Reading Places of interest
閱讀 名勝古跡
Wendy is a student in Beijing.
溫迪是北京的一名學生。
Her penfriends in England are planning to visit China,
她英國的筆友打算來中國看看,
so Wendy has collected some information from different travel brochures for them.
所以溫迪就從不同的旅行手冊上收集了一些資料。
Read the cuttings below.
閱讀下面的摘要。
The Great Wall twists and turns along the tops of mountain chains in northern China.
長城蜿蜒盤旋在中國北方的山脈山。
It is more than 4,000 kilometres long.
長城長達4000多公里。
Construction of the wall began in the fifth century BC.
城墻的建造始于公元前五世紀。
The wall finally took shape in the third century BC.
公元前三世紀,城墻終于建成。
From Beijing, you can visit the Great Wall at Badaling, 65 kilometres north-west of the city.
從北京出發,可沿城西北前行65公里游覽八達嶺長城。
The Great Wall opens at 6.30 a.m. and closes at 7 p.m. in the summer.
長城夏季的開放時間是上午6時30分到下午7時。
The Shanghai Museum was designed by Xing Tonghe.
上海博物館由邢同和設計。
Construction of the museum was completed in 1996.
博物館建成于1996年。
The building is a magnificent structure with a square base and a round top.
該建筑造型宏偉,底座為方形,頂為圓形。