視頻地址：【紀(jì)錄片《美麗中國》-英語作文/聽力/背誦/用英語講中國絕佳學(xué)習(xí)資料-西湖】

There are no less than 30 lakes named "West Lake" in China.

在中國 以西湖命名的湖泊有不下30個。

But the West Lake in Hangzhou is the best known of them all.

但是真正稱得上是家喻戶曉的只有杭州西湖。

It is located in Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province on the southeastern coast.

她位于中國東南沿海浙江省的省會杭州。

And the city is known as the Paradise of the World in China.

一座在國內(nèi)被譽為人間天堂的城市。

Thousands of years ago, the West Lake was connected to the sea.

數(shù)千年前西湖曾與大海相連。

The Qiantang River, not far away from the West Lake,enters the sea in the eastern part of this area.

不遠處的錢塘江正是在這片水域的東部入海。

Sediment deposited by the river eventually blocked the connection between the West Lake and the sea, making it an inland water feature.

江水帶來的泥沙不斷淤積，最終阻隔了西湖與大海的聯(lián)系，讓這里成為內(nèi)陸湖泊。

Since the 9th century A.D., the beautiful scenery of the West Lake in all seasons has appeared time and again in poems, stories and legends.

自公元9世紀(jì)以來，西湖美景在四季輪轉(zhuǎn)中裝載了越來越多得詩篇故事與傳說。

It's roughly estimated there are about 630 legends of the West Lake alone.

據(jù)不完全統(tǒng)計，僅西湖的傳說就有約六百三十余個。

In 2011 West Lake Cultural Landscape of Hangzhou was included on the World Heritage List.

2011年杭州西湖文化景觀被列入世界遺產(chǎn)名錄。

It is visited by an endless stream of international tourists.

慕名而來的國際游客絡(luò)繹不絕。

Perhaps some of them will add their own stories to West Lake's wealth of literature.

也許，他們將為西湖續(xù)寫更為多元的故事。