關於景點的英語美文閱讀

　　每逢節假日，各景區景點爆滿，想要悠遊自在的欣賞一個地方的景色，幾乎是不可能的。下面是小編整理的關於景點的英語美文，歡迎閱讀!

　　關於景點的英語美文篇一

　　中國著名景點介紹:湖南長沙馬王堆漢墓女屍

　　Mawangdui is located in the eastern outskirts of changsha, about 4km from downtown changsha,In the preceeding centuries, it was bured here, hence the name "mawangdui"formerly there were two eastern mounds here closely linked together.

　　From 1972 to early 1974, chinese archacological workers unearthed three tombs of the wester han dynasty here and achieved tremendous results that attracted wide attention at home and abroad.they excavated more than 3000 cultural relied and a well-preserved female corpse from the tombs.according to seals unearthed from tomb no2"chancellor to the prince to changsha","seal of the marquis of dai".

　　We know that the mawangdui was burial ground of licang , chancellor to the prince of changsha statte and mqrquis of dai in the early western han dynasty and his family.

　　According to the historical records , licang died in the secong year of the reign of Empress lu . the occupants in tomb no3 were believed to be his son. unearthed from the tomb was a wooden tablet with the burial bate, which reads"the first day of the second month in the twelfth year" after careful textual research this was indentified as the twelfth year of reign of the han emperor wen ci . the corpse in tomb no1 is that of licang ' wife, whose personal name , according to an unearthed seal, was xingzhui, a study of conclusion that "tomb no1 dates from about the 6th dacade of the 2nd century B,C.

　　A little later than tomb no3 tomb no1 is the best preserved, and most of the relies showed here were excavated from this tomb.　　now , i will introduce this thing to you one by one: these are figurines 162 wooden figurines were unearthed from tomb no1 and 104 form tomb no3 , they fall into three , musicians and odd-jobservants. no doubt , they represent the numerous servants enslaved by the marquis of dai, which reveal the parasitic life of the family.

　　Now , pls look at these instuments, an intact zither with 25 strings, pipes composed of 22 pierced bamboo sticks and a set of pitch pipes were found in tomb no1 , in addition , a zither , a T- stringed harp, pipes and bamboo flutes were excavated from tonb no3 . strinkingly bamboo reads were found inside . the pipes found in tomb no3 , there is a silvery point on each reed, which controls the pitch, this is the material evidence of the earliest reeds , ever used in wind instruments in the world.

　　These are wre excavated from tomb no3, there are 38 weapons altogether, including bows a crossbow, arrows , an arrow seabbard, a weapon stand , halberds, spears.etcpared with the weapon of the warring state period, the bow , the crossbow and arrows were somewhat improved so that arrows could travel futher, along with the garrison map. they help us to get an idea of the military situation in chansha state.

　　We know that china is a very big agricultural state, and long long ago, when people lived in western han period , there had come into being somewhat developed cultivation and animal husbandry. look ,all these things were excavated from the tombs . the agricultural produce includes rice , wheat , barley, soybean, red peas, hemp seeds, vegetable;the animal produce includes deer , oxen, goats , sheep, pigs, bares ,chickens , fishes and even chicken eggs.

　　Well. lacquer ware, so beautiful! 184 pieces of lacquer ware were unearthed from tomb no1 and 316 pieces from tomb no3, they includ tripods vases, square vases, boxes , toilet boxes, pitchers, ladles, cups, caved cup - containers, an armreat, a screen, a game tool and a dustpam , most of them r made of a wood base coated in lacquer, and some of a bamboo or hemp base, the designs, either painted in lacquer or pasted or incised with very fine strokes, were done in smooth and graceful.lines with gorgeous color, the exquisitely wrought lacquer wares indicate the highly developed state of lacquer crafts- manship and a side light on the economic situation of the early han dynasty. now, we have seen the areound parts of the first hall, pls follow me to the central past.Here you can see the silk fabrics.

　　關於景點的英語美文篇二

　　冷戰時核導彈基地變成旅遊景點

　　The Cold War is long over. But there is still some clean-up to do, including cleaning up nuclear missiles.

　　The U.S. plans to reduce the total number of land-based nuclear missiles by 2018. This will satisfy terms of an arms treaty the U.S. signed with Russia in 2011.

　　The northern U.S. state of North Dakota has been a traditional home to many of those land-based missiles. It is a part of the state's Cold War history that officials, residents, and visitors, enjoy.

　　North Dakota. An Out-of-the-way State.

　　Far from densely populated cities on the most northern edge of the United States, was one of the most secretive and dangerous places on the planet for many years. The state is called North Dakota.

　　North Dakota's distance from urban centers made it the perfect choice for a nuclear land-based missile site during the Cold War. The lives of millions depended on what happened with the deadly weapons stored there.

　　The Cold War was the name often used for the severe tensions between the United States and the former Soviet Union. And during that Cold War period, the name for this missile site was November-33. It was home to a long-distance missile with a nuclear warhead.

