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上海的典型建筑

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你喜欢上海这个都市吗？你想知道上海有哪些地方值得一去？是东方明珠？是金茂大厦？是城隍庙？还是上海人经常说起的石库门？做好旅行准备的你可不能错过地地道道的上海人的建议哦！
Mon Oct 23 2006 | Jenny, Aggie
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号称 hàochēng to claim to be
林立 línlì to stand in large numbers
错落 cuòluò to be disorderly arranged
新颖 xīnyǐng new and inspired
我有个外国朋友要来上海旅游，想参观一下上海的特色建筑。你说我带他去哪些地方好？
wǒ yǒu ge wàiguópéngyou yào lái Shànghǎi lǚyóu ，xiǎng cānguān yīxià Shànghǎi de tèsè jiànzhù 。nǐ shuō wǒ dài tā qù nǎxiē dìfang hǎo ？
I have a foreign friend who is coming to Shanghai. He'd like to visit some of Shanghai's distinctive buildings. Tell me, what places should I take him to?
那还不简单。去东方明珠和金茂大厦啊，这两个可是上海的标志性建筑。
nà hái bùjiǎndān 。qù Dōngfāngmíngzhū hé Jīnmàodàshà a ，zhè liǎng ge kěshì Shànghǎi de biāozhìxìng jiànzhù 。
It's not easy to say. Go to the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Jinmao Tower-- those two buildings are symbolic of Shanghai.
金茂大厦还是算了吧。虽说金茂大厦号称世界第三高楼，可是毕竟国外高楼林立，到处是摩天大楼，不稀奇。东方明珠电视塔倒是可以带他去看看。这11个大小不一、高低错落的球体，从天空串落到草地上，还是很有特色的。
Jīnmàodàshà hái shì suànle ba 。suīshuō Jīnmàodàshà hàochēng shìjiè dì sān gāolóu ，kěshì bìjìng guówài gāolóu línlì ，dàochù shì mótiāndàlóu ，bù xīqí 。Dōngfāngmíngzhū diànshìtǎ dàoshì kěyǐ dài tā qù kànkan 。zhè shíyī ge dàxiǎo bùyī 、gāodī cuòluò de qiútǐ ，cóng tiānkōng chuànluò dào cǎodì shang ，háishì hěnyǒu tèsè de 。
Forget about the Jinmao Tower. Although the Jinmao Tower claims to be the third highest building in the world, there are a ton of skyscrapers in other countries, after all. Everywhere you go are skyscrapers. They're not rare at all. On the other hand, I could take him to see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It has eleven balls of different sizes. Their heights are staggered in a row leading from the heavens down to the Earth. It's really distinctive.
那当然，不少人都称赞东方明珠的建筑造型新颖别致，有着深厚的东方韵味。明珠塔上的球体观光层也是鸟瞰全市景观的最佳场所。不过如果他对现代建筑不感兴趣，还可以去看看上海的老式建筑啊，石库门，城隍庙什么的，不都很有特色吗？
nà dāngrán ，bùshǎo rén dōu chēngzàn Dōngfāngmíngzhū de jiànzhù zàoxíng xīnyǐng biézhì ，yǒu zhe shēnhòu de dōngfāng yùnwèi 。Míngzhūtǎ shang de qiútǐ guānguāngcéng yě shì niǎokàn quánshì jǐngguān de zuìjiā chǎngsuǒ 。bùguò rúguǒ tā duì xiàndàijiànzhú bùgǎnxīngqù ，hái kěyǐ qù kànkan Shànghǎi de lǎoshì jiànzhù a ，shíkùmén ，Chénghuángmiào shénmede ，bù dōu hěnyǒu tèsè ma ？
Well, of course. A lot of people call the Pearl Tower's architecture new and innovative, with a strong Oriental charm. And the observation deck at the top of the tower is the best place to get a bird's eye view of the whole city. But if he's not too interested in modern architecture, you could still go check out Shanghai's old-style buildings. There are the shikumen, the temple of the town god, and so on. Aren't those distinctive?
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