导游英语教程unit 10 Jiangmen.ppt

I. Lead in :General introduction Jiangmen City covering 9418000 sq meters is situated in the mid-south of Guangdong Province, west of the Pearl River Delta. Among the 290 thousands of population, 90% of them are overseas Chinese from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan constituting about 10% of the total overseas Chinese of China, so it is a very famous overseas homeland of China. Jiangmen area is the subtropical zone monsoon climate, its annual precipitation is 2000 millimeters and the annual average temperature is 21.8. Jiangmen is the hub of communications of the south part of Guangdong Province and the water-land transshipment station between Guangzhou, Zhanjiang and Hainan. The Jiangmen port is the second biggest river port of Guangdong. Xijiang and Tanjiang waterways in the area provide the convenience of river-sea transport: there is a navigable way to Guangzhou, Wuzhou of Guangxi, Hong Kong and Macao, 95 nautical miles to Hong Kong, 53 nautical miles to Macao. State Highway 325 running from Guangzhou to Zhanjiang crosses the city. Foshan-Kaping Expressway, and Jiangmen-Heshan Expressway have been put to traffic. Jiangmen is a fine city for tourism in China with major tourist spots like Donghu Amusement Park, Baishuidai Tourist Holidaying Area, Chen Baisha Memorial Hall, Cha An Temple, Guyuanzhou, Hongsheng Temple, the Birds Paradise of Xinhui, Yamen Fort, Ciyuan Temple of Yashan, the Old Residence of Liang Qichao, the scenic spots of Guifengshan, Chishi Tourist Scenic Spot, Gudoushan Tourist Scenic Spot, the Tourist Holidaying Areas of Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands, Taishan Hot Spring, Shihuashan Scenic Spot, Aofengshan Tourist Spot of Enping, Jinshan Hot Spring, Didu Hot Spring Dayanshan Scenic Spot of Heshan, Li Garden of Kaiping and Liangjinshan Tourist Spot, etc. Scenic Spot Area Kaiping Diaolou and Villages Liyuan Garden Guifeng Mountain National Forest Park Xinhui Bird’s Paradise Kaiping Diaolou and Villages Kaiping Diaolou