英语介绍西湖ppt课件

1、Please bring your camera Class1 Class1 AJourneyWest LakeSummarize: There is a paradise above, so are there There is a paradise above, so are there Hangzhou and Suzhou below.Hangzhou and Suzhou below. The finest, most splendid city in the worldwhere so many The finest, most splendid city in the world

2、where so many pleasures may be found that one fancies oneself to be in the pleasures may be found that one fancies oneself to be in the paradise. paradise. -Marco Polo The lake is large, walkways are wide ,the causeways are long. The focus of the exceptionally beautiful city is West Lake The two man

3、-made The two man-made causeways that divide causeways that divide West Lake into West Lake into parts partsThe Bai Causeway 1.Lingering snow on the broken bridge 2. The Tale of White Snake 3.The Autumn Moon on a Calm LakeThe Su Causeway 1.Spring Dawn at Su Causeway 2.Orioles Singing in the willows

4、3.The Three Pools Mirroring the Moon Scenic and poetic Lingering snow on the broken bridge At the north end of At the north end of the causeway is the the causeway is the well-known Broken Bridge, well-known Broken Bridge, so named because the so named because the bridge looks bridge looks artistica

5、lly broken in artistically broken in distance when winter distance when winter snows first melt on the snows first melt on the bridge.bridge. This was the very place where the hero and heroine met and fell in love, and later on got reunited after many hardships and difficulties. At the west end of t

6、he causeway is the At the west end of the causeway is the Solitary Island. It was on this island that Solitary Island. It was on this island that the Chinas most traveled emperors of the the Chinas most traveled emperors of the last dynasty, Kangxi and Qianlong stayed as last dynasty, Kangxi and Qia

7、nlong stayed as sightseers after a long distance sailing sightseers after a long distance sailing from ,through the Grand Canal to Hangzhou. from ,through the Grand Canal to Hangzhou. A reviewing A reviewing platform was built on platform was built on the southern tip of the southern tip of the isla

8、nd for the the island for the emperors to watch the emperors to watch the sunrise and the sunrise and the moonlight .Emperor moonlight .Emperor Qianlong named the Qianlong named the place The Autumn Moon place The Autumn Moon on a Clam Lakeon a Clam Lake Lined with Lined with weeping willow trees we

9、eping willow trees and peach flowers, and peach flowers, crossed by six arched crossed by six arched stone bridges , the stone bridges , the Su Causeway is a Su Causeway is a landscape drawn by landscape drawn by the painter and the painter and composed by the posed by the poet.West lake Su wrote a

10、poem to Su wrote a poem to name the lake after an name the lake after an astounding beauty named astounding beauty named Xizi. he poem goes, Xizi. he poem goes, “Water shimmering on a “Water shimmering on a shiny day mountains shiny day mountains clothed in the misty clothed in the misty rain ,rain

11、, West Lake is forever West Lake is forever charming like Xizi, charming like Xizi, whether dressed gaily or whether dressed gaily or plain.plain. Hangzhous west lake From the Su Causeway the visitors can get the best view of the Three Pools Mirroring the Moon, which was another creation of the poet

12、-governor Su Tungpo. It is a defining monument of West Lake. There are three water pagodas, floating on the waters, fastened to the bed of the lake. Each pagoda is about 6 feet high, with five openings Walking or bicycling on the Lakeshore Promenade around the West Lake can be great fun. There are parks one after another. They are Hubin Park, Zhongshan Park, Hangzhou Park. Each has its own charm and characteristics. You wil