中英文对照中国地理.ppt

Metasequoia 水杉 The metasequoia grows to 35 metres in height. Commonly found in East Asia, North America and Europe one hundred million years ago, it became extinct by the glacial period of the Quaternary. In 1941, China discovered more than a thousand metasequoias on the Sichuan-Hubei border. This was one of the greatest botanical discoveries of the 20th century. After 1949, metasequoias were introduced to other countries of the world. 水杉是20世纪40年代，由我国科学家发现的一种从古代植物保存下来的“活化石”。它是只有中国才有生长的古代孑遗植物，所以人们称它为“中国的国宝”、“植物界的熊猫”。 1943年，植物学家王战教授在四川万县磨刀溪路旁发现。 Homework 云贵高原特点 地面崎岖ruff Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau 梯田terrace 石林 stone forest 溶洞 solution cavity 喀斯特地形 Karst topography 九寨沟 Jiuzhaigou valley It is known for its many multi-level waterfalls and colorful lakes, and was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992，and a World Biosphere Reserve in 1997. The remote region was inhabited by various Tibetan and Qiang peoples for centuries, but was not officially discovered by the government until 1972. Extensive logging took place until 1979, when the Chinese government banned such activity and made the area a national park in 1982. An Administration Bureau was established and the site officially opened to tourism in 1984; layout of facilities and regulations were completed in 1987. 黄龙沟Huanglong valley Colored Terrace-Ponds 彩池Dotted upward along the valley, the 2300 ponds come into 8 groups, such as the Guest Greeting Ponds, The Flowing Pools of the Waterfall, the Potted Landscape Ponds, the Fragrant Ponds, the Jade-bathing Ponds, etc. The last group, the Five-Color Ponds are the best of all, which perch atop the highest part of the valley, at the back of the rear temple. Amid it stand a pair of stone towers, stone houses with up-curved roofs, which have been there since Ming dynasty (A.D. 1368-1644). Due to varied depth of the ponds and all kinds of mineral pigments and deposits on the bottom, the water reflects a variety of charming colors. 丽江 lijiang 张家界zhangjiajie Sandstone to