高中英语读报精华时事英语翻译课件：unit 12.pptVIP

Exercise 1 The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower stands on the Huangpu River and at the point of Lujiazui in Pudong. Surrounded by waters on three sides and facing a row of buildings of variegated Western architectures in the Bund across the river, the 468-meter-tall tower ranks first in Asia and third in the world in height. 译：天津食品进出口集团公司地处渤海之滨的天津－－－交通便利，腹地辽阔，资源丰富，是东北、西北、华北地区重要的经济贸易中心。 Tianjin Foodstuffs Imp. Exp. Group Corporation stands up in the center of Tianjin city, which is located near the Bohai Sea. Being rich in resources, convenient in modern traffic and communication systems, broad in centre of the region. Tianjin is regarded as an important economy and trade center of the Northeast, Northwest and North of China. 2. The designers, inspired by rich imagination, had 11 spheres arranged in order of their sizes like a string of pearls from high up in the blue sky down to a carpet green lawn, while two colossal dazzling ruby-like spheres are propped high up. The harmonious entity of the tower presents a picture of pearls, big and small, seemingly falling down from the top to the bottom, a scene full of poetic and artistic imagination. 青岛坐落在山东半岛南部，依山临海，天资秀美，气候凉爽，人称“东方瑞士”。白天，青岛宛如镶嵌在黄海边的绿宝石。夜里像一只在大海中摆动的摇篮。难怪许多人乐意来这里疗养。 Qingdao, known as the “Switzerland of the Orient”, is situated on the southern tip of Shandong Peninsula. Wedged between hills and waters, the city is endowed with a beautiful scenery and a delightful climate. By day, she looks like a green gem inlaid in the coastline of the Yellow Sea and , at night, a cradle rocking upon the sea waves. No wonder so many people come to seek rest and relaxation. 3. The Tower is mainly composed of 3 gigantic columns, the pedestal and the lower sphere, upper sphere and spherical penthouse made of steel in different sizes. Each column is 9 meters in diameter, equipped inside with a high-speed passenger elevator specially designed, made and installed by Otis of the USA. 4. The pedestal consists of a hal