Reading Places of interest
阅读 名胜古迹
Wendy is a student in Beijing.
温迪是北京的一名学生。
Her penfriends in England are planning to visit China,
她英国的笔友打算来中国看看,
so Wendy has collected some information from different travel brochures for them.
所以温迪就从不同的旅行手册上收集了一些资料。
Read the cuttings below.
阅读下面的摘要。
The Great Wall twists and turns along the tops of mountain chains in northern China.
长城蜿蜒盘旋在中国北方的山脉山。
It is more than 4,000 kilometres long.
长城长达4000多公里。
Construction of the wall began in the fifth century BC.
城墙的建造始于公元前五世纪。
The wall finally took shape in the third century BC.
公元前三世纪,城墙终于建成。
From Beijing, you can visit the Great Wall at Badaling, 65 kilometres north-west of the city.
从北京出发,可沿城西北前行65公里游览八达岭长城。
The Great Wall opens at 6.30 a.m. and closes at 7 p.m. in the summer.
长城夏季的开放时间是上午6时30分到下午7时。
The Shanghai Museum was designed by Xing Tonghe.
上海博物馆由邢同和设计。
Construction of the museum was completed in 1996.
博物馆建成于1996年。
The building is a magnificent structure with a square base and a round top.
该建筑造型宏伟,底座为方形,顶为圆形。