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Somethingaboutmyhometown-ChengduHello,everyone,today,I’dliketosaysomethingaboutmyhometown,ChengduandIsincerely(真诚的)welcomeyoualltocomehereandhaveanicetime.Chengdu,thecapitalofSichuanProvince,liesintheeasternhinterland(内陆)oftheChengduPlain,incentralSichuan.Coveringatotallandareaof12,400squarekilometers,Chengduisdividedintoninedistricts(区),fourcitiesandsixcounties（县）.Bytheendof2004,thepopulationofChengduhadreached10.6million.ThisisthebasicinformationyoucangettoknowthemomentyougettoChengdu.Butwhatinterestsusmostistheclimate（气候）,thehistoryandalsothelifeofChengdupeople.Asfortheclimate,Iwanttosayanidiom（习语）calledShuQuanFeiRi(蜀犬吠日)whichmeansdogsinChengdubark（狗叫）atthesunwhenthesuncomesout.Thisisbecausetheweatherhereisalwayscloudyandwetandpeopleaswellasanimalshereseldomseethesunallyear.Basedonthis(基于此),theskins（皮肤）ofgirlshereareprettygood.Soherecomesthejoke:ifyougotoShenzhen,youwillfindyouareshortofmoney;ifyougotoBeijing,youwillfindyourOfficialpositionistoolow;butifyougotoChengdu,youwillfindyougetmarriedtooearly.Allthesemeansgirlshereareveryprettyasaresultoftheclimatehere.（如果你去深圳，你会发现钱太少，去北京，官太小，来成都，你会觉得结婚太早）Secondly,Chengduhasalonghistoryofmorethan3000yearsandalsoisthecitywhosenamehasn’tbeenchangedforasingletimeinhistorysinceitwasbuiltasacity.ItissaidthatKaimingIX,kingofancientShuintheZhouDynasty(11thcentury，about611BC),startedtosetupthecapitalinChengdu.ThenameofChengducamefromthestoryofTheWest-Zhoudynasty.Thestoryreads“Atownwasbuiltinaareainthefirstyearanditwillbecomethecapitalinthreeyears,sotheancestorsnamedthecityasChengdu,whichimpliedtheirhopeforthiscitytobecomeacapital.西周建都的历史经过，取周王迁岐“一年而所居成聚，二年成邑，三年成都”因此得名成都。Lateron,Chengdugraduallybecameoneofthemostimportantcentersofpolitics,economyandcultureinChina.AsearlyasintheHanDynasty(206BC-220AD)),ChengdubegantoenjoythefameofbeingoneoftheTopFiveCapitals.Asacapital,WhatfamiliarizesusmostistheperiodofThreeKingdom(三国时期)。Now,wecanstillfeeltheairandcultureofthattimeatourfamousscenicspot——WuhouThatchedCottage.ThehistoryofChengduisjustliketheMilkyWayfullofstarswhichisinnumerable.Ifyouwanttoknowmore,comehereandhaveavisit.Next,IwanttosaysomethingaboutthelifeofChengdu.AndIthinkonesentencecandescribesuchkindoflife.Thatis,makingteawhilewaitingfortheflowerstocomeout(泡茶等花开)。Thisshowstheliferhythm—slow,relaxingandoptimistic.Herewecanseesomeexamples.First,everywhereyougo,youcanfindteahouses,thenumberofwhichmustbemorethanthatofanyotherplaces.Peopleliketogothere,chattingaboutwhatevertheylike.SecondisMahjong.ItissaidthatifyouflyovertheChengduPlain,youcanhearthesoundofplayingmahjong.Ok,everybody,whatItalkaboutaboveisjustadropinthebucket(九牛一毛)aboutChengdu.Chengduhasalotforyoutosavor(品味)it.Justcomehereandenjoyyourselves.