高级英语口语考试
In fact，when receiving this subject,I was hesitant to choose the options [??p??n].Then an idea came to me ,most of us may choose to introduce a place he or she once to been ,and also it will be easier than introducing a book in my opinion. However, I still confused about the choice almost yesterday. A place of interest? No! One city famous in the world ? No! Or just say something about my hometown,also No!
Well，a place came to my idea,we already spend 2 years here and another 2 years will follow. Yes the right city, we loved Jinan.
Lots people will ask the same question :what kind of city is Jinan ? We can see from its various characteristics. [?k?rikt??ristik]
First,Jinan is the capital city of Shandong province on China's east coast，located in the mid-west of Shandong. What's more, Jinan was one of the cities which approved by the state costal-open cities and also one of the 15 sub-provincial
[pr??vin??l]cities
as well as the historical and
cultural city published by state council. [?kauns?l]
Jinan has jurisdiction [?d?u?ris?dik??n] over five districts (Lixia, Licheng, Huaiyin, Tianqiao and Shizhong), four counties (Changqing, Pingyin, Shanghe and Jiyang) and Zhangqiu City, with a total area of 8,227 sq. km and a population of 5.49 million, including 2.54 million urban people. As the political,economic，technological，cultural，educational，tourist
[?tu?rist]center
of Shandong,a regional financial center in
China.Jinan plays an more and more important role in the development nowadays.
On one hand, Jinan is a historical [his?t?rik?l]city with a history of some 2000 years and is famed for its numerous relics [?reliks]. It is the cradle [?kreidl] of the Longshan Relics Culture, the reputed prehistoric
[?pri:hi?st?rik] culture of China and is found in Longshan Town of Jinan,
hence [hens] the name. In the area of Jinan, you will find far more than you would expect, the ancient Great Wall of the Qi State, the colored sculptures [?sk?lpt??] of the Song Dynasty in the Lingyan Temple and so on.
On the other hand,Jinan is a modern city,it was the host of the 11th national games,and also was the organizer of the 7th China International garden and flower expo.[?eksp??zi??n]
Jinan is the home of Lucai (Shandong cuisine[kwi?zi:n]), a popular cuisine of China. Shandong cuisine is representative of northern China's cooking and its technique has been widely absorbed in northeast China.Shandong is a large peninsula [pi?ninsjul?] surrounded by the sea, with the Yellow River meandering [mi??nd?] through the center. As a result, seafood is a major component of Shandong cuisine.
The unique tourist souvenirs [?su:v??ni?] available in Jinan include Ejiao, Black Pottery,[?p?t?ri] ,Lu Embroidery [im?br?id?ri] and Wooden-Fish wares[we?].
Jinan is the right place to see some very typical festivals including
The Lantern Festival in the Baotu Spring Park, the Lotus[?l?ut?s] Festival in the Daming Lake Park and the Double-Nine Festival on the Thousand-Buddha [?budist]Mountain.
Jinan is a hospitable city and receives tourists from all over the world. Marco Polo once visited Jinan and left words of praise to this city. The Baotu Spring, Daming Lake and the Thousand Buddha Mountain decorate [?dek?reit] Jinan as a Garden City.
Compared with those capital cities, or other large and medium-size cities in China, Jinan has few advantages and lacks a metropolitan
[?metr??p?lit?n]atmosphere, the highlight being its numerous springs. Some
people say Jinan's glamour [?gl?m?] is not merely its enticing [in?tais] natural beauty, but more the warmth of the Jinan people. The beauty of nature is thin and weak, but the beauty that comes from people will last forever.