抚仙湖英语导游词.doc

Fuxian Lake Ladies and gentlemen: I am very pleased to serve as your tour guide; today we will visit the famous and beautiful scenic area ---Fu Xian Lake. Before we reach there, Id like to give you a brief introduction to it. Fu Xian Lake is located in the boundary area of the Cheng jiang澄江 county Jiang Chuan江川 county, and HuaNing 华宁county. Which is a about 70kms from kunMing. Fuxian lake has a shape of inverted gourd, it covers an area of 212 square kms, which is the 3rd largest lake in Yunnan. You know, the largest lake in Yunnan is the Dianchi 滇池lake and the 2nd largest one is Erhai lake. With the deepest point of the 157.8 meters and the average depth of 87 meters, so Fuxian Lake ranks is the 1st in Yunnan and the 2nd in china in terms of depth, it is second only to the deepest lake in china---the volcanic crater lake of Changbai mountain in northeast china. Its total water capacity is 18.9 billion cubic meters which is 12 times of dianchi lake and 6 times of Erhai lake on this point Fuxian lake ranks the top in Yunnan. The lake is a half-closed plateau lake, so the water supplement of the lake comes from the surrounding Streams/Rivers underground springs and rainfall. The lake is so clear that the deepest visibility can reach 12.5 meters. Thus the water quality of Fuxian Lake ranks the 1st in Yunnan and it is also one of the clearest inland fresh lakes in china. So now you know FuXian lake has 3 NO.1 titles in Yunnan, its depth, water capacity and water quality. It deserves its fame. So how about it’s name-actually, the name of the lake -Fuxian---means to attract immortals. It is said that rocks resembling 2 immortals stand in the southeastern beach of the lake. It seems to indicate that the lake is so charming that everyone including immortals would be completely enchanted with it. The main scenic spots around Fuxian Lake include luchong禄充 village and Yusun玉笋 Hill in the west, the hot water pond in the east, Jinsha金沙 Bathing be