长江三峡位于长江上游,从重庆奉节的白帝城开始,到湖北宜昌的南津关结束,全长约193公里。
三峡由瞿塘峡、巫峡、西陵峡三段峡谷组成,是中国很有名的自然景观,被称为"山水画廊"。
三座峡谷,三种特点瞿塘峡是三峡中最短但最有气势的一段,只有8公里左右。
两岸的山又高又直,江面突然变窄,看起来很有力量。
大家熟悉的人民币十元纸币背后的图案就是这儿。
巫峡以风景秀丽出名,全长约42公里。
这里经常有云雾,山峰高低起伏,最有名的是神女峰。
传说古代有位仙女叫瑶姬,她曾帮助大禹治水,为船工指引方向,人们为了纪念她,就把这座美丽的山峰叫做"神女峰"。
西陵峡是三峡中最长的一段,过去以水流急、石头多出名。
现在因为建了三峡大坝,水流变得平缓很多,但峡谷的风景依然很美。
历史与文化的长廊三峡不仅有美丽的自然风光,还有很多历史文化。
白帝城是三峡的起点,三国时期刘备曾在这里把儿子和国家都托付给诸葛亮。
诗人李白也在这里写过很有名的诗句:朝辞白帝彩云间。
峡谷两岸的崖壁上,有各个时期留下的石刻。
这些古老的文字记录了历史的变化,也留下了很多动人的故事。
比如在大宁河两岸的悬崖上,还可以看到古代人放在高处的棺材,人们把它叫做悬棺。
现代工程1992年,中国决定在宜昌修建三峡大坝。
这是目前世界上最大的水利工程,可以防洪、发电,也可以让船走得更好。
大坝建成后,原来水很急的地方变成了平静的水面,船走起来更安全了。
现在游览三峡的方式更多了。
游客可以坐船,白天看两岸的风景,晚上在船上参加各种活动。
船经过葛洲坝的时候,还能亲眼看到"水涨船高"的过程。
旅行建议去三峡玩最好的时间是秋天,也就是十月到十一月。
这时候天气很好,两岸山上的叶子也红了,风景很美。
可以选择从重庆往下游走,到宜昌下船,大约需要四天三晚;
也可以从宜昌往上游走,到重庆下船,大约需要五天四晚。
不管选哪个方向,看到的美景都是一样的。
一路上除了三个峡谷,还可以去看白帝城、丰都鬼城、石宝寨、三峡人家等景点。
当地的好吃的也很多,比如炕土豆、烤鱼、腊猪蹄等。
三峡是一幅画,也是一本书,吸引著很多人来这里感受它的魅力。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 长江 | Cháng Jiāng | Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang |
| 三峡 | Sān xiá | Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] |
| 位于 | wèi yú | to be located at / to be situated at / to lie |
| 上游 | shàng yóu | upper reaches (of a river) / upstream |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 重庆 | Chóng qìng | Chongqing municipality (short name 渝[Yu2]) |
| 奉节 | Fèng jié | Fengjie / place name in Chongqing |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 白帝城 | Bái dì chéng | Baidi town in Chongqing 重慶|重庆, north of the Changjiang, an important tourist attraction |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 湖北 | Hú běi | Hubei, a province in central China. |
| 宜昌 | Yí chāng | Yichang / city in Hubei |
| 南津关 | Nán jīn guān | Nanjinguan / place name near the Three Gorges |
| 结束 | jié shù | to finish / to end / to conclude / to close |
| 全 | quán | all / whole / entire / every / complete |
| 长 | cháng | (bound form) length |
| 约 | yuē | approximately |
| 公里 | gōng lǐ | kilometer |
| 由 | yóu | from / because of; due to / by; via; through / (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... |
| 瞿塘峡 | Qú táng Xiá | Qutang Gorge, 8 km long gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze in Chongqing 重慶|重庆[Chong2 qing4], the upper of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] |
| 巫峡 | Wū Xiá | Wuxia Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the middle of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] |
| 西陵峡 | Xī líng Xiá | Xiling Gorge on the Changjiang or Yangtze, the lower of the Three Gorges 三峽|三峡[San1 Xia2] |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 段 | duàn | paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) |
| 峡谷 | xiá gǔ | canyon / gill / ravine |
| 组成 | zǔ chéng | to form / to make up / to constitute |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 有名 | yǒu míng | famous / well-known |
| 自然 | zì rán | natural |
| 景观 | jǐng guān | landscape |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 称 | chēng | to name |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 山 | shān | mountain; hill / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 水 | shuǐ | water / (after a name) ... River / (bound form) additional cost; extra income |
| 画廊 | huà láng | art gallery / decorated corridor |
| 座 | zuò | classifier for large immovable objects |
| 种 | zhǒng | classifier for types, kinds, sorts |
| 特点 | tè diǎn | characteristic (feature) / trait / feature |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 短 | duǎn | short / brief |
| 但 | dàn | but; yet; however; still |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 气势 | qì shì | imposing manner / loftiness / grandeur |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 只有 | zhǐ yǒu | only have ...; there is only ... |
| 左右 | zuǒ yòu | approximately |
