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1、 generally speaking, shanghai is a charming city where east meets west and yesterday meets tomorrow. we would like say that if you want to see the future of china, please come to shanghai. shanghai is a big city which has been divided into two parts: pudong and puxi. many years ago ,a popular saying

2、 indicative of the shanghainese ?haini:z attitude towards pudong went, ”a bed in puxi is better than a room in pudong.” now if we compare shanghai to a dragon, pudong is its head. you can find three tallest building in shanghai-the oriental pearl tv tower, symbol of the city ; the 88-story jinmao to

3、wer and the 492-meter tall world financial center with the most expensive hotel-park hyatt hotel inside. also a typical example of shanghai-styled architecture is the shikumen houses, which are a combination of european town houses and the chinese courtyard , incorporating the chinese design with th

4、e western architecture. up to now, shanghai is regarded as the five center of china, the financial,trading , transportation, conference and fashion centers. we have 11metro lines in shanghai, the transportation system is well supplied, we even have a maglev train, and its speed is 431 kilometers per

5、 hour. there will be a change every year and a big change every three years, welcome to shanghai explore this charming city . xintiandi now we are in xintiandi, which means” new heaven and earth.” this is a new entertainment spot as well as the new landmark of shanghai. as you know, shikumen, the un

6、ique architectural style, has been called a fusion of eastern and western cultures, once very popular in 1930s. a typical shikumen building features a pair of black wooden doors framed by heavy stone, with an extravagant bronze handle on each of the doors. with the citys development, the old shikume

7、n is replaced by the new apartment step by step. some people are worried that in 21st century, there will be no original shikumen houses in shanghai any more. but fortunately, in xintiandi, shikumen has successful survived. shakespear said,”god gives woman one face , and the woman made themselves an

8、other.” xintiandiis just like the night look of such a lady ,who is smart ,elegant and extremely beautiful. actually xintiandi is divided into two parts: the south block and the north block by xingye road .in the south block , modern architecture is the motif while shikumen is an accompaniment . in

9、the north ,preserved shikumen set a nostalgic tone , forming a splendid contrast with the modernity to the south . the two blocks are stuffed with modern restaurants, clubs, cafes and boutiques, on a delightful maze of cobbled streets. the modern facilities are accessorized with old bricks, stone ga

10、tes and ornately carved wooden balconies from the dense warren of old courtyard houses that previouslyfilled those blocks. whats more, xintiandis night is extremely dynamic and colorful. especially after 10 oclock, people of different nationalities, of different colors, of different languages come h

11、ere to enjoy the most beautiful night of shanghai. 上海新天地英文导游词，另有豫园。【篇二：上海2010年导游现场考试景点讲解：上海豫园英文导游词】 上海2009年导游现场考试景点讲解： yuyuan garden location： yuyuan garden, located in the southern part of shanghai, is a famous classic garden. it is characteristic of the architectural style of the ming dynasty. his

12、tory： 1. pan yunduan, once an official of sichuan province, there is another saying that he was a treasurer, had the garden built to please his parents. the gardens name “yu” means “pleasing ones parents”. 2. the construction started in 1559 but went on and off for lack of money and did not complete

13、 until twenty-eight years later. 3. some businessmen bought it at a low price and later make it the city god temples west garden. during the opium war and the taiping revolution, it was occupied and experienced a lot of disasters, so it lost much of its former grandeur. after the liberation of shang

14、hai, the peoples government makes many renovations to yuyuan garden and it opened to public at last in 1987 with a totally new look. main spots： before entering： there is a beautiful lotus pond. across the pond is a bridge with a pavilion in the middle which is called the mid-lake pavilion. it was r

15、ebuilt in 1784 and was converted into a teahouse 80 years ago. the old teahouse is one of the most famous in shanghai, and was visited by queen elizabeth ii and bill clinton among others. by the teahouse is a nine zigzag bridge. dont miss the mid-lake pavilion teahouse next to the entrance of the yu

