云南英文导游词之：世博园The World Horti-ExpoGardenWelcome to Yunnan! Welcome to Kunming! And welcome to the World Horti-Expo Garden. It is the site of 1999 Kunming International Horticulture Exposition. It is a first class garden with typical Chinese and Yunnan characteristics. Here you can see a grand exhibition of horticulture from everywhere in the world.The World Horti-Expo Garden is situated in the northern suburbs of Kunming, 6 kilometers from downtown, next to the Golden Temple scenic spot.The whole World Horti-Expo Garden can be described as one, two, three, four, five and seven, which means: one theme, two symbols, three outdoor exhibitions, four big squares, five exhibition halls and seven theme gardens. One theme is” Human beings and the nature——walk into the 21st century”; two symbols includes emblem and the luck mascot named Lingling; three outdoor exhibitions are the Exhibition Area for Enterprises, the International Outdoor Exhibition Area and the Domestic Outdoor Exhibition Area; four big Squares refers to the Century Plaza, the Performance Plaza, the Huaxia plaza and the Greeting Plaza; five exhibition halls consists of the China Hall, the Man and Nature Hall, The Green House, the Science and Technology Hall and the International Hall; And seven theme gardens refers to the tree garden, the tea garden, thegarden of Bonsai, the Medical Herb Garden, the Bamboo Garden, the Vegetable and Fruit Garden and the Precious and unusual Plant Garden.OK, this is the entrance, where you can see seven eye-catching Chinese Characters, which are written by Jiang Zeming, over the steel framed gate. Please follow me. Do you see that? That huge statue of a golden monkey named “Lingling”, which is one of the rare animals in the world and is chosen as the mascot of the 99’E xposition as I mentioned several minutes ago. And “ling” in Chinese means clever, cute and so on.Entering the garden, you’ll be amazed by a sea of flowers. First let’s see the flower clock, which is 19.99meters in diameter, symbolizing the year when the exposition is held. This is the largest open-air flower clock in the world, hence we call it “Flower Clock of the Century”.Now we are on the Garden road, which is decorated by 500,000 pots of flowers, which form 4 gorgeous flower streams, 1 giant flower ship, and 5 flower pillars, 21 meters in height. It implies that the whole world is prosperous and people from all countries were marching into the 21st century hand in hand, and we did.Everyone, we are now in the Century Plaza. Can you see that stainless s teel statue? It is 19.99 meters tall. I’m sure you know what the number symbolize. It is in a shape of an abstract image of calla lily with a name of “Flowers blooming in the new century.” This is where the opening ceremony of the 99’EXPO was held on.Everyone, this way please. I think you will feel familiar here. Here is the Internatonal Outdoor Exhibition Area. As we know, many countries joined the expositions, and introduced their culture to us, which added more beauty to the Garden. Of the 69 countries and 26 international organizations that participate in the EXPO, 32 countries and 2 organizations have built up their permanent sections in the garden. These 34 sections can be divided into Asian, African, European, American, Oceania exhibitions and international organizations.In the Asia Outdoor Exhibitions Area, there are gardens built by 11 countries. They are Palestine, Vietnam, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Israel, Laos , Thailand, Burma, Japan, Indonesia and India. For examples the tatami of Japan, we all know it.Fourteen European countries have built their gardens in this section. You can see Spain, Russia, Britain, Finland, Slovakia, Austria, France, Switzerland, Holland, Moldavia, Germany, Bulgaria, Poland and Denmark. All these gardens reflect the advanced level of gardening and horticulture of the European countries.And you may find gardens built by Egypt and Sudan in the African Section. The two gardens reflect the features of the African aboriginal cultures and the conceptions that are passed down from Pyramid civilization of Ancient Egypt.Four American countries joined in this part. They are United States, Canada, Peru and Chile. These four gardens show different cultures and national customs in North and South America.So after visiting this area, we will move to next part.。