Category: Chinese Culture

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CCTV“汉语桥”在华留学生汉语大赛由中央电视台与国家汉办/孔子学院总部联合主办，由中央电视台中文国际频道（CCTV-4）承办，参赛对象为非中国籍、母语为非汉语的在华留学生，分为预赛和决赛两个阶段进行。大赛于2008年至2012年已连续成功举办五届，第六届“汉语桥”在华留学生汉语大赛暂定于2013年5月6日—8月31日再度开赛，在全国27个赛区、近200所知名高校进行选拔。

Located in the center of Hankou District, Jianghan stretches from Yanjiang Avenue in the south to Jiefang Avenue in the north for a total 1,600 meters. The 100-year-old street boasts various kinds of architecture, including Roman, Byzantine, Europe and classic styles. Its night market, which is lined with booths selling local snacks, clothes and pets, is also extremely popular.
 

If you visit Tianducheng, a day trip from Shanghai in China's Zhejiang province, you will be confronted by a 354-foot replica of the Eiffel tower.如果你从上海出发去浙江省天都城一日游，你会看到一座貌似埃菲尔铁塔的354英尺高建筑。
Development on this Paris replica in China began in 2007, but local media say it is a ghost town now.中国巴黎始建于2007年，但当地媒体现在把它形容成鬼城。
Everyone points to China's ghost towns as proof of a malaise in China's property sector.所有人都把鬼城看做中国房地产行业萎靡不振的产物。
But some, like Stephen Roach, former chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia have argued that these cities will become "thriving metropolitan areas" as China continues to urbanize.但有些人，比如摩根士丹利亚洲前任主席斯蒂芬-罗奇就表示，随着中国的进一步城市化，这些城市将成为“蓬勃发展的大都市区”。
What's truly quirky about these ghost towns though is that some of them have been designed as replicas of Italian, German, English, and French towns.真正诡异的是这些鬼城还山寨了一些意大利、德国、英国、法国小镇。

China’s Meteorological Agency has issued its second highest alert over high temperatures.中国气象局发出全国高温橙色预警。
Weather authorities say, on Sunday most areas in northern, central, and southern China are expected to see temperatures of more than 35 degrees Celsius. In east China’s Zhejiang Province, the thermometer may hit 41 degrees Celsius.气象部门表示，中国北部、中部和南部大部分地区气温将超过35摄氏度。中国东部浙江省温度将达到41摄氏度。
Its capital, Hangzhou has issued the highest red alert. Shanghai had its 21st hot day of the month on Saturday. The city is suffering medium-level air pollution, with high ozone levels.浙江省首府杭州市发出最高红色高温警报。上海在周六也迎来本月第21个高温日，中度污染的空气中还含有高臭氧量。
In neighboring Jiangsu Province, a five-decade record in terms of the number of hot days in July has been made. Hot weather has persisted in southern and eastern China since early July. Forecasters say the high temperatures will continue for another ten days.附近的江苏省同样热浪袭人，打破了五十年来七月高温天数的最高记录。自七月初中国南部、东部就一直遭受高温天气侵袭。气象预报员预计接下来十天仍会持续高温。

There's strictly no diving and not a hope of doing any lengths, but the crowded conditions have not put off over a million people from heading to this giant Chinese swimming pool.别说跳水，在这么拥挤的环境下想做什么都不可能。但即使这样，成千上万人还是蜂拥涌入位于四川的大型游泳池避暑。
The saltwater pool, known as China's 'Dead Sea' is located in Daying county, Sichuan province, and was a riot of colour as the masses grabbed their rubber rings and descended upon it yesterday.这一盐水泳池位于四川省大英县，享有“中国死海”的盛名。昨日大批游客带着游泳圈下水，泳池也因此变得绚烂多彩。
The indoor water park is said to be the largest in China and covers 30,000 square meters.据说这是中国最大的室内水上公园，占地面积3万平方米。
It can accommodate up to ten thousand visitors at once and over a million people have visited the resort this summer, claim the operators.公园运营商说，这个泳池可一次性容纳一万名游客，每年夏天都有超过百万人次来此度假。
The man-made 'sea' was created using rich salt resources in the region and contains 43 different minerals and microelements.游泳池中人工加入当地特产盐资源，其中包括43种不同的矿物质和微量元素，从而形成“人造死海”。
Due to its salinity of over 22 per cent, swimmers float freely on the surface – much as they do in the Dead Sea in the Middle East.游泳池中含盐量超过22%，游客可以轻易浮在水面上漂来漂去——就像在中东死海里那样。