旅游英语：QiantangRiverTide-旅游英语

　　QiantangRiveristhebiggestinZhejiangProvince,runningfromthewesttoHangzhouBayintheeast.Itservesasariverhinge,playinganimportantroleinthewater-transportationbetweentheeastandthewest.ItisencircledbyagroupofeconomicallyboomingcitiesincludingShanghai,China’sleadingindustrialandcommercialhub,andNingbo,oneofChina’sleadingportcities.TheextraordinarysurgingtideoftheQiantangRiverisaworld-renownednaturalwondercausedbythegravitationalpullofthestarsandplanets.ThecentrifugalforceproducedbytherotationoftheearthandbythepeculiarbottleneckshapeofHangzhouBaymakesiteasyforthetidetocomein,butdifficultforittoebb.
　　ThesoaringtideoftheQiantangRiverissuchamarvelousspectaclethatonlytheAmazonRiver’ssurgingtiderivalsit!Annually,millionsofpeoplefrombothhomeandabroadflocktheretowatchthemagnificenttideontheeighteenthdayoftheeighthlunarmonth(alsoaroundtheMid-AutumnDay).Whenthesurgingtidecomes,thewatercanriseuptoaheightof30feetandthenoiseitgeneratessoundslikethunder,orthousandsofhorsesrunning.VariousactivitieswillalsobeheldtocelebratetheannualTide-WatchingFestival,accordingtolocalcustom.Intermsofitshistory,thecustomofwatchingtheboretidehashappenedformorethan2000years.Itfirstappearedduringthefirstcentury.Then,itbecamepopularintheTangDynasty(about7th-13thcentury).YangongtowninHaijing45km(about28miles)fromHangzhouisthebestplacetowatchtheQiantangTide.
　　Therushingtidecanbedangerousifyouarecareless.Soit’sbesttolistentotheadviceofthelocalpolicementherewhosejobitistoensureyoursafetyandsecurity.
　　CrossingtheriveristheQiantangRiverBridge.ItisChina’sfirstself-designedandself-builtbridge,whichtookfromApril1934toSept1937tocomplete.QiantangRiverBridgeiscomprisedofitsmainbodyandthebridgeapproach,stretchingadistanceof1453meters(4767feet).Itisalsothefirstmoderndouble-layerbridgeinChina.Theupperlayerofthebridgeishighwayandthelayerbelowisrailway.QiantangRiverBridgeisdesignedbythefamousChinesebridgeengineerMaoYisheng,whodefiedthewordsspokenbyforeignersthatitwasimpossibletoconstructabridgeinsuchaspot,andwhomadeagreatcontributiontotheChinesebridgebuildingindustry.LookingoutfromtheSixHarmoniesPagoda,onecangetapanoramicviewofthemightyQiantangRiver,themajesticQiantangRiverBridge,andthesurroundinglandscape.

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