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1、TourguidecommentaryofCentralStreet(1500words)LadiesandGentlemen: TodaywearegoingtovisitZhongyangStreet.Thisisthedowntownarea.Inordertobetterknowthestreet,wearegoingtowalkthroughit,whichtakesabout40minutes.Thosewhodonotlikewalkingmaykeepseated,ourcoachwillgoalonganotherstreet
2、andstopattheFloodControlMonument.ThosewhocannotwalkthatfarmaytakeataxitotheFloodControlMonument.Nowlet6‘sgetoffthecoach,andtakeawalkonZhongyangStreet. ZhongyangStreetmeasures1450metersfromJingweiStreetinthesouthtotheFloodControlMonumentontheriverbankinthenorth.ThisisChina‘sl
3、ongestwalkway.Thestreetwasbuiltattheendofthelastcentury.ItwasconnectedtoawharfattheSonghuaRiver.BecauseoftheconstanttransportofthegoodsneededforbuildingtheChinaEasternRailway,ashoppingcenterbegantotakeshapealongthisstreetattheturnofthecentury.Harbinatthattimewasasemi-colonial
4、citywithaforeignpopulationofmanythousands.Politicsandeconomywereactuallycontrolledbyforeignpowers.OwingtotheconcentrationofChineseshopsalongthisstreet,foreignerstookitasaChinatownandcalleditChinaStreet. Haveyounoticedthecobbledroadsurface?ThisistheonlycobbledstreetleftinHarb
5、in.Thiscobbledstreetwaspavedin1925.Thankstothegoodquality,thestreethaskeptingoodshapewithafewrepairsinthepast.Thisstreetbegantotakeshapeasaninternationalstreetinthe1920s.Therewereoverahundredshopsandmanywereownedbyforeigners,suchasRussians,Greeks,Czechs,Swedes,Swiss,Frenchmen
6、,GermansandEnglishmen.Theybuilttheirshopsintheirindividualstyles.Therefore,thestreetnotonlylookedlikeaforeignstreet,butalsowascontrolledbyforeigners.Nowthissmoothcobbledstreetmayremindusofthepastwhenforeignersweresittinginchariotsalongthestreet,asifwecouldstillhearthehorse-ho
7、ofsclickingoncobbles Overhalfacenturyispast,ZhongyangStreetisweather-beaten.Withtheimplementationofreformandopening-up,itisreadytowelcomevisitorswithanewoutlook. Thebuildinginfrontofusisveryattractive.It’ssomeandarchedwindowsaretypicaloftheByzantineStylepopularinEuropedurin
8、gthemiddleAges.Itwasbuiltin1934anditwasashoeshopownedbyaCzech.Afterl