　　Alvin Jaeger is secretary of state in North Dakota.

　　"I think there was kind of a standing joke that North Dakota was actually the third largest power in the world in terms of the nuclear capacity that we had here."

　　Mr. Jaeger grew up there in the 1950s. And he remembers the Cold War fears of a nuclear attack that would destroy everything.

　　Mr. Jaeger says there was reason to worry. More than 1,000 such missiles were deployed around the state. The people in North Dakota knew the missiles made them a good target.

　　"We all realized that we would have been a big target, but we just kept on."

　　The Cold War is over. The nuclear threat is gone. But the keys are still by the starter control of the Oscar Zero Launch facility outside Cooperstown, North Dakota.

　　The U.S. Air Force retired Oscar Zero in 1998. This was part of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 2 - or what is known as START 2. Now the Oscar Zero launch center is called the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site. It is a place where you can bring your family on vacation.

　　Gwen Hinman is supervisor at the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site. Ms. Hinman shows tourists around in the area below the surface. She takes them into the heart of the front line of the Cold War.

　　"The threat was high enough that they had their keys in the consoles."

　　Ms. Hinman shows visitors where a small crew would wait behind thick steel blast doors and reinforced concrete. They would wait for the decision to launch their nuclear missiles.

　　About 150 active missile centers remain in North Dakota, although Jaeger says few people know about them.

　　"Within 100 miles there is an active operating nuclear field that exists, and, again, people just go about their daily lives."

　　The areas that are active facilities are closed to the public. But Gwen Hinman says they are not too different from Oscar Zero. She explains that they are off-line, meaning not connected to any computers.

　　This is a really good thing. It prevents hackers from launching a nuclear attack.

　　"It's all offline so it prevents hackers from hacking the system and potentially sending a missile."

　　Four-hundred-and-50 land-based nuclear missiles currently are spread across the United States. Earlier this year, the Pentagon approved a plan to remove 50 of those missiles from storage. This will bring the total down to 400. And that will be the lowest number since the height of the Cold War in the 1960s.

　　關於景點的英語美文篇三

　　Let's be honest.

　　Most of us wonder how presidents, kings, queens or other rulers live. I know I do. If the White House were suddenly available, I would pour myself a glass of presidential wine, and have a seat in the White House living room. Perhaps I would take a ride on Air Force One, the president's airplane. Live large, as we say!

　　This is easier to do when the leader of your country is forced to flee a revolution. Just ask Ukrainians. When Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia, Ukrainians were finally able to see the lap of luxury in which the former president lived.

　　Before we tell you more about the property where he once lived, you will need some adjectives, words like opulent, extravagant, palatial and luxurious. Those words even sound expensive!

　　More than six months has passed since Ukraine's President Viktor Yanukovych fled to Russia. But the new Ukrainian government has yet to gain control of his palatial estate. Protesters occupy the grounds and opened it to visitors. And they have refused to turn it over to the government.

　　Ukrainians were shocked when protesters in February forced open the entrance to Mezhigirya ***mih-zhi-GEAR-ee-uh***, Mr. Yanukovych's private residence. The property is opulent, luxurious and estimated to be worth over one billion U.S. dollars. Such a high estimate only proves what many Ukrainians believed all along – that their country's leaders were corrupt.

　　Some Ukrainians still do not trust government officials. The man still controlling the estate is commandant Denis Tarahkotelyk. He refuses to surrender the property over to the government.

　　He says two conditions must be met. First, the officials would need to take inventory, meaning recording details of everything on the grounds. Second is the appraisal, knowing what everything is worth. That way, he says, if something goes missing they will know who is responsible.

　　Some criticize the groups now in control of Mezhigirya. But interested Ukrainians and wedding parties keep arriving. In fact, since August, they are coming by the boatload.

　　But it is not just interest in the former president or parties that bring people to the estate.

　　One of Ukraine's earliest monasteries once occupied the grounds. Because of the religious importance many feel that the property should be kept as a national park.

　　Henadiy works as a guide with Smile Tours.

　　"It is important for tourism because it gives a patriotic and religious education to people. Not only to Ukrainians but also because it started the spreading of our orthodox faith."

　　The grounds now have a world-class training center for bomb-sniffing and attack dogs. Other once private areas are now open to the public. They include a golf course, a private zoo, and an orchard filled with fruit trees.

　　A Ukrainian woman named Tamara says opening the estate to the public is a good educational tool.

　　Tamara says the community should decide how the grounds are used. She adds that if the estate remains a tourist attraction, the cost of admission may have to go up. She says that $2 per person is not enough money to pay the cost of operating the estate through the cold winter months.

　　Those controlling the once closed-off residence agree it should eventually become a museum exploring the issue of corruption.

　　Some of them, like Denis Tarahkotelyk, say they even plan to fight corruption by entering politics.

　　But even after negotiating physical control, officials in Ukraine will have an international legal case because much of the estate was owned through western companies.