Dialog Ⅲ Visiting the Chinese Garden游览中国园林
The tour guide is leading the tourists into the Grand View Garden for a visit.
Guide：Today we're going to visit the famous Grand View Garden.Our buswill stop at a small bridge and we'll climb the nearby pagoda to have a bird's-eye view of the Grand View Garden.Now we're on the top.Look at these buildingswith white wall and black roofs.
Tourist：What a beautiful garden！
Guide：Yes，it is a typical garden in the south of the Yangtze River.Now we have to walk along the zigzags until we see a screen wall.
Tourist：Are we going to themain entrance to the Garden？
Guide：Yes，butwe have to go around the screen wall.
Tourist：Aha，why does the screen wall stand in the way？
Guide：It protects the privacy of those inside.And it also makes it more difficult for evil spirits to enter.
Tourist：I see.
Guide：Have you ever visited such places before？
Tourist：No，I've never been to these places in China before.
Guide：Now，we have to walk through the heavy red gate and into the courtyards with unique styles.Just up ahead，there is a group of strange rocks，ponds and willows.Among them is the home of Jia Baoyu，onemajor character of The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin.
Tourist：What a peaceful and romantic sight！
Guide：True.And yet Jia Baoyu turned his back on itand became amonk after his failure in marriage.Next，you see the Grand View Pavilion，the major building in the garden.
Tourist：What are those Chinese characters？
Guide：They read“House of Reunion”.Shallwe sit in the shade and relax a bit？
Tourist：That's a good idea.
pagoda［pə'gəʊdə］ n.宝塔，塔式寺庙
typical［'tɪpɪkəl］ adj.典型的
zigzag［'zɪgzæg］ n.之字形路，曲折的路
privacy［'p raɪvəsɪ］ n.清静，不受干扰
screen［skriːn］ n.屏幕，屏风
courtyard［'kɔːt,jɑːd］ n.院子
unique［juː'niːk］ adj.独特的
pond［pɒnd］ n.池塘
willow［'wɪləʊ］ n.柳树
Chinese garden 中国园林
have a bird's-eye view of 俯瞰
screen wall 照壁
evil spirits 魔鬼
peaceful and romantic 幽静浪漫的
turn one's back on sth. 背弃，抛弃
Quickies Fill in the blankswith appropriate propositions.
1）The Jia family used to live in buildings______white walls and black tiled roofs.
2）This hotel has villas in styles typical______gardens in the south of the Yangtze River.
3）Walking______the winding path，we could recall our childhood.
4）______the buildings is the white pagoda shining in the evening light.
5）Have you been______the Yuyuan Garden？