, avoid climbing dangerous areas and take care of yourselves!

 

第二篇：中级口译第二版与第三版翻译教程对照

中级口译第二版与第三版翻译教程对照

现采用的中级口译翻译教程第三版与

第二版相比内容作了一定程度的更新，特别是汉译英部分对部分原第二版的文章做了增补和删减。希望大家对照下面的增减部分有计划的利用好第三版教程。

英汉翻译部分在文章编排顺序上有些变动，增加了三篇文章，分别为:

6.2.0 The world Economic Forum in Davos;

7.2.0 The Ballooning Pension Crisis in Western Europe

8.2.0 Misinterpretation in Cross-cultural Communication

虽然是新增内容，可是都曾经出现在以往的中高级口译考试的阅读部分，所以我们认为重要度上并不高。

汉英翻译部分相对于英汉部分来说改动较大。部分文章做了内容上的增减，另外新增了两篇文章。