热点 | 雷峰塔的英文真的不是Leifeng Tower？！
9月4日G20就要在杭州开幕了，杭州市民的英语水平现在到底如何呢？不懂中文的外国游客迷失在这座古都时该怎么办呢？
快来看视频，跟随中国日报的外籍专家Mike一起体验一下吧。
http://v.qq.com/iframe/player.html?vid=m0325qpbnrf&auto=0
Mike一路上问了三个人：
被老外称赞了一句英语很棒后，他竟然害羞地回了一句：“Just so so...”
字幕组你给我出来！
老外问这座塔为什么叫“雷峰塔”。
他的回答是...
竟无言以对啊，我们还是来学习一下如何正确的用英文介绍雷锋塔吧。
Leifeng Pagoda was constructed in 975 at the order of Qian Hongchu, the King of Wuyue Kingdom to celebrate the birth of a son by one of his favorite concubines - Huangfei. It was therefore called Huangfei Pagoda at that time. Since the pagoda was located outside the west gate of the city, it was also known as the Brick Pagoda of West Gate. All those names, however, have been forgotten over the years; only the name Leifeng Pagoda has been passed on from generation to generation. In November, 2000, the Hangzhou Municipal People's Government declared that it was going to rebuild Lei Feng Pagoda. And the construction completed in October, 2002.
Leifeng Pagoda is a five-storey tower with eight sides, located on Sunset Hill south of the West Lake in Hangzhou, China. Originally constructed in the year AD 975, it collapsed in 1924 but was rebuilt in 2002. Since then it has been a popular tourist attraction.
A tower is a tall, narrow building, that either stands alone or forms part of another building such as a church or castle.
A pagoda is a building that is used for religious purposes, especially by Buddhists, in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Pagodas are usually very highly decorated.
也就是说，pagoda（尤指佛教或者印度教的）宝塔、佛塔、舍利塔等东方建筑类型，例如大雁塔 Dayan Pagoda.
tower 在西方建筑中比较常用，例如 the Tower of London/the Eiffel Tower.
童鞋们，都学会了吗？如果有歪果仁向你问路，你会用英语指引吗？你要如何向歪果仁介绍杭州这座魅力城市？各类词汇为你准备好了，涨姿势！
来源：译世界综编
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