英语导游口试--珠江夜游.doc

Evening Boat Ride on the Pearl River About the Pearl River—the Haiyin Bridge the Ersha Island—the Zhujiang New City the Sun Yat-sen University—the Jiangwan Bridge the Marshal’s office Mansion—the Tianzi Pier—the Haizhu Bridge the Haizhu Square—the Famous Buildings along the Bund—the Shamain Island—the White Swan Pool About the Pearl River Welcome aboard for an evening cruise on the Pearl River! The Pearl River is the third longest river in China. The name, Pearl River, is a general designation of the Xijiang, the Beijiang and the Dongjiang rivers. Its mainstream, the 2214-kilometer-long Xijiang River, rises in the mountains in the earnest part of Yunnan Province, flows through Guizhou and Guangxi provinces, joins the Beijiang River in Guangdong Province and empties into the South China Sea. The river is so named because there used to be a huge reef in the river through the city of Guangdong and, after being washed by the water for thousands of years, this reef became very round and smooth and looked just like a pearl glittering under the sunshine. The Haiyin Bridge the Ersha Island The bridge in front is the Haiyin Bridge. Built in 1988, it spans 2214 meters across the river. The wire slings stretching over it look just like strings of a harp and the tops of the towers resemble the heads of goats, implying the City of Goat, which is another name of Guangzhou. On the left of our ship is an islet called Ersha Island. It has always been a sports training base of the state since the founding of New China and China’s first world champion of table tennis men’s singles, Mr. Rong Guotuan, and the world’s gold medalist of weightlifting, Mr. Chen Jingkai, were all trained here. In recent years, many other structures have been erected in the islet, such as the Xinghai Concert Hall, the Guangdong Institute of Fine Arts, the Guangdong Overseas Chinese Museum and several hundred luxury residential houses. The Zhujiang New City the Sun Yat-sen University On the north bank o