杭州英语介绍.pdf

Dear friends:I know you are coming to China and will be here for some times.In order to let you know the Chinese culture and enjoy you trip,I suggest you to the city of Hangzhou,province of Zhejiang.It is renowned as“Paradise on Earth”,“Cultural State”,“Home of Silk”,“Tea Capital”,“Town of Fish and Rice”.Hangzhou,capital of Zhejiang,with an area of 16,596 square kilometers and has a population of 8.80 million lies in the southeast of china that adjoin to the Qiantang River and Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.The city,as one of the seven ancient capitals in China,has a history of more than 2200 years since it was established as a county by the First Emperor Qin.And it is a tourist city famous for its beautiful west lake and cultural heritages at home and abroad.As for the climate,the city is in subtropical zone with monsoon climate that has clear distinction of four seasons.It is mild and humid,plenty of sunshine and rainfall.The average temperature is 16.2 around the year,28.6 in the summer and 3.8 in the winter.All in all,the climate and environment there is very nice for living,traveling or studying.Whats more,the government of the city is also making a great effort to improve the urban environment and to initiate the implementation of Four Projects,namely:Project Blue Sky,Project Green Water,Project Greenness and Project Quietness.When you are coming,you dont need bring to much clothes like down jacket and cotton boots,just bring some necessity for life,youd better bring an umbrella with you and dont forget take your credit card and identity card.After you got here,you must will like this city.Once when Marco Polo came to Hangzhou in the 13th century,he declared it to be“the most beautiful and elegant city in the world.There is a popular saying:Above there is heaven,below there are Hangzhou and Suzhou.At your free time,there are many places you can visit.I thing you shouldnt miss the West Lake,every year it attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists comes here.Besides,Zhejiang University is also a good destination.In China Zhejiang University is very prestigious.There are over 80 national-level research institutions and over 300 thousand scientific and technological professionals working in Hangzhou.When you stay here for a period of time,maybe you will find there are many cultural differences between us.One obvious is that most of the time we eat rice,noodle and steamed bun while you are sandwich,fruit salad and dessert.I think e you should try some Chinese food,maybe you will like it and then you will get used to it.Yours sincerely,Maxim