| 两 | liǎng | two / both / some / a few |
| 岸 | àn | bank; shore; beach; coast |
| 又 | yòu | both... and... |
| 高 | gāo | high / tall / above average / loud |
| 直 | zhí | straight / fair and reasonable / frank / straightforward / vertical / vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters |
| 江面 | jiāng miàn | the surface of the river |
| 突然 | tū rán | sudden; abrupt; unexpected |
| 变 | biàn | to change / to become different / to transform / to vary |
| 窄 | zhǎi | narrow / narrow-minded / badly off |
| 看 | kàn | to see; to look at / to read / to watch / to visit; to call on / to consider; to regard as / to look after / to treat (a patient or illness) / to depend on / to feel (that) / (after a verb) to give it a try / to watch out for |
| 起来 | qǐ lái | indicating the beginning and continuation of an action or a state / indicating an upward movement / indicating completion / expressing preliminary judgment |
| 力量 | lì liàng | power; force; strength |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 熟悉 | shú xi | to be familiar with; to know well |
| 人民币 | rén mín bì | Renminbi, the official currency of the PRC (RMB or CNY) |
| 十 | shí | ten / 10 |
| 元 | yuán | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan) / era (of a reign) / (geology) eon |
| 纸币 | zhǐ bì | bank notes / paper currency |
| 背后 | bèi hòu | behind / at the back / in the rear / behind sb's back |
| 图案 | tú àn | design; pattern |
| 就是 | jiù shì | exactly; precisely / only; simply; just / even; even if |
| 这儿 | zhè r | here |
| 以 | yǐ | by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at |
| 风景 | fēng jǐng | scenery; landscape |
| 秀丽 | xiù lì | pretty; beautiful |
| 出名 | chū míng | well-known for sth |
| 这里 | zhè lǐ | here |
| 经常 | jīng cháng | frequently; constantly; regularly; often |
| 云雾 | yún wù | clouds and mist |
| 山峰 | shān fēng | (mountain) peak |
| 低 | dī | low |
| 起伏 | qǐ fú | to move up and down / to undulate |
| 神女峰 | Shén nǚ Fēng | name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2] |
| 传说 | chuán shuō | to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that... |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 位 | wèi | classifier for people (honorific) |
| 仙女 | xiān nǚ | fairy |
| 叫 | jiào | to be called |
| 瑶姬 | Yáo jī | Yao Ji / mythological female figure |
| 她 | tā | she |
| 曾 | céng | once / already / ever (in the past) / former / previously / (past tense marker used before verb or clause) |
| 帮助 | bāng zhù | to help; to assist |
| 大禹 | Dà Yǔ | Yu the Great (c. 21st century BC) mythical leader who tamed the floods |
| 治 | zhì | to rule / to govern / to manage / to control / to harness (a river) / to treat (a disease) / to wipe out (a pest) / to punish / to research |
| 船工 | chuán gōng | boatman / boat builder |
| 指引 | zhǐ yǐn | to guide / to show / to point (the way) |
| 方向 | fāng xiàng | direction; orientation |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 为了 | wèi le | for; for the purpose of; in order to |
| 纪念 | jì niàn | to commemorate; to honor the memory of |
| 就 | jiù | in that case; then |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 美丽 | měi lì | beautiful |
| 做 | zuò | (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for |
| 过去 | guò qù | (in the) past; former; previous |
| 水流 | shuǐ liú | river / stream |
| 急 | jí | urgent / pressing / rapid / hurried / worried |
| 石头 | shí tou | stone |
| 多 | duō | many; much; more; a lot of |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 因为 | yīn wèi | because; owing to; on account of |
| 建 | jiàn | to establish / to found / to set up / to build / to construct |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 大坝 | dà bà | dam |
| 变得 | biàn de | to become |
| 平缓 | píng huǎn | level; almost flat; not strongly sloping / (fig.) moderate; mild-mannered; gentle |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 依然 | yī rán | still; as before |
