趵突泉英语导游词

趵突泉英语导游词 ladies and gentlemen, welcome to baotuquan spring park. my name is miao meng. i am very pleased to serve as your tour guide today. in order to give you a general impression, let me make a brief introduction of the park. featured as a gushing spring garden, the park is located in the downtown area of the city, with mt. thousand buddha to the south, quancheng square to the east, and daming lake to the north. it occupies about 26 acres in land area. there are altogether 34 springs in the park. of course the main and most beautiful one is the baotuquan spring, which you will be watching in a moment. it will take you about 2 hours to make the tour around the park. the park has two main gates, the east gate and the south gate. today we’ll enter from the south gate. ok, this way please. ladies and gentlemen, here we are in front of the south gate. the south gate of the park is at the middle of luoyuan avenue. it was built in 1995. with its unique outline integrating both traditional and local traits, it is claimed to be the number one gate of chinese gardens. isn’t it splendid! shall we go in. just in front of us is the most famous spring, baotuquan. it was called luoshui in ancient time and got its present name form the song dynasty. it has a long history and has been the source of the luo river. the three major springs gush simultaneously from underground with thundering sound, which are described as fountains constantly pumping water. the pool of the water is 30 meters long and 20 meters wide. the spring water keeps its temperature around 18 degrees centigrade all year round. in cold winter, the steam forms a curtain of thin fog over the surface...