Tourism English Listening and Speaking Changsha Social Work College Tourism English

Period 1 & 2 Unit 1 Touring Beijing (Period 1 & 2)

十三陵 地下宮 殿之稱 [ 定陵 ]

天壇

八達嶺

頤和園 本名為清漪園 修建於清朝乾隆年間

Objectives By the end of this unit, Students will: This part aims to help students to:  1. be familiar with important words and expressions  2. to let students grasp some useful expressions about Beijing City  3. to master main relative information about Beijing Opera

 1. New words and useful expressions  2. The brief Introduction of this unit  3. Dialogue A Tourism and Tourism Industry Contents

. 1. the Meridian Gate 午门 2. the Five-Phoenix Towers 五凤楼 3. benevolence, righteousness, rite intelligence, and fidelity 仁、义、礼、 智、信 4. the Hall of Supreme Harmony 太和殿 5. the Hall of Complete Harmony 中和殿 6. the Hall of Preserving Harmony 保和殿 7. the Palace of Heavenly Purity 乾清宫 8. the Hall of Union 交泰殿 9. the Palace of Earthly Tranquility 坤宁宫 New words

1 ) Tourism has been defined in various ways but may be thought of as the relationships and phenomena arising out of the journeys and temporary stays of people travel primarily for leisure or recreational purposes. (P1) 2) On march 4,1993 the World Tourism Organization recommended that “Tourism comprises the activities of persons traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purpose.” 旅游是指人们为了休闲，公务或其他 目的离开长住地到其他地方连续停留不 超过一年的活动。 Lead-in: Introduction

The.Palace.Museum  What strikes one first in a bird's -eye view of Beijing proper is a vast tract of golden roofs flashing brilliantly in the sun with purple walls occasionally emerging amid them and a stretch of luxuriant tree leaves flanking on each side. That is the former Imperial Palace, popularly known as the Forbidden City, from which twenty- four emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties ruled China for some 500 years--from1420 to The Ming Emperor Yong Le, who usurped the throne from his nephew and made Beijing the capital, ordered its construction, on which approximately 10,000 artists and a million workmen toiled for 14 years from 1406 to At present, the Palace is an elaborate museum that presents the largest and most complete ensemble of traditional architecture complex and more than 900,000 pieces of court treasures in all dynasties in China.

 Now the Forbidden City is no longer forbidding, but inviting. A visit to the Palace Museum will enrich the visitors' knowledge of history, economy, politics, arts as well as architecture in ancient China.

the Great Wall  In the north of China ， there lies a 6 ， 700- kilometer-long (4 ， 161-mile-long) ancient wall. Now well-known as the Great Wall of China ， it starts at the Jiayuguan Pass of Gansu Province in the west and ends at the Shanhaiguan Pass of Hebei Province in the east. As one of the Eight Wonders in the world ， the Great Wall of China has become the symbol of the Chinese nation and its culture.

 In addition to the above-mentioned stories about the construction of the Great Wall ， there are also plenty of stories about current scenic spots. A famous one is the legend of the Beacon Tower. This story happened during the Western Zhou Dynasty (11th century BC-711 BC). King You had a queen named Bao Si ， who was very pretty. King You liked her very much ， however Bao Si never smiled. An official gave a suggestion that setting the beacon tower on fire would frighten the King‘s subjects ， and might make the queen smile. King You liked the idea.

 The subjects were fooled and Bao Si smiled at the sight of the chaos. Later enemies invaded Western Zhou ， King You set the beacon tower on fire to ask for help. No subjects came to help because they had been fooled once before. Thus ， King Zhou was killed by the enemy and Western Zhou came to an end.

Dialogue A Tourism and Tourism Industry 1.”people usually regard tourism as an umbrella concept”. 旅游常被看作是涵盖面很广的概念。 2.This is because what constitutes a “tourists” and the “tourism industry” is still a matter of debate. 究竟什 么是旅游者和旅游业仍然是个有争议的问题。 这是一个带有主语从句的复合句，其中的主语从 句是 what constitutes a tourist and the tourism industry 。从句中的主语由关系代词 what 引导。

Practice Give a brief introduction of the Museum Palace

Homework Translation: Tourism can be classified in different ways, such as recreational tour, cultural tour, business tour, ethnic tour etc according to the purposes; Camping tour, adventure tour, bicycle tour, hike tourism etc according to the ways of transportation; International tourism, domestic tourism according to the range of tour; Individual tour, group tour, package tour etc according to the forms of organizing group.