意大利英文导游词

Italy-A Beautiful and Charming Land

意大利：美丽神奇之国

一、Name（名字的由来）

The name "Italy" is extremely old. It seems to have been used first in documents of the 5th century BC. To describe a small territory at the tip of the boot-shaped peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea. Historians used to think that the name came from that of a legendary king, Italo.

"意大利"这一名字极其古老。它最早被用在公元前5世纪的文件中，指延伸进地中海的靴形半岛顶端的那一小块领土。历史学家过去一直认为它取自一位传奇国王-意大洛的名字。人们还提出许多有独创性但却不大可能的理论来解释这一名字的来源。

No matter what its origins, the name of that small territory at the tip of the boot spreads, little by little, to indicate the whole peninsula. By about AD1000 the name designated a region, a dialect, and a culture. But it was not until the mid-19th century that the many separate nations on the peninsula were united into one nation, the nation to which the ancient name "Italy" was given.

不论其来源于何处，原来只指靴形半岛顶端那一小块领土的这一名字逐渐扩大到泛指整个半岛。大约到了公元1000年，它指一个地区，一种方言，以及一种文化。但是一直到19世纪中期，该半岛上的许多独立国家才联合成为一个国家，并以"意大利"这一古老的名字命名。

二、Brief introduction（简介）

Italy is a great country full of history and culture that amazes the world. Italy is located in Southern Europe, on the Italian Peninsula and it’s bordered by the Mediterranean Sea, which hosts two Italian Islands: Sardinia and Sicily. Italy is a country full of beauty, art and fashion, all these are mixed to give Italy a magic atmosphere and to captivate tourist from every corner of the world.

意大利以其悠久的历史和丰富的文化吸引着中外游人。它坐落在欧洲南部的意大利半岛，毗邻由撒丁岛和西西里岛环绕的地中海。意大利是一座充满魅力的城市，时尚确不失美感，这些使得意大利有一种吸引全世界游客的魔力。

Discovering Italy can be a pleasant and unforgettable experience, each corner of this beautiful country will take you back in time to ancient times and you will recognize its great development till nowadays. Italy offers unbeatable touristic destinations such as: Florence and its artistic productions and fashion, Rome,

the capital city known as the eternal city, Venice, the romantic city built under water, and Milan, the most fashionable city in Italy.

走进意大利是一次非常惬意并且难忘的经历，每一个角落都会把你带回到远古时代让你领略它今日的发展。这里有无与伦比的景致，例如：艺术与时尚并存的佛罗伦萨，首都罗马，水下浪漫的威尼斯，最时尚的米兰。

三、 Brief introduction of the main attractions（主要景

点简介）

Italy has countless places to visit and enjoy: firstly The Leaning Tower of

Pisa ,the Tower was built under Romanesque style and it started to lean from its construction; it’s a symbol of Italy and its attractions.

意大利有数不清的游览胜地，不得不提的便是比萨的比萨斜塔，这座具有罗马风格的建筑从建成开始倾斜，是意大利的一个标志性建筑。

四、Rome（罗马）

Rome is the perfect combination of the modern and the classical, when one walks around the city can see many museums, because most of the most famous painters like Correggio, and Raphael are Italian so their painting jobs are at the disposal of everybody in these museums.

罗马是现代与古典的完美结合，当你只身走到城市中，你会看到很多博物馆，那是因为很多著名的画家像柯勒乔，拉斐尔都是意大利人，所以他们的作品可以任由人们欣赏。

The History of Rome is very amazing; many people assume that Romulus and Remus were the ones who founded Rome, but this is only a legend.

罗马的来历很是吸引人，很多人假设罗穆卢斯和雷穆斯是最初发现罗马的人，但这也只是一个猜测。

Rome was the capital of the Roman Empire prior to its fall, and this city has seen the boom of Romans. Currently, Rome can see the boom of fashion, because it's considerate as the fashion center of the world .

罗马是罗马帝国最先的首都，这个城市见证了罗马最繁荣的景象，当然，现在的罗马也是时尚又繁华，被称为世界时尚中心。

Looking around Rome one can find some buildings like The Rome Coliseum or the Pantheon, the former is today considered one wonder of the modern world.