三峡大坝英语导游词

三峡大坝英语导游词

The Three Gorge Dam

Dear friends

Welcome to Yichang. I’m your tour guide in Yichang, my name is Wang Jing, you can call me Xiao Wang. I’m from Xiazhou International Travel Service. Now, bring your belongings with you, and follow me to coach. Ok, let me introduce our driver, his name is Li Yao, you can call him Li Shifu, here is our itinerary for these days. If you have some difficulties, please let me know, I would be very happy to help you. My contact way is in it. You must be very tired after a long journey. We are going to Taohualing Hotel and take a rest. Here is our hotel, please give me your ID and I’ll help you to register. Hi, here are your room cards and remember we’ll meet at the gate at 8:00 tomorrow morning, we will visit Three Gorges Dam.

Hi, good morning, You look better than yesterday. Now collect your belongings and get on the bus. Hello, we ‘ll visit the Three Gorges Dam. It may take you half an hour bus from the Yichang urban to the dam area. Let me tell you something about it, The Three Gorges Dam is the first 5A-class tour sites in Yichang and has been listed as one of the first national demonstrations on industrial tourism. As the world largest hydropower project, the Three Gorges Project is located at the Zhongbao Island near Sandouping in Yichang, and about 37 km away from the Gezhouba Hydropower project in the downstream. The whole construction is completed according to the plan of “first class development, complete construction, reservoir by stages, and continuous immigrants”. The total construction period lasted for 17 years including three phases. The first phase was from 1993 to 1997; the second phase was from 1998 to 2003; and the third one is from 2004 to 2009. The total investment is estimated to be RMB 203.9 billion Yuan. The reservoir will submerge about 1.1318 million people to immigrate to higher place. When this project is finally completed, the reserved water level will reach 175 m, with total reservoir capacity of 39.3 billion cubic meters.

Tanzi Ling (Peak Crock) Scenic Spot

Here we are the top of the Dam area, the Tangzi Ling (Peak Crock),with a height of 242.48 m. And we can overlook the general of Three Gorges Project and Dam Area.

The name is from its shape of upside down crock. It’s said that in the ancient time, when Da Yu led people dredge the watercourse and fought against the flood, he was too involved to enter the door even when he passed his home third times. With the help of magic bull, he excavated 200-km watercourse. In order to thank his achievement, people sent him 24 pigs and a big crock of wine by boat. When the boat reached Sandouping (the Project site), they saw the magic bull going away on clouds and leaving its image in mountains, where was called the Bull Rock later. Hastily, Da Yu followed the bull, leaving a big rock for memory. People were deeply moved by what