Visiting the Great Wall on Badaling
Thursday May29,2003 Sunny
It is fine today. I made an appointment with my foreign friend Peter to visit the Great Wall on Badaling.
We set out early in the morning. We first took the subway and then the bus. On reaching the foot of the Great Wall, Peter was attracted by the landscape immediately."What a won der!" he said repeatedly and pulled me onto the cable car at once. We got a view of the beautiful scenery. After a while, we got to the Great Wall. Peter was very excited. He touched the bricks frequently. I explained to him when and how" we Chinese built the wall. He listened with great interest. When we entered a turret, Peter was more curious. I told him what the turret was and what it was built for. "It was really an amazing achievement!" Peter gasped with admiration and took several photos. Unconsciously, we found we had reached the Stele of Brave Man, the symbol of the Great Wall. A lot of visitors gathered around it and took photos. I translated the words on the stele for Peter. "Only the one who can reach the Great Wall is a brave man." "Really?" Peter asked jokingly. We both laughed.
It the time to go back. We were fascinated by the scenery and reluctant to leave. We really had a pleasant time.
遊覽八達嶺長城
2003年5月29日 星期四 晴
今天天氣不錯，我和我的外國朋友彼德約好去遊覽八達嶺長城。
早晨我們很早就出發了，我們先乘捷運然後坐公車。一到長城腳下，彼德馬上就被這裏的景致吸引住了。“真是個奇跡!”他一遍又一遍地說著，拉起我立刻。上了纜車。秀麗的景色在我們的眼前展現開來。不一會兒，我們已經站在了長城上。彼德非常興奮，他不時撫摸著兩邊城牆上的磚。我把中國人何時、如何建造這些城牆解釋紿彼德聽，他聽得津津有味。我們進入一座角樓後，彼德更加好奇了。我告訴彼德什麽是角樓，它是用來做什麽的。“這確實是一個了不起的成就!”彼德贊嘆道，然後拍了幾張照片。不知不覺，我們發現已經來到了好漢碑前，這是萬裏長城的象征，周圍很多遊客在拍照。“不到長城非好漢”，我把碑文翻譯給彼德。“真的嗎?”彼德開玩笑地問道。我們都笑了。
該返回了，我們被這景色深深吸引住了，不願離去。我們度過了快樂的一天。