16、yuan gardens and now one of the most famous teahouses in china, visited by queen elizabeth ii and bill clinton among others. six scenery area： one：the huge rockery scenic area. zigzag bridge： a zigzag bridge is one method for garden building. it slows down visitors pace so that they may enjoy the sc

17、enery leisurely and it also enables them to have a different view whenever they make a turn. why nine zigzag? it is because “nine” is the biggest digit before ten and is a lucky number. on special occasions such as the lantern festival, which falls on the 15th of january of the lunar calendar, celeb

18、rations are held in the vicinity, giving rise to much hustle and bustle. it was a private garden in the southeast of shanghai, with a history of more than 400 years. the garden features more than 30 halls and pavilions such as spring hall, chamber for gathering the rain and pavilion for viewing frol

19、icking fish. they look out on pools filled with multicolored carp and lotus, artificial but climbable mountains, a grand rockery, dragon-shaped walls and winding corridors. the owner of the garden, yunduan pan, once a treasurer of sichuan province in the ming dynasty, had the garden built after the

20、imperial type in beijing to please his parents in their old age. hence the name of the garden yu, which means pleasing ones parents. the construction started in 1559 but went on and off for lack of money and did not come to completion till twenty years later. unfortunately, pans father did not live

21、to see the garden completed. whats more, the pans went down the drain and his descendents were eager to sell the garden. some businessmen soon bought it at a low price. then, it was incorporated into the city god temple to become its west garden, and alter turned into many trade gild offices. in the

22、 mid-1800s the society of small swords used the garden as a gathering place for meetings. it was here that they planned their uprising with the taiping revolutioners against the french colonialists. the french destroyed the garden during the first opium war. so, the garden experienced repeated calam

23、ities in its history and lost much of its former grandeur. but the area was later rebuilt and renovated. yu garden is divided into six parts with many scenic spots： three corn-ear hall and grand rockery; happy fish waterside pavilion and chamber of ten thousand flowers; spring hall and hall of mildn

24、ess; scenery gathering tower, toasting pavilion and nine-lion study; exquisite jade stone and the inner garden.each part of yu garden is separated by a white brick wall, the top of which are decorated with dragons. each part of the park, although divided, has a balance and harmony creating a unity o

25、f expression. yu garden is a piece of shanghai past, one of the few old sights left in the city. everyday at least 10,000 people visit the garden. no wonder people say those who came to shanghai but missed yu garden and the city god temple bazaar can not claim that they have been to the city. open h

26、our： daily 9：00 a.m. - 5：30 p.m. address： 218 aen street, old city busline： no. 64, no. 24, no. 11, no. 926 three corn-ear hall and grand rockery lets begin our virtual tour. before entering the garden, you will see a beautiful lotus pond. across the pond is a bridge with a pavilion in the middle. t

27、he mid-lake pavilion was rebuilt in 1784 and converted into a teahouse 80 years ago. one of the best in shanghai, the teahouse is a popular place for the elderly people, who enjoy chatting with each other over a cup of tea. under the teahouse is a nine-zigzag bridge. the bridge is an indispensable p

28、art of a chinese garden. it divides up the water space. a zigzag bridge slows down visitors pace so that they may enjoy the scenery leisurely and it also enables them to see a different view whenever they make a turn. but why nine zigzags? it is because nine is the biggest digit before ten and is, t

29、herefore, a lucky number. on special occasions such as the lantern festival, which falls on the 15th of january of the lunar calendar, celebrations used to be held in the vicinity, giving rise to much hustle and bustle. yu yuan garden is a small one, only covering an area of 2 hectares but it strike

30、s one as quite large because of its zigzag layout. this is the three corn-ear hall, the largest and tallest hall in the garden. called the hall of happiness and longevity at first, it was a place where the host entertained his guests and held banquets. there are three plaques in the hall - mountains

31、 and forests in the city on top, ling tai jin shi in the middle and three-ear corn hall at the bottom. the top plaque expresses mr. pans love for landscape. as shanghai lies in a flat country with no mountains or forests around, he built the garden with plenty of trees and plants and rockeries, hoping to bring the beauties into it. the two words ling tai on the middle plaque refers to the high terrace, where the ki