用英文来介绍一下上海
Shanghai, a metropolis of the world! You should not strange! There are pioneer of reform and opening up in Shanghai pudong district! Again in this land of pudong has a beautiful Oriental pearl tower. Shanghai is located in the Yangtze river estuary, is a leading cities along the Yangtze river economic belt, on the other side of the east China sea and Japan kyushu. Shanghai - a beautiful place.
Shanghai is located in the Yangtze River Delta alluvial plain, from 3,729 Shanghai Pu and Jiang tributaries. Spring and Autumn Period, a Wu, Warring States, local fishermen fishing tools created "retinue," said the lead for Shanghai Consulate, the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Shanghai Consulate-base to build piracy, the Shanghai as "Shanghai." Shanghai is China's historical and cultural city, as the "launching of communication Tianjin, southeast of the city." "Two thousand years of history at Xi'an, Beijing millennium history, 100 years of history at the Shanghai," Shanghai is modern China's "miniature", with thick, and heavy historical details. As the party's birthplace, the city added a more unique brilliance. A number of man of the hour here, the Sun Yat-sen, the Soong Ching Ling, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Lu Xun, Li Hongzhang, Chiang Kai-shek, Chiang Ting-and many other celebrities in the footsteps scattered throughout Shanghai different residential construction, contains a section of thought-provoking events. Shanghai is a city unmatched by any character, is her "flavor." 1843 Shanghai City, a mix of her five directions, the confluence of Chinese and Western culture.
Shanghai's emerging financial securities, futures, foreign exchange and technology to establish a national market, and established Shanghai as a national center for the allocation of resources, but also accelerated the pace of integration with the international economy Shanghai. October 2001, the APEC meeting in Shanghai, Shanghai as a new century of international economic, financial, and trade center status has initially established! Today's Shanghai is a very modern and sophisticated dignity of traditional cultural city. Shanghai has become a major downtown her unique charm, fascinating -- Waitan the Western architectural style with modern skyscrapers in Pudong each; Linking cathedral hymn kept, parks cigarettes curl; Guojielou of mahjong elderly, the soccer players hung Lane; Shanghai opera theatre of the masses, comedy drama, the Bolshoi symphony, ballet; The old hotel to food, Xinghualou the Guangdong-style tea, snacks throughout Yunnan Road, the French main dish of red houses, the three turned small Shaoxing, U.S. Kentucky; Shanghai Street tea, Hengshanlu bars, combination of Chinese and Western content, the new time lost, each of brilliant.
Widely regarded as the citadel of China's modern economy, the city also serves as one of the most important cultural, commercial, financial, industrial and communications centers of China. Shanghai also has one of the world's busiest ports, and has become the largest cargo port in the world.
Originally, Shanghai was a seaside fishing village and with time, became China's most prominent city. By the 20th century, Shanghai became the center of popular culture, intellectual discourse and political intrigue in the Republic of China.
Now, modern Shanghai has three key attractions of interest to the visitor, including Sightseeing, Business centers and Shopping malls located in the People's Square and along the Huangpu River.
A wide variety of cuisines can be found in the city. Shanghai offers a plethora of culinary delights focusing on the gourmet traditions of Beijing, Yangzhou, Sichuan and Guangzhou, as well as its own local dishes. Shanghai's restaurants are among the finest to be found in China, and they welcome diners from anywhere at any time.
提供一篇中国最早的在线汉语培训平台的标准教学范文《Shanghai Brief Introduction》，这篇范文被作为上海的介绍，广泛的应用于国外一些旅游网站或者酒店预订网站。
Throughout the past century, Shanghai has had numerous name tags attached to it; like "Paris of the Orient" and "Pearl of China". Images of Shanghai more than any other Chinese city, are bountiful in the west. A visit here therefore, is naturally tainted to some extent, with a preconception of how the city will be.
As the largest and most prosperous city in the nation, Shanghai is the economic, financial and cultural center of China, while Beijing is the political heart. And this image of Shanghai as a fast and modern metropolis is certainly the one that most visitors take away. Those old preconceptions of Shanghai as the home of crime vice and prostitutes are wiped away, as the city successfully projects an image of itself as young, vibrant and cool.
Shanghai is a modern and fast paced city, rich in history and culture and with a wealth of areas and sites just waiting to be explored. One of the nicest aspects of Shanghai is that the crowds here are much more manageable than in a city like Beijing. This is largely because there are no great ancient sites which people flock to. Rather, this is a city to be walked, wandered, explored and discovered in your own time and, in your own style.
What makes Shanghai particularly attractive are the many different styles of architecture and design throughout the city. Shanghai was once divided up into different "Concessions" or districts and the boundaries of these areas still remain today. The famous, Bund was home to the "British Public Park" and this boulevard has a plethora of colonial structures to visit, all reminders of Shanghai's days of decadence.
The Japanese and the French Concessions too, are fascinating areas to explore. The French Quarter is a particularly charming district to wander, and there are many former residences to look at and discover something about old Shanghai and the people who lived here. The area known as the "Chinese City" is also worthy of a visit. Take a break from the tourists around the Yuyuan and do some serious antique shopping or just lose yourself amidst the old alleys and streets.
But perhaps most of all today, Shanghai is a spectacularly modern city. The pace of development here is unbelievable. Currently, seventeen percent of the world's cranes are in the city and developers boast that the city is changing at a rate incomparable to anywhere else in the world ever.
For any visitor to China, perhaps the most attractive thing about this city is just how fashionable it is. Museums, galleries, restaurants and bars have emerged in the past few years. This cosmopolitan cultural scene which harks back to the heydays of the 1920s and 30s and the new found wealth in the city are helping to reinvent Shanghai as a place with a fabulous and optimistic style and attitude.
