1)、第16届广州(Canton)亚运会
第16届亚运会将于2010年11月12日至27日在中国广州进行,广州是中国第二个取得亚运会主办权的城市。广州亚运会将设41项比赛项目,是亚运会历史上比赛项目最多的一届。
亚运会会徽于2006年11月17日在广州孙中山纪念堂隆重揭晓,以广州的象征——“五羊雕像”为主体轮廓设计的图案成为2010年广州亚运会会徽。
广州是一个历史悠久美丽的海滨城市,广州秦汉时就是繁荣都会,汉唐以来是海上“丝绸之路”的始发港,也是中国最早对外的通商口岸。,是亚热带气候,充满浓郁亚热风光,是广东省省会,全省政治、经济和文化中心。广州位于广东省中南部,珠江三角洲北缘。广州濒临南海,邻近香港特别行政区和澳门特别行政区,是中国通往世界的南大门。中国的第三大河——珠江从广州市区穿流而过。五羊城、羊城、穗城、花城等。
体育设施齐全:如:广东奥林匹克体育中心,天河体育中心,广州体育馆,广东省体育馆,广东省人民体育场等,有的在改造建设。
名胜:有“秦汉造船遗址和南越国宫署遗址,西关大屋,长隆欢乐世界,南海神庙,中山纪念堂,珠江夜游等。
饮食:粤菜,早茶,鸡仔饼等。
Canton----beautiful “Flowers’City”
The 16th Asian Games in 2010 November 12-27 in Guangzhou, China, and Guangzhou is the second Chinese city to obtain the right to host the Asian Games. Beijing held in 1990 in the 11th Asian Games. Guangzhou Asian Games will be 41 events, the Asian Games are the largest number of historical events on the next. Guangzhou will host the Asian Games at the Tenth Asian people with disabilities.
In March 2004 a total of four cities hosting the Asian Games: Guangzhou, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul (Seoul), Amman; but the other three bidding cities have decided to quit competing. July 1, 2004, OCA announced that Guangzhou was the right to host the 16th Asian Games.
Asian Games emblem on November 17, 2006 Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Guangzhou announced a grand to the symbol of Guangzhou - "wuyang statue" as the main outline of the logo design has become the emblem of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games.
It is a Guangzhou has a long history of 2222 years of cultural city. As early as the ninth century BC at the Zhou Dynasty, where the "Baiyue" the Yangtze River and middle reaches of the state of Chu from the people has been built there is "楚庭" This is the first name of Guangzhou.
Guangzhou is the Chinese revolution in modern times and modern source. Sanyuanli well-known Anti-British struggle against the people, Huanghuagang uprising occurred Guangzhou Uprising in Guangzhou. Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen at the Whampoa Military Academy founded, once the provisional government set up three. Mao Zedong founded here by the peasant movement workshops and training a large number of the backbone of the revolution. Zhang Tailei, Ye Ting, Ye Jianying and other Leaders of the dynamic here at the Guangzhou Uprising, and the establishment of the Soviet regime Guangzhou "Guangzhou Commune." Lu Xun, Guo, Yu Da-fu, Peng Pai, Ma, Xiao Yang Zou, Zhong-wu, such as Guangzhou have to spread advanced culture.
State Department announced in 1982 the ancient city of Guangzhou for the state historical and cultural city.
YangCheng legend
Guangzhou, also known as "Yangcheng Friday", "Guangzhou City." Alias of Guangzhou has about a beautiful story, legend, when the Chou dynasty Guangzhou famine years, people living in dire poverty. 5 a day over the South China Sea floated clouds of color, there is riding on the sheep‘s five immortal Sally, Sally the sheep population Goshiki rice mouth. Bestowed immortal people put rice and blessings never famine here. After the fairy left, because 5 cents sheep and remained attached to the world, to bless the local weather conditions. Thank the people for five immortal, they left the place at the construction of a "concept of five cents," in view of the statue there is five cents, accompanied by wuyang stone. This legend was the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games Mascot applied.
