风景点解说词的翻译.pptVIP

English Translation of the Interpretations of China’s Scenic Spots  风景点解说词的翻译 一、英语解说词语言特征 突出信息功能。英文遗产解说是典型的信息文本，简洁流畅的语言和大量的事实数据突出特点，景物的完整印象。 1.1Plain language The Grand Canyon is among the earths greatest on-going geological spectacles. Its vastness is stunning, and the evidence it reveals about the earths history is invaluable. About 65 million years ago in the earths shifting, a huge area of land was lifted a mile and a half above sea level, forming what is now the Colorado Plateau. For the last 6 to 10 million years, the Colorado River has been slowly carving its way down through the many layers of rock. The river, together with the erosive forces of wind, rain, snow, heat and cold, has formed a spectacular gorge one-mile deep and at some points 18 miles across. The colorful strata of the canyon walls reveal the rock formations of the earths evolution from nearly 2 billion years ago; they contain fossils of the earliest living things from 500 million years ago. The river continues to carve into the earths surface. (/worldheritage/) 1.2 Fact-based The forest here exudes water vapor and oily residues which create a smoke-like haze that surrounds the peaks and fills the valleys. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, encompassing more than 800 square miles, protects one of the worlds finest temperate deciduous forests and is a reminder of the tree-rich landscape of pre-Columbian America. Due to the fertile soil and abundant rain, this area boasts 1,520 flower species, 130 varieties of trees, 50 mammal species and 27 different kinds of salamanders. The plants are related to those found across the Pacific, testifying to the ancient migration of trees and flowers from Asia by way of the Bering land bridge. The Smokies also represent an important period in the earths development when 300 million years ago, supercontinents collided and the earths crust pushed upward forming high, jagged mountains. Over the course of time these mountains have been smoothed and soften