《山西旅游》导游词(中英对照)

《山西旅游》导游词（中英对照）adies and gentlemen, good morning! Wele to travel in Shanxi! First of all, I will introduce the general situation of Shanxi Province to all of you to make our tourism convenient and enjoyable、一、文明摇篮Cradle of Civilization 在人类迈入文明的门槛时，陶峙遗址向人们展示了陶峙人生活的方方面面。

大约在距今4500多年以前，人类历史进入了原始社会晚期，人类的文明活动不仅遍布于今山西各地，而且更有着丰富的文化内涵，产生了著名的陶峙文化。

I n mankind s entry into the threshold of civilization, Taozhi site shows all aspects of life of Taozhi people、 Ataround4500 years ago, the history of mankind entered a late primitive society, humans’ civilized activities not only took place in every region of Shanxi, but also had a rich cultural connotation, which became the famous Taozhi Culture、在山西襄汾县的陶峙遗址，发掘到距今约4200年前的人类文化遗址，其中的3座年代早晚不同的城址特别是中期城址面积约为280万平方米，是目前所发现的黄河流域史前最大的一处城址，大致相当于传说中的尧、舜时代。

仅从陶峙遗址就可以看出，那时已经出现了国家的雏形，展示着中华民族的文明之光。

F rom Taozhi site of Xiangfen County in Shanxi, humancultural sites about4200 ago were excavated、 Among them, there were three townsites of different time、Particularly, the mid-termed townsite with an area of2、8 million square metres is the biggest one in the prehistoric Yellow River basin discovered at present、Its period was roughly equivalent to the legendary Yao, Shun era、 Only from Taozhi site we can see that the country has already appeared in its early form at that time, showing the light of civilization of the Chinese nation、在中华民族的文明进程中，很早就发明了文字。

在早期的文字记载中，以平阳为过渡的古唐国，是已知的中华民族最早的国家形态。

而以安邑为都的禹，建立了中国历史上第一个一统中原的大王朝夏。

I n the process of civilization of the Chinese nation, characters were invented at a very early time、 In the early days of the written records, ancient Tang country transited from Pingyang, is the first state pattern of the Chinese nation as far as we know、 And Yu, taking AnYi as the capital, established the firs dynasty which was the unification of the central plains in China s history — Xia、史前三圣The Three Prehistoric Sages 在创造中华文明的传说中，“史前三圣”尧舜禹也成长于山西这方土地上。

尧的大半生活动在山西，他做部落联盟首领时，建立起职能完备的城邦，确立了在当时诸方国中的地位，奠定了华夏文明的根基，而最早记载使用“中国”一词，讲述的就是尧建立的古唐国。

尧的晚年把盟主的位置让给了比自己更有才华的舜。

T he fairy tales on the creation of Chinese Civilization read that the Three Prehistoric Sages--- Sage Yao, Sage Shun and Sage Yu were all born in Shanxi、 Sage Yao spent more than half of his life time in Shanxi, building up full-functioned cities after being the leader of all tribes, establishing his central position over the other states, thus laying the foundation of China’s civilization、The word “China”, which was used in Ancient History of Previous Qin for the first time,refers to the Ancient Tang set up by Yao、 In his late years, he demised his position to Sage Shun, who had more abilities than him、舜继位后在山西了做了许多好事，把原有的部落联盟会议逐渐演变成国家机关，使华夏文明迈出了坚实的一步。

舜的晚年，又让位于禹。

禹也非常杰出，做出了许多贡献。

A fter succeeding to the throne, Sage Shun did many goods for his subjects、 And he changed the tribe union meeting into a country department, which strengthened China’s civilization further、 As Yao did, he demised his position to Yu, who was also very eminent and hadmade many contributions、禹是中原部落联盟最后一位首领，也是中国历史上第一个国家政权的创建者。

也就是从禹开始，中国进入了文明发展时期。

禹还领导人民大规模治理洪水，使人民生活安定，并成为中国最早的水利专家，其功业永载史册。

S age Yu was the last tribe leader in Central China, and thefirst builder of regime、 And from this time, China came into times of developing civilization、 He led people to control floods to make them have good living conditions and thus became the earliest hydraulic specialist, whose contributions to China would exist in China’s historyfor ever、朋友们，在以后的时间我会向大家介绍更多的有关山西文明摇篮和史前三圣的故事，祝大家旅途愉快！ Dear friends, I will introduce more stories about the Cradle of Civilization and the Three Prehistoric Sages of Shanxi Province to you in the later time、 Have a nice trip, everyone! 二、气候物产Climate and Products 山西地势呈南北狭长状，东北高，西南低。

这就是西南部比东北部气温明显要高的原因。

当南部地区的运城酷热难耐之时，北部山峰，如五台山，正凉风习习，风景怡人。

但是总体来说，山西省属于高原气候。

春天来得晚，秋天来得早。

S hanxi has a long narrow terrain running north to south、 The northeast is highand the southwest is low, and this is the reason why thetemperature in the southwest is significantly higher than that of the northeastern part、 When the heat in the southern region of Yuncheng is intolerable, the northern part of the Mountain, like Mount Wutai is breezy and has a pleasant scenery、 But, generally speaking, Shanxi province belongs to the highland climate with spring es late and autumn es earlier、山西自古以来就有“谷宜五种”之说，如运城地区宜种小麦、棉花，晋北山区宜种莜麦、土豆。

即使同一汾河流域，两岸的平原稻谷飘香，两岸的山地则杂种玉米、高粱。

而且由于不同的气候和不同的土地条件，已形成了不同风味的土特产，如沁州的小米、清徐的葡萄、原平的梨，都十分有名。