| 美 | měi | beautiful / very satisfactory; good |
| 历史 | lì shǐ | history |
| 与 | yǔ | (formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases) |
| 文化 | wén huà | culture / civilization |
| 长廊 | cháng láng | promenade / long hallway |
| 不仅 | bù jǐn | not just; not limited to / (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) |
| 风光 | fēng guāng | scene / view / sight / landscape |
| 还 | hái | in addition, also, else, even |
| 起点 | qǐ diǎn | starting point |
| 三国 | Sān guó | Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history |
| 时期 | shí qī | period / phase |
| 刘备 | Liú Bèi | Liu Bei (161-223), warlord at the end of the Han dynasty and founder of the Han kingdom of Shu 蜀漢|蜀汉 (c. 200-263), later the Shu Han dynasty |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 儿子 | ér zi | son |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 国家 | guó jiā | country; nation; state |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 托付 | tuō fù | to entrust |
| 给 | gěi | to / for / for the benefit of / to do sth (for sb) |
| 诸葛亮 | Zhū gě Liàng | Zhuge Liang (181–234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1 guo2 Yan3 yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind |
| 诗人 | shī rén | bard / poet |
| 李白 | Lǐ Bái | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 写 | xiě | to write |
| 过 | guo | (experienced action marker) |
| 诗句 | shī jù | verse |
| 朝辞白帝彩云间 | zhāo cí bái dì cǎi yún jiān | Leaving Baidi in the morning among rosy clouds / line from a Tang poem |
| 崖壁 | yá bì | escarpment / precipice / cliff |
| 上 | shàng | (noun suffix) on; above |
| 各个 | gè gè | every / various |
| 留下 | liú xia | to leave behind / to stay behind / to remain / to keep / not to let (sb) go |
| 石刻 | shí kè | stone inscription / carved stone |
| 这些 | zhè xiē | these |
| 古老 | gǔ lǎo | ancient / old / age-old |
| 文字 | wén zì | character / script / writing / written language / writing style / phraseology |
| 记录 | jì lù | to record |
| 变化 | biàn huà | change; variation |
| 动人 | dòng rén | touching / moving |
| 故事 | gù shi | narrative; story; tale |
| 比如 | bǐ rú | for example; for instance; such as |
| 大宁河 | Dà níng hé | Daning River / river name |
| 悬崖 | xuán yá | precipice / overhanging cliff |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 看到 | kàn dào | to see |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 放 | fàng | to put / to place |
| 处 | chù | (bound form) place; locality / (bound form) part; aspect / (bound form) office; department; bureau |
| 棺材 | guān cai | coffin |
| 它 | tā | it |
| 悬棺 | xuán guān | hanging coffin |
| 现代 | xiàn dài | modern times / modern age / modern era |
| 工程 | gōng chéng | engineering / an engineering project / project / undertaking |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 决定 | jué dìng | to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind |
| 修建 | xiū jiàn | to build / to construct |
| 目前 | mù qián | at the present time / currently |
| 世界 | shì jiè | world |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 水利 | shuǐ lì | water conservancy / irrigation works |
| 防 | fáng | to protect / to defend / to guard against / to prevent |
| 洪 | hóng | flood |
| 发电 | fā diàn | to generate electricity / to send a telegram |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 船 | chuán | boat / vessel / ship |
| 走 | zǒu | to walk / to go / to run / to move (of vehicle) / to visit / to leave / to go away / to die (euph.) / to change (shape, form, meaning) |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 更好 | gèng hǎo | better; more good; to a greater extent good |
| 建成 | jiàn chéng | to establish / to build |
| 后 | hòu | afterwards / after |
| 原来 | yuán lái | originally; formerly; at first |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into / to turn into / to become |
