《导游英语》Chapter 10 Shopping.ppt

A: The Fish Mouth is the first section of the project. It was constructed to divide the water into the inner river as a canal and ____________________________________. There goes a saying, “Divide water by 40% and 60%, subdue flood and drought”②. B: But how can the Fish Mouth divide the water? A: Li Bing, then the prefect of the Shu had the project ______________________________________________ at the Hanjiaba Flatland. The outer side of the riverbed here is higher than the inner side. B: Can you explain in more detail? I still cannot understand what you said. A: In spring the water volume is small. 60% of the water flows along the lower side of the river bed into the inner river. The Chengdu Plain is ______________________________________________________. B: Wonderful! What about the summer time? How does it prevent the flood? A: In summer, the flow volume increases rapidly, but the outer river is wider than the inner one. 60% of the water flows into the outer river and leaves ______________________________________________________. By this way the Chengdu Plain is relieved from the flood. B: No wonder Dujiangyan Irrigation Project is called an alive wonder. It can divide water volume into 40% and 60% automatically in different seasons. A: Well, the Fish Mouth will surprise you more. It also has the function of releasing sand and pebbles. Because it is set at the end of the bend, it turns out to be _______________________________________________________________________. B: Really? Do you mean the Fish Mouth can discharge the sand and pebbles as well? A: Right. It is estimated that about 80% of the sands and pebbles is swept away into the outer river through the Fish Mouth. That’s one of the reasons why _______________________________________________________________. B: Fantastic! But what about 20% of sands and pebbles that remains in the inner river? A: __________________________________________________I’ll tell you when you visit the Feishay