高铁旅游英语 5.ppt

Geography Climate 地理 Chengdu is located at the western edge of the Sichuan Basin and sits on the Chengdu Plain. The prefecture ranges in latitude from 30°05 to 31°26 N, while its longitude ranges from 102°54 to 104°53 E. Chengdu has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate and is largely mild and humid. It has four distinct seasons. Chapter 5 Jining-Kunming High-Speed Railway 集昆线 Tourist Attraction旅游景点 Giant Panda Breedubg Reserch Base 大熊猫繁殖研究中心 About 10km north of Chengdu at the Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (Daxiongmao Fanzhi Yanjiu Zhongxin) you can experience the derigueur city activity: gushing over a panda. The base holds nearly 50 giant and red pandas, although only a dozen are generally out and about. Breeding is the focus here (March to May is the ‘falling in love period’， wink wink) and if you visit in autumn, you may also have the opportunity to see tiny newborns in the ‘nursery’. A museum has detailed exhibits on panda evolution, habits, habitats and conservation efforts, all with English captions. Chapter 5 Jining-Kunming High-Speed Railway 集昆线 Tourist Attraction旅游景点 Wenshu Temple文殊院 This Tang dynasty monastery is Chengdu s largest and best-preserved Buddhist temple. Wenshu Temple (Wenshu Yuan) epitomises a Buddhist temple - the air is redolent with incense, there’s a low murmur of chanting, exquisite relief carvings, and best of all, there is a sense of serenity and solitude, despite the crowd of worshippers who flock to the temple. A vegetarian restaurant and two atmospheric teahouses are on the ground The alleys surrounding the temple are their own curiosities, filled with joss-stick vendors, foot-callus removers, blind fortunetellers with bamboo spills and, naturally, teahou Chapter 5 Jining-Kunming High-Speed Railway 集昆线 Tourist Attraction旅游景点 Tomb of Wang Jian王建墓 In the northwest of town, the Tomb of Wang Jian (Wangjian Mu) was, until excavations undertaken in 1942， thought to be the pavilion in which Zhuge