| 平静 | píng jìng | tranquil / undisturbed / serene |
| 水面 | shuǐ miàn | water surface |
| 更 | gèng | more / even more / further / still / still more |
| 安全 | ān quán | safe; secure |
| 游览 | yóu lǎn | to go sightseeing / to tour / to visit |
| 方式 | fāng shì | way; method; manner; mode; pattern (of behavior etc) |
| 更多 | gèng duō | more; greater in amount, degree, or number |
| 游客 | yóu kè | traveler; tourist |
| 坐 | zuò | to sit / to take a seat / to take (a bus, airplane etc) / to bear fruit |
| 白天 | bái tiān | during the day |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | in the evening |
| 参加 | cān jiā | to participate / to take part / to join |
| 各种 | gè zhǒng | every kind of; all kinds of; various |
| 活动 | huó dòng | (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity / (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver |
| 经过 | jīng guò | to pass / to go through |
| 葛洲坝 | Gé zhōu bà | name of a place, Gezhouba Dam on the Changjiang River, in Sichuan |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 亲眼 | qīn yǎn | with one's own eyes / personally |
| 涨 | zhǎng | to rise (of prices, rivers) |
| 过程 | guò chéng | course of events; process |
| 旅行 | lǚ xíng | journey; trip |
| 建议 | jiàn yì | proposal; suggestion; recommendation |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 玩 | wán | to play / to have fun / to trifle with / to keep sth for entertainment |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | best |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 秋天 | qiū tiān | autumn |
| 十月 | Shí yuè | October / tenth month (of the lunar year) |
| 十一月 | Shí yī yuè | November / eleventh month (of the lunar year) |
| 天气 | tiān qì | weather |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 叶子 | yè zi | leaf (CL:片[pian4]) |
| 红 | hóng | red / popular / revolutionary |
| 选择 | xuǎn zé | to select; to pick |
| 往 | wǎng | to / towards / (of a train) bound for |
| 下游 | xià yóu | lower reaches (of a river) / downstream |
| 下 | xià | to decline / to go down |
| 大约 | dà yuē | approximately |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 四 | sì | four / 4 |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 晚 | wǎn | evening / night |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | regardless of / no matter |
| 选 | xuǎn | to choose / to pick / to select / to elect |
| 哪个 | nǎ ge | which / who |
| 景 | jǐng | (bound form) scenery / circumstance / situation / scene (of a play) / (literary) sunlight |
| 一样 | yī yàng | same / like / equal to / the same as |
| 一路 | yī lù | the whole journey |
| 除了 | chú le | apart from; besides; in addition to |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 丰都 | Fēng dū | Fengdu / place name in Chongqing |
| 鬼城 | guǐ chéng | ghost town |
| 石宝寨 | Shí bǎo zhài | Shibaozhai / Shibao Stockade |
| 人家 | rén jiā | household / dwelling / family / sb else's house / household business / house of woman's husband-to-be |
| 等 | děng | and so on; etc.; et al. / (used to end an enumeration) |
| 景点 | jǐng diǎn | tourist attraction; scenic spot |
| 当地 | dāng dì | local |
| 好吃 | hǎo chī | tasty; delicious |
| 炕土豆 | kàng tǔ dòu | pan-fried potatoes / griddled potatoes |
| 烤鱼 | kǎo yú | grilled fish / roast fish |
| 腊猪蹄 | là zhū tí | cured pig trotter / preserved pig's trotter |
| 幅 | fú | classifier for textiles or pictures |
| 画 | huà | picture; painting |
| 本 | běn | classifier for books, periodicals, files etc |
| 书 | shū | book |
| 吸引 | xī yǐn | to attract; to appeal to; to fascinate |
| 著 | zhe | aspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing state |
| 来 | lái | to come |
| 感受 | gǎn shòu | to sense / to feel (through the senses) / to experience |
| 它的 | tā de | its; belonging to it |
| 魅力 | mèi lì | charm / fascination / glamor / charisma |