上海概况英文导游词【篇一：英语导游词之上海概况原创】shanghaiwell my friends, welcome to shanghai. my name is **. i’m going to be your tour guide. as an old saying in china goes: fate will bring you together if you are meant to be. it sure is fate that we are sitting side by side in the same bus to spend holiday together. today, i will bring you to appreciate the charm of shanghai.before we arriving at our destination, please let me introduce shanghai briefly to you.shanghai, located at the outlet of the yangtze river into the sea in east china， has 17 districts and one county, built in 1291.the total territory of shanghai is 6340.5 square kilometers.shanghais terrain is high in east and low in west, with a dense river network. the main rivers are huangpu river and its tributary suzhou creek, chuanyang river and dianpu river. the climate of shanghai is the north subtropical monsoon climate.i guess all of you have already heard that shanghai is an international metropolis before coming to shanghai. of course, shanghai is the largest economic center in china.but you know, over one thousand years ago, shanghai was only a fishing village on the fresh watershed, beyond which the fishermen caught fish with a kind of device called hu, from which the short name of shanghai was derived.historically speaking，shanghai is not only a city of a long history andculture but also a heroic city with a glorious tradition in chinese revolution.shanghai finally liberated in 1949.now shanghai is targeting to establish the international economic, financial, trade and shipping center basically which adapt to chinas economic strength and international status.it is winter now, when spring comes, we can see shanghai’s city flower: the white flower of magnolia, which symbolizes full of vitality.there’s no doubt that shanghai is not only a metropolis renowned in the world but also a great tourist attraction inchina. in the next few days, i will bring you to visit some scenic spots including the bund, people’s square, oriental pearl tv tower, yuyuan garden, jade buddha temple and so on.i hope all of you will enjoy this trip to shanghai.that’s all of my brief introduction to shanghai, thx.【篇二：英语导游考试：上海概述英文导游词(四分钟)2014】shanghai is located at the central section of the north-south coastline of china. this location happens to be the estuary of the yangtze river, asias longest and most important river. the land of shanghai is 6,340.5 square kilometers。

shanghai is a flat land with an average altitude of 4 meters。

over the land are many rivers, canals, creeks and lakes. the huangpu river and the suzhou creek are the two major waterways名字: in chinese,上海 means up or on and sea,shanghai is also called hu or shen for short. hu was a bamboo tool for fishing, shen is adopted in honor of lord chunshen.区县+人口： prc, shanghai is one of china’s four province-level municipalities . it consists of 17 county-level divisions, including 16 districts and one county. pudong new area takes one-fifth of the total territory,lujiazui is located here.currently, shanghai has a resident population of 24 million, including 9 million migrant population and 200,000 foreign residents.市花：in 1986, the shanghai people’s congress decided to use the white magnolia as city flower，the magnolia tree blossoms in march in early spring, representing the pioneering spirit of shanghai.历史：first evidence of settlements in shanghai is about 6,000 years ago. in 1267, the shanghai town was established. in the 14th century, shanghai became a textilemanufacturing center. after opium war in 1842, shanghai was opened as a treaty port.different countries set up their own concession here. then shanghai became a divided city with several communities — the chinese town, the french consession, and the international consession.chinese culture and western culture jointed together,m ade shanghai “paris of the orient”and “a paradise of adventures”.after the birth of the prc in 1949, shanghai was china’s chief port and manufacturing center. on april 18, 1990,state council declared the opening and development of pudong. in 2013, china (shanghai) pilot free trade zone was set up in pudong.it brought new energy to shanghai city.经济：in ancient times,fishing and textile manufacturing was the major industry. before 1980s,industry was the major. after 1980s, tertiary sector takes up 60 percent of gdp. among national total gdp,shanghai takes 4%.since last year，gdp of every shanghai citizen is over $14,000.now shanghai is to become a world economic, financial, trade and shipping center. shanghai is the most modern city with a mixed culture of openness and inclusiveness.now it has 13 metro lines.in next a few days,we’ll take you to the bund, nanjing road,yuyuan garden,orient pearl tv tower,xintiandi……。