Dear Connie
I’m in Shanghai at last.My parents and I flew here last night from Beijing.
We’ve had such anexhausting day!After we had eaten a huge breakfast at the hotel,we set out on foot down Nanjing Road,the main road in Shanghai.The weather was warmer than in Beijing.It was sunny and the sky was clear and blue.
We soon came to People’s Square,a marvellous recreation area.We walked around the beautiful fountain.There was a nice atmosphere.Some elderly people were doing ballroom dancing,and children were flying kites.Teenagers wereroller skating,and some men were practising sword fighting.After we had watched for a while,we went into Shanghai Museum.We spent a couple of hours there,looking at the displays.
Next we walked on down to the Bund,the old part of the city with lots of European style buildings.A Chinese nickname for the Bund is ‘the exhibition of world architecture’.It is a big commercial centre with lots of banks and businesses.
We walked along the waterfront and looked up at the Oriental Pearl TV Tower across the Huangpu River.I read that the designer’s idea came from a line in an old Chinese poem,‘It was like large and small pearls dropping on a plate of jade.’ The big financial and trade area of Pudong is behind the tower.Dad visited that area fifteen years ago.He was amazed at how much it had changed.
Then we turned away from the river,walked down some narrow streets,and reached the Chenghuang Miao area.There are lots of craft shops,with artists doing things like paper cutting.There is also a lake with a pavilion in the middle.We can go over a zigzag bridge to get to the pavilion and enjoy the nice view around.After that,we ate a tasty meal in an old restaurant nearby.Finally,we walked into Yu Garden.It was so beautiful!I loved the long dragons all along the tops of the walls.
By this time we were so tired that we took a taxi back to our hotel to rest our feet!I’ve drawn you a map so you can see where we went today,and I will enclose a few photos.Shanghai is great!I wish we could stay longer.
Lots of love to everyone
Wendy
亲爱的康妮
我终于到上海了,昨天晚上我的父母和我从北京飞到了这里.
我们这一天很累,在酒店我们吃了一顿丰盛的早餐之后,我们步行前往上海最繁华的路段——南京路.这里的天气比北京暖和,天气晴朗,晴空万里.
不久我们来到了让人心旷神怡的人民广场,我们围绕这喷泉步行,这里的空气清新,一些老年人在这里跳交际舞,还有一些孩子在放风筝,青少年在进行轮滑,还有一些人在练剑.看了一会后,我们进入了上海博物馆,在那里我们待了几个小时观看各种展品.
之后我们步行去了外滩,这里是老城区,有许多欧式建筑.外滩中国人俗称“万国建筑展览会”,这是一个商业中心,有许多银行及商业建筑.
我们沿着外滩游览,看着黄浦江对面的东方明珠.我体会了设计师从中国古诗中产生的灵感.这就是所谓的“大珠小珠落玉盘”,在塔的后面就是浦东最大的金融业和商业地区.父亲15年前到过这里,他对这一地区发生的巨大变化表示惊讶.
然后我们从江边回头,穿过了许多小巷,来到了城隍庙.这里有许多工艺品店,许多艺人进行着诸如剪纸的艺术.这里也有一个湖,湖中有个亭子,我们可以穿过曲折桥到达亭子观赏周围的景色,之后我们在附近的一家老店里享受了美味的一餐.最后我们到了豫园,它非常精美,我喜欢墙上蜿蜒曲折的长龙.
到了这个时候我们都累了,于是打的回到了酒店休息.我为你画了一副地图,以便于你知道我们今天去了哪里,我还会附上一些照片.上海是个好地方,我希望我们可以长时间呆在这里.
爱所有的人!
温蒂
