昆明简介(中英文)复习课程.ppt

我们的城市— 昆明Our city—Kunming 昆明，云南省会，中国面向东南亚的桥头堡。今天，包括中国在内的世界其他地区深陷金融风暴，而昆明的前景却正在好转。昆明，在海拔1800米的地方，跨过历史悠久的贸易路线，如今正在走向现代化以连接中国和周边的缅甸、印度、泰国和越南。作为新兴的十字路口，正吸引着外国人来到这个奇特的城市，一个中国各民族融合的城市。 Kunming, provincial capital of Yunnan, Chinas big toe in Southeast Asia. While the rest of the world—including China—sinks deeper into financial turmoil by the day, prospects for Kunming are looking up. In a word, it comes down to location. Kunming, at 1800m above sea level, stands astride old trade routes now being modernised to tie together China，Burma，India,Thailand and Vietnam．The emerging crossroads is drawing in foreigners to this idiosyncratic city, an ethnic melting pot without parallel in China. “昆明有一点像乌鲁木齐，政府有意让它成为一个面向东南亚和南亚的内陆港口，”一位负责当地项目的英国建筑师Ross Duggleby说。“我在这里谈论发展是较为具体的。它要成为东南亚枢纽的目标很容易理解。”他说。这是中国，基础设施的宏伟计划不会让绘图板上落上灰尘。一条将于2012年通车的高速公路正在建设中，通往越南首都河内。它将3天的行程缩短为不到1天。 “Kunming is a bit like Urumqi. The governments intention seems to be to turn it into an inland port for Southeast and South Asia, says Ross Duggleby, a British architect who heads the local practice said.“Talk Of development is a bit more tangible for me here. The principle of it being a hub for Southeast Asia is easy to understand,” he says．This being China，grand plans for infrastructure are not gathering dust on the drawing board．An expressway, due to open to traffic in 2012, is being built to the Vietnamese capital Hanoi. It should cut journeys from up to three days to less than a day. 大力发展基础设施建设的同时，政府也不遗余力地鼓励各界人士来昆明投资，促进这里的经贸。昆明国际贸易中心频繁举办各种南亚商品交易会目的就在此。云南省政府和昆明市政府代表团也常到临国首都招商引资。“例如，最近有一个泰国--云南商会在泰国曼谷成立。云南省政府与西孟加拉政府之间的贸易往来也颇为频繁。昆明是中国第三个可以直飞印度的城市(加尔各答－昆明)”，Chris Horton说。他是一个在昆明的美国成功商人，在昆明开设了一个商业发展顾问公司。很多在这里的人都还没有意识到这个地方将发生一番惊天动地的变化。 The muscle being put to work on infrastructure is matched by the jaw—jaw to encourage investment and promote trade. Southeast Asian trade fairs are popular in Kunmings convention centres. City and provincial delegations are often boarding planes for nearby capitals.“Recen