(导游英语课件）Section seven ausoleumTour.ppt

SectionⅦ Mausoleum Tour Dialog 1 Visiting Eastern Qing Mausoleum You are the local guide, Cindy, and now you are leading your guests on the way to the Eastern Qing Mausoleum. T: local guide Cindy G1: Guest 1 G2: Guest 2 T: Good morning, my friends, now we are on the way to the Eastern Qing Mausoleum in Zunhua County, which is 125km to Beijing. G1: How long does it take to get there? T: It will take us about 2 hours to get there. G1: How many emperors are buried there? T: There are 5 emperors of Qing Dynasty. They are Emperor Shunzhi, Emperor Kangxi, Emperor Qianlong, Emperor Xianfeng and Emperor Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty. Besides, 15 empresses, 136 concubines, 3 princes and 2 princesses are here, too. In all, 161 persons are buried here. G2: Why did the Qing Emperors choose such a place for their afterlife? T: It is said that Emperor Shunzhi came here by chance once when he was hunting, viewing the beautiful scenery, picturesque environment with water in front and mountain behind, which was considered to be perfect from the standpoint of geomancy. He selected a site here for his tomb’s location, and thus the area became an auspicious ground for Qing Emperors, with a 20-kilometer long geomantic wall on both sides, beginning from the Grand Red Gate surrounding the tombs. G1: Oh, it must be very large in size. Are we going to visit all the tombs in one day? T: Of course not. The Eastern Qing Mausoleum is 125km from north to south, 20km from east to west, occupying an area of 2,500 square kilometers. It is impossible for us to finish in one day. We know, the Qing Dynasty was the largest feudal dynasty in China, after entering the Great Wall in 1644, they ruled for 268 years, until the year 1911, and there are ten emperors in all. Among them, 9 are buried here and in the Western Qing Mausoleum. So today we are going to visit Yu tomb for Emperor Qianlong and Dingdong Tomb for Empress Dowager Cixi. G2: I heard Empress Dowager Cixi, she was a great woman, I think. T: