宜昌的气候特点是四季分明夏季炎热多雨

Translation: 三峡苕稣三峡苕稣采用三峡地区高山天然鲜红薯,辅以优质香糯米,鸡蛋,精炼植物油,芝麻,麦芽糖等,用三峡名间工艺精制而成。

该产品营养丰富，薯香味浓，口感酥脆，入口即化,风味独特,包装古朴精美，地域特色显著,老少皆宜，深受本地市民和来三峡旅游的中外游客的青睐。

是首选的休闲食品及馈赠亲友的上乘礼品。

它已被中国??宜昌三峡国际旅游节认定为指定产品，被三峡机场选定为航空食品。

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back to main page Passage 3 Oranges Yichang has a long history of orange cultivation, as long as2000 years, when the famous poet Quyuan wrote a long poem aboutthe oranges, Ode to Oranges. Thanks to its good climate, it supplies an excellent environment for orange growing. There aremany excellent varieties of oranges which are highly productivein this area and so easy to peel that nearly everyone likes them . The Navel Orange is big and seedless. And the peel is thin and colorful and flesh is juicy and crispy with fragrance. YichangHoney Tangerine which has thin and smooth peel is in reddish-orange color. The flesh is tender and juicy with adequate flavor. Peach-leaf Orange (so named because ofits shape resembling a peach leaf, having a ring-like mark ontop, and rich in sugar content) which has smooth peel,reddish-orange color is thin and easy to be removed. It has gained Excellent Product awards from the Department of Agriculture many times and the Gold Award and National Famous-Brand Product from the Agriculture Exposition. Summer Orange, oval in shape, is harvested early in summer whenno other varieties are available. You can also see Summer Oranges and orange flowers at the same time in an orange tree. Goose-egg Orange (so named because of its shape resembling a goose egg) which is rich in citric acid is slightly sour and bigger and likely to stay fresh longer. By introducing and transforming the original species, large numbers of new varieties such as Changhong, Niuheer and other brands have been produced. Citrus has been widely favoured.. Shaddock hasvery large fruit with thick rinds and coarse-grained pulp. Yichang is regarded as Hometown for Citrus. Its citrus productshave been exported to many foreign countries such as America, Canada, Australia. New Words: adequate a 适当的, 足够的citrus n. 柑橘类的植物 coarse a 粗糙的, 粗鄙的crispy a 易碎的 cultivation n. 培养, 教养, 耕作exposition n. 博览会, 展览会 navel n. [解]脐,肚脐, 中心点 ode n .颂诗, 赋 Oval a .卵形的,椭圆的 n. 卵形,椭圆形 peel v. 剥, 削productive a 能产的, 多产的 resemble vt. 象, 类似seedless a 无核的shaddock n .[植]柚子tangerine n. 橘子 back Exercises: I. Answer thequestions: 1.What does Quyuan write about oranges ? 2.DoesYichang have a long history of orange cultivation ? 3.There aremany excellent varieties of oranges in Yichang ,aren’t there ?4.What do you think of Yichang Honey Tangerine ?5.Why do wecall it Goose-egg Orange ? key Translation: 柑桔宜昌出产柑桔，历史悠久，屈原的《桔颂》，证明至少两千多年前，宜昌就已栽培柑桔。

宜昌地理气候环境为柑桔的生长提供了良好的环境，且产量高，种类多,品质好, 皮易剥,受欢迎。

脐橙，个大无籽，皮薄多汁，芳香怡人。

宜昌蜜桔皮薄而平滑，呈红橙色。

口味柔软，水分充裕。

桃叶橙(因为其树叶片形状像桃叶，橙顶部有一圆环，味道甜蜜)皮滑易剥呈红橙色。

它多次获得过农业部的奖章,也在农业展览会上获得过全国知名农产品的金奖。

夏橙，形似椭圆，夏季成熟,花果同枝。

时令水果。

鹅蛋柑（因为形似鹅蛋）含有丰富的柠檬酸，其味道酸甜，个大，保鲜时间长。

现在又通过引进和改造原产品等方式培育出大量的新品种，长虹、纽荷尔等品牌，柑桔已广泛获得市场青睐。

柚子，非常大的果实，厚皮粗果肉。

宜昌被认为是柑橘的故乡，柑橘出口远销至包括美国，加拿大，澳大利亚在内的许多国家。

back to main page Passage 4 Three GorgesStones Grotesque stones are thought to be silent poems and three-dimensional pictures. The unique stones of the Three Georges have become well-known because of the Three Georges---its beautiful scenery along Changjiang River and the Three Georges Project which is well-known all over the world. Changjiang River, originated from the hinterland of Tibet Plateau (its height is over 5000 meters above sea level), falls down from the snow-capped mountains, gathers hundreds of steams, goes through the Three Georges and finally comes to Yichang. The drop in level of the water is more than 5000 meters, which creates advantageous conditions for the birth of the unique Three Georges stones. In the Three Georges areas, there are over 600 mountains of different height and more than 200 rivers within the 50,000 square kilometers. Varied Three Georges stones of different shape and weight, big or small, are held in store here. Some stones could be placed in courtyards as elegant garden stones, some could be put on office desks for people to enjoy, others are smaller than the little finger and people can play with them. There are special records in the “ Stone Charts”, the first treatise about unique stones and it was written by Du Wan of Song Dynasty. The Three Georges stones refer to all kinds of interesting stones in Three Georgesregions. There are varied kinds of the stones. All of them are noble, elegant and different in color, shape, decorative patterns and romantic charm. For example, the opals are smooth and moisten as wax ball and as beautiful as peacocks. The agate is gorgeous as colorful satin, glittering and translucent as crystal, resplendent as pearls. The golden agate is dazzling as gold and dense as silver。