Cultural relics
Large number of cultural relics in Guangzhou. Existing national, provincial and municipal conservation units in a total of three 219, one of 19 key national heritage conservation units, and provincial-level units to be protected 41, 159 municipal units to be protected. Zhongshan has four area sites found in the Qin and Han Dynasties and the South Vietnamese shipbuilding Palais des Nations Department sites, one of the Palais des Nations Department of South Vietnam two sites was rated "top ten archaeological discoveries." At present, the Palais des Nations Department sites in South Vietnam, South King, South Vietnam and other countries sluice three sites in South Vietnam United States to declare the United Nations is historical World Heritage Site.
Geographical position
Guangzhou City Center is located at latitude 23 degrees 06 minutes 32 seconds, longitude 114 degrees 15 minutes 53 seconds, is located in southern China, central and southern Guangdong Province, the northern margin of the Pearl River Delta. The brink of Guangzhou South China Sea, adjacent to Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and Macao Special Administrative Region of China, Chinese are the southern gateway to the world. The case of hilly areas in Guangzhou. High-lying north-east, south-west low, north and north-east are the mountains, are the central hills, plateaus, alluvial plain south of the Pearl River Delta. China‘s third major rivers - the Pearl River from Guangzhou flow over urban wear.
Climate and environment
Guangzhou is located in subtropical, across the Tropic of Cancer, the annual average temperature of 22.8 ℃, the lowest temperature of about 0 ℃, the maximum temperature of 38 ℃, and pleasant weather, is the annual average temperature difference between one of the smallest cities. Guangzhou is a subtropical monsoon climate, because of the mountains and sea, with warm and wet, adequate light and heat, summer long, a short characteristics of frosty period. Hot water throughout the year over the same period, rainfall, conducive to plant growth, for four seasons evergreen, the flowers, "Huacheng" Guangzhou has provided excellent conditions. Average annual rainfall is 1982.7 millimeters, with an average relative humidity was 68%. Year, for the April-June rainy season, August to September the weather is hot, many typhoons, October-December moderate temperatures, are the best tourist season.
Guangzhou, a beautiful, beautiful scenery and abundant tourism resources, tourist attractions more than 100, one of eight in the new Guangzhou Baiyun Mountain, Pearl River Night Cruise, Yuexiu Hill, East Point Plaza,, Huanghuagang tomb, Guangdong Olympic Sports Center, Lotus Hill, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Memorial Hall, South King Museum, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou Flower Exposition Garden, South China Botanical Garden, from the hot spring, Hong Kong Changlong Wildlife the world, and Changlong fun world, Changlong Water Park, Chang-long crocodile park,, Guangdong Museum of Art, Lu Xun Museum, Guangdong Museum, Guangzhou Pumped Storage Power Station tourist areas, Liuxihe National Forest Park, Shangxiajiu road commercial pedestrian street, Beijing Road Pedestrian Street, the most famous attractions. Changlong one of a series of theme park in southern China is the joy of leading the Holy Land, in particular joy Changlong world, much more is to focus on world-class mobile facilities: the world‘s a roller coaster king of the Guinness Book of World Records has ten Central mountain vehicles, the Asian U-unique skateboard roller coaster, the world‘s largest, such as a large pendulum. Amusement park with numerous facilities. In addition Changlong Water Park is a higher level after repeated, now more than the Disney water park in the United States as the world‘s biggest water park.
Wellcome to Guangzhou city!
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假如你是LINGLING,你的加拿大朋友Mary将来观看“第16届亚运会”的一些比赛,请你发一封E-MAIL给你的朋友,她的E-MAIL地址是:MARY2009@yahoo.com,介绍本届“亚运会”和广州市的情况,字数在80—100字左右。
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Dear Mary:
I’ve been your E-mail from you since last week, you said: you would come to watch“ The 16th Asian Games in 2010 ” in Guangzhou, I ‘m glad to see you again, I am going to be your guider .
Wellcome to Guangzhou!
Your friend: Lingling