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1、精選優(yōu)質文檔-傾情為你奉上精選優(yōu)質文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)專心-專注-專業(yè)精選優(yōu)質文檔-傾情為你奉上專心-專注-專業(yè)the Red Good morning, ladies and gentlemen! Its so nice to meet you here!First of all, please allow me to introduce us to you. My name is Li, you can call me English name Heather, your local guide from Henan Youth Travel Agency, while ou

2、r driver is Mr. Wang who is serious and very experienced. So you are in safe hand. On behalf of Henan Youth Travel Agency, we would like to extend our warmest welcome to you: welcome to Henan. During your stay in Henan, we two would do our utmost to make your stay pleasant! And your cooperation woul

3、d be appreciated! If you have troubles or problems, dont be hesitated to tell us. We would be very pleased to help you. Wish you a wonderful stay in Henan! Thank you!Perhaps it is the first time for you to visit Henan, so Id like to give you a brief introduction about it!Henan province, also called

4、“Yu” for short, meaning a man pulling an elephant, is situated right in the heart of china, covering an area of 167,000 square kilometers, with a total population of 97 million, which is the largest of all provinces in China. Henan is also named “central plain” or “Central State”, for over 4,000 yea

5、rs ago, China was divided into nine state. Henan was called Yu State, and was located in the middle of the nine state, hence the name. And you may heard Anyang, a city which has a long history.Located in the utmost northern part of Henan, bordering Shanxi in the west and Hebei in the north, the city

6、 of Anyang serves as the north gate of Henan. Well-known as one of the state historic and cultural cities, Anyang boasts a history of over 3000 years and is one of the birthplaces of Chinese nation. Today Id like to show you the Red Flag Canal, which have been named by the state as the bases for pat

7、riotic education.To the northwest of Anyang lies a city called Linzhou, which sounds a stranger to most people. However, if one starts to talk about the Red Flag Canal of Linxian County, the album of old days will unfold itself in surges. In 1960s when the PRC was suffering its most terrible economi

8、c nightmares, the heroic people from Linxian County raised money on their own and began to cut tunnels through mountains and build bridges across gullies with hands, hammers, drills and the tiny bit of self-made explosive. A decade passed. The Taihang Mountain witnessed the birth of a Milky Way on t

9、he earth, the Red-Flag Canal . The canal, being composed of trunk, lateral and branch sections, extends 1,500 kilometers along the Taihang Range. Along it the turbulent Zhuozhang River roars all the way to Linzhou So, now please take your valuable things along with you and get ready to get off the b

10、us.Linzhous history was a history of floods and droughts. In order to survive, local people struggled unyieldingly against natural calamity. They tried every possible means, digging water-retention wells and holes in courtyards, storing rain and snow, and drawing water from springs and rivers. All c

11、ame to nothing. Whenever a drought occurred, there was no water for people and animals to drink, let alone water for irrigation. They had to cross mountains and fetch water from afar. That is very inconvenient for local people. In 1960s local government worked out the plan to draw water from Zhang R

12、iver , making up mind to transform it. After careful research and consideration, the government identified Zhang River in Pingshun County of Shanxi Province as the potential source of hope. Working together with parties concerned, the courageous people from After its completion the Red Flag Canal so

13、lved the problem of water shortage for the Linxian County and a tourist attraction in the Linlv Mountain. Reputed by the visitors as the man-made Milky Way and the Contemporary Great Wall, it has attracted some 40,000 people from 130 countries and regions. However, what benefits the Linxian people m

14、ost is the spirit developed in the course of the construction of the canal. The spirit can be summarized as self-reliance, teamwork and hard struggle. Because of this spirit the Red Flag Canal has been listed by the state as one of the bases for patriotic education to young people. The main scenic s

15、pots of the Red Flag Canal include the General Please come with me. Lets go to the Bifurcation Gate. The Bifurcation Gate plays an important role in this regard. It is not only a water control for the three trunk canals but also a water divide geographically. Water in the south runs into Henghe Rive

16、r and water in the north runs into Zhanghe River . It took great pains for the decision-makers and designers to work it out properly. Because if the water of the canal could not cross over the Bifurcation Gate, the irrigation area would be limited to the nearby two towns, reaching only about 12000 a

17、cres of arable land. The source of the canal locates on the slop of Houbi Cliff, Shicheng Town of Pingshun County in Shanxi Province. The trunk canal, being built in the hilly slope of TaihangPlease keep going with me. Lets go to the Youth Cave. The Youth Cave is a very high tunnel in Linlu Mountain

18、 . Standing at the ominous position one could not help trembling with the wind. There are a lot of calligraphic works painted by famous artists around. The natural landscape can be described as dramatic, magnificent, perilous and overwhelming. It is at the position where one could fully interpret th

19、e proverb, People, and people alone, are the driving force of world history. In the most difficult days 300 young people gathered here to build the 300-meter-long and 8-meter-wide tunnel. Life then was very hard and the workers could hardly have enough to feed themselves. Though ration per person per da